UPDATE: Hey did you know it's the 25th anniversary of Return of the Jedi? I didn't, and Star Wars used to be every third and forth word that came out of my mouth. Some wonderful people have put this very, VERY amusing video on the inter-web to celebrate. I urge all fans and former fans of the Classic Trilogy to watch. Those who bear with it get a very fun surprise about half-way through.
A heavy weekend of reviews but that doesn't mean I won't be sending you link goodness. Away we go.
Lists: EW, inspired by Cloverfield, made mention of 22 Goofy Movie Monsters. Why must you hate on Clovie Entertainment Weekly?
They do however have a solid list of 25 best big-screen bad girls (you go Mrs. Iesllin and Phyllis Deitrichson).
Analysis and Tributes: The AV Club has some very nice things to say about character actor Ray Wise.
SC Pick of the week: They also did an awesome list of 18 excellent blockbusters, see the system can work.
Nate over on the filmexperience for whom Michelle Pfeiffer is like Amy Admas to me, has 50 great things to say about birthday girl Michelle.
Funny: Just in time for Iron Man, Cracked provides us with 8 pointless laws all comic book movies follow.
They also tell you how to make a Judd Apatow movie, knowing Paul Rudd helps.
Terminator kama sutra. Internet, I love you.
Friend Pimping: My friend Amir got mentioned in Wired magazine, by the members of Human Giant no less (the youtube generation's Mr. Show don'tchaknow), check it out here.
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Two happy pictures to cheer me up
Life gets crazy. It happens. You get really busy with moving and big exciting life changes and movies sadly fall by the wayside. By the end of the week I'll hopefully be re-inspired by something awesome (or some movie news will come out that makes me supes excited) for now it's the little things. Like the two pictures below.
Around prequel number two my enthusiasm (wait let's call it what it really was, sick obsessive love) for Star Wars fizzled into nothingness. Oh the money I poured onto this franchise; on movies, novels, action figures, video-games, comics and posters. The hours spent examining every scrap of news posted up on theforce.net and so on. Yikes, it's amazing I was able to develop a personality in high school. You can only be an apologist for so long before one solid kick to the head by the flannel-bearded one (he who shall not be named) undoes it all. I still love the classic trilogy, warts and all (though I admit that with the exception of Empire they're not particularly well-made films by any stretch of the imagination). I've seen a lot of production photos from these movies but I'd never seen this one before. Awesome.
This picture makes me endlessly happy. I particularly love that Linus is The Comedian. I wonder if Sally (not pictured) would still call him her sweet baboo if she saw him beat and kill that Vietnamese woman and rape her mom. For those of you who don't recognize these outfits, these are the Peanuts gang dressed as the protagonists of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comic masterpiece Watchmen. Watchmen the movie directed by Zak Snyder will be in theaters in 2009.
Around prequel number two my enthusiasm (wait let's call it what it really was, sick obsessive love) for Star Wars fizzled into nothingness. Oh the money I poured onto this franchise; on movies, novels, action figures, video-games, comics and posters. The hours spent examining every scrap of news posted up on theforce.net and so on. Yikes, it's amazing I was able to develop a personality in high school. You can only be an apologist for so long before one solid kick to the head by the flannel-bearded one (he who shall not be named) undoes it all. I still love the classic trilogy, warts and all (though I admit that with the exception of Empire they're not particularly well-made films by any stretch of the imagination). I've seen a lot of production photos from these movies but I'd never seen this one before. Awesome.
This picture makes me endlessly happy. I particularly love that Linus is The Comedian. I wonder if Sally (not pictured) would still call him her sweet baboo if she saw him beat and kill that Vietnamese woman and rape her mom. For those of you who don't recognize these outfits, these are the Peanuts gang dressed as the protagonists of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comic masterpiece Watchmen. Watchmen the movie directed by Zak Snyder will be in theaters in 2009.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Welcome Home, Roscoe Link
Having a week off of linking yielded some cool results.
Sight and Sound has a kick-ass interview with Quentin Tarantino right here.
Jew Eat Yet (great name) has an appreciation of one of the great underrated actress of all time, Miss Thelma Ritter right here.
Celebrities that look like Star Wars action figures. Prepare to be very amused when you click here.
Here are two articles that bemoan the state of sex in American mainstream films (yes it's all Kate Hudson's fault...sort of), they're both pretty thought provoking pieces one courtesy of the SF GATE here and one courtesy of CHUD here.
CHUD alerted me to the passing of one of te great poster artists of all time Mr. John Alvin. Behold the glory of cinema posters and bemoan the omnipresence of Photoshop here.
Ever wish you could hit a button and get a hilarious sound-bite from Kindergarten Cop, wish no more when you click here.
Retrocrush has a very solid list (from a wide range of genres) of the greatest duets of all time right here.
Sight and Sound has a kick-ass interview with Quentin Tarantino right here.
Jew Eat Yet (great name) has an appreciation of one of the great underrated actress of all time, Miss Thelma Ritter right here.
Celebrities that look like Star Wars action figures. Prepare to be very amused when you click here.
Here are two articles that bemoan the state of sex in American mainstream films (yes it's all Kate Hudson's fault...sort of), they're both pretty thought provoking pieces one courtesy of the SF GATE here and one courtesy of CHUD here.
CHUD alerted me to the passing of one of te great poster artists of all time Mr. John Alvin. Behold the glory of cinema posters and bemoan the omnipresence of Photoshop here.
Ever wish you could hit a button and get a hilarious sound-bite from Kindergarten Cop, wish no more when you click here.
Retrocrush has a very solid list (from a wide range of genres) of the greatest duets of all time right here.
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