Ratatouille
By way of Michael, I caught wind of the new trailer for Ratatouille, Pixar’s next cinematic venture. It looks like another winner, if you ask me (plus it’s being directed by Brad Bird, the mind behind The Incredibles). I was…
Category Movies
Simply Awesome
I stumbled across this one early today, which is pretty interesting in a synchronistic sense, since Ocean’s Eleven (the Clooney/Pitt/Damon vehicle, not the execrable Rat Pack one) was on TV last night: Recreation of The Bellagio’s fountain display – an…
And The Internet Meme Cart… Rolls On!
Excuse me, Stewardess? There are snakes on this plane. The movie isn’t even out yet and yet the “fans” seem unstoppable. SoaP could end up being the darkhorse hit of the summer. Context here.
For Your Viewing Pleasure
Two quick video links: The Evolution of Dance What the Heck is an “Aluminum Falcon”?
Great, Now I Can Look Twice As Dorky AND Twice As Elitist
So I installed MacSaber the instant I heard of it because, well, I’m a total geek and the concept of turning my MacBook Pro into a light saber was just too good to pass up. It works well, a little…
Friday Video Dump
A hearty round of applause to the Internet[s], for all the free entertainment we derive therefrom. First up is an amazing Honda commercial from the UK, followed by a rather silly spoof of said commercial, executed in true Monty Python-/Benny…
Taking Movie Titles To An Absurdly Literal Extent
Giving new meaning to Star Trek canon, one pun at a time: The Search for Spock. Oy.
Cinema As Image Rehab
James Pinkerton penned an interesting piece positing that Mission: Impossible 3 is as much an image rehab attempt by Tom Cruise as it is the kickoff film for this summer’s blockbuster season. To wit: EXTERIOR: LOS ANGELES MALE VOICE IN…
Wildy Divergent Top Tens
Need something to read today? Why not peruse the Guardian’s Top 10 SciFi Movies of All Time. Better yet, why not check out the Top 10 Weirdest, Creepiest, Freakiest Children’s TV Shows?
Excuses, Excuses.
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece (complete with a nice roundup of clips from some misbehaving films) on the dodgy relationship Hollywood-produced movies have with technology in general and the Internet in particular. The WSJ blames several factors…
