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  • 23 May

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    Zach Braff’s Concept Art Video

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    As a financial supporter for Braff’s new film, Wish I Was Here, I get almost daily updates on the progress of the film. So far the cast has been put together, the script polished and now concept art is being laid out. In the video below, we get a look at some of the first images of what the film’s style is going to be like.

    Although it’s just an opening sequence and probably not what the rest of the film’s ideas will encompass, I like the idea of the sci-fi nod from Braff. A futuristic looking knight with some sort of space suit armor, a Conan sword and a floating droid. I dunno, looks somewhat intriguing so far. If anything else new comes along, I’ll be keeping track and will let you know. Oh, and the cast is as follows: Zach Braff (me), Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Anna Kendrick, Jim Parsons and Donald Faison.

  • 21 May

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    Cinecast Episode 309 – Be Sure to do the Worksheets

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    In case you have not heard, J.J. Abrams’ second installment in his version of the Star Trek universe is now in theaters. There seems to be some disagreement in the amount of enjoyment to be had. We parse it out. But we all agree on something much more fulfilling that allows and the audience to breathe (even godforbid, think) a bit. Mike Jeff Nichols’ (Take Shelter, Shotgun Stories) new film, Mud, featuring the ever-on-a-roll, Matthew McConaughey as well as fine supporting work from Michael Shannon and Sam Sheppard. We discuss all plot and character points in both titles (that is your *SPOILER ALERT* folks) Thus, if you want to remain in the dark, please just stop by later this week (Thursday night) as Andrew and Kurt get back to doing the live video version of the show with a double helping of “Game of Thrones” recaps as well as the Watch List that will include [rec]3, Jack Reacher, Great Gatsby and Catch Me if You Can.

    As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!


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  • 20 May

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    Mondays Suck Less in the Third Row

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    Check out these links:
    100 Movies, 100 BTS images
    Redditors chime in with their best “go-to” jokes
    Google wastes your time. And It’s great.
    Weapons made of plants
    Decaying Olympic sites
    Sorted books project
    Game of Thrones to last 7 seasons?

     

     

    I’m not the God; I’m a god.

     

     

    Nothing but Lando

     

     

    Larry? Is that you?

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  • 18 May

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    Patrick Remake Gets a Trailer [Sardom Noompsy!]

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    Since I’m posting nothing but trailers today, I suppose I better just keep it going. Did you know there is a remake to Patrick being made? I didn’t. Do you even know what Patrick is? It’s an Ozploitation film from 1974 that’s sort of Carrie in a coma; in which a young man in a coma can manipulate the world around him with telepathy – to dangerous consequences.

    I first learned about the original film from Mark Hartley’s documentary Not Quite Hollywood. Appropriately enough, Hartley is the director behind this remake.

    After killing his mother and her lover some years before, Patrick is the comatose patient in room 15 of a remote, private psychiatric clinic run by the secretive Dr Roget who treats him as guinea pig in his bizarre studies of life and death. When Kathy, a nurse who has recently separated from her boyfriend, begins working at the clinic, she is instructed to care for him. She is disturbed by Roget’s treatment of him and somehow feels that Patrick is trying to make a connection with her. When Kathy realized that the lifeless murderer can communicate, she is shocked but compelled to prove her theory. Patrick has psychokinetic powers, which he uses to talk to Kathy by transferring his thoughts to her computer. As Patrick’s communication becomes stronger, strange and terrifying events begin to occur. Patrick has feelings for Kathy and his affection is about to manifest itself as a deadly, bloody obsession.

    I gotta say I’m not all that excited about the movie and probably wouldn’t have given it a second glance, but two words caught my attention: CHARLES and DANCE (aka Sardo Numpsa aka Tywin Lannister). Now two fucks are given. The film also stars a bunch of hot nurses and Jackson Gallagher as Patrick.

  • 18 May

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    Never Turn Off the Lights. Full Trailer for Europa Report

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    We posted about Europa Report(IMDb) way back when there wasn’t much information about it. We had a trailer knew the cast and that it took place on Jupiter’s moon of Europa.

    At the time, the promise of hard science fiction and the discovery of new life was intriguing, but the teaser didn’t totally pay off. Now it seems we’re gonna be closer to the Alien side of story telling. In other words, horror in space. It also looks like that despite the lower budget, it may actually look pretty nice as well. All this is fine and good but I was hoping for something more than just a nice looking horror (aka creature feature) movie. I guess we can always hope and time will tell.

    Take a look at the new, FULL trailer below…

  • 18 May

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    It’s “About Time”

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    I admit it, I’m a sucker for time travel movies. They can be menacing or thoughtful, big budget spectacle or have indie sensibilities. It can be a romance or an action piece. Or it can be humorously touching like About Time appears to be. Almost no matter what, I’m interested.

