Category: Film and Video
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Stalag 17
I said “Ach sooo” to a co-worker and got a blank stare. This reminded me that not everyone in the world has seen Stalag 17 yet, which is a real shame, and needs to be remedied on a global scale. The first chance you get, watch this movie. By turns hilarious, gut-wrenching, and razor-tense, it’s…
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Rise of the Guardians trailer
What I first took to be a sequel to that owl movie turns out to sport some really fresh and beautiful art direction by Max Boas. Rise of the Guardians, I don’t know how you’ll play out in terms of reviews or box office, but you look great.
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They’re at it again
ScreenRant reports on “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” getting remade as “Ninja Turtles” because Michael Bay is afraid that “Teenage” or “Mutant” might be a turnoff to certain audiences. I would make the connection between the fear-based re-titling that sunk John Carter, but I don’t have to — they do, in the article (2nd-to-last paragraph). Seriously,…
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Two visually-inspiring new trailers
Hollywood churns out lots of stuff you’ve seen before, so when I watch trailers, I’m not often that impressed. But in the past couple of days, I’ve raised my eyebrows to the new, potentially-iconic imagery in the new trailers for both Ridley Scott’s Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman (not to be confused with…