In case you haven’t seen this yet (or you want to see it again), settle in, turn up the volume, and enjoy: I’m not sure what I love most — Gaiman’s words, the way he reads them, or the way the colors spread across Vess’ illustrations as if they’re soaking into the paper. I also [...]
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Beginnings are tricky in almost every medium — novels, movies, comics, videogames, you name it. You’re often dealing with a world different from our own, sometimes in huge ways, and sometimes in small, subtle ones. You need to convey the salient differences smoothly, so they’re absorbed but not necessarily noticed. I’ve noticed two main styles [...]
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Apr 28, 2009
|Movies
Sleep Dealer is a fantastic near-future Mexican science fiction film currently in very limited release. My good friend Steven discovered this movie and arranged an outing to go see it on Sunday. Boy, am I glad he did both those things! I really love science fiction about people. Not the head scientists and space cowboys [...]
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Apr 24, 2009
|Los Angeles, Movies
Today’s mystery Hollywood sign read “ACNE.” Let’s just hope they’re casting a commercial and not in production on a blockbuster trilogy… Nope, not even remotely tempted to follow.
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Apr 10, 2009
|Geekery, Los Angeles, Movies
There are signs taped and stapled all over Los Angeles, usually handwritten, and always bearing a codeword like “Cowboy” or “Underwater” or “Heaven” and pointing down a certain road. It’s my understanding that these signs point to casting calls or shoots. Whenever I see one, I spend the rest of the drive making up a [...]
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Jan 4, 2009
|Martial Arts, Movies
The Forbidden Kingdom, a martial arts action adventure starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan, was far better than I’d been expecting. Perhaps because I’d heard luke-warm reports about the movie, I never went to see it in the theater. I certainly regret that now. You see, most of the time, people care about things like [...]
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Jun 5, 2008
|Movies
I saw The Incredible Hulk tonight! A buddy from work got us all tickets for an advance press screening at the Arclight (the best movie theater in the known universe). Here’s my brief review, minus spoilers: Very fun. Very green. Edward Norton is fantastic. If you enjoyed Iron Man, you’ll like Hulk, too. It’s not [...]
Read More ...Singin’ in the Rain is one of my favorite movies of all time, and now it’s been remastered!
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Apr 25, 2008
|Movies, Music, TV Shows, Tech Stuff
I’ve been streaming radio stations through iTunes at work, bopping between classical and folk and Beatles and NPR. But yesterday I discovered my new favorite: StreamingSoundtracks.com! Some of the choice pieces I’ve heard since tuning in have been from: Totoro Battlestar Galactica (new) World of Warcraft (Lament of the Highborn!) Pirates of the Carribean Hero [...]
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Feb 4, 2008
|Adventure, Los Angeles, Movies
My friend MoviePen works at WB. Before lunch today, we wandered around the lot, stood in the ER ambulance bay, and visited the Warner Brothers Museum… of which the entire second floor is dedicated to Harry Potter! Oh, the geekery! We were greeted immediately by a headless mannequin sporting Hagrid’s huge overcoat from the first [...]
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