Sunday, October 26, 2014

MacGuffin

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“The main thing I’ve learned over the years is that the MacGuffin is nothing. I’m convinced of this, but I find it very difficult to prove ...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Music and John Hughes

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Film and popular music are tied together inextricably, from the films of the 1940s that featured the singing stars of the day through Reserv...

That show you like is going to come back in style

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With the recent announcement that, after 25 years, the beloved, and bazar, David Lynch TV series, Twin peaks will ret...

The Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer is out and I'm gonna talk about it

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Hey friends. So, a few days ago a bootlegged version of the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer leaked. It spread around really fast and a lot ...

MR. RYAN MURPHY: PROOF THE AUTEUR THEORY IS CORRECT?

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Mr. Ryan Murphy has created many shows that have entered the popular culture zeitgeist, many of which are treatments of various groups of ou...

4 Tips for Writing Directing and Producing a Short Film

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Writing a great script for a short film is hard. Most people feel like you have to lengthen the script to create an in depth story, which is...

Keep Rolling

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There are long shots in film and then there are really long shots in film. I've always been fascinated by filmmakers that try to compos...

White Bird in a Blizzard

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Today, October 24th, 2014, White Bird in a Blizzard premieres in theaters everywhere. The new film directed and adapted by Greg Araki, take...

The Found Footage Phenomenon

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While it can be traced back to the 1980's with Cannibal Holocaust , the found footage film has proven itself to be the genre of this gen...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You: Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

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This is "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them," a textbook that exists in the wizarding world of Harry Potter. It was released...

Top Of The Lake

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In my opinion, Top of the Lake is some of the best TV that’s been made this millennium. Perhaps this is because it is not really TV, but ra...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Foreshadowing in The Birds

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The Birds is basically a movie about foreshadowing. From the beginning the increasing presence of the birds is emphasized. On the boat she f...

MY DEFENSE OF MICHAEL CIMINO AND HEAVEN'S GATE

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I know by this point all of you must be getting pretty sick of me defending things that are critically and popularly reviled, but I am back ...

Rotten Tomatoes: Hot or Not?

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Rotten Tomatoes: launched in 1998, technically owned by Warner Bros. but originally created by Senh Duong has become one of the most wide...

The Way You Look Tonight

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As I was flipping through the channels on my TV the other night, my family stopped to watch a press conference with President Obama about th...