tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57245523301224078092024-02-18T23:41:48.749-08:00He Shot Cyruselgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-31350140961898770342011-06-13T10:41:00.001-07:002011-06-13T10:55:58.902-07:00I'm New HereHello He Shot Cyrus Fans!<br /><br />Your waiting and patience will hopefully be rewarded. As been mentioned on the excellent Frankly, My Dear podcast (which you should check out on the link on the right side over there) Scott has been incredibly busy doing episodes of that with his wife Whitney and has recently been doing more movie reviews over at the excellent redesigned film hub for all the great film bloggers out there called <a href="http://manilovefilms.com/">Man, I Love Films.</a> With all that going on he didn't want to let this blog, He Shot Cyrus, go to waste. Well fear not, because it is back.<br /><br />My name is Daniel Kielman. I went to film school with Scott and have been a guest on a few episodes of Frankly, My Dear and love film as much as him. And hip hop I would argue as well. So naturally I'm taking over his blog, or at least going to be the main contributor for the future at the moment.<br /><br />I have a lot of great plans for it and have been preparing posts for some time now and am ready to start putting stuff on here. So expect updates on a much more regular basis, possibly even daily if I can really get everything together, and I'll try to give you some of his classic bits in a new light and also some new features as well.<br /><br />Often times I will link directly to any posts I or Scott make over at <a href="http://manilovefilms.com/">Man, I Love Films</a> because they are posts written by us so naturally they should get some love here too. But over here is a much more, how you say, monarchy, where anything and everything film-related will be posted and we'll see how that goes with feedback and hits.<br /><br />To tell you a little more about myself here's a little history for me and some of my favorite films:<br /><br />I was born and raised in Sacramento, CA. I got my Bachelor's and Master's of Fine Arts in Cinema at San Francisco State University. I currently work a few odd jobs to get by but mostly do this film writing as a labor of love. If anyone would like to offer me a cool million, or even a cool one hundred, to write about film I'm sure we can talk.<br /><br />Outside of film my interests are concerts (I attend many throughout the year, I've considered blogging about these adventures too but I'm not sure if people really care that much about it), playing music (play a few instruments, learning violin at the moment), making films (only short ones under my belt), teaching, writing, reading, video games and many other odd things I'm sure will come out in my writing. Or if you have questions feel free to ask.<br /><br />Here is a list of some of my personal favorite films for whatever reason:<br /><br />Magnolia, Notorious, High Fidelity, Persona, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, and a ton of other films that I can't think about at the moment.<br /><br />So expect some more articles soon and I'll try to keep things relevant and interesting and do Scott's visitors justice.Roclifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452746351587739750noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-12193765992737736972011-01-15T09:30:00.000-08:002011-01-15T10:10:33.535-08:00Best Movies I've Watched This YearI've been trying to watch as many of my "100 in 2011" list before Sundance starts and so far, I've been doing pretty well. It's only Jan. 14th and I've already marked twelve movies off of my list. That's 12%! And so far, three of the movies really stand out among the rest.<br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLe1UkIMIFZtOLmI4wdD1tFqXk6hoY_FoDMace8rHmZMAMkojg6LqC5NrXrIzSCs7sB_MZs5SPdON2ozXH42r6FX_pJzzl4ez7neotkfiKjD2tN-ivhgFq4O7kfy7Ryu7iqJFBDF36Z6M/s1600/fritz6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562467203497967426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLe1UkIMIFZtOLmI4wdD1tFqXk6hoY_FoDMace8rHmZMAMkojg6LqC5NrXrIzSCs7sB_MZs5SPdON2ozXH42r6FX_pJzzl4ez7neotkfiKjD2tN-ivhgFq4O7kfy7Ryu7iqJFBDF36Z6M/s400/fritz6.jpg" /></a> <strong>Fritz the Cat (1972)</strong> - This one's a mindtrip. An X-rated cartoon featuring animals. It's pretty safe to say that <em>Fritz</em> had some sort of influence on <em>Meet the Feebles</em>. Based on Robert Crumb's comic strip of the same name, this sex-filled, profanity-laced adult cartoon was directed by animator Ralph Bakshi (<em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, <em>American Pop</em>) and instantly became a cult classic.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The most memorable scene is the one where Fritz takes three hippie girls back to his bathtub and tries to have a four-way with them but it's not long before the other animals in his building decide to join him, turning it into a 7-or-8-way and once they start smoking weed, everything gets crazy. Soon, two cops (animated as fat, disgusting pigs) show up and break up the party. Fritz is left with one option, to flush himself down the toilet and leave his new friends behind. </div><div align="justify"> <br /></div><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHklGw7s9M29g16sJMT01hXwCGrFsLIAs-srOQOuN0LxbIADGpOmuza6w1V2rMKgcfSzbpyWOOfTlrh-DHzRwKthxu6dW4uIysPhU5R19pqD3Q4h4aOUIELUWa-3kRYUpYzQOSHh1futJ/s1600/rashomon3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562467201610146290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHklGw7s9M29g16sJMT01hXwCGrFsLIAs-srOQOuN0LxbIADGpOmuza6w1V2rMKgcfSzbpyWOOfTlrh-DHzRwKthxu6dW4uIysPhU5R19pqD3Q4h4aOUIELUWa-3kRYUpYzQOSHh1futJ/s400/rashomon3.jpg" /></a> <strong>Rashomon (1950)</strong> - I have a pretty limited knowledge of Kurosawa. I've seen <em>Throne of Blood</em>, <em>High and Low</em>, and most of <em>Seven Samurai.</em> That's why he's the most named director on my "100 in 2011" list. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><em>Rashomon</em> is fantastic. The plot involves a married couple who's life is forever altered by a bandit (Toshiro Mifune). The wife is raped and the husband is murdered but due to how Kurosawa tells the story, you never hate the bandit. The story recalls events from four different perspectives: the wife's, the husband's (told through a medium), the bandit's, and a witness'. Each story they tell recalls the same general events but the differences are in the details.<br /><br />I'm really glad I finally watched <em>Rashomon</em>. It's opened me up to watching more Kurosawa which is good condering he shows up on my "100 in 2011" so many times. I just wish I hadn't followed it up <em>with Surf Nazis Must Die. <br /><br /></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_vQuXth_T7V5-v79GBnsiKbQjqeVP4WYpMmQl1CspT8tv6WfT82zfaJKkUO2i-nrJYz9xk7ZN-Aj47syzBJYegD6Di811T17xh__NIYAlgdgm512XlvxS9VpxrsP3kiFVOEntmk-Nplr/s1600/key_art_very_bad_things.jpg"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562467194995854034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_vQuXth_T7V5-v79GBnsiKbQjqeVP4WYpMmQl1CspT8tv6WfT82zfaJKkUO2i-nrJYz9xk7ZN-Aj47syzBJYegD6Di811T17xh__NIYAlgdgm512XlvxS9VpxrsP3kiFVOEntmk-Nplr/s400/key_art_very_bad_things.jpg" /></em></a><em> </em><strong>Very Bad Things (1998)</strong> - Where the fuck was this one hiding? If you want to know what kind of movies I love, watch <em>Very Bad Things.</em> Sex, gore, violence, bromance. What else do you need? It's a shame that Peter Berg didn't make more movies like this. From the look of his filmography, he's more of a studio director than an auteur. <em>Very Bad Things</em> is for anyone who loved <em>Swingers</em> or <em>Made </em>(and not just because it starts Jon Faverau). It's like <em>Swingers</em> and <em>Made</em> had a little brother who suffered from violent bouts of insanity. And apparently, someone locked up <em>Very Bad Things </em>down in a basement somewhere because somehow, I hadn't seen it until this morning.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-65685477218101157752011-01-10T12:31:00.000-08:002011-01-10T12:34:06.123-08:00Happy Birthday, Walter Hill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMQUJenx_XELkXe6nQ-lQL3aZsz54xQC2-WmIZ8nbHhMv8qEXv1tbf39rWHt33Iwdg877E6Tw0IJuAfAMdwZbef1C4SV8eY9UXv7W_ZXAvIuj0dup4-1g1BHoPQkhCuaAOZE8oi3vOa0k/s1600/the-warriors2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMQUJenx_XELkXe6nQ-lQL3aZsz54xQC2-WmIZ8nbHhMv8qEXv1tbf39rWHt33Iwdg877E6Tw0IJuAfAMdwZbef1C4SV8eY9UXv7W_ZXAvIuj0dup4-1g1BHoPQkhCuaAOZE8oi3vOa0k/s320/the-warriors2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560658197311637586" /></a>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-33962203372448378952011-01-10T10:25:00.000-08:002011-01-10T10:30:32.560-08:00Empire Records<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIL5dF-HYJcQ59RO4o3G34AD1jzXjrqW3awXj_R7wrTLt4d3c4Hg1-deFstrgQqNEv0KKTCzjOEandCDaJY7FJ_-vAqHs9prscUGdCYH9f1DcID7uicNc0ikaf4SwbIUtnTdhpvVBQ2im/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560625796942425314" /><div>Empire Records is less uplifting once you realize the internet would have eliminated their business within the next twelve months.</div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-87330583814192585982011-01-05T10:59:00.000-08:002011-01-05T11:20:37.246-08:00100 Films I Will Watch in 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkAU3At6oib936t44eCefk11XyaGo4Vm-bwpsD3uDkO2BPu-C9L1xDEpsQ6eEy0wy6EkdW_ibH7o_HdCa-0G2EBVU_fyW3mhI6xYRnSK3G24YtZVSxpyzyOl2uIfR0jS1VtVq5RffhLy3/s1600/ff_aboyandhisdog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkAU3At6oib936t44eCefk11XyaGo4Vm-bwpsD3uDkO2BPu-C9L1xDEpsQ6eEy0wy6EkdW_ibH7o_HdCa-0G2EBVU_fyW3mhI6xYRnSK3G24YtZVSxpyzyOl2uIfR0jS1VtVq5RffhLy3/s320/ff_aboyandhisdog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558780024507986770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A Boy and His Dog</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Fistful of Dollars</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Prophet</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Woman Under the Influence</div><div style="text-align: center;">Aguirre, Wrath of God</div><div style="text-align: center;">All About Eve</div><div style="text-align: center;">All the Real Girls</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amadeus</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amarcord</div><div style="text-align: center;">Angel Heart</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG4GemFixSovDQLCEBs56vCXHAhI-RRs0TMkQcz8PpIsrj9o2F3MOMGiPe-LH3JRg7XLqblsUJfoP5kZL3APtQ2M4BVQ3itsIuesHv-itq9P6x23j2yo5cFTbK1XDpWlLpCncdI6-Ij4z/s1600/Apocalypse_Now-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAG4GemFixSovDQLCEBs56vCXHAhI-RRs0TMkQcz8PpIsrj9o2F3MOMGiPe-LH3JRg7XLqblsUJfoP5kZL3APtQ2M4BVQ3itsIuesHv-itq9P6x23j2yo5cFTbK1XDpWlLpCncdI6-Ij4z/s320/Apocalypse_Now-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558780259330761394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Apocalypse Now</div><div style="text-align: center;">Attack of the 50 Foot Woman</div><div style="text-align: center;">Barbarella</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blow Up</div><div style="text-align: center;">Body Heat</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bringing Out the Dead</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cane Toads</div><div style="text-align: center;">Class of Nuke'Em High</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cool As Ice</div><div style="text-align: center;">Das Boot</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfoJ2D5pPhT_dPRTH8gggGJIgq5hn9IEIYHQNkCTTS1qhCnMw6ajhMHy_CwpUAJrh8L-LGS9ddRGxbmDzBpCUMC9AeyOBES7r7dWPHylTx9l9bx6wgLvvXMAAlUxD7KYfnkcRdg4kct0W/s1600/death-race-2000-movie-poster12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfoJ2D5pPhT_dPRTH8gggGJIgq5hn9IEIYHQNkCTTS1qhCnMw6ajhMHy_CwpUAJrh8L-LGS9ddRGxbmDzBpCUMC9AeyOBES7r7dWPHylTx9l9bx6wgLvvXMAAlUxD7KYfnkcRdg4kct0W/s320/death-race-2000-movie-poster12.