Spoiler-free Review: ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Stays True to Its Weird Self
Last year, the debut season of “Mr. Robot” dominated the television conversation, but serialized television is still a “what have you done for me lately?” enterprise, and a great beginning only leads to heightened expectations for season two. The two-hour premiere does a brisk job of re-setting the pieces on the board and introducing new ones. Eliot, still missing three days of memory during which the Five/Nine hack shook the world’s financial stability, has gone home to live with his mother; he stays away from all computers and lives a strictly regimented life that is designed to keep Mr. Robot from causing any more trouble. Darlene is running fsociety actions, although she despairs that they’re only making things worse. Angela is ensconced in her new Evil Corp PR job, although it seems to be killing her soul.
Last year, the debut season of “Mr. Robot” dominated the television conversation, but serialized television is still a “what have you done for me lately?” enterprise, and a great beginning only leads to heightened expectations for season two. The two-hour premiere does a brisk job of re-setting the pieces on the board and introducing new ones. Eliot, still missing three days of memory during which the Five/Nine hack shook the world’s financial stability, has gone home to live with his mother; he stays away from all computers and lives a strictly regimented life that is designed to keep Mr. Robot from causing any more trouble. Darlene is running fsociety actions, although she despairs that they’re only making things worse. Angela is ensconced in her new Evil Corp PR job, although it seems to be killing her soul.
- 7/14/2016
- by Jay Bushman
- Indiewire
With a new album and beautiful family of four, "Life Can't Get Much Better" for Joel Madden. As a matter of fact, the pop-punk veteran and his twin brother Benji, both 37, sing about just that on Youth Authority, their band Good Charlotte's first album in nearly six years. "We're inspired by our own lives," Madden tells People. Indeed, the LP covers the gamut of the life changes they've experienced since taking a hiatus after promoting their 2010 record Cardiology, from relationships highs and lows to familial bliss. Since then, Joel has gotten married (he and Nicole Richie said "I do...
- 7/13/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Jonah Hill and Miles Teller secure a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to supply weapons to Us troops in the upcoming biographical war comedy War Dogs. “Two friends in their early 20s living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military […]
Read The American Dream is Alive in the New Trailer for War Dogs on Filmonic.
Read The American Dream is Alive in the New Trailer for War Dogs on Filmonic.
- 7/1/2016
- by Alex
- Filmonic.com
Dirty cops were a movie vogue in 1954, and Edmond O'Brien scores as a real dastard in this overachieving United Artists thriller. Dreamboat starlet Marla English is the reason O'Brien's detective kills for cash, and then keeps killing to stay ahead of his colleagues. And all to buy a crummy house in the suburbs -- this man needs career counseling. Shield for Murder Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1954 / B&W / 1:75 widescreen / 82 min. / Street Date June 21, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Edmond O'Brien, Marla English, John Agar, Emile Meyer, Carolyn Jones, Claude Akins, Herbert Butterfield, Hugh Sanders, William Schallert, Robert Bray, Richard Deacon, David Hughes, Gregg Martell, Stafford Repp, Vito Scotti. Cinematography Gordon Avil Film Editor John F. Schreyer Original Music Paul Dunlap Written by Richard Alan Simmons, John C. Higgins from the novel by William P. McGivern <Produced by Aubrey Schenck, (Howard W. Koch) Directed by Edmond O'Brien, Howard W. Koch
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Here's the kind of '50s movie we love, an ambitious, modest crime picture that for its time had an edge. In the 1950s our country was as blind to the true extent of police corruption as it was to organized crime. Movies about bad cops adhered to the 'bad apple' concept: it's only crooked individuals that we need to watch out for, never the institutions around them. Thanks to films noir, crooked cops were no longer a film rarity, even though the Production Code made movies like The Asphalt Jungle insert compensatory scenes paying lip service to the status quo: an imperfect police force is better than none. United Artists in the 1950s helped star talent make the jump to independent production, with the prime success stories being Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. But the distribution company also funded proven producers capable of putting out smaller bread 'n' butter movies that could prosper if costs were kept down. Edward Small, Victor Saville, Levy-Gardner-Laven. Aubrey Schenck and Howard C. Koch produced as a team, and for 1954's Shield for Murder Koch co-directed, sharing credit with the film's star, Edmond O'Brien. The show is a smart production all the way, a modestly budgeted 'B' with 'A' ambitions. O'Brien was an industry go-getter trying to channel his considerable talent in new directions. His leading man days were fading but he was in demand for parts in major films like The Barefoot Contessa. The producers took care with their story too. Writers Richard Alan Simmons and John C. Higgins had solid crime movie credits. Author William P. McGivern wrote the novel behind Fritz Lang's The Big Heat as well as Rogue Cop and Odds Against Tomorrow. All of McGivern's stories involve crooked policemen or police corruption. Shield for Murder doesn't tiptoe around its subject matter. Dirty cop Detective Lt. Barney Nolan (O'Brien) kills a hoodlum in an alley to steal $25,000 of mob money. His precinct boss Captain Gunnarson (Emile Meyer) accepts Barney's version of events and the Asst. D.A. (William Schallert) takes the shooting as an open and shut case. Crime reporter Cabot (Herbert Butterfield) has his doubts, and lectures the squad room about the abuse of police power. Barney manages to placate mob boss Packy Reed (Hugh Sanders), but two hoods continue to shadow him. Barney's plan for the money was to buy a new house and escape the rat race with his girlfriend, nightclub cashier Patty Winters (Marla English). But a problem surfaces in the elderly deaf mute Ernst Sternmueller (David Hughes), a witness to the shooting. Barney realizes that his only way forward is to kill the old man before he can tell all to Det. Mark Brewster (John Agar), Barney's closest friend. Once again one of society's Good Guys takes a bite of the forbidden apple and tries to buck the system. Shield for Murder posits an logical but twisted course of action for a weary defender of the law who wants out. Barney long ago gave up trying to do anything about the crooks