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It’s probably not in the least bit surprising that the genre of the Information Revolution — science fiction — is the one that does satire on the tentacly power of the corporation so well.
Beautifully atmospheric fan music video for a Sufjan Stevens song shot with a Fisher Price PXL 2000 Pixel-vision toy videocam. By artist Jym Davis. Another via my brother Ken. (Technorati tags: Sufjan Stevens, Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland)
Yer basic heist movie: Act I: Steal the cash Act II: Fight over the cash Act III: To the beach!
The WGA strike seems endless… When the words run out And the scripts dry up, is it Back to silent film?
I Am Legend Wil Smith is alone on Manhattan Island — and maybe the planet — after a virulent plague wipes out humanity. Scariest thing about New York after the apocalypse? He still can’t get tickets to The Lion King on Broadway. (my review) Alvin and the Chipmunks A songwriter in Los Angeles adopts three … more…
In I Am Legend, when Will Smith is driving around Times Square early in the film, you can see in the background a billboard that contains the logos of both Batman and Superman. Turns out that Warner Bros. — which is also responsible for Legend — has been kicking around the idea of getting these … more…
This big-screen adaptation is based on an 80s cartoon, some fans are saying, but not really: it’s based on three fake singing forest rats from the 1950s. It’s hardcore evidence of what should have been a pop culture novelty gone disturbingly mainstream. Isn’t that enough?
See it: • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [buy it]. From my review: Oh, there is magic here, but there’s nothing sweet or luminous about it. This is magic as power, as an expression of recognizable human impulses both noble and terrible… Yates… is an artist who makes television dramas about the … more…
It’s the end of the world as we know it — again — but Hollywood’s emphasis is horrifically, hauntingly different for this movie outing.
Another from necessary muckraker Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Films. Note: Henry Kravis is only the 57th richest person in the United States. Check out War on Greed for action ideas. Via Americablog (Technorati tags: Henry Kravis, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, War on Greed)
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