Monthly Archives: March 2011

Steampunk and Sin City imagery combine in “Eye of the Storm”

Posted on March 11, 2011 by | 1 comment

It’s great when you get to see various styles and themes re-appropriated in a way that’s breathtaking. The following contains elements of steampunk imagery combined with the visuals of Sin City. The music video features a slow melodic tune from musician Ben Lovett. Witness the video to “Eye of the Storm”…

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Warner Bros. bringing movies to Facebook

Posted on March 10, 2011 by | 1 comment

Like it or not, social networks are here to stay. From Twitter to Facebook, it’s getting hard to get by in the world if you’re not with either of those two networks. Aside from all the pros and cons of social networks a recent development may make these sites even more addicting, the addition of streaming movies.

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Terrorist epic “Carlos” worth the time

Posted on March 9, 2011 by | 2 comments

For almost a decade now, we have been treated to the best and most artistic television that has ever been produced. Earlier this year, I wrote about the great Red Riding Trilogy and, if anything, Carlos is even better. Following the meteoric rise and tragic fall of the most dangerous man in the international community, we see more than just an interesting historical figure. We see a man beset on all sides by self-doubt, self-loathing, anxiety and fear, a man easy to condemn and hard to sympathize with. But we see a man in his entirety, and we come to at least understand him, even if it is hard to forgive him. Continue reading →

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DVD Tuesday: Inside Job

Posted on March 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

When the envelope was opened last Sunday, one of my favorite films from last year, Exit Through the Gift Shop, lost to a documentary I had yet to see. Anticipating some of Banksy’s potential antics, I blamed the result on the Academy voting against the elusive artist instead of voting for any given film. Now that Inside Job has come out on DVD, I see that they were completely right. Exit Through the Gift Shop remains one of my favorite films of the year, but if ever a documentary deserved that Oscar, it’s this one: a film so relevant, so timely, and so perfectly executed that it has earned all of its recognition. Continue reading →

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Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page funny vigilantes in “Super”

Posted on March 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Kick-Ass brought us the first self-aware skewering of the superhero genre, but it won’t be the last.  James Gunn, director of the horror comedy Slither, returns with Super – which looks to be a pastiche of violence, dark comedy, and Adam West Batman comic graphics. Continue reading →

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Episode 2: Paul, Drive Angry 3D, Valhalla Rising

Posted on March 6, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In this episode Scott Molling and I welcome filmmaker and creator of the webseries  The Brew Hunters, Joe Hotek, to talk about Valhalla Rising.  Listen here or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Continue reading →

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White collar workers feel the pain in “The Company Men”

Posted on March 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A cadre of white collar workers making at least $160,000 a year lose their jobs to corporate downsizing to inflate the company’s stock price.  As the wealth disparity continues to divide the U.S. into binary classes (super rich or flat poor), a film that expects audiences to empathize with such characters should sink faster than a lead zeppelin.  Yet the film is able to dodge this pitfall to yield a decent drama. Continue reading →

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The Adjustment Bureau – they’ll steal your love

Posted on March 4, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In 1999 we saw Thomas Anderson being told to free his mind from the Matrix; now, in 2011, Matt Damon tries to break free of “The Adjustment Bureau” – for love.  Sounds silly and corny, but that’s the best part of this lumbering conspiracy thriller. Continue reading →

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Trailers that were better than the film

Posted on March 3, 2011 by | 2 comments

The art of a trailer is an unappreciated one.  If done properly, you get a sense of what a film’s about without having the entire narrative spoiled.  If done really well, it will make you think a bag of turds is full of cute puppies.  Now maybe some of the films on this list aren’t “a bag of turds,” but you know what I mean when I refer to the trailer for… Continue reading →

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Don’t forget to tip your foley artist (short video)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by | 1 comment

One of my first memories of being enchanted with filmmaking was a Discovery Channel show called Movie Magic (or something like that) detailing how special effects were created.  From squibs (small explosions for gunshots) to miniatures (the helicopter crash from Cliffhanger), I was enthralled – especially when a guy called a foley artist took a chainsaw to a watermelon.  Continue reading →

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