Archive for the ‘CineMusings’ Category
The world is divided into two groups. Those who feel that FLASH GORDON (1980) is a brilliantly campy throwback to B-movies (however unintentionally)…. and those who really have no ability to channel awesomeness into their lives. Read the rest of this entry »
Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.
Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
SHAUN OF THE DEAD is that rare gem of a movie. A movie shot in Britain by Brits that doesn’t suck.
I’m kidding, Edgar Wright. Great Britain gets it right a lot more than we Americans seem to do. In fact, Edgar, is that I’m in love with you as a filmmaker. I’m putting on the prom dress as I write this.
You see, I’ve seen SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD. And now I have no clue as to what I to expect from you next.
By now, you should have heard of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD. Based on Robert Kirkman’s black-and-white graphic novel series THE WALKING DEAD. It’s basically about soulless TWILIGHT fans trying to gleam enlightenment from Team Jacob or Team Edward or Team F&%k Off… Read the rest of this entry »
The Rolling Stones had it wrong.
Time is NOT on our side. Time eats away at everything we are and want to be.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing everyone that he didn’t exist. Once we get to that point where days blend into weeks… and months become a blink of a memory… when we convince ourselves that time doesn’t really exist… then time truly is the devil. And the devil has never been on our side. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been on vacation for – oh, maybe the last two months or so – and am gearing up for an amazing weekend at the movies with THE EXPENDABLES and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD about to redeem most of the summer. Well, except for that INCEPTION thing.
Somewhere out there… the creator of this fan-made trailer for THE EXPENDABLES is getting offers from trailer houses to get him to work for them.
I would have said ‘him or her,’ but judging by the final product, there’s no way this person’s a girl. Either that, or she’s the smartest woman that ever lived. Including Catherine Tramell and Velma from SCOOBY-DOO. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy 4th of July everyone! To celebrate the holiday in a silly, fun, yet ‘hell yeah’ sort of way… thought it’d be appropriate for this site to allow Bill Pullman do the honors.
First saw Independence Day at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City. Maybe a month or so into its’ release. A thousand seat theater mostly empty because everyone had already seen it. Classic theater. Wonderfully booming sound.
And then Bill Pullman came on and wonderfully boomed this speech. And my sister next to me pumped her fist and cheered ‘hell yeah!’ Read the rest of this entry »
I’m not a dog lover. By that, I mean I haven’t been bitten by ‘the dog bug’ just yet. Actually, dogs are fine. It’s the dog owners that can get to me. And no, not ALL dog owners. You know the kind I’m talking about. Read the rest of this entry »
