Movies

Ray Harryhausen and his iconic monsters

05.07.2013

Stop-motion animator and visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died at 92. RIP

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Pulp Fiction chronological timeline [INFOGRAPHIC]

05.06.2013

Via The Big Picture. Deviant Art took the timeline to a new level, which includes character interaction. Check it out here.

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The Matrix Retold by Mom

05.02.2013

Some guy’s mom hadn’t seen — or heard of — The Matrix. They watched the entire movie together, then he had her immediately explain to him what it was about.

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Happy May Day!

05.01.2013

There’s a sale at Penney’s! Johnny from ‘Airplane!’:

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Steven Spielberg announces his next project: “Obama”

04.29.2013

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North by Northwest: the ending

04.25.2013

Perhaps the tightest movie ending of all time. Look how much it accomplishes in just 45 seconds:

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Best movie studio logo intros

04.11.2013

Somebody’s put together a boatload of movie studio logo intros. You’ll be surprised by how many you recognize. Notice the trends. They’re doing a metallic effect with a reflection of stuff? Let’s do that with ours, too. Now they’ve got things flying through space? Let’s do that, too. I think my current fave may be [...]

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Chariots of the Gods (1970)

04.09.2013

Got a kick out of this 1970 documentary the other night. It’s based on the works of Erich von Däniken, one of the main figures responsible for the ancient astronauts hypothesis. The music is to die for.

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Happy 50th birthday, Quentin

03.27.2013

Quentin Tarantino turns 50 today. I’m optimistically suspecting his fifties will prove to be his prime. If asked to pick my favorite of his scenes so far, the first thing that comes to mind is this one from Kill Bill 2. “The Bride” Beatrix has just shown up to (ahem) kill Bill, only to find [...]

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A quick clinic in subtext

03.22.2013

Subtext can be thought of as the underlying theme in a piece of writing, or a message which is not stated directly but can be inferred. It can be difficult to execute elegantly, and when it is, it’s a thing of beauty. Tons of subtext can be found in KRAMER VS. KRAMER, the excellent screenplay [...]

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