he can't touch. The fat cat Packy Reed makes the big money, and all Barney wants is his share. Barney's vision of The American Dream is just the middle-class ideal, the desirable Patty Winters and a modest tract home. He's picked it out - it sits partway up a hill in a new Los Angeles development, just finished and already furnished. Then the unexpected witness shows up and everything begins to unravel; Barney loses control one step at a time. He beats a mob thug (Claude Akins) half to death in front of witnesses. When his pal Mark Brewster figures out the truth, Barney has to use a lot of his money to arrange a getaway. More mob trouble leads to a shoot-out in a high school gym. The idea may have been for the star O'Brien to coach actors John Agar and Marla English to better performances. Agar is slightly more natural than usual, but still not very good. The gorgeous Ms. English remains sweet and inexpressive. After several unbilled bits, the woman often compared to Elizabeth Taylor was given "introducing" billing on the Shield for Murder billing block. Her best-known role would be as The She-Creature two years later, after which she dropped out to get married. Co-director O'Brien also allows Emile Meyer to go over the top in a scene or two. But the young Carolyn Jones is a standout as a blonde bargirl, more or less expanding on her small part as a human ashtray in the previous year's The Big Heat. Edmond O'Brien is occasionally a little to hyper, but he's excellent at showing stress as the trap closes around the overreaching Barney Nolan. Other United Artists budget crime pictures seem a little tight with the outdoors action -- Vice Squad, Witness to Murder, Without Warning -- but O'Brien and Koch's camera luxuriates in night shoots on the Los Angeles streets. This is one of those Blu-rays that Los Angelenos will want to freeze frame, to try to read the street signs. There is also little downtime wasted in sidebar plot detours. The gunfight in the school gym, next to an Olympic swimming pool, is an action highlight. The show has one enduring sequence. With the force closing in, Barney rushes back to the unfinished house he plans to buy, to recover the loot he's buried next to its foundation. Anybody who lived in Southern California in the '50s and '60s was aware of the massive suburban sprawl underway, a building boom that went on for decades. In 1953 the La Puente hills were so rural they barely served by roads; the movie The War of the Worlds considered it a good place to use a nuclear bomb against invading Martians. By 1975 the unending suburbs had spread from Los Angeles, almost all the way to Pomona. Barney dashes through a new housing development on terraced plots, boxy little houses separated from each other by only a few feet of dirt. There's no landscaping yet. Even in 1954 $25,000 wasn't that much money, so Barney Nolan has sold himself pretty cheaply. Two more latter-day crime pictures would end with ominous metaphors about the oblivion of The American Dream. In 1964's remake of The Killers the cash Lee Marvin kills for only buys him a patch of green lawn in a choice Hollywood Hills neighborhood. The L.A.P.D. puts Marvin out of his misery, and then closes in on another crooked detective in the aptly titled 1965 thriller The Money Trap. The final scene in that movie is priceless: his dreams smashed, crooked cop Glenn Ford sits by his designer swimming pool and waits to be arrested. Considering how well things worked out for Los Angeles police officers, Edmond O'Brien's Barney Nolan seems especially foolish. If Barney had stuck it out for a couple of years, the new deal for the L.A.P.D. would have been much better than a measly 25 grand. By 1958 he'd have his twenty years in. After a retirement beer bash he'd be out on the road pulling a shiny new boat to the Colorado River, like all the other hardworking cops and firemen enjoying their generous pensions. Policemen also had little trouble getting house loans. The joke was that an L.A.P.D. cop might go bad, but none of them could be bribed. O'Brien directed one more feature, took more TV work and settled into character parts for Jack Webb, Frank Tashlin, John Ford, John Frankenheimer and finally Sam Peckinpah in The Wild Bunch, where he was almost unrecognizable. Howard W. Koch slowed down as a director but became a busy producer, working with Frank Sinatra for several years. He eventually co-produced Airplane! The Kl Studio Classics Blu-ray of Shield for Murder is a good-looking B&W scan, framed at a confirmed-as-correct 1:75 aspect ratio. The picture is sharp and detailed, and the sound is in fine shape. The package art duplicates the film's original no-class sell: "Dame-Hungry Killer-Cop Runs Berserk! The first scene also contains one of the more frequently noticed camera flubs in film noir -- a really big boom shadow on a nighttime alley wall. Kino's presentation comes with trailers for this movie, Hidden Fear and He Ran All the Way. On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, Shield for Murder Blu-ray rates: Movie: Good Video: Very Good Sound: Excellent Supplements: Trailers for Shield for Murder, Hidden Fear, He Ran All the Way Deaf and Hearing Impaired Friendly? N0; Subtitles: None Packaging: Keep case Reviewed: June 7, 2016 (5115murd)
Visit DVD Savant's Main Column Page Glenn Erickson answers most reader mail: dvdsavant@mindspring.com
Text © Copyright 2016 Glenn Erickson...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Here's the kind of '50s movie we love, an ambitious, modest crime picture that for its time had an edge. In the 1950s our country was as blind to the true extent of police corruption as it was to organized crime. Movies about bad cops adhered to the 'bad apple' concept: it's only crooked individuals that we need to watch out for, never the institutions around them. Thanks to films noir, crooked cops were no longer a film rarity, even though the Production Code made movies like The Asphalt Jungle insert compensatory scenes paying lip service to the status quo: an imperfect police force is better than none. United Artists in the 1950s helped star talent make the jump to independent production, with the prime success stories being Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. But the distribution company also funded proven producers capable of putting out smaller bread 'n' butter movies that could prosper if costs were kept down. Edward Small, Victor Saville, Levy-Gardner-Laven. Aubrey Schenck and Howard C. Koch produced as a team, and for 1954's Shield for Murder Koch co-directed, sharing credit with the film's star, Edmond O'Brien. The show is a smart production all the way, a modestly budgeted 'B' with 'A' ambitions. O'Brien was an industry go-getter trying to channel his considerable talent in new directions. His leading man days were fading but he was in demand for parts in major films like The Barefoot Contessa. The producers took care with