Oh Criterion, you steal my heart.

Now here is the the raddest thing ever. As Criterion begins to re-release their titles on Blu-Ray in November, they are actually allowing people to exchange their old DVD versions to receive $20 off the new release.
Of course, even better, amongst their November releases is one of my favorite movies of all time: The Third [...]

Sorry Ang Lee

I had a dream last night where Ang Lee and I were at a Kart track and I told him how much I liked the new Incredible Hulk movie without remembering that he directed the first Hulk movie, I told him I liked his new movie but couldn’t remember what it was.
He seemed pretty sad [...]

Goddamn You Internet

In researching my own remake for one of my favorite music videos, of course, I was not the first, not even like the 10th, there are a lot of these.
Example 1 <– Kinda shitty, but the keyboard on the wall guy is good.
Example 2 <– Pretty good!, the level of quality I would have expected [...]

1001 Movies

Out of this (pretty comprehensive) list of 1001 movies to see before you die, I have scored 358. There might be more that I missed because it appears that some of the titles were translated (Like Y Tu Mama Tambien). Anyway, that’s only 35% and that’s after I made a concentrated effort a few years [...]

Regarding two conversations at two bars over two days.

For some their favorite villain is perhaps Darth Vader. For me? I propose Gone in 60 Seconds’ Raymond Calitri.
It never rains, but it pours indeed, Mr. Calitri.
Raymond Calitri: You got 30 seconds to consider your options. One, you kill me, they kill you, your brother dies anyway.
Memphis: Shut it off!
Raymond Calitri: Two, you lie, you [...]

Movies Movies Movies

Oscar nominees are out, and like always I care about them even if it’s just a glorified popularity contest. It does make or break careers, but the event is always a little disappointing.
Anyway, as per just about every year for some reason, I saw 3 of the 5 best picture nominees. (No Country, Blood [...]

On a roll with these documentaries

Last night I watched “This Film is Not Yet Rated” continuing my week of documentary posts (I guess). This is an example of a really smart and engaging documentary. The main thrust of the film is the secrecy and confusion of the MPAA in Hollywood, and it’s put together in a very entertaining way. The [...]

Charlie Kaufman returns?

Just heard about the new Charlie Kaufman movie which he both wrote and directed called Synecdoche, New York.
Here’s the synopsis from IMDB after the jump (sounds like another corker):

Your lollipop, Madame

I tried really hard to buy an HDTV yesterday. A friend of mine was offering up a used DLP monstrosity (perhaps, not as monstrous as Scrapper’s, but close) and I had a bunch of good ideas worked out as to how I was going to afford the thing. (Mostly they all had to do with [...]