06.2.2009   06.1.2009 
Up concept art from Lou Romano.

We will see Up this week.  Guaranteed.

(waxy)

Up concept art from Lou Romano.

We will see Up this week. Guaranteed.

(waxy)

 06.1.2009 
moviesinframes:

2001: a space odyssey, 1968 (dir. Stanley Kubrick)
By orshk

moviesinframes:

2001: a space odyssey, 1968 (dir. Stanley Kubrick)

By orshk

 05.29.2009   05.27.2009 

Found on Wikipedia, no. 7

Interesting note about Casablanca:

“…there has been anecdotal evidence that Casablanca may have made a deeper impression among film-lovers than within the professional movie-making establishment. In the November/December 1982 issue of American Film, Chuck Ross claimed that he retyped the screenplay to Casablanca, only changing the title back to Everybody Comes to Rick’s and the name of the piano player to Dooley Wilson, and submitted it to 217 agencies. Eighty-five of them read it; of those, thirty-eight rejected it outright, thirty-three generally recognized it (but only eight specifically as Casablanca), three declared it commercially viable, and one suggested turning it into a novel.”

 05.23.2009 

500 Days of Summer.

This movie looks so good. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in another film I watched recently, Brick. He’s a hugely underappreciated actor.

 05.6.2009 

Here’s the trailer for South African director Neill Blomkamp’s upcoming film, District 9. (HD version)

The film is set in South Africa and tells the story of a race of aliens who after showing up on Earth are forced to live in quarantine from society. It’s shot in the ever-popular vérité style, a la The Shield or Battlestar Galactica, although framed in an alternate history as a documentary. The couple of effects shots from the trailer look gorgeous and convincing. I hope they can extend that into a whole, cohesive film. It’s style actually reminds me of the Escape from City 17 short from a few months ago.

 04.14.2009   03.17.2009 
The monsters from the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.

They look pretty amazing from the looks of these shots.  Seems to capture the creepiness of the monsters’ looks while still looking believable, special effects-wise.  With Spike Jonze at the helm, we’re probably in for a treat.

The monsters from the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.

They look pretty amazing from the looks of these shots. Seems to capture the creepiness of the monsters’ looks while still looking believable, special effects-wise. With Spike Jonze at the helm, we’re probably in for a treat.

 03.17.2009 
The French Connection is out on Blu-ray.

This is a stellar film that actually won the Best Picture Oscar back in ‘71.  The HD version has been digitally retouched; colors tweaked, graininess added.  Director William Friedkin says this version is more true to his original vision of the film.

The French Connection is out on Blu-ray.

This is a stellar film that actually won the Best Picture Oscar back in ‘71. The HD version has been digitally retouched; colors tweaked, graininess added. Director William Friedkin says this version is more true to his original vision of the film.

 03.12.2009   03.4.2009 
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