their story too. Writers Richard Alan Simmons and John C. Higgins had solid crime movie credits. Author William P. McGivern wrote the novel behind Fritz Lang's The Big Heat as well as Rogue Cop and Odds Against Tomorrow. All of McGivern's stories involve crooked policemen or police corruption. Shield for Murder doesn't tiptoe around its subject matter. Dirty cop Detective Lt. Barney Nolan (O'Brien) kills a hoodlum in an alley to steal $25,000 of mob money. His precinct boss Captain Gunnarson (Emile Meyer) accepts Barney's version of events and the Asst. D.A. (William Schallert) takes the shooting as an open and shut case. Crime reporter Cabot (Herbert Butterfield) has his doubts, and lectures the squad room about the abuse of police power. Barney manages to placate mob boss Packy Reed (Hugh Sanders), but two hoods continue to shadow him. Barney's plan for the money was to buy a new house and escape the rat race with his girlfriend, nightclub cashier Patty Winters (Marla English). But a problem surfaces in the elderly deaf mute Ernst Sternmueller (David Hughes), a witness to the shooting. Barney realizes that his only way forward is to kill the old man before he can tell all to Det. Mark Brewster (John Agar), Barney's closest friend. Once again one of society's Good Guys takes a bite of the forbidden apple and tries to buck the system. Shield for Murder posits an logical but twisted course of action for a weary defender of the law who wants out. Barney long ago gave up trying to do anything about the crooks he can't touch. The fat cat Packy Reed makes the big money, and all Barney wants is his share. Barney's vision of The American Dream is just the middle-class ideal, the desirable Patty Winters and a modest tract home. He's picked it out - it sits partway up a hill in a new Los Angeles development, just finished and already furnished. Then the unexpected witness shows up and everything begins to unravel; Barney loses control one step at a time. He beats a mob thug (Claude Akins) half to death in front of witnesses. When his pal Mark Brewster figures out the truth, Barney has to use a lot of his money to arrange a getaway. More mob trouble leads to a shoot-out in a high school gym. The idea may have been for the star O'Brien to coach actors John Agar and Marla English to better performances. Agar is slightly more natural than usual, but still not very good. The gorgeous Ms. English remains sweet and inexpressive. After several unbilled bits, the woman often compared to Elizabeth Taylor was given "introducing" billing on the Shield for Murder billing block. Her best-known role would be as The She-Creature two years later, after which she dropped out to get married. Co-director O'Brien also allows Emile Meyer to go over the top in a scene or two. But the young Carolyn Jones is a standout as a blonde bargirl, more or less expanding on her small part as a human ashtray in the previous year's The Big Heat. Edmond O'Brien is occasionally a little to hyper, but he's excellent at showing stress as the trap closes around the overreaching Barney Nolan. Other United Artists budget crime pictures seem a little tight with the outdoors action -- Vice Squad, Witness to Murder, Without Warning -- but O'Brien and Koch's camera luxuriates in night shoots on the Los Angeles streets. This is one of those Blu-rays that Los Angelenos will want to freeze frame, to try to read the street signs. There is also little downtime wasted in sidebar plot detours. The gunfight in the school gym, next to an Olympic swimming pool, is an action highlight. The show has one enduring sequence. With the force closing in, Barney rushes back to the unfinished house he plans to buy, to recover the loot he's buried next to its foundation. Anybody who lived in Southern California in the '50s and '60s was aware of the massive suburban sprawl underway, a building boom that went on for decades. In 1953 the La Puente hills were so rural they barely served by roads; the movie The War of the Worlds considered it a good place to use a nuclear bomb against invading Martians. By 1975 the unending suburbs had spread from Los Angeles, almost all the way to Pomona. Barney dashes through a new housing development on terraced plots, boxy little houses separated from each other by only a few feet of dirt. There's no landscaping yet. Even in 1954 $25,000 wasn't that much money, so Barney Nolan has sold himself pretty cheaply. Two more latter-day crime pictures would end with ominous metaphors about the oblivion of The American Dream. In 1964's remake of The Killers the cash Lee Marvin kills for only buys him a patch of green lawn in a choice Hollywood Hills neighborhood. The L.A.P.D. puts Marvin out of his misery, and then closes in on another crooked detective in the aptly titled 1965 thriller The Money Trap. The final scene in that movie is priceless: his dreams smashed, crooked cop Glenn Ford sits by his designer swimming pool and waits to be arrested. Considering how well things worked out for Los Angeles police officers, Edmond O'Brien's Barney Nolan seems especially foolish. If Barney had stuck it out for a couple of years, the new deal for the L.A.P.D. would have been much better than a measly 25 grand. By 1958 he'd have his twenty years in. After a retirement beer bash he'd be out on the road pulling a shiny new boat to the Colorado River, like all the other hardworking cops and firemen enjoying their generous pensions. Policemen also had little trouble getting house loans. The joke was that an L.A.P.D. cop might go bad, but none of them could be bribed. O'Brien directed one more feature, took more TV work and settled into character parts for Jack Webb, Frank Tashlin, John Ford, John Frankenheimer and finally Sam Peckinpah in The Wild Bunch, where he was almost unrecognizable. Howard W. Koch slowed down as a director but became a busy producer, working with Frank Sinatra for several years. He eventually co-produced Airplane! The Kl Studio Classics Blu-ray of Shield for Murder is a good-looking B&W scan, framed at a confirmed-as-correct 1:75 aspect ratio. The picture is sharp and detailed, and the sound is in fine shape. The package art duplicates the film's original no-class sell: "Dame-Hungry Killer-Cop Runs Berserk! The first scene also contains one of the more frequently noticed camera flubs in film noir -- a really big boom shadow on a nighttime alley wall. Kino's presentation comes with trailers for this movie, Hidden Fear and He Ran All the Way. On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, Shield for Murder Blu-ray rates: Movie: Good Video: Very Good Sound: Excellent Supplements: Trailers for Shield for Murder, Hidden Fear, He Ran All the Way Deaf and Hearing Impaired Friendly? N0; Subtitles: None Packaging: Keep case Reviewed: June 7, 2016 (5115murd)
Visit DVD Savant's Main Column Page Glenn Erickson answers most reader mail: dvdsavant@mindspring.com
Text © Copyright 2016 Glenn Erickson...
