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District B-13 a été magnifique!
J’avais entendu “le parkour” séquences ont été incroyables, mais je n’avais aucune idée de comment serré le reste du film allait être.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. Iron Man
7. District B-13
8. Cradle Will Rock
9. My Left Foot
10. Ratatouille
Cradle Will Rock
How did such a wonderful film escape my notice until now? It reminds me a lot of Illuminata, and not just because John Turturro and Susan Sarandon feature prominently in both. And Paul Giamatti has yet to disappoint. Plus it has the Cusacks! And where else can you see Bill Murray and Tenacious D as 1930s vaudevillians? It feels a lot like a P.T. Anderson film by way of Turturro. Dry and authentic with flashes of humor and magical realism.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. Iron Man
7. Cradle Will Rock
8. My Left Foot
9. Ratatouille
10. Gone Baby Gone
Friend Spotlight
Allow me to direct your attention to some cool projects my friends have produced.
Ryan’s company is behind the technology used in Yahoo! oneSearch with Voice. It lets you do searches on your phone by speaking instead of having to type everything. It will eventually be available for the iPhone.
Dave was on the team that created Steven Spielberg’s Boom Blox, what looks like an insanely fun game for the Wii. It was featured on Penny Arcade, which, some might say, is the highest honor one can achieve in the video game world.
In the cardboard realm, a game publisher finally came to their senses and snatched up Dan’s Monkey Lab, a ridiculously fun board game. It will premiere at Essen, but there is no word on a release date. Trust me, you’re going to want to play this.
Speaking of board games, Marc’s Coalescence is now available. It looks really sharp, is easy to learn and provides a lot of challenging fun.
And, finally, I heard that fellow Landmark graduate Jonna will be appearing in Oliver Stone’s film “W“, filming now.
Congratulations, everyone, on bringing the awesome!
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
I was worried during the first act as it was full of lengthy exposition. I thought “Shouldn’t there be some racing?” But after that, it was a fun ride.
This is definitely a kid’s film. The humor and wacky action is definitely aimed for 10 or 12 year olds. So there’s that. The style is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It’s a crazy twisting neon kaleidoscope of races and fight scenes witnessed previously only in anime. Everything about the races is over the top. Cars don’t spend more than two seconds going straight ahead. The rest of the time they are drifting into impossible spaghetti curves or flipping through the air or cartwheeling along mountainsides. The editing and visual style definitely overwhelm everything else. Susan Sarandon, John Goodman and Christina Ricci hold their own like pros. Emil Hirsch does a fair job competing against the visual effects to be a likable Speed. The kid playing Spritle is the Jar-Jar of the film, though he has some genuinely funny moments. And there’s a monkey. Who doesn’t love monkeys? My favorite character was Racer X. I kind of wish the movie was called “Racer X’ instead of “Speed Racer”, but that’s me. The second act is the most fun, with all kinds of crazy racing, Dragonball Z fight sequences and ninjas. You already know how the third act is going to go down about halfway through the film, but it was still fun to watch. If you can get past the groan-worthy first part of the movie, there’s a lot to enjoy. Whoever cut this film is a true artist. The mind that could think in the same way that this film moves brushes against the alien.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. Iron Man
7. My Left Foot
8. Ratatouille
9. Speed Racer
10. Gone Baby Gone
Iron Man
Exceeded all expectations. Awesome. Remember to stay until the after credits for maximum geek impact.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. Iron Man
7. My Left Foot
8. Ratatouille
9. Gone Baby Gone
10. Cloverfield
246 Toothpicks
1. Veronica Mars
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Lost
4. Doctor Who
5. Torchwood
6. Flight of the Conchords
7. The League of Gentlemen
8. Haibane Renmei
9. The Mighty Boosh
10. Witch Hunter Robin
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. My Left Foot
7. Ratatouille
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. Cloverfield
10. Juno
1. Rock Band
2. Psychonauts
3. Rez
4. Viva Pinata
5. Puzzle Quest
6. The Secret of Monkey Island
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
8. Zak & Wiki
9. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
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1. Spook Country
2. Odd and the Frost Giants
3. Interworld
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Golden Delicious
Mr. Doughty and his crew get on stage half an hour early, disguised as a noise jam band. They wear beards and funny hats, but the crowd is not fooled.
The Panderers pander and we accept.
Mr. Doughty returns. His voice is indeed golden and delicious. New tracks and Soul Coughing throwbacks. The crowd enjoys.
Mr. Doughty denounces the use of pot. It being 4/20, the audience misunderstands, screaming with joy.
Circles!
Mr. Doughty explains that he is going to throw the bridge out and replace it with “half-mumbled half-words”. The crowd accepts this proposition.
Mr. Doughty plays the best cover of Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler ever performed.
Mr. Doughty plays a fake last song, asks us to pretend he has left the stage when he in fact is just turning to face the back of the stage, turns back around to play the real last song.
Crowd spills out of Antone’s.
Sweet Ride
As promised, a photo of the new ride. I dub it the Swordfish II.
Magic is Limited
Another priceless gem saved from the spam filter. I of course did not open the attached “mystic.zip”, though I felt strongly compelled to.
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yes. look in this mistic box.
what? don’t want. no problem 😉 magic __IS__ LIMITED
details attached!