Category Archives: Movies

Best short film of the week

Posted on 05/16/2012 by Zed

A short (3:44) film by Nacho Vigalondo. This man has a bright future.

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Star Wars Tech

Posted on 05/15/2012 by Zed

Source: Shoeboxblog.

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Apple’s dominance in Hollywood product placement

Posted on 05/14/2012 by Zed

Photographs by The Kobal Collection (2); Paramount; Everett Collection (4); Fox (via Businessweek Online) Peter Burrows and Andy Fixmer of Businessweek have written a fabulous article about Apple’s dominance in Hollywood product placement. Apple’s gadgets were discussed or shown 891 … Continue reading →

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92-year old man is the most prolific bootlegger of Hollywood movies

Posted on 04/27/2012 by Zed

Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran, has spent the last 8-years sending thousands of bootlegged copies of first-run movies to American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq (Photo Todd Heisler/The New York Times) In an utterly fascinating story, … Continue reading →

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A new featurette for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

Posted on 04/26/2012 by Zed

A new featurette for Ridley Scott’s upcoming film Prometheus has been released. It shows lots of behind the scenes footage as well as some snippets from the film that have not been seen before. I have never been a huge … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick on Blade Runner

Posted on 04/24/2012 by Zed

Philip K. Dick wrote this letter after seeing his first glimpse of Blade Runner in a television segment. To the best of the family’s knowledge, this letter has never been previously released to the public. Letter and text from: philipkdick.com via … Continue reading →

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Movie mimicking: Traveling to film locations around the world

Posted on 04/20/2012 by Zed

Allen Fuqua mixes his passion for travel and movies by “movie mimicking.” He travels to movie locations and recreates scenes from them. Above, a scene from Drive in MacArthur Park. Below, Inception in Paris. Much more here. Source: via kottke.org

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Was “The Adventures of Tintin” a victim of the uncanny valley?

Posted on 04/13/2012 by Zed

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Amblin Entertainment. Image courtesy: Columbia Pictures | Paramount Pictures The term “uncanny valley” was coined by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori in 1970, and it describes a phenomena where robots or virtual characters with all too human characteristics can … Continue reading →

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Space shuttle IMAX cameras at the Smithsonian

Posted on 04/13/2012 by Zed

“The Dream is Alive” was screened in the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Washington. Watching the IMAX film The Dream is Alive on a screen the size of … Continue reading →

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Caine’s arcade

Posted on 04/11/2012 by Zed

Only 11 minutes long. From YouTube: A 9 year old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store is about to have the best day of his life. Help Caine’s Scholarship Fund: http://CainesArcade.com Call me … Continue reading →

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