Simplifying 35 films into two short minutes:

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35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

I must admit, I haven't figured out all of them.

So, we have apparently all learned to Never Underestimate an Octopus. To be fair, underestimating octopodes is not one of my general habits, but until now, I had not thought highly of their psychic abilities. I have been firmly corrected. For two, THE VUVUZELAS HAVE BEEN SILENCED AT LAST, however temporarily. Yes, this deserves capital letters. It ( Read more... )

The next Oz post is up, and yay, we're back to good books again with The Magical Mimics of Oz.

On a related note, a few alert readers have reminded me that this the 100th anniversary of the first ever film of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, aka, Oz Goes Ballet!

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I can't decide what I adore most about this: the cyclone, the way you can see the wires ( Read more... )

Everybody remind me that I should never, but never, watch biopics based on the life of John Keats to cheer myself up. The movie in question is Bright Star, and it's ok, I guess, if slow, and tremendously depressing, and if I had severe qualms about the depiction of Charles Armitage Brown, here depicted as one of the Worst People Ever, leading me to ( Read more... )

The latest version of Alice in Wonderland brings up some intriguing questions, like, why, exactly, is the remake of The Karate Kid based on kung-fu?? (I realize that this is but the start of the many, many questions raised by the trailer, including, but not limited to, why anyone thought that remaking The Karate Kid was a good idea, but, whatever ( Read more... )

The Oscars were boring. Next!

It's very, very rare for me to complain that a film did not have enough girl on girl fights.

( I'm complaining. Which means, of course, that it's TIME FOR SNARK. )

I sniffled. Especially during the first heartbreaking 15 minutes (for those who haven't seen the film, stick around: it gets considerably more cheerful after this, especially once the dogs show up.) Highly recommended. Bonus points for showing a highly correct and praiseworthy attitude towards squirrels.

( Spoilery potential quibbles )

Just some random observations on the Trek film. ( Cut for potential spoilery bits even though I think most of you have seen it by now. )

So, after dinner at the inevitable Logan's Roadhouse, we headed to see Wolverine.

( Cut for ferociously spoilery snark! )