    I’m also a big fan of Love Actually. Which this director (Richard Curtis) was also behind the camera for. He also wrote Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. That’s two more points. So yes, after seeing the trailer below you might see annoying whimsy, but I see a fun time travel picture by the guy who did three really great romantic comedies.

    At the age of 21, Tim is told an incredible family secret by his father – that all the men in his family have the ability to travel in time. He can relive any moment in his life to try things differently until he gets them perfectly right.

    Oh, and of course there is the Bill Nighy factor. Take a look and see what you think.

  • 18 May

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    Jeunet is Back. The Young and Prodigious Spivet

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    A few years ago if someone asked me for my favorite director(s), Jean-Pierre Jeunet was always near the top of that list. In recent years however the name seems to have slipped from my head. Partly because he hasn’t been very visible these days (actually he’s always been somewhat elusive – releasing a film about only every four years or so) and the things he has been involved with haven’t particularly noteworthy.

    but now he comes along with something new (finally) and I have to say that it looks like it’s full of Jeunet’s signature style and it seems he’s decided to stick with warm charm and delight again (Amélie, Micmacs) rather than dark and brooding (City of Lost Children, Alien 4).

    A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

    It’s so rare we get any output from Jeunet that I’m always turned on by whatever he’s churning out. I have to admit that I haven’t checked up on him in some time so this trailer came as a bit of a shock that we’re getting a film already. Though it might be some time til it actually hits The States; likely not until early 2014 actually.

    The Young and Prodigious Spivet stars Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Kathy Bates, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie and of course, Dominique Pinon.

  • 13 May

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    It’s Coming. And its Got Lupus.

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  • 13 May

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    Monday Suck Less in the Third Row

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    Check out these links:
    12 Happy Ending film sequences you never saw
    Abandoned Star Wars sets
    Movie posters if they kept their working titles
    Behind the VFX of the IM3 skydiving scene
    Terrifying banana peel!
    Ryan Gosling Won’t eat his cereal

     

     

    70s Gatsby Trailer recut to look like the Luhrman Gatsby

     

     

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  • 09 May

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    Cinecast Episode 308 – Beards and Sunburns

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    It’s been a while since we got a good old fashioned sneak review from Matt Gamble. But for today’s show he graces us with some early thoughts on the new STAR TREK film, INTO DARKNESS; totally spoiler free of course. He refuses to even verify Andrew’s hunches on who the villain is. Before all of that however, we promised not to see IRON MAN 3, so of course we did just that. Andrew and Kurt sing the praises of a smaller film making the cinema rounds with KON-TIKI; a fully English film but somehow nominated for best foreign language picture at the Oscars? HotDocs has finally wrapped and Kurt gives all of his thoughts on the latest films from that festival. Of course we would be quite remiss if we didn’t at least acknowledge the work of Ray Harryhausen before getting out our boobs and swords for the latest episode of “Game of Thrones.” All of this leads to a hefty watch list and some banter about movie marketing in North America vs. overseas. We jammed a lot of stuff into 150 minutes, so please enjoy!

    As always, please join the conversation by leaving your own thoughts in the comment section below and again, thanks for listening!


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  • 08 May

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    Hanks and Greengrass Introduce Us to “Captain Phillips”

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    Arguably one of the most underrated film makers working today, Paul Greengrass has shown the ability to make his potential 100% kinetic time and time again. United 93 was the best film of the aughties (says me) and Bloody Sunday is not far behind. He took the spark of The Bourne franchise and made each one increasingly great. Ok, so he slipped up a little bit in the mostly unengaging Green Zone, but outside of that, the guy is batting 1.000 for excellence.

    It’s clear he excels mostly with true life stories of heroism and tragedy so it it seems appropriate he would tackle a story such as Captain Phillips.

    The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

    Release is expected this October and while the premise doesn’t intrigue me a whole lot (something similar played at MSPIFF this year), I am HUGELY anticipatory of anything Greengrass tackles and this trailer does give the vibe of quite the intense and awesome thriller. So yeah, this looks great. Besides Tom Hanks, the film also stars Catherine Keener, Max Martini and John Magaro.

  • 06 May

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    Mondays Suck Less in the Third Row

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    Check out these links:
    Unused opening credits for Iron Man 3
    Game of Game of Thrones
    Underwater city concept art
    The Room wallpapers

     

     

    You just don’t get it do you!?

     

     

    The Matrix retold by mom

     

     

    Best movies of all time (subway map style) | view LARGE

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