With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, this should give you some movies to watch:
TDW:
The Twin Towers’ “all-too-short film career” is celebrated in Dan Meth‘s commemorative collection of World Trade Center cinematic cameos.
August 31, 2011
Twin Tower Cameos
June 2, 2011
Tarantino’s Slave Movie
May 27, 2011
Leading Up To HP 7 Part II
TDW:
With less than 50 days to go until HP7 part II hits theaters, YouTuber Genrocks of Filmography 2010 fame employs her unique editing skills to take a pensieve look back at a decade of Harry Potter films in a special retrospective featuring clips from all eight films set to a mashup of dredg and John Williams’ “Hedwig’s Theme.”
May 15, 2011
“Cold Water on a Hot Day”
This is a great video, but a great quote can also go with it:
“In the end, like in Stardust Memories, we all get flushed. The beautiful ones, the accomplished ones, the Einsteins, the Shakespeares, the homeless guys in the street with the wine bottles, all end up in the same grave. So, I have a very dim view of things, but I think about them, and I do feel that I’ve come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is meaningful, but the artist can provide you with a cold glass of water on a hot day,” - Woody Allen.
April 13, 2011
Never Saying Goodbye in a Movie
A short compilation of people hanging up without saying goodbye in the movies.
April 2, 2011
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
A long but crazy part of The Departed. Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) is dealt a plate of bricks.
March 31, 2011
Mark Walhberg in The Departed
Epic (and curse-laden) scene from the movie of the year from the other year.
March 12, 2011
Movie Review: Iron Man II
I loved the first Iron Man. The second was good but just didn’t have the same feel as the first.
I felt the sequel wasted a good bit of time following Tony Stark around as he was going through his little crisis. Tony’s ego issue seemed to reveal his wasteful lifestyle. Is it paradoxical that the plutonium in his chest killing him coincided with him destroying everything around him (his relationship with Pepper, his corporation, his house, his friendships)?
I remember a while back seeing the previews for this movie and I thought that Obadiah (from Iron Man I) was Ivan (pictured). Ivan, to me, was an impressive bad guy. His ruthlessness, quiet brilliance flew under the radar of most of the fast talking American arms sellers and celebs (most notably, Hammer). If you had the patience to ask him a question or to listen carefully to his Russian-tinted English, you could get a better sense of who he was. Unfortunately, not many people, Tony Stark included, took that opportunity.
The ending in my opinion was abrupt. I would of thought Ivan would’ve gone out with more of a bang (no pun intended). I did love the symbolism around Ivan – reflecting Ivan the Terrible from Russia.
This sequel definitely convinced me of Tony Stark’s character flaws. His narcism was more than evident in the first installment. I believe both movies built on showing the inner flaws of Tony Stark – his inability to let anyone close, his constant jabbering, his egocentrism, and his hereditary motto that he is protecting America by taking out his competition, shipping off his problems back to Russia, and battling for an entire movie a man willing to avenge his fathers death by the hands of a corrupt war machine.
Both movies are well worth watching and gave me a lot of “oh man!” or “ouch!” moments.
January 13, 2011
Map of the Day
January 11, 2011
Greatest Movie Insults Ever
The Top 100:
along with the “other” top 100:
Saddle up for some laughs (and profane language).
December 27, 2010
Movie Review: A Prophet
I forget how I heard about this movie, but I just got to watch it. A Prophet received four stars and is a French film. It is a story of a 19-year old inmate named Malik who serves a 6-year prison sentence and is forced to survive on the inside.
Malik, an Arab, comes to work for the Corsican mafia. As time progresses and respect is garnered, Malik moves up in rank. Its quite a watch to see such a young kid form into the mold of a gritty type of Euro/Asian crime character.
Many points in this movie are disturbing, eerie, graphic, or lewd. The first man Malik kills with a razor blade haunts him throughout the movie. His ghost joins him in his cell, scars and all showing just as in Beetlejuice, with his cigarettes smoke blowing out. As the movie progresses, Malik is able to go out on day leaves for “work”. His work is often jobs for his boss Cesar and is often dangerous, sometimes rewarding, and usually brings him back past his due time (this eventually lands him in the hole).
I wouldn’t give high recommendations for this movie unless you want to see a film of dark substance depicting life inside prison.