- 6/11/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The American dream has been a part of Hollywood since the advent of cinema. More films than are worth counting take a crack at understanding the convoluted and paradoxical nature of this “dream,” and for the most part the principle idea is the same: Americans believe money will be our savior. But, as some films […]
The post 5-Minute Video Essay Explores Hollywood’s Oppression Of The American Dream appeared first on The Playlist.
The post 5-Minute Video Essay Explores Hollywood’s Oppression Of The American Dream appeared first on The Playlist.
- 6/1/2016
- by Gary Garrison
- The Playlist
It’s hard to figure out what there’s more of these days - election coverage or Captain America: Civil War commercials. Well, Jimmy Kimmel decided the two have more in common than you might think and combined them in a movie trailer on his late night show. Kimmel explained his logic, “Both of them feature former friends who are now enemies, they both feature powerful men and women who are also cartoon characters.” The video opens with a deep-voiced narrator saying, “This summer, an all-American idealist faces off against a diabolical billionaire.” We’re then greeted with Bernie Sanders in a Captain America uniform (I’ll let that image settle in for a moment) before Donald Trump emerges from behind the fabled Iron Man mask. “The American dream is dead,” Trump says. The two argue back and forth before Hillary Clinton makes her presence felt as the Scarlet Witch.
- 4/12/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published in 1843, and in the 173 years that have followed there have been approximately as many film, TV and stage versions, from Hollywood movies, to small town theater productions. So you might think the last thing anybody needs is a new version, but when it's from one of our favorite directors, it certainly has us intrigued... Read More: Interview: Bennett Miller Talks 'Foxcatcher' And Wrestling With The American Dream THR reports that "Capote," "Moneyball," and "Foxcatcher" director Bennett Miller will helm a "A Christmas Carol." It's got a helluva team behind it, with Megan Ellison and Scott Rudin lending their producing powers, and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard ("Brazil," "Shakespeare In Love") penning the screenplay. Miller's take on the material will retain Dickens' 19th century setting, so it sounds like the traditional story we all know...
- 3/3/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Remember Tower Records? The saga of the massive brick & mortar music retailer is a great story with marvelous characters. When you meet founder Russ Solomon it becomes obvious why the store clicked -- the guy knew how to turn music-brained hippies into motivated collaborators. With good extras... this docu generates genuine Good Vibes. All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records DVD FilmRise 2015 / Color / 1:78 enhanced widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date January 19, 2016 / 24.95 (also available on Blu-ray) Starring Russ Solomon, Chris Cornell, Heidi Cotler, Rudy Danzinger, Bob Delanoy, David Geffen, Stan Goman, Dave Grohl, Chris Hopson, Elton John Steve Knopper, Steve Nikkel, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Urie, Mark Viducich. Cinematography Neil Lisk, Nicola Marsh, Bridger Nielson Film Editor Darrin Roberts Original Music Bill Sherman Written by Steven Leckart Produced by Sean M. Stuart Directed by Colin Hanks
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
If you lived in a city with a Tower Records in the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
If you lived in a city with a Tower Records in the 1970s,...
- 2/16/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Michael Moore doesn’t hate America. But he does wonder how other nations are doing so many things better than the supposed greatest country in the world. I’m “biast” (pro): love Michael Moore
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Alas, the Americans who really really really need to see this movie will go out of their way to avoid it.
I’m talking about the people who get all of their “news” from Fox, and “know” that Norway and Italy are communist hellholes where everyone waits in line for toilet paper and can’t get their blood pressure checked without permission from the government and an appointment 18 months out. These people also “know” — because Fox News has kindly informed them of this — that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore hates America. Obviously. Because criticism of one’s homeland in the hopes...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Alas, the Americans who really really really need to see this movie will go out of their way to avoid it.
I’m talking about the people who get all of their “news” from Fox, and “know” that Norway and Italy are communist hellholes where everyone waits in line for toilet paper and can’t get their blood pressure checked without permission from the government and an appointment 18 months out. These people also “know” — because Fox News has kindly informed them of this — that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore hates America. Obviously. Because criticism of one’s homeland in the hopes...
- 2/9/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
There are few Hollywood icons that are both as magnetic and enigmatic as the late, great Dennis Hopper. And while there are plenty of ways for you to dive into the work of the actor, director, and artist, a newly rediscovered documentary has arrived that offers a window into one of the most fascinating periods of Hopper's life. Read More: The 10 Best Dennis Hopper Performances Directed by Lawrence Schiller and L.M. Kit Carson, "The American Friend" drops in on Hopper as he assembles his infamous "The Last Movie," a film which found Hopper battling a troubled production and his own demons in trying to complete it. The documentary is a look at Hopper during one of the most curious periods of life, and largely unseen for years, "The American Dream" is now going to be much more widely available. “Journeying to New Mexico with Kit to make 'The American Dreamer...
- 1/25/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
WWE.com
There are plenty of ways to end a pro wrestling match, many of which are perfectly satisfying. A clean pinfall doesn’t have to hurt the person taking the loss if the match is booked intelligently: Mick Foley made a career out of getting over while staring at the lights. If not, then screwball finishes that are clearly ramping up an angle to white hot intensity are the bread and butter of professional wrestling and have been for decades: after all, it’s all about getting asses on seats, selling tickets, drawing money.
But we live in an era where the overbooked finish has become a standard part of a booking team’s repertoire. The American Dream popularised the ‘Dusty finish’ when he had the book during the days of the territories, but the advent of cable television and the competitiveness of the Monday Night War made using...
There are plenty of ways to end a pro wrestling match, many of which are perfectly satisfying. A clean pinfall doesn’t have to hurt the person taking the loss if the match is booked intelligently: Mick Foley made a career out of getting over while staring at the lights. If not, then screwball finishes that are clearly ramping up an angle to white hot intensity are the bread and butter of professional wrestling and have been for decades: after all, it’s all about getting asses on seats, selling tickets, drawing money.
But we live in an era where the overbooked finish has become a standard part of a booking team’s repertoire. The American Dream popularised the ‘Dusty finish’ when he had the book during the days of the territories, but the advent of cable television and the competitiveness of the Monday Night War made using...
