Movies

Leslie Nielsen RIP

11.28.2010

We’ve lost a great one. Leslie Nielsen has died at 84. The laughs that he gave us were in their own genre. From Airplane! to Police Squad to the Naked Gun series, nobody did deadpan like that guy. I’ll never be able to look at his face without laughing. Not even if I was at [...]

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Battle of Los Angeles (movie trailer)

11.26.2010

Perfect timing. Bring on the buzz in 2011. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video International trailer. Notice the Dos Equis voice over guy: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Saving Private Ryan: opening scene

11.11.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I will never forget the humbling paralysis I felt while seeing this opening 28-minute sequence in the theater. It’s never been depicted better. Happy Veterans Day. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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The Hero’s Journey as seen in The Matrix

10.20.2010

Author Christopher Vogler discusses the 12 steps of The Hero’s Journey, a classic story structure model based on Joseph Campbell’s seminal work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The makers of this informative video have nicely applied these ideas to The Matrix: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Mark Zuckerberg vs. Bobby Fischer

09.30.2010

David Fincher’s decade-defining film The Social Network opens tomorrow. Roger Ebert — an embracer of both Facebook and Twitter — loves the film, and has posted a review that compares Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg to World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. [Zuckerberg] reminds me of the chess prodigy Bobby Fischer. There may be a touch of [...]

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‘The Social Network’ interactive trailer

09.16.2010

In theaters October 1, ‘The Social Network’ gives us a look at the history and origin of Facebook. Could conceivably have been entitled ‘The Invention that Ultimately Changed Our Lives Forever’, but that’s probably a conversation best saved for another time.

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“These are not the droids you’re looking for.”

09.10.2010

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Deep in the bowels of Leonardo DiCaprio’s subconscious

07.26.2010

Spending a Sunday afternoon in the basement of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Inception: Not Just Another Matrix Sequel

07.19.2010

“Inception”, Christopher Nolan’s bold new remake of 1999′s “The Matrix”, hit theaters this weekend to the tune of $60.4 million, establishing itself as one of the most celebrated blockbusters of the summer. Like the Smith family’s 2010 remake of 1984′s “The Karate Kid”, “Inception” positions itself as not just a sequel to the popular saga, [...]

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How 3-D Works [INFOGRAPHIC]

07.14.2010

Click image for large version. (Via Online Schools)

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DNA Evidence Reveals Vader Not Luke’s Father

07.09.2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–The body of Anakin Skywalker, the fallen and redeemed Jedi who spent over six years as the dark, foreboding, ruthless antagonist Darth Vader in the ever-popular Star Wars saga, has been exhumed to provide DNA evidence in a paternity suit. Tissue samples were taken from Skywalker’s forehead last March in an effort to [...]

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The Making of ‘Day & Night’

06.30.2010

Loved this. A behind-the-scenes look at the short film featured at the top of Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 3′. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Kubrick vs Scorsese

06.22.2010

by Leandro Copperfield 25 days, 34 films, and 1 tribute. Editor’s note: Many friends after seeing my video “Tarantino vs Coen Brothers” requested me to do a new video duel of directors, so I decided to do now a tribute to my two favorite directors, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. It required 25 days of [...]

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A 70-minute video demonstration of why The Phantom Menace sucks

06.03.2010

Via /Film: Some guy named Mike from Milwaukee put together a 70-minute video review discussing the many reasons why the movie was horrible. And this isn’t your usual fanboy rant; this is an epic, well-edited, well-constructed piece of geek film criticism. Amen. RELATED: My 2005 review of Revenge of the Sith.

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Dennis Hopper RIP

05.29.2010

Dennis Hopper has died after battling prostate cancer. He was 74. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Best Original Screenplay Winners

05.28.2010

The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940, there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940, it and the award in this article were separated into two awards. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two [...]

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