http://speedcine.com/?l=a&t=free
First a description of the link above. Speedcine is something I saw on slashfilm the other day and so I figured I'd do something on it. The site gives you a list of every movie you can currently find on the Internet for FREE. Pay nothing. Zero. I'd try it.
With the Internet being what it is today, I thought it’d be fitting to discuss what movies you CAN see online with a top 5 list. There is some excellent stuff online for free, and I intend on exposing it. (Posted with the lists is the link in case you'd just like to start watching now. I'm podcasting the top 5 on Friday, so look for my thoughts then here at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=331533589)
5. (THREE WAY TIE)
Ghostbusters http://crackle.com/c/Ghostbusters
Groundhogs Day http://crackle.com/c/Groundhog_Day
Stripes http://crackle.com/c/Stripes
Yeah so I cheated. I couldn’t find just one Bill Murray film to put on the list so I put all 3 on. Not necessarily on this list because you haven’t seen them, but because they’re timeless. If you’re girlfriend breaks up with you? Ghostbusters are right there to hold your hand. Loose your house? Go ahead and wake up day after day with one of the funniest actors we have. All classic comedy.
4. Stagecoach http://www.jaman.com/now-playing/?videoID=0tfaJEV2X518
John Fords epic western set the standard for all others to come after it. If for nothing else, you should watch it to see a young John Wayne influence an entire genre of film.
3. Confessions of a Superhero http://www.hulu.com/confessions-of-a-superhero
This 2007 documentary follows the lives of street actors who dress up as superheroes to cover their failed acting careers and make some money. In honesty you’ve never seen such a depressing film involving Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Hulk. At times the film is uplifting (the man playing Superman is both interesting and somewhat scary at times) and at others devastating. A truly interesting doc.
2. Big Fish http://crackle.com/c/Big_Fish/Big_Fish/2462307
If you haven’t seen Tim Burton’s finest film to day you’re doing yourself a disservice. In Burton style we witness a grand epic paralleled with a tragic reality. Truly some of the best cinema in the past decade.
1. Adaptation http://crackle.com/c/Adaptation
I adore Charlie Kaufman, and his movies aren’t as widely recognized as they should be. Adaptation fits snuggly in-between the very good yet overly bizarre Being John Malkovitch, and the perfected weirdness of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Adaptation is the story of the writer, Charlie, and his brother Donald, as they both try and write movies. Both characters are played by Nicholas Cage. The fun in it all is that Charlie’s character is trying to write the very film that we’re watching on the screen. Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper also co-star.
Honorable Mentions: Supersize Me, Fear and Loathing in Las Veags, Taxi Driver
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Two "Indie Romantic Dramedies"
I have conflicting views on the term that people have given the "independent romantic dramadies". The name is suitable I suppose but "dramadies" seems...dumb? Regardless my favorite movie ever (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) would fit into the said catagory, as would Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Both of these movies seem phenomenal. Breaking Upwards has the hip soundtrack along with unheard of stars and some pithy dialouge, but more importantly seems to be more drama than comedy. But 500 Days of Summer seems to be this years "Juno" as much as I hate the comparison. It has the B-list stars and has the "Intentionally-Indie" vibe we've seen recently. As much as I'd like to knock that style though, it hasn't failed me yet...oh wait...The Wackness. Grades for Both- A-
Monday, December 1, 2008
Synecdoche, New York Review
I have to confess that I saw this movie last Wednesday and I didn't post an immediate review. It wasn't because it was a particularly busy Thanksgiving (well...it was, but that had nothing to do with the review) and it wasn't like I was lazy at all (well...ok, maybe that had a little bit to do with it). The truth is that Synecdoche, New York is a truly puzzleing movie. One of the most puzzleing I've seen in sometime. So puzzleing in fact that I was confused leaving the theater and shocked at what to think.
The movie revolves around Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a successful theater director who is constantly conflicted regarding his personal life. He lives in the shadow of his exwife Adele (Catherine Keener) who's a painter. Adele and their daughter Olive leave for Germany where Olive is lead by her mothers friend Maria (played by the always wonderful Jennifer Jayson Leigh) down questionable paths that Caden constantly blames himself for. Then Caden recieves the MacArthur grant, which gives him the funding for any major projects.
