watch it: “Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean”
From TED Talks. Horrifyingly, this predates the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:
poster convergence: ‘Inception’ and ‘The Scorcerer’s Apprentice’ vs. ‘The Matrix’
Everybody wants to be like Neo: That Inception poster is reminding me of another film: it’s on the tip of my mind, but I can’t quite grasp it. And at least that Matrix poster that it’s aping isn’t one of the really iconic ones. Disney seems to really, really hope you’ll think of Neo’s quest … more…
The Maid (La Nana) (review)
I cannot urge you strongly enough to see this movie — see it now.
trailer break: ‘Tangled’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… We learned back in March that Disney was suddenly terrified of princess movies, and so was changing the title of its Rapunzel movie from, you know, Rapunzel to Tangled. And now we see how far the Mouse is going to de-girl the movie with this trailer. In … more…
question of the day: Has the nature of the modern movie geek changed?
Devin Fararci at CHUD.com posted a provocative essay recently decrying the dreary mainstream tastes of those who call themselves movie geeks these days: For the last couple of years I’ve been trying to wrap my head around an increasingly vocal segment of our readership – people who seem to hate weird, offbeat, unique and difficult … more…
finally caught up with ‘Ashes to Ashes’: Series One (plus announcing ‘Life on Mars’ blogging)
And my mind is a little bit blown. I don’t think Ashes to Ashes, at least this first batch, is quite as absolutely brilliant genius as proper Life on Mars (we don’t talk about the American abomination here, at least not any more), but it’s close. I’ve had a lot to say about Life on … more…
omg: Michael Bay’s next movie is totally gonna be a work of art, promise
I so needed a laugh today. And then I came across a USA Today article from a couple days back called “Next ‘Transformers’ is due for a switch,” which had me snorting with derision all the way through. You can almost hear writer Anthony Breznican snickering in places. Listen: With shooting underway on a third … more…
deep thought
No one could have predicted that my Wii balance board would end up being the most expensive doorstop ever.
watch it: a very young Alfred Hitchcock says naughty things…
…in a 1929 soundtest for his film Blackmail: (via Jezebel)
Collapse (review)
There’s a horrifying train wreck quality to documentarian Chris Smith’s feature-length interview with Michael Ruppert, former LAPD detective, investigative reporter, CIA whistleblower.
