May 22 2008
Indy Jones
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This being an Indie film blog I thought it only appropriate to at least mention Indy Jones’ new flick; something about a crystal skull. Well while every other media outlet in existence is covering this film’s release today, I thought I would have to approach it from a different angle. Now this would be hard work. So luckily, I found someone to do it for me. Scouring the web to bring you the best and brightest film info, I found a great post over at filmbabble titled “Ten Self Reverential or Crossover Moments in the Films of Lucas and Spielburg”.
This list, complete with screen captures is enlightening to say the least. It is one thing for the Disney animators to disguise dirty words in “The Little Mermaid”, but here we see tiny intricate details of various Lucaspielburg films that I am surprised caught the attention of any filmgoer. Then again, when you are on your thirtieth viewing of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” and you haven’t showered in three days because your imperial trooper costume is stuck, you are bound to notice this brief appearance of E.T.
I have always thought of the Olympic opening ceremonies as a little overdramatic and dare I say cheesy. Well thanks to a 300 million dollar budget and the artistic vision of renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, 2008’s Bejing ceremonies were legendary - despite the frequent flood warnings and technical difficulties interrupting the broadcast thanks [...]
Bret Easton Ellis strikes again; Wayfarers, New Order, drugs, sex, and rich LA brats. Welcome to the first look at “The Informers”, the film adaptation of Ellis’s 1994 novel of the same name in which he also wrote the screenplay.
“The drama is set over the course of a week in 1983, in the chillingly [...]
In the 1950’s Hollywood was producing around forty westerns per year, that number fell to twenty during the 60’s, around ten per year in the 1970’s through 90’s, and in the new millennium, we are lucky to get five westerns each year. But when those westerns are of the caliber of 2007’s “3:10 [...]