This is where the movie begins to spiral into a vortex of insanity the likes of which you've never witnessed. Caden begins making a play in a large wearhouse where the actors represent real people and the stage is the city of New York. Every day Caden gives his actors, or rather civilians living in his very real world, slips of paper telling them what happened to them that day. Slips like "you were raped" or "your wife had a baby boy" or "you suspect your husband is cheating on you" ect. The actors play out everything just like senerios would go in real life.
Caden then blurrs the line between reality and stage even more as he gets actors to play himself and his new wife Claire. Sammy Barnathan steps into play Caden and is the oddest character in this character study because all his life he's been folowing around Caden studying his every movement as if knowing that this role was meant for him all along. Sammy and Cadens train of thought become so intact with one another that I believed that they were the same characters just in the confinds of different bodies.
The ending begins to confuse me and for your sake I won't say more than: It's wierd, out there, and one of the most deppressing and simotaneously refreshing ways for a movie to end in several years. The acting is of course top notch but I found that the movies first 25 minutes began were less intresting than the rest of the film. I didn't care about Caden and his relationship with Adele at all. Also some of director and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (the man who wrote Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) odd characer quirks seem mildly off (one of the characters houses is constantly on fire...why she doesn't just put it out is beyond me). But the main flaw I found was how damn confusing the movie was. All the symbolism is fine, it worked in his other written films, but here Kaufman goes too far. Could I explain some of what happend in it to you? Sure I could. But there are no right answers and too many loose ends. Is that a good thing? You decide. Grade - B+
The movie revolves around Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a successful theater director who is constantly conflicted regarding his personal life. He lives in the shadow of his exwife Adele (Catherine Keener) who's a painter. Adele and their daughter Olive leave for Germany where Olive is lead by her mothers friend Maria (played by the always wonderful Jennifer Jayson Leigh) down questionable paths that Caden constantly blames himself for. Then Caden recieves the MacArthur grant, which gives him the funding for any major projects.
This is where the movie begins to spiral into a vortex of insanity the likes of which you've never witnessed. Caden begins making a play in a large wearhouse where the actors represent real people and the stage is the city of New York. Every day Caden gives his actors, or rather civilians living in his very real world, slips of paper telling them what happened to them that day. Slips like "you were raped" or "your wife had a baby boy" or "you suspect your husband is cheating on you" ect. The actors play out everything just like senerios would go in real life.
Caden then blurrs the line between reality and stage even more as he gets actors to play himself and his new wife Claire. Sammy Barnathan steps into play Caden and is the oddest character in this character study because all his life he's been folowing around Caden studying his every movement as if knowing that this role was meant for him all along. Sammy and Cadens train of thought become so intact with one another that I believed that they were the same characters just in the confinds of different bodies.
The ending begins to confuse me and for your sake I won't say more than: It's wierd, out there, and one of the most deppressing and simotaneously refreshing ways for a movie to end in several years. The acting is of course top notch but I found that the movies first 25 minutes began were less intresting than the rest of the film. I didn't care about Caden and his relationship with Adele at all. Also some of director and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (the man who wrote Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) odd characer quirks seem mildly off (one of the characters houses is constantly on fire...why she doesn't just put it out is beyond me). But the main flaw I found was how damn confusing the movie was. All the symbolism is fine, it worked in his other written films, but here Kaufman goes too far. Could I explain some of what happend in it to you? Sure I could. But there are no right answers and too many loose ends. Is that a good thing? You decide. Grade - B+
Monday, November 24, 2008
Holiday Buyers Guide! Part 1: T-Shirts
Check these Movie shirts out...
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Link- http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-WWBD-Dark-Knight-Logo-Posters_i3441996_.htm
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Link- http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Batman-The-Dark-Knight-WWBD-Dark-Knight-Logo-Posters_i3441996_.htm
Steve Zissou Intern Shirt
Link - http://www.vintagecotton.com/shirt/team_zissou_intern/male
Description - Of course from Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou these are the shirts that the Interns are wearing. Price - $16.99
Link - http://www.vintagecotton.com/shirt/team_zissou_intern/male
Description - Of course from Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou these are the shirts that the Interns are wearing. Price - $16.99Lacuna Inc.
Description - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Favorite film of all time) has this shirt that is Lacuna Inc. the company that erases Joels memory. However all the shirts on this site LastExitToNowhere are amazing! Check em out! Price - £17.50
Alien Shirt
Link - http://www.tshirtgurus.com/alien-side-alien.html
Description - An Alien, from Ridley Scotts amazing film. Price - $17.50
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