- 12/9/2015
- by Ben Cooke
- Obsessed with Film
Review by Stephen Tronicek
Kenneth Eng’s My Life In China is the best type of intimate documentary, because it feels ultimately human: Imperfect, but vastly more interesting than anything fully fabricated. The fact is, documentaries such as He Named Me Malala don’t work, because they keep too much of a perfect arm’s length distance from the topic at hand. My Life In China doesn’t bother with that, because it knows that life is not wrapped up perfectly like a bow.
Interestingly, that may not have even been the goal of Eng. My Life In China focusses on the time in 2007 that the director and his father spent in China. His father had become bankrupt in America, and having deserted China years ago, he and his father traveled back to China in effort to see if the father would want to return. This is already an interesting...
Kenneth Eng’s My Life In China is the best type of intimate documentary, because it feels ultimately human: Imperfect, but vastly more interesting than anything fully fabricated. The fact is, documentaries such as He Named Me Malala don’t work, because they keep too much of a perfect arm’s length distance from the topic at hand. My Life In China doesn’t bother with that, because it knows that life is not wrapped up perfectly like a bow.
Interestingly, that may not have even been the goal of Eng. My Life In China focusses on the time in 2007 that the director and his father spent in China. His father had become bankrupt in America, and having deserted China years ago, he and his father traveled back to China in effort to see if the father would want to return. This is already an interesting...
- 11/24/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
One of the big questions about Minority Report is trying to figure out just how long Vega can hide Dash's true identity from her boss. It turns out that the answer is "until episode eight." In "The American Dream," we learn that Blake also has a secret of his own and it involves his association with the failed pre-crime program.
- 11/16/2015
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Citizen Jack #1
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Tommy Patterson
Colored by John Alderink
Lettered by Rachel Deering
Published by Image Comics
Jack Northworthy is a loser. Once the mayor of the small town of Musk Lake, Minnesota, he now runs a dying snowplow business with a steady diet of alcohol and self-loathing. But Jack’s got a special friend named Marlinspike. He is a demon straight out of Hell, and he has a plan to get Jack elected president of the United States. Jack has got no idea how they are going to pull it off, but he plays along. Why him though? And what will it cost him? Political satire meets supernatural horror in this new Image series that explores the old truth that politics is a devil’s game.
Image is currently the reigning king when it comes to comics with over-the-top stories and flashy art, but...
Written by Sam Humphries
Art by Tommy Patterson
Colored by John Alderink
Lettered by Rachel Deering
Published by Image Comics
Jack Northworthy is a loser. Once the mayor of the small town of Musk Lake, Minnesota, he now runs a dying snowplow business with a steady diet of alcohol and self-loathing. But Jack’s got a special friend named Marlinspike. He is a demon straight out of Hell, and he has a plan to get Jack elected president of the United States. Jack has got no idea how they are going to pull it off, but he plays along. Why him though? And what will it cost him? Political satire meets supernatural horror in this new Image series that explores the old truth that politics is a devil’s game.
Image is currently the reigning king when it comes to comics with over-the-top stories and flashy art, but...
- 11/5/2015
- by Ben Howard
- SoundOnSight
Blake's Suspicion Of Vega And Dash Heats Up On An All-new "Minority Report" Monday, November 16, On Fox Dash and Vega follow a vision to the Southside, encountering distrust from the community. Meanwhile, Blake's suspicion of Vega and Dash intensifies in the all-new "The American Dream" episode of Minority Report airing Monday, Nov. 16 (9:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. Set in 2065 Washington, D.C., (fifteen years after the events of the 2002 film), the series will follow Dash, a Precog, who has the ability to predict crimes. Unfortunately, the Pre-Crime Unit was dismantled in 2050, forcing law enforcement to rely on newer methods to fight crime. Before it was dismantled, Dash, his twin brother Arthur and their foster sister Agatha were part of the program that gave them their unique gifts. Now, Dash is using his ability to assist Detective Lara Vega in preventing crimes, at the same time seeking out...
- 11/4/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
WWE.com
It’s been a rough couple of years for old school wrestling fans. Three of the most iconic stars in the history of the industry all passed away less than 18 months apart. Most recently we said goodbye to legends Dusty Rhodes and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, but 15 months prior to “The American Dream” leaving us the wrestling world was rocked by the loss of The Ultimate Warrior and the shocking timing of his death.
Throughout the entire ordeal, his wife Dana Warrior exhibited grace and strength while struggling with the loss of her husband and father to their two daughters. Outside of a few brief media appearances and some work with WWE, including introducing the Warrior Award at this year’s Hall of Fame she has remained mostly out of the public spotlight.
Dana sat down with Chris Jericho to share memories of her one-of-a-kind husband, including her side...
It’s been a rough couple of years for old school wrestling fans. Three of the most iconic stars in the history of the industry all passed away less than 18 months apart. Most recently we said goodbye to legends Dusty Rhodes and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, but 15 months prior to “The American Dream” leaving us the wrestling world was rocked by the loss of The Ultimate Warrior and the shocking timing of his death.
Throughout the entire ordeal, his wife Dana Warrior exhibited grace and strength while struggling with the loss of her husband and father to their two daughters. Outside of a few brief media appearances and some work with WWE, including introducing the Warrior Award at this year’s Hall of Fame she has remained mostly out of the public spotlight.
Dana sat down with Chris Jericho to share memories of her one-of-a-kind husband, including her side...
- 9/23/2015
- by Brad Hamilton
- Obsessed with Film
This is a reprint of our review from the Independent Film Festival Boston.
The American Dream hinges on a set process, a progression that each and every individual pursuing it is bound to follow. Society dictates that if you work hard, seek academic and spiritual education, push past every barrier and consistently look to the future, success – and the personal sense of fulfillment that success will bring – can eventually be yours. But what happens when you finally triumph, seizing your dreams and securing the life you’ve always wanted – only to find that the happiness that was promised is nowhere to be found, and you still feel as deplorably vacant inside as before?
That existential emptiness is what appears to haunt author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) in every moment of James Ponsoldt’s sublimely elegiac The End of the Tour, which centers on a days-long interview between Wallace and...
