November 2010
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recording a commentary track, 9 years after directing & writing “Homicide” (3.20), Barry Levinson & Henry Bromell remember too little.
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“Netflix represents more than 20 percent of downstream traffic during peak times.”
– Sandvine
“Chuck” (2007 pilot) seems targeted at 13 year old boys, and written by 14 year olds. we won’t be watching another episode.
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the jests of “Community” feel like the ventilation on airplanes: re-circulating with diminishing oxygen.
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Mykl is replacing and completing the assortment of cables and video converters in our portable Prompter To Go teleprompter kit. Working on the weekend; have teleprompter, will travel!
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Ralph Bakshi’s commentary track on the Wizards DVD gives some basic nuts-n-bolts insight into the how-to of animation production, with a moderate budget.
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a milestone marking the latter days of cel animation, “Wizards” (1977) offered a taste of visual surrealism for kids. the advance of animation production values and technique, and the maturing of its audience, have not been kind to this adolescent fantasy.
Pedro Almodóvar’s “Todo Sobre Mi Madre” (1999) meanders through moments of authenticity.
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“Megamind” (2010) was good enough to warrant a drive to the 100+ year old Robey Theatre (http://ping.fm/s5Cb3), near HearthHill.
The Coen brothers’ fair remake of “The Ladykillers” (2004) yet begs the question: why bother, when Mackendrick’s already been there (1955)?
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Feral Film’s writer is on Twitter, Facebook and the web at WriterToGo.com.
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Michael Palin meanders affably through the newer tourist destinations of “New Europe” (2007); suitable as background noise and wallpaper.
time and again, we see the narrative of a novel better translated to a television season than a 2 hour feature. movies are novellas.
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(600 page novel) ≠ (2 hour movie)
forego the movies; read the books.
like Five-Minute Shakespeare, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” (2009) is just staccato shorthand, meaningless if you haven’t read the book.
