07 Thursday Jun 2012
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Academy Awards, horror, Ridley Scott, Sci Fi, Thriller, visionary
Ridley Scott
A king has his reign, and then he dies – it’s inevitable. ~ Prometheus
After months of teasing and taunting, Ridley Scott’s latest film, Prometheus, lands in theaters this week. The legendary filmmaker has been directing features for over 30 years, but his recent output has been less than stellar.
Is Prometheus a return to form for Sir Ridley?
07 Saturday Apr 2012
Posted in Kick ass trailer
Presented entirely for your cinematic enjoyment, the following is a masterfully-edited selection of the most fantastic action sequences of recent years, set to the wildly shifting time signatures of modern electronic music. The full title on YouTube is Actionary 720p in Dubstep styles (fix), and it claims to only use footage from official movie trailers. Consider it the uber-trailer for the entire genre of big-budget action films; it is not concerned with context, it is only about celebrating the moments of kinetic movie magic created by hacks and visionaries alike, perfectly matching the on-screen motions to the ebb and flow of the dubstep track (and on a related note, it is also a perfect example of why dubstep is taking over the world).
Prepare to fall in love with the movies again:
21 Saturday May 2011
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Von Trier: "Persona non grata?"
Or both? As Roman Polanski easily proved, visionary film makers can certainly be evil. Or at least devilishly provocative like Von Trier, who was physically kicked out of the Cannes Festival (though his new film, MELANCHOLIA, remains in competition) for “joking” about being a Nazi. Continue reading »
31 Thursday Mar 2011
Posted in In the Lobby
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Opening this weekend, “Source Code” looks like a promising entry in the time-shifting, crime-solving sci-fi subgenre. I really enjoyed Duncan Jones‘ first feature, “Moon” (2009), an entertaining riff on the “man alone in space develops space madness” theme, and by the looks of the trailer, we may have another future visionary on our hands.
