Entries Tagged as 'movies'

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

‘Cowboys & Aliens’ trailer: 3:10 to Yoda?

via herocomplex.latimes.com This looks like a lot of fun.

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

“Born Rich”

via video.google.com I saw this on HBO some time ago. It’s a documentary by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune, about him and his fellow scions of the super-rich. Recommended, especially if you ever feel envious of those born to great wealth. Posted via email from crasch’s posterous

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception « BIG OTHER

Nolan then fails to dramatize his concepts. His primary—indeed, practically his only—tool for delivering information to the audience is character dialogue. Rarely does anyone shut his or her mouth during the 148 minutes that are Inception. Its actors are talking threadbare ciphers, eager mouthpieces for their director. Examples abound. After failing in their mission to [...]

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Everyone on TV reads the same newspaper

via boingboing.net “Everybody on TV and in movies reads the same newspaper, it seems. And they’ve been reading that standard newspaper prop for decades.” Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The Perfect Storm: Gimbal Madness

The amount of work and engineering skill that goes into making movies often astonishes me. Via The Perfect Storm: Gimbal Madness Petersen scouted the film world to find the ideal spot to shoot his actors swarming on the Andrea Gail. One by one, the Malta tank, Universal Lake, and the Baja facility where Titanic was [...]

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The Invention of Lying

Oooh, I want to see this…

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The Vampire Assistant

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Adam

Looks cute: Via ersigh.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Drag Me to Hell?

Evil Dead I. Evil Dead II. Army of Darkness. Spiderman. If you liked those movies, you’ll probably like Drag Me to Hell, the latest movie directed by Sam Raimi. I’m planning to see it this weekend. Who wants to go with me? It should be pretty good — the film is pulling 93% on the [...]

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

World Builder

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.