Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
It’s Sock Monkey Theater
Tonight’s Feature: The Human Centipede Further reading bOING bOING: The Human Centipede Sock Monkey The Human Centipede Official Trailer
Let’s Get Weird
Forget for a moment that we’re currently flopping our ways through our respective lives, or that we’re on a gradually heating rock soaring through empty space. Don’t even consider that the advances in medicine have made it possible for anyone over the age of 25 make it past the age of 25. And, lastly, forget ...Read more.
The Death of a Net Meme
By now, you’ve seen the countless YouTube videos featuring Hitler raging over a seemingly miscellaneous circumstance. The clip used is from the German movie, Der Untergang (that’s Downfall, for you English types), and the humor inherent is from the incongruous system. My personal favorite is the one that followed the Columbus Blue Jackets at Washington ...Read more.
C’est Une Film
From the Flotsam & Jetsam Files… Not long ago, I mentioned my discovery of a French mystery novel titled after this very website. The author had taken title as a play on Serge Gainsbourg’s song, “Lunatic Asylum”. In a related story, a biopic of Gainsbourg’s life has been released en France. That is all.
“Too Controversial For America!”?
America can handle the Creation Museum, but can it handle Creation? The new film on Charles Darwin from producer Jerry Thomas reports he has failed to find a US distributor. The reason? It’s “too controversial” for religious America. My response: Bollocks! The article cites a February 2009 Gallup which shows only 39% of Americans believe in ...Read more.
Gilliam's Quixotic Adventure Continues
Apparently, Terry Gilliam is going to have another go at his film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The original attempt, an adaptation of Cervantes’ classic novel as well as Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, was a disaster almost from the get go. Much of this is caught in Keith Fulton ...Read more.
Viddy Well
This week, I have been enjoying some late night movie viewing. Some of these flicks are movies that I have seen many times and others are ones that I am getting first crack at watching. Stanley Kubrick, Alexander Cox, Bruce Robinson, Sergio Leone, and David Cronenberg entertained me, giving me more to think about and ...Read more.