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558780587150715298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Death Race 2000</div><div style="text-align: center;">Doctor Zhivago</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dr. Strangelove</div><div style="text-align: center;">Duck, You Sucker</div><div style="text-align: center;">El Topo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fireworks</div><div style="text-align: center;">Flirting with Disaster</div><div style="text-align: center;">For a Few Dollars More</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4C59G3RqSKj7FcQnav9YBTAfoH84R-lwS-6fG7oi5pzotCP_SzKZ-Hxwo95QPYf3YGgH5LBcTOiY0X05mF_UWhlaScMHIzY8iDhNLDGRHz21HlyCyv_Jy4aClD1EYFcMl2DvcykwTE9R/s1600/fritz_the_cat_film008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4C59G3RqSKj7FcQnav9YBTAfoH84R-lwS-6fG7oi5pzotCP_SzKZ-Hxwo95QPYf3YGgH5LBcTOiY0X05mF_UWhlaScMHIzY8iDhNLDGRHz21HlyCyv_Jy4aClD1EYFcMl2DvcykwTE9R/s320/fritz_the_cat_film008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558781122074244834" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Fritz the Cat</div><div style="text-align: center;">From Here to Eternity</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerry</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ghost in the Shell</div><div style="text-align: center;">Harold and Maude</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heavenly Creatures</div><div style="text-align: center;">High Noon</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's a Wonderful Life</div><div style="text-align: center;">King Kong</div><div style="text-align: center;">La Dolce Vita</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZ_skJyijO0_oBSR7qbe6B7lAmhf4URvaCZkXJq4AbejaYA9N5xD2CY0hvhHBsOhQ9EjTZGqlu72pBt5cBqid7lFhp0aZVymXSlynHIJ2SRN-cgGMrPwjmjhJSbY9SLotfSERUaSviI-c/s1600/ActBrandoLastTango.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZ_skJyijO0_oBSR7qbe6B7lAmhf4URvaCZkXJq4AbejaYA9N5xD2CY0hvhHBsOhQ9EjTZGqlu72pBt5cBqid7lFhp0aZVymXSlynHIJ2SRN-cgGMrPwjmjhJSbY9SLotfSERUaSviI-c/s320/ActBrandoLastTango.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558781598941652674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Last Tango in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lawrence of Arabia</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lost Highway</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lost in America</div><div style="text-align: center;">M</div><div style="text-align: center;">Monty Python's The Life of Brian</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nashville</div><div style="text-align: center;">No Direction Home: Bob Dylan</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once Upon a Time in the West</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ordinary People</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PTd9ORxu1EY6S-Xhwx30u6QYxuFbX6lc1EbJKywgZUlTGDCd9ustnrKVNnBs7yEUZObq-_Vg2CCY0sSF6wrn-_RHckoQd-1mGp1uXUkfZtGAvxjSk2zIcFjDgek_h_RbyPiaUHPvKG4k/s1600/Film_358w_PandorasBox.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4PTd9ORxu1EY6S-Xhwx30u6QYxuFbX6lc1EbJKywgZUlTGDCd9ustnrKVNnBs7yEUZObq-_Vg2CCY0sSF6wrn-_RHckoQd-1mGp1uXUkfZtGAvxjSk2zIcFjDgek_h_RbyPiaUHPvKG4k/s320/Film_358w_PandorasBox.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558781884409083138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Pandora's Box</div><div style="text-align: center;">Passion of Joan of Arc</div><div style="text-align: center;">Playtime</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ran</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rashomon</div><div style="text-align: center;">Requiem for a Dream</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rocky Horror Picture Show</div><div style="text-align: center;">Scenes from a Marriage</div><div style="text-align: center;">Series 7: The Contenders</div><div style="text-align: center;">Seven Samurai</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s4gfAUpDk5ndH2Bu5SzK9mBAATbz8UhDr-CgQ51PgSkd7sYIP7DJc0zFkjow5loh9987_7X1SkHj59HhR8m32JFD_AB0RwhqIMjeY0b_9F3UaOzBqVf4Rpwc7V4UQJqKkDgMSwOPwY29/s1600/6a00d83451b77e69e200e54f1d68b68833-800wi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s4gfAUpDk5ndH2Bu5SzK9mBAATbz8UhDr-CgQ51PgSkd7sYIP7DJc0zFkjow5loh9987_7X1SkHj59HhR8m32JFD_AB0RwhqIMjeY0b_9F3UaOzBqVf4Rpwc7V4UQJqKkDgMSwOPwY29/s320/6a00d83451b77e69e200e54f1d68b68833-800wi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558782629905528114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shampoo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shane</div><div style="text-align: center;">Singin' in the Rain</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slap Shot</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sling Blade</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soldier</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spartacus</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunset Blvd.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Surf Nazis Must Die</div><div style="text-align: center;">Swing Time</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2G46L9VZsG7siPKFHCy90GTrSGKWTYicb3JcvoMyv7mNIlWpwUVQGzOYb7udS4oZtZm-WTB-ExHVC5ZBpwB5mkkit-csciC4EWk07hK0gUYCds_giCbzIyPlg0i5_GD9stWF2e3GZbhN/s1600/bridgeontheriverkwai.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2G46L9VZsG7siPKFHCy90GTrSGKWTYicb3JcvoMyv7mNIlWpwUVQGzOYb7udS4oZtZm-WTB-ExHVC5ZBpwB5mkkit-csciC4EWk07hK0gUYCds_giCbzIyPlg0i5_GD9stWF2e3GZbhN/s320/bridgeontheriverkwai.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558782944786813378" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Bridge on the River Kwai</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Deer Hunter</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Elephant Man</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Endless Summer</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Godfather Part III</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Grapes of Wrath</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Holy Mountain</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Killing of a Chinese Bookie</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Last Temptation of Christ</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV8cH1du8nv0F0FXeOr9AHr-pyOqV-1FHoyu84V9oI5vs0nEFxQI36Gm81jYBGlE1ffflRJrSNLKGhQ1e0e_SGm9L0DDaLdbRuNupjM3lH3Out1qdwEGo1tOLbf42vd-4XKJqpsAL0Lrx/s1600/the-magnificent-seven-1-800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV8cH1du8nv0F0FXeOr9AHr-pyOqV-1FHoyu84V9oI5vs0nEFxQI36Gm81jYBGlE1ffflRJrSNLKGhQ1e0e_SGm9L0DDaLdbRuNupjM3lH3Out1qdwEGo1tOLbf42vd-4XKJqpsAL0Lrx/s320/the-magnificent-seven-1-800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558783293258203442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Magnificent Seven</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Plague Dogs</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Proposition</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Red Shoes</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Sweet Hereafter</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Thin Red Line</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Third Man</div><div style="text-align: center;">The White Ribbon</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Wild Bunch</div><div style="text-align: center;">Umberto D.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJBxYQXhenmoCh3_hUtk5MewktrsFrCrTldJsM4VW9LRI-ZigMOtS3DWxgtjQ11mAwLZPQH3XzibtPHiC9W3in4EAM6WZSW7tp9YG553ik2g6RGp7MF_Z1hedN4bDtVnT4q8j3HcWYQ1D/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJBxYQXhenmoCh3_hUtk5MewktrsFrCrTldJsM4VW9LRI-ZigMOtS3DWxgtjQ11mAwLZPQH3XzibtPHiC9W3in4EAM6WZSW7tp9YG553ik2g6RGp7MF_Z1hedN4bDtVnT4q8j3HcWYQ1D/s320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558783546435697314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">V for Vendetta</div><div style="text-align: center;">Very Bad Things</div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking and Talking</div><div style="text-align: center;">West Side Story</div><div style="text-align: center;">White Dog</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wings of Desire</div><div style="text-align: center;">Withnail & I</div><div style="text-align: center;">Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown</div><div style="text-align: center;">Y Tu Mama Tambien</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yankee Doodle Dandy</div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-81363264429329329282010-06-28T14:34:00.000-07:002010-06-28T14:38:34.203-07:00SorryNo, this isn't a post to announce a film adaptation of the movie <em>Sorry.</em> Although, I'm sure it's coming. This is an Apology post for the lack of Regular posts on HSC as of late.<br /><br />As most of you know, Whitney and I launched a weekly film podcast called <a href="http://www.franklymydearpodcast.podomatic.com/">Frankly, My Dear</a>. We hit the ground running about a month ago and have beeen extremely, extremely pleased with the feedback everyone has given us. A lot of people are listening and we couldn't be more happy about it. <br /><br />But the show takes a lot of preparation and I haven't has the time to post as frequently as I'd like to on He Shot Cyrus.<br /><br />I'm going to try my hardest to post more. But we are considering moving the Thanks for Writing contest over to FMD. Let me know what you think of this.elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-76138223181684685412010-06-12T08:22:00.000-07:002010-06-12T08:28:57.588-07:00Frankly, My Dear Podcast<div align="left">There's a reason I haven' been posting as frequently as usual. Whitney and I started a podcast. It was way more difficult than I would have thought but totally worth the work. The first two episodes are up on iTunes and Podomatic. We've got movie reviews, Top 5 lists, and theme music! </div><div align="center"><br />So here's the link if you want it.</div><div align="center"><a href="http://franklymydearpodcast.podomatic.com/">http://franklymydearpodcast.podomatic.com</a></div><div align="center">And you can also subscibe to our show on iTunes.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">If you have a podcast, or if you listen to film podcasts, leave a comment with the link and I'll definitely check it out. Thanks!</div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-72256330217927741892010-06-09T15:01:00.000-07:002010-06-09T15:05:19.264-07:00Splice Review (Major Spoilers)<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 22px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;">I know what you’re thinking. “Science-Fiction? BOR-ING. Science is boring by itself and fiction? No thank you. I prefer my disciplines to be fact-based and set in reality.” See, I did know what you were thinking. But like the Weather Girls, have I got news for you! Science is so much more than debating Pluto’s planet status and building pinwheels. Take Splice for example. Vincenzo Natali’s riveting documentary about two scientists (who are SO MUCH better looking than most scientists I know) who spliced together a whole bunch of animal DNA (a.k.a. blood) and human DNA (a.k.a. blood) and made a species which they call DREN but which I would have called Animan or Manimal.<br /><br />Anyway, this director is really good because, unlike most documentaries, he really tried to stay away from the dreaded “floating heads” style of movie. For the most part, he really just lets the people tell their own story (except for DREN) who can’t speak English. There weren’t any subtitles but after a while you get used to it.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 22px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqaPGpF6l2LCf6qEPk3ufq2Vrggmf6Fff0uWaGl-Mhxa0mb7eIqoYza5-TkZU_XnLn1xGtLxPeyM0Ex0TlOj05GEQZA4gSRXW7DFL0Ug9_gHov5II15EwVlE7RlWssR4mQ3FgIA6SbSCD/s1600/splice_movie_image_adrian_brody_sarah_polley_02%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqaPGpF6l2LCf6qEPk3ufq2Vrggmf6Fff0uWaGl-Mhxa0mb7eIqoYza5-TkZU_XnLn1xGtLxPeyM0Ex0TlOj05GEQZA4gSRXW7DFL0Ug9_gHov5II15EwVlE7RlWssR4mQ3FgIA6SbSCD/s400/splice_movie_image_adrian_brody_sarah_polley_02%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480898209606740386" /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 22px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;">Anyway, these scientists have to hide their DREN because the government would NOT like the fact that these two made a creature of their own. Especially since the DREN is creepy looking. It was a pretty good thing that people didn’t know DREN existed at the time when they were making the movie or they would have freaked out. I almost freaked out and I had a movie screen in between me and the DREN! Needless to say, things start going wrong and quick! Turns out, DREN has a tail with a spike in it (I think it came from either the scorpion DNA (a.k.a. blood) or the human DNA (a.k.a. blood).<br /><br />Anyway, the DREN’S face reminded me of <a href="http://cdn.mgsrvr.com/funnies/picsMay28/alienbaby.jpg">this</a>.<br /><br />What was really incredible about the movie was how close the filmmaker could get to the creature without it ever attacking him. I mean, the DREN jumped at the camera a lot but the story kept going on so I guess he was always alright. One part that made me sad was when the boy scientist and the girl scientist were having relationship problems.<br /><br />And then Adrian Brody fucked his creature-daughter.<br /><br />The End.</span></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-25383755019379324492010-06-04T13:19:00.000-07:002010-06-04T13:25:13.984-07:00Doug Comic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4q3CHeJdJcvBs4LOWx2veZzQF2MmXPLmFwT7_1srRQOXx8X1Df5-4ErGmClEfAwA3Gm-iL0BmEBzQuNKALt0P9i9cWt5ao40iXTibQmx2dFJNRM3z9osq_c49C4VM4_VpMp1poNeKb4w4/s1600/2010-03-22-snips29.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4q3CHeJdJcvBs4LOWx2veZzQF2MmXPLmFwT7_1srRQOXx8X1Df5-4ErGmClEfAwA3Gm-iL0BmEBzQuNKALt0P9i9cWt5ao40iXTibQmx2dFJNRM3z9osq_c49C4VM4_VpMp1poNeKb4w4/s400/2010-03-22-snips29.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479016019638854162" /></a>Matthew from <a href="http://rantocracy.blogspot.com/">Culture Kills</a> e-mailed this awesome (and slightly disturbing) Doug comic drawn by H. Caldwell Tanner from <a href="http://loldwell.com/?p=574">LOLDWELL.com</a>. This has an American Splendor feeling to it mixed with a little noir. I hope this is part of a series. Thanks, Matthew!elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-9349538652135013762010-06-03T14:07:00.001-07:002010-06-03T14:09:35.826-07:00Why Didn't They Tell Me About THIS EITHER?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN0bx6uePms1wZzy4gJUer0DLHEzM4vAFYGLZmIzJ96113N3jdQt10sgjPfprk8GwxOuTuOlD4FAtt63I8A5x4Iq6c8uOEbIoZfR8Y1W9xIG9NDGCSrWr3z1b4ygkHXeWrQhXpqNYxvav/s1600/california-dreams-dvd0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglN0bx6uePms1wZzy4gJUer0DLHEzM4vAFYGLZmIzJ96113N3jdQt10sgjPfprk8GwxOuTuOlD4FAtt63I8A5x4Iq6c8uOEbIoZfR8Y1W9xIG9NDGCSrWr3z1b4ygkHXeWrQhXpqNYxvav/s400/california-dreams-dvd0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478657353941719970" border="0" /></a>They put "California Dreams" on DVD???<br />Damnit! All the wasted time!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Netflix, here I come.<br /></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-89490177658731154792010-06-03T11:11:00.001-07:002010-06-03T11:13:40.854-07:00Why Did NO ONE Tell Me About This?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYv2fiuCJIKaRPFYx-nqkZdCVzx-lCBf8MqhJDTdC7EKxbWYZZi4_hNpOa6z410zWjZyBGttYHkNv0ZE6btCuwesRIHDM9PvZiPg0f2EfIAK_fnrwBbiAsgIaX41fj9vX5XFiW2UmxW5M/s1600/0000067503_20100601164911.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYv2fiuCJIKaRPFYx-nqkZdCVzx-lCBf8MqhJDTdC7EKxbWYZZi4_hNpOa6z410zWjZyBGttYHkNv0ZE6btCuwesRIHDM9PvZiPg0f2EfIAK_fnrwBbiAsgIaX41fj9vX5XFiW2UmxW5M/s400/0000067503_20100601164911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478611812669468498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Jimmy Fallon put a "California Dreams" reunion together?<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Why Did NO ONE Tell Me About This?</span></span></span><br /></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-45646017132623842692010-06-03T10:44:00.000-07:002010-06-03T10:46:04.567-07:00Guess We Found Our Third<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF3S0s6Y4MFt8f2hcaZBiA83NRVELeLu2hnAPHCUol4jLTZAoRVesYItJ3AzbQByjJWCiqa9CsFeLv6Cj_naaYohj2RRJUboIWIEqwCnd8eW_xhsOxSDqjJcOyV1Cl2gqgUhALLJn5gTx/s1600/rue_mcclanahan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF3S0s6Y4MFt8f2hcaZBiA83NRVELeLu2hnAPHCUol4jLTZAoRVesYItJ3AzbQByjJWCiqa9CsFeLv6Cj_naaYohj2RRJUboIWIEqwCnd8eW_xhsOxSDqjJcOyV1Cl2gqgUhALLJn5gTx/s400/rue_mcclanahan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478604965179866514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">R.I.P. Rue McClanahan, Dennis Hopper, and Gary Coleman.<br /></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-75868649806251217672010-06-01T09:36:00.000-07:002010-06-01T09:50:06.490-07:00Thanks For Writing - May 2010 Winner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60HlL2euMD9BprMvgMkPxwb4yzxnC3apmwyqjeUutYdrHjrc8gAX5gGuLzjYseoQ5EvNPW_5KbT-LCVZ8t3BW2GqV99Z5ASxHqBm_1SSRXWgpwig7cKDdhGokxGZygnTSZKLZfBhCD9n3/s1600/bannerfans_6662747.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60HlL2euMD9BprMvgMkPxwb4yzxnC3apmwyqjeUutYdrHjrc8gAX5gGuLzjYseoQ5EvNPW_5KbT-LCVZ8t3BW2GqV99Z5ASxHqBm_1SSRXWgpwig7cKDdhGokxGZygnTSZKLZfBhCD9n3/s400/bannerfans_6662747.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477848066626493250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(221, 221, 221); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">The comments were counted. The name was drawn. May 2010's Thanks for Writing winner is none other than </span></span><a href="http://www.fourofthem.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Simon from Four of Them</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">. He really put the work in this month and I appreciate it. She has one week to send her name & mailing address to </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">heshotcyrus@hotmail.com</span></span></b></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">A huge thanks to everyone who contributed comments this month. Reading your comments makes the work worthwhile. And if you didn't win, don't worry, this month's contest begins...NOW!</span></span></div></span>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-90095386886968266732010-06-01T08:58:00.000-07:002010-06-01T08:58:00.486-07:00Miraculous Merch: Belgian "Escape to Witch Mountain" Poster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0XrYrpaEEA2Qv0nycCkp0ZY4l1wjLbC0Sd2v6Ik8j5cKSL8tsZrwl2dgdc4-MjK4HNvVhNhd9NrqQzfcKZF9GJznpwULsNJEgbknDdVas-sxkZB-m6C44JOzjqAjFOyHB8mym9uUyFWP/s1600/353854.1020.A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0XrYrpaEEA2Qv0nycCkp0ZY4l1wjLbC0Sd2v6Ik8j5cKSL8tsZrwl2dgdc4-MjK4HNvVhNhd9NrqQzfcKZF9GJznpwULsNJEgbknDdVas-sxkZB-m6C44JOzjqAjFOyHB8mym9uUyFWP/s400/353854.1020.A.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472655693740289154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I love foreign posters for American movies. The artwork is usually more interesting. The text is in another language. And it gives you a </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">familiar-but-not-quite </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">feeling. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Escape to Witch Mountain </span>was one of my favorite movies growing up. That's why I tracked down a copy of the Italian version of its poster. MovieGoods is selling the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product_static.asp?master_movie_id=5417&sku=353854">Belgian</a></span><a href="http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product_static.asp?master_movie_id=5417&sku=353854"> version</a> (pictured above) for $19.99 and it's almost as cool as the one I own. Buy it.</span></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-11012020335467030282010-05-30T22:20:00.000-07:002010-05-30T23:24:04.925-07:00He Shot Cyrus Featured in The Guardian!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVTvD5uAzb0_HB237gOgA3wabRAXOwnuFuajBFG1DrVsLrWiSoMblbdL_8ykHiw6OlY7MfZCqhbOpJzYa5kn2Q5Hc9RAbGPYXCA_b7Uh1qKKVezHKiIF-S4msHnEGwb-C7yOM8pS4Lv5q/s1600/guardian_logo.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 52px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieVTvD5uAzb0_HB237gOgA3wabRAXOwnuFuajBFG1DrVsLrWiSoMblbdL_8ykHiw6OlY7MfZCqhbOpJzYa5kn2Q5Hc9RAbGPYXCA_b7Uh1qKKVezHKiIF-S4msHnEGwb-C7yOM8pS4Lv5q/s400/guardian_logo.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477300627968658466" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Um...something pretty exciting happened today. I received an e-mail from Adam Lowes from </span></span><a href="http://maxfischersfilmclub.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Max Fischer's Film Club</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> telling me that my blog had been featured in The Guardian's weekly entertainment supplement "The Guide."</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">For those who don't know, The Guardian is one of England's longest running newspapers. It was founded in 1821, became ridiculously successful and eventually spawned Guardian.co.uk which is where my post on how </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Lethal Weapon</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> spawned an uncountable number of pretty terrible buddy cop movies was featured. The post was a part of Mike Lippert's "</span></span><a href="http://mikesyoutalkingtome.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20List"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">27 Greatest Movies That Made Going to the Movies Suck</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">" event. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com/2010/05/lethal-weapon-father-of-garbage.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Here's a link to my post.</span></span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/29/internet-reviews-of-the-week"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And here's a link to where I was mentioned.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Seeing as The Guardian is "one of the highest-traffic English-language news websites," there's a good chance that I might have some European visitors making their way over to my humble site over the next couple days. So I'd like to give a huge thanks to </span></span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnnydee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Johnny Dee</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> for giving me the shout-out and give these potential fans a little info about me.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1. My favorite movie is </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Warriors</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Cult classic, gang warfare, it inspired my blog's name. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">2. People yell "Superbad" at me on a weekly basis. They think I look like Jonah Hill.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">3. On an ironic note, the movie </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Superbad</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> is a pretty close depiction of my high school life.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">4. I watched over 450 movies last year. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">5. I have two tattoos. One of Doug. One of Skeeter.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">6. I started wearing suit jackets after watching </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Superbad. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I guess I've been asking for it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">That's about it. Thank you, England! I'm out! </span></span></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-88681655798789738592010-05-29T14:14:00.000-07:002010-05-29T14:17:55.284-07:00Gary Coleman, Dennis Hopper, Who's Next?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_KASvcye3tJyjaPBI7t0D_WgynOd5lgk0g0TqnFUuHwAKafI_je3mOkyN9caEfYmFBS8AJfluKqYyX18LcCePpJhB4ixzfcOWPyWTUnoXrX0dkCscSBWVay3VpMwoECZwXTOB4YWldVP/s1600/garybusey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_KASvcye3tJyjaPBI7t0D_WgynOd5lgk0g0TqnFUuHwAKafI_je3mOkyN9caEfYmFBS8AJfluKqYyX18LcCePpJhB4ixzfcOWPyWTUnoXrX0dkCscSBWVay3VpMwoECZwXTOB4YWldVP/s400/garybusey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476803755436223090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Death comes in three and I'm taking bets. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Who do think will be the Gary Coleman/Dennis Hopper three?</div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-89399222416367297102010-05-28T15:28:00.000-07:002010-05-28T15:43:44.229-07:00James "Professor X" McAvoy?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_9k6VL5bUqGIqGuWcma1WoaA5smCxTTDGEOb8VHTUabxlF8gV87-93QsaNFVPvBlicpI1ZUvtVMFkOzr8JpvEs8Go6asdiK2epBmkM6uC024uFTKbjIaW6ExzaOh4JPlbGkzXMHK1i5V/s1600/penelope_movie_image_james_mcavoy.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_9k6VL5bUqGIqGuWcma1WoaA5smCxTTDGEOb8VHTUabxlF8gV87-93QsaNFVPvBlicpI1ZUvtVMFkOzr8JpvEs8Go6asdiK2epBmkM6uC024uFTKbjIaW6ExzaOh4JPlbGkzXMHK1i5V/s400/penelope_movie_image_james_mcavoy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476454774605121922" /></a>According to my secret source (the internet), James McAvoy is slated to play Professor X in in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">X-Men: First Class.</span> I want your thoughts on this. Is this a huge mistake or just what this movie needed?elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-16710323768480638262010-05-24T08:42:00.000-07:002010-05-24T08:42:00.588-07:00Miraculous Merch: NES Cartridge JAWS Clock<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Just wait until you geeks get a load of this!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbQW3KlGH-ioozLM2qWTTBqhOGfe_jjT7YaTXNA7bA9RewybzWtmUjOJxW5E3JN8r22nMiEpLd9XRwRhzrH9qRT911yP0EKjy4FcnedMv-9NOsMxEe6reCQjkXXX-8-XuKZdCoaCgUhXj/s1600/il_430xN.145078037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbQW3KlGH-ioozLM2qWTTBqhOGfe_jjT7YaTXNA7bA9RewybzWtmUjOJxW5E3JN8r22nMiEpLd9XRwRhzrH9qRT911yP0EKjy4FcnedMv-9NOsMxEe6reCQjkXXX-8-XuKZdCoaCgUhXj/s400/il_430xN.145078037.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472651511105830114" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">BLAM! Nintendo + Movies + Time! What more could you ask for? Etsy seller GeekGear is selling these <a href="http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=nes+cartridge+clock&search_type=handmade">NES cartridge clocks</a> for $17.99. This is the only movie-themed clock but there's something about a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/46630516/vintage-nintendo-super-mario-duck-hunt?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=nes+cartridge+clock&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title">Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt</a> combo clock that makes my inner-child jump up and down. </span></span>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-42864696982554380722010-05-23T21:00:00.000-07:002010-05-23T22:23:41.397-07:00My Best Post Blog-a-Thon: DAY THREE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZ469JZheCI_a7ypfzFMqjN6_0e-JPG-4xBAdmAntIdBENNnO2augQLG8ea38vmx_fqTkFCFiVsh7fT5UlIXPWxBoRArNyZa-RXMnt5iooFU-mcUt27z5zG3ev3wgizdvJF_Dq15G5mAB/s1600/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtZ469JZheCI_a7ypfzFMqjN6_0e-JPG-4xBAdmAntIdBENNnO2augQLG8ea38vmx_fqTkFCFiVsh7fT5UlIXPWxBoRArNyZa-RXMnt5iooFU-mcUt27z5zG3ev3wgizdvJF_Dq15G5mAB/s400/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474701009069077746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 22px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for checking out DAY THREE of HE SHOT CYRUS' "MY BEST POST BLOG-A-THON" where film bloggers from around the world have sent in the one post that best represents who they are, what they're trying to say, and what they can bring to the table.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I'm going to leave comments on each of these posts and I'm asking you to do the same, especially if you've sent in a link. Comment until it hurts. Eyes straining. Fingers bleeding. Head exploding (a la </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Scanners</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">). That's what this event is all about. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">And please leave a comment here telling me which post is your DAY THREE FAVORITE.</span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://letsnottalkaboutmovies.blogspot.com/2009/05/anytime-movies-reloaded-citizen-kane.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Yojimbo_5 at Let's Not Talk About Movies</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is a walking film school. He's got classic tastes as can be seen on is list of </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anytime Movies</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Check out the write-up on </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Citizen Kane</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> as well as the rest of his choices.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.moviemobsters.com/2010/05/02/movie-moments-slash-should-solo-in/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Heather at Movie Mobsters</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is one third of my favorite movie sites around (the aforementioned "Movie Mobsters".) She's guest-starred on podcasts, she loves Natalie Wood as much as I do, and best of all, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">she's added Slash guitar solos to your favorite movie scenes</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Good God, this post was eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepic!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://christiankocinski.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/movie-review-fantastic-mr-fox/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Christian Kocinski at All Things Kocinski</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is gutsy. He's got some pretty </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ballsy things to say about Wes Anderson</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. He reflects on his love for </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rushmore</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tenenbaums</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and goes in pretty hard on the others. And you know what? He makes some good points.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://univarn.blogspot.com/2010/03/women-of-kurosawa.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Univarn at A Life in Equinox</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> might watch as many movies as I do. I know he put my Month of Foreign to shame last month with his endurance-proving Kurosawa marathon. His post on "</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The </span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Women of Kurosawa</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">" made me ask "Wait, there were women in Kurosawa movies?" This is a very smart article that deserves a read. Also, he received FIVE LAMMY nominations so that's got to be worth something. I know some really great bloggers who only received...three.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://goseetalk.com/2009/07/02/does-nostalgia-make-a-movie-better-than-it-is/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Marc at Go, See, Talk</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> refuses to let us live in ignorance. He </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">asks </span></span></span></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the</span></span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> question</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> whose answers could shake me to my very core. I don't want to give anything away but you need to get in on this. He's already received 96 comments! You know you want to read this post!<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://www.thefilmcynics.com/blog/?p=1967"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Steve at The Film Cynics</span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is one of the co-hosts of The Cynical Podcast and The Cynical Videocast. Aside from being an active film reviewer, he's also a movie detective. A sharp eye and an even sharper brain began to put the pieces together for what would become one of my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">my favorite film-related mysteries</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Movies have always showcased things I'll ever be able to afford but Steve's mystery involves something that my entire family couldn't afford if we all pitched our life savings in together. Intrigued? Click the link.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://1001afilmodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/12/great-train-robbery-1903.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chris at 1001: A Film Odyssey</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has quite an imagination. His </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">alternative ending to The Great Train Robbery</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> includes lines like "What you been smokin'?" and "We is in something called a movin' picture." It's a rootin' tootin' cowboy romp over at 1,001. And if you like it, check out his other alternative movie histories.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://zombots.blogspot.com/2010/04/so-you-want-to-be-babysitter.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Dive Mistress at Zombots!</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has written </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a helpful manual for babysitters in peril</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Are you a babysitter who often takes jobs in remote areas in houses with a lot of knives? If this sounds familiar, then you really ought to read this great post. Even if it doesn't sound familiar, you really should still read this.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com/2008/06/casting-office-movie.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gringo at He Shot Cyrus</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is self-promoting. He wrote this semi-decent post about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">casting the Office movie</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Jim, Pam, Michael, Dwight. The whole group is there. And I don't want to give anything away but one of the actors is a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Check it out if you fell like it. Again, it's semi-decent at best.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://dearjesus.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/what-does-your-alice-look-like/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Whitney at Dear Jesus</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is the sexiest woman in blogging (Perez Hilton included). I love her. I married her. I occasionally read her posts. But I read this one and recommended it to everyone I know. She asked the question "</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">What if my favorite directors has directed the </span></span></span></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Alice in Wonderland</span></span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> remake?</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">" Gus Van Zant, Sofia Coppola, David Lynch, and even Lars von Trier! It's a quick read and I wholly recommend it.<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://rantocracy.blogspot.com/2006/05/big-lebowski-man-for-his-time-and.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Matthew at Culture Kills...wait, I mean cutlery</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> gave me an award once. I'm pretty sure it was for a video of Bert and Ernie singing the hardcore M.O.P. anthem, "Ante Up." But that was decades ago, we're here today to talk about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The BIg Lebowski </span></span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and the L.A. riots</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. If that doesn't make you click the link, maybe the nudity will. (Note: He Shot Cyrus does not guarantee the appearance of nudity that may or may not be in Matthew's great post.) </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/beatles-vs-abba/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Novroz at Novroz' Favorite Things</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> tricked me with a web address that ended in "</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">beatles-vs-abba</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">/." I thought, "how can this be movie related?" And then I clicked the link to find a comparative post of two movie musicals. Can you guess which ones? One features the music of The Beatles and the other one features Abba's greatest hits. Click the link to confirm your guesses. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><b><a href="http://eternalsunshineofthelogicalmind.blogspot.com/2010/04/hot-docs-2010-grace-milly-lucychild.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bob at Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> watches better movies than I do, writes about them better than me, can think of a better word for "better" than "better." Basically, I want to be this guy. His</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">review on </span></span></span></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Grace, Milly, and Lucy...Child Soldiers</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> accomplishes everything it should be. It introduced me to a movie I'd never heard of before and convinced me to track down a copy by any means possible. Can't wait to see it. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><a href="http://thingthatdontsuck.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-best-post.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Bryce from Things That Don't Suck</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is a demon to some and an angel to others. I haven't decided which he is to me...but he did slaughter my whole family and turn my house into salt. Now that I think about it, he might be God. But back to the topic at hand. Five Finger Death Punches, long white beards, and death, death, death. Of course, I'm talking about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kill Bill Vol. 2</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Bryce's review on my 4th favorite Quentin Tarantino movie almost con</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">vinced me to bump it up the list.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><b><a href="http://www.againstthehype.com/2010/03/lust-caution-and-mahjong/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Colin at Against the Hype</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is a proud Chicago Phoenix originally hailing from Singapore. He's written a MUST-READ post! Seriously, at first I thought that "</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lust, Caution and Mahjong</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">" might not have anything to offer me but I was horrendously wrong. I can't spoil just how brilliant this post is but it caught me completely off guard! </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;"><b><a href="http://www.7dollarpopcorn.com/2007/04/holiday-survival.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Smacdonn at 7 Dollar Popcorn</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> mixes one of my favorite things (</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">killing zombies</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">) with one of my least favorite (</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">family holidays</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, just kidding, parents). 7 Dollar Popcorn is such a fun blog. Vanilla Ice music videos, blog-a-thon participation, and gutsy statements (</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">No Country For Old Men </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">under the "Worst Movies I've Seen This Year" list? That's right, I did my homework, haha.) Smacdonn gets a big Thumbs-Up from me. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><a href="http://mikesyoutalkingtome.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-jason-patric-should-be-in-every.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mike at You Talking to Me?</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is awesome. If you haven't been reading his "Great Movies That Made Going to the Movies Suck" super event (especially my </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Lethal Weapon</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> post, wink wink) then...well, you should. He writes for Suite101, has a mesmerizing icon, and writes about the types of movies that I love. For example, his Best Post is called "</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Why Jason Patric Should Be in Every Movie.</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">" Jason Patric starred in </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Lost Boys</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (an 80s classic (the type of movies I love)) but sort of fell into obscurity after that. A sidenote, Mike feels the same way about Jason Patric as I do about Timothy Olyphant. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><a href="http://misterneil.blogspot.com/2009/04/personal-faves-unforgiven.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Neil at The Agitation of the Mind</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> chose one of his Personal Faves for his Best Post. There's a good chance he picked one of your favorites too. His review of </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Clint Eastwood's </span></span></span></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Unforgiven</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is well-written, well-thought out, and a great read. Some of his other favorites include </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Dirty Harry,</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Wild Bunch.</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> So, you can see, Neil's got pretty good taste.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><a href="http://projectorhasbeendrinking.blogspot.com/2010/02/for-love-of-filmfor-rocker.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Marc at The Projector Has Been Drinking</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> should never join </span></span></span><a href="http://largeassmovieblogs.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The LAMB</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> because I've already got enough competition for Best Blog Name. Note that the projectionist isn't drunk, I'm sure he's quite sober. The machine itself has taken up the sauce and we all know that can't be good. For Marc's Best Post, he recapped his nobel work with the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">National Film Preservation Society</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. These guys are like the X-Men of film preservation. This is one of my favorite posts yet. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#444444;"><b><a href="http://filmplicity.com/2010/05/2012/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ronan at Filmplicity</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> always chooses the best pictures. Go look at his More About Meme entry, haha. And you should also go read this Best Post entry which I will name "</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Bashing of 2012.</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">" He keeps things short, to the point, and pretty damn vicious. Do yourself a favor and check it out. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://acidemic.blogspot.com/2009/02/hotter-little-sister-effect-4-5-carolyn.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Erich at Acidemic</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is extremely accomplished. The man lives a lavish life in Manhattan, has written for McSweeney's!!!, and lists Psilocybe Cubensis as one of his interests. I'll let you Google it. His Best Post is an impressive post about movie</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Giant</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (and its </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hot Younger Sisters</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">). </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I loved this post and decided to close things out with it.</span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thanks to EVERYONE who sent in links for the 2nd MY BEST POST BLOG-A-THON! If you sent in a link and I somehow missed it, please leave a comment with the link and I'll add it in. And again, please read all of these great posts and LEAVE COMMENTS on all of them!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My</span></span></span></div></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-60692754261670883992010-05-22T11:25:00.000-07:002010-05-22T12:08:06.524-07:00My Best Post Blog-a-Thon: DAY TWO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_vP9a8Gj6wi6PjiOBBFQNauGoXSg-y31VMu1a-_xI6G6F8jVigEB6S-ndJtoVb_N3cdAJIKkYyFgUrCKhf5OIcnW9QqhmkYm9jd2sCR1jrpzNmRJtpFSzz4uhWNP_9_bHCqVgcHggo8S/s1600/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_vP9a8Gj6wi6PjiOBBFQNauGoXSg-y31VMu1a-_xI6G6F8jVigEB6S-ndJtoVb_N3cdAJIKkYyFgUrCKhf5OIcnW9QqhmkYm9jd2sCR1jrpzNmRJtpFSzz4uhWNP_9_bHCqVgcHggo8S/s400/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474171996347981442" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(221, 221, 221); line-height: 22px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Thanks for checking out DAY TWO of HE SHOT CYRUS' "MY BEST POST BLOG-A-THON" where film bloggers from around the world have sent in the one post that best represents who they are, what they're trying to say, and what they can bring to the table.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">I'm going to leave comments on each of these posts and I'm asking you to do the same, especially if you've sent in a link. Comment until it hurts. Eyes straining. Fingers bleeding. Head exploding (a la </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">Scanners</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">). That's what this event is all about. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:large;">And please leave a comment here telling me which post is your DAY TWO FAVORITE. </span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://dcmoviegirl.blogspot.com/2009/12/avatar.html"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ms. Go at D.C. Girl at the Movies</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is known for discussing the issues that revolve around </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">race, ethnicity, and film</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. She's always quick to point out something offensive and I secretly wish she'd read my thesis on inner-city high school movies just to experience her intellectual critique. Her Best Post takes on James Cameron's titanic film, </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Avatar. You see what I did there?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://8th-circuit.com/?q=content/matts-rantbox-marmaduke"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Matt Overstreet at The 8th Circuit</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> speaks my language. His rant on the </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">live-action Marmaduke movie</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> makes me wish for the days before computer graphics. He and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye on Family Circus (just kidding, we totally do) but we completely agree on how bad of an idea this talking dog movie (adapted form a NON-talking dog comic strip) is going to be.<br /><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://marshallandthemovies.com/2010/04/22/morereflectionsonavatar/"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Marshall at Marshall and the Movies</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is quickly becoming one of my favorite bloggers. I like the movies he chooses to talk about, his site's layout is appealing, and he and I run similar comments contests. His Best Post drops some</span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> retrospective knowledge about </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Avatar</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It's a pretty comprehensive post so get ready to think.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://personal.amy-wong.com/2010/05/18/afterellen-top-east-asian-suggestions-2010/"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Amy Wong's</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> post caught me off guard. When I read "Top East Asian Suggestions" I thought I was going to be reading about movies, not looking at </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">pictures of beautiful women</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. But look at them I did. For a while. Then I added some movies to my Netflix queue, which is probably the desired result from a post like this. Upset at the lack of Asian actresses on TopEllen's Hot 100 list, Amy took matters into her own hands and made the prettiest post yet.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://getafilm.blogspot.com/2010/05/concerning-next-decade-open-letter-to.html"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Daniel at Getafilm</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is a self-proclaimed selfless hero. Just kidding, but he is a hero. He single-handedly took on Hollywood's fat cats with a </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">sternly-worded letter</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. This letter sent shockwaves through the industry, causing studio executives to spit out their coffee and take a stand against garbage. The next decade was filled with poignant stories about well-developed characters living real-life experiences. Okay, well, that's what's </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">going</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to happen. This Best Post made me laugh, cry, and give up any dreams of screenwriting I was still clinging onto.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://wp.me/pxXPC-S6"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">RTM at FilxChatter</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has some very, very sound advice for actors and filmmakers who want to make </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">movies with accents</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Everyone can name a movie they've seen featuring a terrible accent. </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">K-19: The Widowmaker</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> always pops into my mind first. Go read this post. It's got a lot of common sense.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://wildcouture.blogspot.com/2010/03/important-post.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Meaghan at Wild Celtic</span></span></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> gets a little personal with us in her Best Post. Her write-up on </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">movies, memories, and film-going experiences</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is exactly the type of post I love to read. My favorite posts are the ones that tell me something I didn't already know. For example: You know that the movie </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sweet Home Alabama</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> isn't very good. So a review of </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sweet Home Alabama</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> wouldn't do you much good. But what you didn't know is that during a screening of </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sweet Home Alabama</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, a strange man sat next to me in the theater and waited until the climactic romantic kiss before he put his hand on my thigh. Needless to say, I stood up, became extremely confrontational, and watched him look around the theater frantically, find his afro-headed girlfriend two rows in front of us, and flee to the woman he </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">thought</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> he was feeling up. Bet you didn't know that! And while Meaghan's post doesn't have focus on mistaken identity and sexual molestation, it's still a great post that I enjoyed a lot.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://lukecurtis.blogspot.com/2010/04/great-big-academy-awards-project-best.html"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Luke at Journalistic Skepticism's</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Best Post is a "Best Of" post where he works through<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> his thoughts on each Best Leading Actress nominee's performance</span></b>. The post covers ten years of Oscar history and has some easy-to-read grades for each lady. The "B" he gave Sandra Bullock for </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Blind Side</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> made me wince but the "A" he gave Gabourey Sidibe makes up for it.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.mattehavoc.com/2008/12/fw-murnau-silent-innovator.html"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">DJ from Matte Havoc</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has met Freddy Kruger. Don't believe me? Go to his site and see the picture. But meeting infamous movie killers isn't what he chose to write about in his Best Post. Instead, DJ studies the early innovations of </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">silent film director F.W. Murnau</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. From camera movements to the use of color prints, Murnau's finalized projects were not only innovative but inspiring to generations of filmmakers to come. Great write-up here. Go learn yourself something.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="http://hiseyeswerewatchingmovies.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-15-animated-films-of-decade.html"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Robert from His Eyes Were Watching Movies</span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> lists his </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Top 15 Animated Films of the Decade</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Spoiler Alert: </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Planet 51</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Over the Hedge</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Home on the Range</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> did not make the cut. This is the type of post that can bring a hearty carnivore like me and a healthy vegetarian like Robert together in film blogger unity.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://monstermemories.blogspot.com/2008/10/7-foot-tall-monster-robot-ad.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Frederick from My Monster Memories</span></span></a></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> needs to win some LAMMYs for his great posts and extensive coverage of the horror and science fiction movements of yesteryear. The imagery he chooses is ssssoooooo rad. I don't know where he gets his hands on that stuff. The Best Post he chose tells the </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">disturbing tale of a childhood dream</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Read it, you'll love it. I did, and I did.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://mcarteratthemovies.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/netflix-pick-jindabyne-2006/"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>M. Carter at the Movies</b></span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b> </b>is high-quality. Her blog layout is high-quality. Her analytical skills are high-quality. The same goes for her writing style, participation in the blogging community, and her site overall. Choosing a Best Post must have been hard but she did it: </span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a review of </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jindabyne</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> (2006) that reminded me that I still haven't seen this like I thought I had. Whoops.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div><a href="http://encorentertainmnt.blogspot.com/2010/01/signing-off.html"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Andrew from Encore's World of Filmmaking and TV</b></span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> does a lot with his Best Post. He give a quick Jane Campion shout-out while snoring through Meryl Streep's </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Julia and Julia</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> performance and weighing the strengths and weaknesses between </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Avatar </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">and </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Hurt Locker</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Oscar season 2010</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is in full effect over at Encore's World of Filmmaking and TV.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><a href="http://chucknorrisatemybaby.blogspot.com/2009/12/memoirs-of-invisible-man.html"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Matt from Chuck Norris Ate My Baby</b></span></span></span></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is a "lifelong horror fan" that holds awesome contests and writed in-depth reviews of pretty looking Asian moves. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Kim Ki-duk's </span></b></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">3-Iron</span></b></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is the subject of Matt's Best Post. And while I'm pretty sure he's my main compitition for the "Best Blog Name" LAMMY, I still have to recommend that you check out his site.<br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2007/08/not-on-dvd-horrors-of-black-zoo-1963.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b>Mark from Black Hole Reviews</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> introduced me to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">a movie named Michael Gough and a movie called </span></span></b></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Black Zoo.</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Unfortunately, this awesome sounding movie isn't on DVD but I WILL track a copy of it down. Listen to this tagline: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Fang and Claw Killers Stalk the City Streets! </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Black Hole Reviews is a new site in my blog-o-world but Mark lured me in with his talk of dangerous apes and tigers so I'll definitely be back for more.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://thisguyoverhere.com/articles/have-you-seen-this-indie-edition/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This Guy Over Here</span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> asked me a question that I sadly had to answer with "No, no, and no." The shame is overwhelming. Go read his post and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>see if you're a stronger cinephile than I</b></span>. He watched over 1,000 movies between 2000 and 2009 and his great looking site gives its lucky readers a look at the best of them.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://mcneilmatinee.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-i-see-my-best-post-blog-thon.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Mad Hatter from The Dark of the Matinee</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> has been blogging since 2007. He's a giant celeb in the movie blogging community and I feel proud to have him participate in the event. This is an important article about </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">the relationship between writing, movie-watching, and the toll that blogging can take on movie fans</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.shebloggedbynight.com/2009/04/counting-down-zeroes-house-of-mirth.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Stacia from She Blogged By Night</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is who I voted for for the "Best Blog Layout" LAMMY. She understands the importance of aesthetics along with the importance of high-quality writing. Escape my ugly blog by visiting hers. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>Her write-up on </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b>The House of Mirth</b></span></i> was not only informative (did you know that Scully made non-X-Files movies?) but interesting to read. </span></span></div></div></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-65520156106609045472010-05-21T14:22:00.000-07:002010-05-21T16:55:07.043-07:00My Best Post Blog-a-Thon: DAY ONE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9SS8dijAn-RTYfo6_ZyyNqA_IKHPvWrri1LG4Ng_0t1hRUXu4KyX-kPr3JYbgnLMLThcBo01qVX-FMCn9jAypWBRwh1X3L9LzHs82d2MefMOe6jQNe8uAjrphsfG9ZdeJSYmW1U_-jxw/s1600/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 378px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473819781133367010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9SS8dijAn-RTYfo6_ZyyNqA_IKHPvWrri1LG4Ng_0t1hRUXu4KyX-kPr3JYbgnLMLThcBo01qVX-FMCn9jAypWBRwh1X3L9LzHs82d2MefMOe6jQNe8uAjrphsfG9ZdeJSYmW1U_-jxw/s400/bannerfans_6288897(2).jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Thanks for checking out DAY ONE of HE SHOT CYRUS' "MY BEST POST BLOG-A-THON" where film bloggers from around the world have sent in the one post that best represents who they are, what they're trying to say, and what they can bring to the table. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I've left comments on each of these posts and I'm asking you to do the same, especially if you've sent in a link. Comment until it hurts. Eyes straining. Fingers bleeding. Head exploding (a la </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Scanners</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">). That's what this event is all about. </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And please leave a comment here telling me which post is your DAY ONE FAVORITE. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://sonofdoublefeature.blogspot.com/2008/12/five-year-old-me-picks-his-top-five.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Derek from Son of Double Feature</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is well-known for his eleven word movie reviews but today his brings us a </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">special conversation with his 5-year-old self</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Young Derek goes down his Top 5 Movies of All-Time list. His number #1 pick was the first movie I saw in theaters!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><a href="http://fourofthem.blogspot.com/2010/04/examination-donnie-darko.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Simon from Four of Them</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is a frequent commenter on He Shot Cyrus along with quite a few other sites. She's a force to be reckoned with and if you don't believe me, ask Teddy Roosevelt. In her Best Post, she </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">breaks down the ending of </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Donnie Darko</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> with a level of expertise that even Richard Kelly doesn't have. She answered a lot of my questions.<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.forgetthepopcorn.com/2010/02/my-favorite-films-of-2009.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Hal from Forget the Popcor</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">n</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> met Wes Anderson once. But don't think that that swayed his choices for </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Top 10 of 2009</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fantastic Mr. Fox </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">is nowhere to be found. Neither was my number one pick (</span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Precious</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">). Great list with interesting write-ups. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://whoisthemarchking.blogspot.com/2009/08/war-films-are-kind-of-boring.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Caleb from Who is the March King?</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has the guts to say it. </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">War films are boring.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Take that, </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Patton!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Take that, </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Tora! Tora! Tora! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Glove slapping doesn't quite have the impact it once did. And honestly, after </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Star Wars</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, why would you even bother to make a battle scene without Blasters?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://craneshot.blogspot.com/2008/11/brain-and-brain-what-is-brain.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Marty from Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> runs one of the best B-movie, horror, sci-fi blogs out there. From filmmaker interviews to </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">detailed Star Trek episode analyses</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">, you're always in for something entertaining here. His Best Post dives into the episode "Spock's Brain" where a hot space babe literally takes Spock's brain. I learned a lot here, both about the history of Star Trek and about how to protect my brain from hot space babes. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://kaispace.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/how-to-survive-a-zombie-apocalypse/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Kai B. Parker from The Lis</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">t</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"> </span>wants to live through the </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">zombie apocalypse</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. I have no idea why. When that day inevitably comes, I want to be the first die. But only because I can't handle the stress. Click the link to read Kai's guide to making it through the world's most horrific catastrophe since </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Battlefield Earth.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://houseofmirthandmovies.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/the-female-film-canon/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Mrsemmapeel from House of Mirth and Movies</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has done us all a service. Read this post! Enough time has past without a </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Female Film Canon</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. From </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A Room with a View </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">to </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Window Water Baby Moving</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> (which is one of the most amazing experimental movies I've ever seen), the list is comprehensive, thorough, and (according to Mrsemmapeel) still in progress. Go check it out, leave some suggestions, and become a better cinephile. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2009/07/toerifc-black-book.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Ed Howard from Only the Cinema</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is on a whole other level. He's the most intelligent film blogger writing today. And his </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">2,700 word review for Paul Verhoeven's </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Black Book</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> belongs in a book. I can't say enough about my respect for Mr. Howard. Thankfully, the 202 comments he's received so far convinced me that his work is appreciated by people other than me. But you should still write comment number 203. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.pluckyoutoo.com/2009/09/friedkin-vs-mann-in-80s.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Tommy Salami's Pluck You, Too</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">!</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> combines my two life loves: movies and food. For those who don't know, May is Hamburger Month! Tommy's Best Post has less to do with meat and more to do with </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">beef</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> (food pun!) between </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Michael Mann and William Friedkin in the 80s</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Any fans of </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">To Live and Die in L.A.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> need to read this post. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.finalgirlproject.com/?p=571"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Sasha from Final Girl Project</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has one of the coolest looking layouts on the internet. I'm even more jealous of her layout than Hal's Wes Anderson experience. Escaping the One-Viewpoint-Only trap that a lot of bloggers run into, Sasha has introduced a Roundtable feature where she and a friend discuss a film together. This </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Roundtable discussion of </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Donnie Darko</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is smart, entertaining, and definitely worth reading. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/2009/12/observations-on-inglourious-basterds.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Stephen from Checking on My Sausages</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has some thought-provoking things to say about </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Inglorious Basterds</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Aside from having an amazing blog name, he's has some important points to make about the film's characters, violence, and conflicting moralities.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/blog/2007/02/why-murch%e2%80%99s-touch-of-evil-doesn%e2%80%99t-make-the-cut.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">C. Jerry Kutner from Bright Lights Film</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is a teacher. Maybe he's not paid for it (maybe he is, I don't know the guy) but he taught me a </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">history lesson on </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Touch of Evil</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. Throughout film school, I had heard rumors of Universal taking Orson Welles' masterpiece and f--king it up. But even though they f--ked it up, it still turned out to be a masterpiece. But what I didn't know was just how </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">badly </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">they f--ked it up. This is one of my favorite reads so far. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://rheaven.blogspot.com/2010/04/hitcher.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">J.D. from Radiator Heaven</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has written an <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">exhilarating article on Robert Harmon's 1986 thriller </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">The Hitcher</span></span>.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> It's convinced me wholly to track down a copy and soak it in. Rutger Hauer terrorizes C. Thomas Howell during this violent on-the-road experience. It was originally going to be a part of Whitney and I'd Month of Horror, but I accidently got the Sean Bean remake. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://ctcmr.com/2009/09/27/pi-1998/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Aiden from Cut the Crap Movie Review</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">s</span> likes </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Pi</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> like I like pie. A lot. The LAMMY-nominated reviewer covers </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Darren Aronofsky's directorial debut</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> about a math savant who figures out how to predict rises and drops in the stock market. I didn't care for the film but after reading his review, I'm ready to give it another chance. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/2010/04/tips-for-a-successful-movie-blog-ii/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">Castor from Anomalous Material</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is most likely going to win the "Best Blog Post" LAMMY award this year. And probably for this post (he was nominated twice). If you're a blogger, you can't miss this post. There's too much great advice in there on </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">how to </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">get more readers and keep them interested</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">. A+ post. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1minutefilmreview.blogspot.com/2010/04/20th-century-boys-part-1-2-3.