The American Dream hinges on a set process, a progression that each and every individual pursuing it is bound to follow. Society dictates that if you work hard, seek academic and spiritual education, push past every barrier and consistently look to the future, success – and the personal sense of fulfillment that success will bring – can eventually be yours. But what happens when you finally triumph, seizing your dreams and securing the life you’ve always wanted – only to find that the happiness that was promised is nowhere to be found, and you still feel as deplorably vacant inside as before?
That existential emptiness is what appears to haunt author David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) in every moment of James Ponsoldt’s sublimely elegiac The End of the Tour, which centers on a days-long interview between Wallace and...
- 7/28/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Mike Holmes, the expert licensed contractor who created and hosted reality series including Holmes on Homes and Holmes Inspection, wants a deserving family to win their dream home. But first, they have to put in a little sweat equity. “The American dream is to own your own home,” says Holmes. “But it wouldn’t be right just to hand a free house to someone, now would it?” On his new Fox reality competition series Home Free, Holmes challenges nine couples to revive houses for others in hopes of winning their own dream abode. Mike explains, “The rules are, you’ve got … Continue reading →
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- 7/17/2015
- by Kellie Freeze
- ChannelGuideMag
David Nelson Sports Photography
The American Dream may be far from over for Newcastle United but the first match of their Us pre-season tour added much weight to head coach Steve McClaren’s assertion there would be “evolution” and not “revolution” at the Magpies this summer.
It has taken McClaren just two pre-season matches in charge to experience an all-too-familiar feeling for Nufc bosses in recent years – defeat. A lacklustre start that saw Newcastle fall two goals behind inside 17 minutes cost them despite the Magpies being much improved after break as the Premier League side succumbed to a 2-1 defeat against Club Atlas at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Moussa Sissoko’s finessed finish right on half-time gave Magpies the momentum heading into the second 45, but Newcastle’s inept first-half display ultimately proved to be their downfall – and this result will leave McClaren, Ian Cathro and the rest of the...
The American Dream may be far from over for Newcastle United but the first match of their Us pre-season tour added much weight to head coach Steve McClaren’s assertion there would be “evolution” and not “revolution” at the Magpies this summer.
It has taken McClaren just two pre-season matches in charge to experience an all-too-familiar feeling for Nufc bosses in recent years – defeat. A lacklustre start that saw Newcastle fall two goals behind inside 17 minutes cost them despite the Magpies being much improved after break as the Premier League side succumbed to a 2-1 defeat against Club Atlas at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Moussa Sissoko’s finessed finish right on half-time gave Magpies the momentum heading into the second 45, but Newcastle’s inept first-half display ultimately proved to be their downfall – and this result will leave McClaren, Ian Cathro and the rest of the...
- 7/15/2015
- by Chris Waugh
- Obsessed with Film
By Alex Simon
2015 will most likely go down as the year that the once-taboo became respectable, with both gay marriage and marijuana finding legal and public acceptance nationwide. While the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states, the marijuana initiative is having an appropriately slower, but steady climb into legality. That said, we thought we’d take a look at some of cinema’s greatest proponents of the stoner lifestyle, before it all becomes downright conventional.
10. Jeff Spicoli—Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Sean Penn not only became a star with his turn as surfer/stoner Jeff Spicoli in the 1980s’ most iconic teen movie, he established how the stoners of the ‘80s differed from their predecessors: while the rebels of the ‘60s and ‘70s viewed their use of cannabis as a symbol of rebellion, and preferred it to alcohol and the other symbols of their parents’ generation and its decadence,...
2015 will most likely go down as the year that the once-taboo became respectable, with both gay marriage and marijuana finding legal and public acceptance nationwide. While the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states, the marijuana initiative is having an appropriately slower, but steady climb into legality. That said, we thought we’d take a look at some of cinema’s greatest proponents of the stoner lifestyle, before it all becomes downright conventional.
10. Jeff Spicoli—Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Sean Penn not only became a star with his turn as surfer/stoner Jeff Spicoli in the 1980s’ most iconic teen movie, he established how the stoners of the ‘80s differed from their predecessors: while the rebels of the ‘60s and ‘70s viewed their use of cannabis as a symbol of rebellion, and preferred it to alcohol and the other symbols of their parents’ generation and its decadence,...
- 7/9/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
WWE.com
The funeral for Dusty Rhodes was held today in Tampa, Florida and it was a private ceremony that was attended by family and friends, many of whom are current WWE employees.
His youngest son Cody Runnels (aka WWE’s Stardust) shared a eulogy that he wrote for the service. Since it was a private ceremony there were no fans allowed, but since he shared it on Twitter he wants the world to read his thoughts about his late father who meant so much to so many people.
My eulogy from today's service for "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes 1945-2015 pic.twitter.com/0osNPtq0cs
— Stardust (@StardustWWE) June 18, 2015
It’s a very heartfelt and touching eulogy from a son who admired his father so much. It depicts Dusty as a man that loved his family and devoted his life to them.
Long time WWE employee Joey Styles commented that...
The funeral for Dusty Rhodes was held today in Tampa, Florida and it was a private ceremony that was attended by family and friends, many of whom are current WWE employees.
His youngest son Cody Runnels (aka WWE’s Stardust) shared a eulogy that he wrote for the service. Since it was a private ceremony there were no fans allowed, but since he shared it on Twitter he wants the world to read his thoughts about his late father who meant so much to so many people.
My eulogy from today's service for "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes 1945-2015 pic.twitter.com/0osNPtq0cs
— Stardust (@StardustWWE) June 18, 2015
It’s a very heartfelt and touching eulogy from a son who admired his father so much. It depicts Dusty as a man that loved his family and devoted his life to them.
Long time WWE employee Joey Styles commented that...
- 6/18/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
With every election cycle comes plenty of entertainment and Donald Trump has decided to throw his hat in the ring again.
The “Apprentice” star held a press conference this morning (June 16) to announce his candidacy for the Office of the President of the United States of America.
Trump declared, “Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now. We need somebody who can take the brand of the United States and make it great again. So, ladies and gentleman, I am officially running for President of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again. The American dream is dead. But if I get elected president, I will bring it back.”...
The “Apprentice” star held a press conference this morning (June 16) to announce his candidacy for the Office of the President of the United States of America.
Trump declared, “Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now. We need somebody who can take the brand of the United States and make it great again. So, ladies and gentleman, I am officially running for President of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again. The American dream is dead. But if I get elected president, I will bring it back.”...
- 6/16/2015
- GossipCenter
WWE.com
WWE will be honoring the late Dusty Rhodes during tonight’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view event and also Monday’s Raw. According to PWInsider, the plan is to air special video tributes throughout the shows.
On Friday, it was announced that there will be a WWE Network special about Dusty broadcast after Raw and they have already interviewed Ric Flair for it. That makes a lot of sense since Flair was Dusty’s biggest rival on screen, but as Flair has said in recent days they were very close and Dusty was a mentor to him.
There have been tributes for Dusty all weekend long with Nxt stars honoring him several times during their three weekend live events and people on the main roster at live events as well, including WWE Champion Seth Rollins. He shared a photo of how he had “Dream” on his wrist tape...
WWE will be honoring the late Dusty Rhodes during tonight’s Money in the Bank pay-per-view event and also Monday’s Raw. According to PWInsider, the plan is to air special video tributes throughout the shows.
On Friday, it was announced that there will be a WWE Network special about Dusty broadcast after Raw and they have already interviewed Ric Flair for it. That makes a lot of sense since Flair was Dusty’s biggest rival on screen, but as Flair has said in recent days they were very close and Dusty was a mentor to him.
There have been tributes for Dusty all weekend long with Nxt stars honoring him several times during their three weekend live events and people on the main roster at live events as well, including WWE Champion Seth Rollins. He shared a photo of how he had “Dream” on his wrist tape...
- 6/14/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
11:37 Am Pt -- Officials tell us ... emergency personnel responded to Dusty's home in Orlando, Fl at 5:56 Am Wednesday morning after getting a call reporting a 69-year-old male had taken a fall. We're told Rhodes was transported to a nearby hospital ... where he eventually passed away Thursday morning. We're told Dusty's immediate family raced to be by his side as soon as they learned he was in the hospital. Our sources tell us Dusty...
- 6/11/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Hall of Fame wrestler Virgil Runnels, aka "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, died Thursday at the age of 69, the WWE announced. No cause of death was given. Rhodes, one of wrestling's most charismatic figures, first entered the ring in 1968 and was active until 2007. During that time, he was a three-time Nwa World Heavyweight Champion. Rhodes played the underdog role of the "Common Man" and was known as much for his promo skills on the microphone as his wrestling moves. Rhodes was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 by his two sons, Dustin and
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- 6/11/2015
- by Dave McCoy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Virgil Runnels, better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, died Thursday at age 69. In a statement to E! News, the WWE said it is "deeply saddened" to lose the "WWE Hall of Famer, three-time Nwa Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history." The organization also noted that Virgil "became a hero to fans around the world thanks to his work ethic, his impassioned interviews and his indomitable spirit. Moreover, Runnels was a dedicated father to WWE Superstars Goldust (Dustin Runnels) and Stardust (Cody Runnels), a caring husband and a creative visionary who helped shape the landscape of WWE long after his in-ring career had...
- 6/11/2015
- E! Online
WWE fans are mourning the death of "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes (real name: Virgil Runnels), who died Thursday, June 11. He was 69. The wrestling empire confirmed the news in a statement to Us Weekly, describing the WWE Hall of Famer as "one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history." "Runnels became a hero to fans around the world thanks to his work ethic, his impassioned interviews, and his indomitable spirit," the statement read. "Moreover, Runnels was a dedicated father to WWE Superstars [...]...
- 6/11/2015
- Us Weekly
This summer, a brand new vision of Poltergeist will arrive in theaters everywhere and terrify a whole new generation of fans. While I’m going to reserve my judgments on just how that version is going to fare until I see it on May 22nd, I thought this made for a perfect time to revisit Tobe Hooper’s original film, which has remained one of my favorite horror movies for over three decades and is still one of the greatest and most effective haunted house films of all time.
The first time I saw Poltergeist, I was only 5 years old and, suffice to say, my childhood was forever changed on that fateful day. Growing up, I was raised by a single mom and we lived in a trailer park, so I guess I always viewed families with both parents who could afford to live in a "real" home as individuals...
The first time I saw Poltergeist, I was only 5 years old and, suffice to say, my childhood was forever changed on that fateful day. Growing up, I was raised by a single mom and we lived in a trailer park, so I guess I always viewed families with both parents who could afford to live in a "real" home as individuals...
- 5/9/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The American Dream goes wrong, Disney goes dark, a tribute to director Robert Altman and the return of a few old friends
If, amid the post-election fug of Great British doomsaying, it would be of some consolation to focus on the soured American Dream instead, this week’s DVD release slate has your back. Two terrific films take on the corruptive influence of capitalism and the creeping defeat of self-made success in not-quite-modern America.
In Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (Entertainment One, 15), the will to win and deference to team spirit that are the pillars of many a rousing sports movie here take an acrid, corruptive turn. This story of Olympic gold medallists Mark and Dave Schultz, brothers whose bond was insidiously exploited by sociopathic billionaire and self-styled wrestling guru John du Pont, has a blunt, psychologically jarring ending that many of us already know; if it were fiction, you’d say it hardly made sense.
If, amid the post-election fug of Great British doomsaying, it would be of some consolation to focus on the soured American Dream instead, this week’s DVD release slate has your back. Two terrific films take on the corruptive influence of capitalism and the creeping defeat of self-made success in not-quite-modern America.
In Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher (Entertainment One, 15), the will to win and deference to team spirit that are the pillars of many a rousing sports movie here take an acrid, corruptive turn. This story of Olympic gold medallists Mark and Dave Schultz, brothers whose bond was insidiously exploited by sociopathic billionaire and self-styled wrestling guru John du Pont, has a blunt, psychologically jarring ending that many of us already know; if it were fiction, you’d say it hardly made sense.
- 4/2/2015
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
The American dream gets a dark tweak when author Chuck Palahniuk strangles it into graphic novel format with artist David Mack, who created the “American Gothic”-inspired cover of the second issue of “Fight Club 2.” While the iconic 1930 painting by artist Grant Wood hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago collection, the second issue of the graphic novel is coming in June to a comic book store near you. Also Read: Chuck Palahniuk Releases 'Fight Club' Sequel Sneak Peek A sequel to Palahniuk’s 1996 novel “Fight Club,” which became the cult film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt,...
- 3/10/2015
- by Deborah Day
- The Wrap
The go-home show on the lead up to WWE’s February PPV, Fast Lane, should be a show that offers plenty of incentive to watch the main special event. This Raw should leave fans with every intention to watch Fast Lane and continue on the Road to WrestleMania. Of course, these go-home shows are hit and miss nowadays, so it’s up in the air where this one will fall. Let’s see.
Opening with John Cena’s music playing, and the face of WWE heading to the ring, this was a less-than-exciting opening to Raw for me, and for the fans it seems, because the reaction was muted and not very loud. Cena talked about Fast Lane on the WWE Network, he talked about his opponent, Rusev which brought out Rusev and Lana. Lana mocked Cena. Cena fired back with claims that he will “kick” Rusev’s “ass” at Fast Lane.
Opening with John Cena’s music playing, and the face of WWE heading to the ring, this was a less-than-exciting opening to Raw for me, and for the fans it seems, because the reaction was muted and not very loud. Cena talked about Fast Lane on the WWE Network, he talked about his opponent, Rusev which brought out Rusev and Lana. Lana mocked Cena. Cena fired back with claims that he will “kick” Rusev’s “ass” at Fast Lane.
- 2/17/2015
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Spoiler alert, but Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was, in fact, not my favorite film of the year. I figured I should just get that out of the way at the start for those of you who feared I might have the same #1 film as Brad and Mike, both of whom listed Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's latest as their favorite film from 2014. Don't get me wrong, I really liked Birdman, but in a surprise to even myself, it didn't make my list, which I think you can pretty much chalk up to the surprisingly good year 2014 wound up being. I was certainly among the scoffers last fall about it being a bit of down year, and just a month or so ago I was of the opinion 2014 offered a lot of films to like, but very few to love. After going through and finalizing my list, I'd like to retract that statement.
- 1/27/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
A Most Violent Year
Written and directed by J.C. Chandor
USA, 2014
A desperate man has no lengths that he won’t go to protect what is his. Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) owns a large stake of the heating oil trade in New York City, but he is leveraged to the hilt. A prime piece of real estate purchased from Hasidic Jews could be the move that puts him in the driver’s seat among his competition. Abel immigrated to New York and in no time at all he has ascended to prosperity — and made enemies.
An uptick in rampant violence has halted Abel’s business at a moment when he absolutely needs to capitalize on sales. Competing interests are taking down tankers and it’s all the excuse Abel’s wife needs to bring her family into the fold. Anna (Jessica Chastain) is the iron fist to Abel’s velvet glove,...
Written and directed by J.C. Chandor
USA, 2014
A desperate man has no lengths that he won’t go to protect what is his. Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) owns a large stake of the heating oil trade in New York City, but he is leveraged to the hilt. A prime piece of real estate purchased from Hasidic Jews could be the move that puts him in the driver’s seat among his competition. Abel immigrated to New York and in no time at all he has ascended to prosperity — and made enemies.
An uptick in rampant violence has halted Abel’s business at a moment when he absolutely needs to capitalize on sales. Competing interests are taking down tankers and it’s all the excuse Abel’s wife needs to bring her family into the fold. Anna (Jessica Chastain) is the iron fist to Abel’s velvet glove,...
- 12/30/2014
- by Colin Biggs
- SoundOnSight
Mono No Aware continues its hardcore commitment to keeping the practice of expanded cinema alive with their 8th annual edition that will run on December 5-6 in Brooklyn, NY at LightSpace Studios.
This is two nights of creative, live cinematic performances utilizing only analog equipment and materials that will never be repeated again in the universe.
Some of the performances include returning champion Joel Schlemowitz, who will be creating a 3-D experience using overhead projectors; and the wonderful Winnipeg underground film scene is represented by Scott Fitzpatrick, who will be turning the book Victorian Frames, Borders and Cuts into a 16mm triple projection.
For all of Mono No Aware’s amazing performances, they are so unique that we are listing them copied and pasted directly from the festival’s website below. But, for even more information, such as screening venues, please visit their official website.
December 5
Starts 9:00 p.m.
This is two nights of creative, live cinematic performances utilizing only analog equipment and materials that will never be repeated again in the universe.
Some of the performances include returning champion Joel Schlemowitz, who will be creating a 3-D experience using overhead projectors; and the wonderful Winnipeg underground film scene is represented by Scott Fitzpatrick, who will be turning the book Victorian Frames, Borders and Cuts into a 16mm triple projection.
For all of Mono No Aware’s amazing performances, they are so unique that we are listing them copied and pasted directly from the festival’s website below. But, for even more information, such as screening venues, please visit their official website.
December 5
Starts 9:00 p.m.
- 11/26/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Cartoon Brew has debuted the list of the thirty-three films up for consideration in the Best Animated Short category for the upcoming 2011 Oscars and I have done my very best to find a video for each and every one. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find anything for Rao Heidmets's Inherent Obligations or Don Hertzfeldt's Wisdom Teeth so if anyone out there can help find video for those either let me know in the comments or shoot me an email.
Otherwise, spend some time over the next three pages to preview some really cool videos. I had a chance to preview a few of them while putting this article together, but have yet to check them all out. So let me know which ones are your favorites and which ones don't really do it for you.
Additionally, if any of the people that made these films are reading this...
Otherwise, spend some time over the next three pages to preview some really cool videos. I had a chance to preview a few of them while putting this article together, but have yet to check them all out. So let me know which ones are your favorites and which ones don't really do it for you.
Additionally, if any of the people that made these films are reading this...
- 11/25/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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