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A Blooming Porno
Brothers Bloom and Zack & Miri topped my list at Fantastic Fest. Brothers Bloom is a perfect movie which I fell head over heels in love with. Rian Johnson has now made two of my favorite all time movies.
Zack & Miri is probably the most consistently funny Kevin Smith movie, if not the most clever or geeky. It isn’t just a good Kevin Smith movie, it is a good *movie* in its own right.
1. The Fountain
2. Brothers Bloom
3. Blade Runner
4. The Dark Knight
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Batman Begins
7. Ghostbusters
8. Barton Fink
9. Old Boy
10. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
Fantastic Fest 2008 Top Ten
A running tally of my Fantastic Fest faves.
1. Brothers Bloom
2. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
3. Not Quite Hollywood
4. JCVD
5. Astropia
6. Repo! – The Genetic Opera
7. Sauna
8. The Good The Bad The Weird
9. The Burrowers
10. The Substitute
11. Fanboys
12. Short Films of Nacho Vigalondo
13. Chocolate
14. Kingz
15. Let the Right One In
16. RocknRolla
17. Eagle Eye
18. The Chaser
19. Tokyo!
20. Role Models
21. Santos
22. Your Name Here
23. Fears of the Dark
24. City of Ember
25. Seventh Moon
26. Terra
27. Deadgirl
28. Alien Raiders
Cosmic Redux
As some of you know, Cosmic Encounter is one of my favorite board games of all time. My geek heart nearly exploded with joy when I learned that Fantasy Flight, one of my favorite companies, had secured the rights and was going to release a new edition. Upon entering the dealer’s hall at GenCon, I made a beeline to the Fantasy Flight booth. “Encampment” might have been a better word, given the enormous area they took up.
The guy running the demo (drat, forgot his name) was one of the main designers involved in the new edition, if not THE guy. I chatted with him a bit about his vision of the game, what they were keeping, what they were throwing out. Then I got to play a few rounds! Continue reading →
Baby I’ve got to prove it
This guy on the right is Scott. He graciously allowed my friends and I to invade his boat at Marina del Rey. Scott makes movies. It would behoove you to get to know him while he is still an indie filmmaker. See what is up at Sirena Studios.
As you can tell from the pictures, it is impossible for us not to document our activities to the rest of the world via Twitter and digital photos.
That was a good time. Chilling on a boat, drinking beer, talking movies and games.
Headline from a World I’d Like to Live in
Subject line in an email this morning: “Rare shark stolen from Dream world.”
Better Living Through Technology
Here are some of the things I have done with my iPhone:
Played Colossal Cave, Aurora Feint, and Cube Runner.
Taken photos of my cats.
Ordered a pizza.
Found the nearest convenience store.
Remotely accessed my entire music collection and streamed music to my office.
Let the iPhone listen to a song I didn’t know. It identified the song and told me where I could buy it or watch the music video.
Updated my Twitter.
Kept track of an eBay auction.
I dictacted a note which then got transcribed into text on a To Do list.
Watched an anime music video.
Got directions to a concert.
Texted my friends.
Remotely controlled my Mac via VNC.
Made a few calls.
The Dark Knight
Anyone who doesn’t like this movie is not to be trusted, as they are most likely a cyborg sent from the future to kill you.
1. The Fountain
2. Blade Runner
3. The Dark Knight
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Batman Begins
6. Ghostbusters
7. Barton Fink
8. Old Boy
9. Wanted
10. Hancock
Jetsam
Dream Job will be on hiatus for a bit while I come up with more ideas.
Wanted
2 parts Matrix. 1 part Fight Club. 10 shades of badass.
It ends with an urgent question which I encourage everyone to ask themselves.
1. The Fountain
2. Blade Runner
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Batman Begins
5. Ghostbusters
6. Barton Fink
7. Old Boy
8. Wanted
9. Hancock
10. WALL-E