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">1MinuteFilmReview's</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> Best Post is aimed at anime lovers. </span></span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">20th Century Boys</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> is a popular manga (Japanese comic series) that was turned into three animated films beginning in 2008. 1MFR's review recommends that you read the manga and I recommend that you read his review. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://24hourstomidnight.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-wolfman-2010/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span">24HoursToMidnight</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has constructed one of the funniest Best Posts. It's made up of one picture, one funny caption, one haiku, and one hilarious video with a great attention to detail. I'm ending Day One with this post because you've made it through the rest and </span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">you deserve something fun</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13;" class="Apple-style-span" ></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-27288358535768204792010-05-21T08:39:00.000-07:002010-05-24T09:13:18.855-07:00Friday Five: Pictures of Chantal Goya<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Whitney and I have been trudging through our Month of Foreign. Some have been bad, most have been good, a couple have been amazing. One of my favorites so far was Jean-Luc Godard's </span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Masculin Féminin: 15 Faits Précis.</span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> It's a series of</span></span></span><span style="font-style:italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">New Wave snapshots incapsulating French youth in the 1960s. But that's not why I picked it. The movie stars my new celebrity crush. Here's your Friday Five: Pictures of Chantal Goya.</span></span></span><div><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span style=""><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9H7av8S96wYivyI3afoCVqdd907fu9JmP_ioma7lI0GQtP5XTG3xVDILINdKP9akfDW5-6cv-do_TQ7QH1hT6lx2SHI_lEHndwLhbkph9EZXimbgeNyFPe4qgeyDXIdjoWO4jF5-sMP09/s400/PDVD_053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472677218622069474" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMa2Kbk465X7YeWCmeIQFwDTcOgtsqpcKDmxnEw9oF7dLZwrHxhEjxUKW2OB4c8hMTtRWlXdplbSLnsS4JgYkEqSuzMvFG0C2UIey3l-F0aRCF7hKnjV0RMKtPgDfIw0HLMccA2XNjb0K/s400/goya-chantal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472677214599861282" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSk6tHaSpWDZ4pe0yxZb4zZk83Aj0lg7hVH7rM0mSJKLa6tf6Shbe8UkC4rk8_FUbpQA-oUhj-eUJ5ag9O_SU3OVC_J1aY10TIXZD-3qR1jqyOeiFqhO4sIA9bRlA7Co9CaIN18y2yKZRW/s400/Chantal+Goya.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472677208364556130" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgKomfOb_ldmyckcd6nnzwBw3dOxuxdvYFn_sSX1L2Yow6qOcxcV3qJ7YGKPAcAtkQgAo3bT1IiIARbD_5qaSbifyU6EdJFAE86QAQpaNhiJxHh-N8z89WMZ3nZGDSUT-vm3CoHIi7CTIs/s400/ChantalGoya.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472677203133302498" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTPoaA1I5NjWZq7E_3ycZyVSZdd5ZejBnw9oSkb3VhRlD1k6sKE-0CEE2QlX3FCyUw5wWofxcub8eTV5Lj9hzEEliQ98mE1P8D3DuNHibjsbX6A2oedw5ccWU0qaIM9SJICY0J158uIq-/s400/CA340033.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472677195773947650" /></span><br /></div></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-76974535780018958782010-05-20T08:49:00.000-07:002010-05-20T08:51:04.848-07:00Can anyone say "Ghosts of Mars?"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ayKqx8G4njR8zYDD0gQNGWx5_0_lxaOQwy3t5hjLGxYMR4aNb1PxOjSypTTrMQQYTmcHRdXnv4GZQgMrtN39sFv5JONvqLKMl2hATQOp_L8lDfVEmkQWct9n2fWMcSQYelmDZPBVne5X/s1600/three-new-predators-posters-released-800-75.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ayKqx8G4njR8zYDD0gQNGWx5_0_lxaOQwy3t5hjLGxYMR4aNb1PxOjSypTTrMQQYTmcHRdXnv4GZQgMrtN39sFv5JONvqLKMl2hATQOp_L8lDfVEmkQWct9n2fWMcSQYelmDZPBVne5X/s400/three-new-predators-posters-released-800-75.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473380190634144770" /></a>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-64320000204214502042010-05-19T10:06:00.000-07:002010-05-19T10:38:22.009-07:00Month of Foreign [Second Third Recap]<div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Lives of Others</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Even if every other movie we watched this month was terrible, the Month of Foreign would have been worth it for </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Lives of Others</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. By far the best movie yet. The year is 1984 and the Berlin Wall is still up. Secret government spies and informants use hidden bugs and cameras to keep tabs on anyone who might be a threat against Socialism. The film follows one of these spies as he becomes involved in the lives of those he's spying on. Excellent movie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My Neighbor Totoro</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This has been at the top of my Netflix queue for months. A "Very Long Wait" message made me think that I'd never see </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Totoro </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">again. But the Movie Gods were good to us as it showed up in the mail halfway through our marathon. It's as great as I remembered. I'm steadily becoming a full-fledged fan of Miyazaki.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Last Year at Marienbad</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Boooooooooooooooooooooo!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Pretentious. LONG. Boring.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Boooooooooooooooooooooo!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">M. Hulot's Holiday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Apparently, my childhood obsession, Mr. Bean, was a blatant rip-off of Tati's lead character Monsieur Hulot. He doesn't speak. He's a bumbling fool. And wreaks havoc wherever he goes. All he's missing is a teddy bear. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Holiday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> was really fun but it was a little slow in parts.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Knife in the Water</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Roman Polanski's directorial debut. A happy couple invite a young hitchhiker onto their boat and sail around for a while before tensions rise. But like </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Class</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, they don't rise to American levels. French tension, apparently, stays dormant for a long time and then rises a little at the end, sort of. The end. American audiences are confused, a little letdown, and worried their peers will think their dumb if they say they didn't like it. By the way, I liked it. Really.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Smiles of a Summer Night</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Like </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Belle De Jour</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> was Bunuel's most accessible film, the same can be said for Bergman and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Smiles of a Summer Night</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. Everything makes sense, the characters all have clear wants/needs, and they takes steps into meeting those wants/needs. It was nice. Whitney pointed out that this is probably the only Bergman movie to feature smiling.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cria Cuervos</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This movie's a trip. In a good way. I usually don't like movies that "mix fantasy and reality" but this one worked for me. It takes a lot of patience (or a quick trip to Wikipedia) to figure out who's who and what's going on but if you stick around and put in the work, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Cria Cuervos</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> pays off immensely. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Wings of Desire</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Two inaccessible movies in a row. Wim Wenders directs this film about an angel who falls in love with a circus performer and wishes to become human. There's very little dialogue. Most of the movie's made up of inner-thought monologues that only the angel can hear. It's going to take a few rewatchings for me to really get everything the director's trying to say. But the movie's shot beautifully, acted well, and the second best Peter Falk movie I've ever seen (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Murder By Death </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">is #1!)</span></span></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724552330122407809.post-68665962637446620322010-05-19T08:55:00.000-07:002010-05-19T10:37:50.259-07:00Month of Foreign [First Third Recap]<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Official Story</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com/2010/05/month-of-foreign-day-one-official-story.html">Read review here.</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Porco Rosso</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com/2010/05/month-of-foreign-day-two-porco-rosso.html">Read review here.</a><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Repetitive Herzog documentary about Pennsylvania auctioneers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Man Bites Dog</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This movie is fucked up. Definitely recommended for violence-lovers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A documentary crew follows a serial killer around as he rapes, murders, and bodydumps local citizens. The longer they film him, the more the filmmakers get involved.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Fantastic Planet</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Aliens capture humans and keep them as pets.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Think Twilight Zone episode meets French animated sci-fi movie.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">From the 1970s. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Masculin Feminin</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I have a new celebrity crush.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Her name is Chantal Goya.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">She is a babe.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Belle De Jour</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Catherine Devenue plays a housewife with intimacy issues. She copes by becoming a prostitute. Who wouldn't? This is by far the most accessible Bunuel film I've ever seen. I'd highly recommend this one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I'm Not Scared</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Whitney and I invited our friends over to watch this Spanish thriller. Half an hour in, we were all covering our eyes, hiding behind blankets, and screaming. All the good things we'd heard about </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I'm Not Scared</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> turned out to be true.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Class</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I wrote my thesis on Hollywood ghetto high school movies so </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Class</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> has been on my To-Watch list for a while now. As it turns out, the worst that French teachers have to deal with are kids who talk back, have disrespectful attitudes, and a limited vocabulary. No one gets shanked by makeshift knives, has their dogs murdered, or gets their heads smashed into the floor. You know, like American high schools. Very interesting entry into the genre.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Summer Hours</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Nice minimalist film without any real conflict. Three adult siblings must decide to what to do with their mother's priceless art collection. So they do. The end.</span></span></div></div>elgringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856962746924193109noreply@blogger.com5