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• ‘elena’/ Impressions

  

  Elena‘s opening shot recalls Silent Light, with its real-time exploration of daybreak. In Elena we aren’t privileged with movement though. We sit still, among... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Why Are You Talking to That Horse?/ ‘the Lone Ranger’ Trailer

  

  Why indeed.Everyone seems to know they’re supposed to be offended by the new Tonto, (Johnny Depp will be playing him in 2013’s The Lone Ranger) but there has... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 5 Essential Badass Holiday Movies

  

  The holidays are a time for laying the warm fuzzies on pretty thick. The carols in every Starbucks, the mall crowds: so over it! All these things and more can... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 12 Year-old Sam Reviews ‘a Walk to Remember’

  

  *from a diary found under my bed at my parents’ house.11/2002TODAY SUCKED!! But I saw a really, really good movie that we got at blockbuster after school. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• 2011: Good Or Great Year for Global Art House?

  

  2011 was a great year for the cinema at large, but especially the art house. There’s been increasing complaint about the polarization of the cinema between the... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Great Star/ Chinatown’s (1920′s) Anti-movie Palace

  

  From Yelp:“Great Star Theater is where i spent a time watching shaw brothers movies. and whatever else they were showing. (action, drama, adventures, love... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Two More Trailers/ ‘pacific Rim’ and ‘after Earth’

  Two (more) new pop sci-fi trailers have emerged since our note on Oblivion and Star Trek Into Darkness.Both these trailers feature earth in rebellion. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• ‘the Roommate’

  

  Have you ever seen Single White Female? Or Fatal Attraction? The Roommate is like that, but for stupid people. Suspend your disbelief for a couple hours and... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Cinema Pastiche: the ‘oblivion’ and ‘star Trek into Darkness’ Trailers

  Watching the new trailers for Star Trek Into Darkness and Oblivion this week, one may think of Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I’m Still with Coco

  I’ve been taking advantage of my free month-long Netflix trial by watching a lot of comedy shows (and the entirety of Twin Peaks in one week, which has made me... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, MOVIES, VIRAL

• Cinema Vaudeville (again)/ ‘holy Motors’ (again)

  

  This post is, while a freestanding note on Carax’s ‘Holy Motors,’ also in response to commentary from Parhom Saeidi on the same film. You can find the original... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• ‘anna Karenina’ Flailing

  

  What follows is part 2 of a 2 part series on Joe Wright’s ‘Anna Karenina.’ Part 1 can be found here. In the transcription, MB is Max Berwald and EP is Emily... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Dead/ Dying

  

  How far is too far? The question echoes across the history of authentic mediated depictions of the dead and dying. The NY Post begs the question with its Tuesda... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Double Feature Movie Hop: ‘life of Pi’ and ‘killing Them Softly’

  

  I still remember growing up when my mom used to make me sneak entire foot long subs, bottles of water, and soda into the theater. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Motor Mouth/ ‘holy Motors’

  

  I often wonder whether biographical context is an important factor in understanding a filmmaker’s work. Do I need to know the director’s relationship with... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Underwater Treadmil (sic)

  Fat Cat Walking On Underwater Treadmil (sic) appeared on Youtube in 2011, posted by elusive video artist PlanetNick01 (the presence of “Nick” in the username... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 VIRAL

• Consider ‘the Beaver’

  

  Everything that follows is: a spoiler.  I have seen a lot of movies while under the influence. Sometimes this is a terrible idea, like when I went to see Shutte... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES