Archive for the ‘Video clips’ Category

  • Clip from Rodrigo Cortes’ “Red Lights”

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    Thanks to Mack and the crew over at Twitch, we’ve got a new clip from the highly buzzed about film from Sundance, Red Lights. Now normally I don’t bother with clips as I like to go into films fresh.

    But I made an exception in this case for two reasons. One, I know nothing about Rodrigo Cortes’ (Buried) second English language film, so this clip will help clue me in a little bit about what kind of vibe to expect. But two, I wanted to see Elizabeth Olsen in something other than just MMMM and see if she really has the chops for hanging with Hollywood elites (in this case Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy). I guess on that second front this clip doesn’t give much insight – though she appears to have more acting talent in one of her big, bright, shiny eyes than both of her twin sisters have put together. On the former however, I dig the cold, vaguely European style I get. Plus, without context, whatever they’re taking pictures of and looking for intrigues me.

    Here’s the clip below. Once again, courtesy of Twitchfilm.

  • 10 Best On-Screen Punches

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    Normally I wouldn’t be too into posting other people’s lists but this one just seemed like too much fun to ignore. Prefect for a Friday. What I also like about the list is that they didn’t seem to just go for the obvious; it looks like the folks over at Zen College Life really were combing ever nook and cranny of film to think of a couple of these. Plus whether or not these are “the best” or not doesn’t really matter. It’s just a lot of fun.

    Now personally, I’d have added Joe Hallenbeck’s “touch me again and I’ll kill you” punch from The Last Boy Scout, but all in all I’d say this is a pretty good list. What are some you can think of if you made your own list like this?

    Check ‘em all out under the seat.

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  • How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song [Soundtrack Preview]

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    Our buddy Gary King (New York Lately, Death of the Dead) keeps on diving from genre to genre so I suppose it only makes sense that at some point a filmmaker like that is going to tackle a musical. King seems to be attacking this one with gusto and a visual flair not often seen in indie film making.

    How Do You Write a Joe Schermann Song features all original songs written by Joe Schermann and all performed by the talented cast (Joe Schermann, Christina Rose, Debbie Williams). And you’ll be able to hear the incredible orchestral arrangements written for the songs by composer Ken Lampl.

    “This truly has been a memorable collaboration…What I really dig about these songs is that I asked for Joe to create different styles for each lead character. He took it and ran with it. I love these songs. In the film, you will hear his influences of Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown and yes, even Springsteen in them.”

    We’re looking forward to finally checking out the film sometime over the next 12 months on the festival circuit (I know for a fact it’s been submitting to many!). Before that, a full fledged trailer should be on its way and today we’ve got a soundtrack preview of some of the songs all set to stills from the film. Take a listen and look to the video below and see what you think.
     

     

    1. “I WANT” performed by Christina Rose (0:00-0:36)
    2. “WRITE ME A LOVE SONG” performed by Christina Rose and Joe Schermann (0:36-1:18)
    3. “I FELL IN LOVE” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:18-1:56)
    4. “30 DAYS OF RAIN” performed by Debbie Williams and Joe Schermann (1:56-2:22)
    5. “I HATE SUMMER” performed by Christina Rose (2:22-2:46)
    6. “MOTH TO THE FLAME” performed by Christina Rose and Debbie Williams (2:46-3:25)
    7. “HOW DO YOU WRITE A JOE SCHERMANN SONG” performed by Joe Schermann and Company (3:25-4:43)

     

  • Bill Nighy rips it up

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    Bill Nighy

    I’ve never been adverse to a little fluff and after a night with The Tempest, I felt the need for something fun and light hearted. Enter the romantic comedy Chalet Girl starring “Gossip Girl” star Ed Westwick and Felicity Jones (who also happens to appear in the aforementioned The Tempest) about a ex-pro skateboarder who two years after leaving the sport, ends up in Switzerland as a chalet girl who gets involved with said chalet owner’s son, falls in love and wins a major snowboarding competition; your typical winter in Switzerland deal.

    The movie is fun and upbeat but most notably, it plays this video alongside the closing credits which features Bill Nighy, a great actor who isn’t afraid of the fluff either, dancing it up complete with baby blue sun glasses. If that’s not enough, You Tube also offered up a little promo video with Nighy “shredding it up” which had me in stitches. It’s fun stuff.

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  • Opening credits: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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    Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

    David Fincher’s take on Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo didn’t exactly impress Kurt or, for that matter, very many people but regardless of what anyone thought of Fincher’s take on the material everyone agrees that the film did have one superb thing going for it: its opening title sequence.

    Much has been said about it but for those of us who have yet to see the film, we now have a chance to take in the awesomeness and it is fantastic indeed. Set to a new take of “Immigrant Song,” this sequence is stellar stuff. Too bad that the movie doesn’t live up to the expectation put forth by its opening.

  • Grampires

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    Everything about this should not be funny. But it is. There’s an Oscars promo video out there too that tries to capitalize on the return of Billy Crystal as the Oscar host, but that just doesn’t do it for me. This one on the other hand works partly because of the cast involved and to be honest, if you’re a fan of Crystal’s particular brand of humor, he seems to still have it going on. Enjoy the trailer for When Harry Met Sally II. Mazel tov!
     

     

  • We Don’t Need the “Sphere” of Life [Kermode's Worst of 2011]

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    Happy new year everyone! Yes, you too!

     

     

  • Yet a Third 2011 Montage…

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    These things are popping out of the woodwork now, it seems. This one does an outstanding job of making the films “talk” to each other via carefully chosen dialogue snippets, forming little sections of story that blend into each other really well. I’m not a fan of all the music choices (though extra thumbs up for the David Lynch track), but in terms of creating a narrative and emotional throughline, this may be the best of the 2011 montages yet. Plus, it includes some films that the other two we’ve found haven’t included, especially some foreign stuff like Heartbeats, Love Crime, and A Separation. Kudos for variety!

  • Sunday Movie Montage [2011]

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    A more comprehensive list of Top Ten Lists are soon to be coming to the third row. In the meantime, here is one (of probably several more to come) nice movie montage that sort of recaps the year (good and bad) by genre. I like the inclusion of everything from Twilight to Another Earth. Well done sir.

    STATS:
    - 166 films
    - 6 songs
    - over a month of uploading and editing
    - 40 Untitled Sequences in Avid

    MUSIC:
    1. A snippet of “Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams
    2. “Immigrant Song” by Karen O and Trent Reznor
    3. “Down Boy” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    4. “The Masterplan” by Oasis
    5. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Ingrid Michaelson
    6. “Grounds for Divorce” by Elbow

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  • The Films of 2011

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    I posted this on our Google+ page a little while ago, but it’s worth a post here as well. A really well-edited look back at the films of 2011 (I’m guessing the footage is all taken from trailers), split along different themes or tones. The way the editing makes the films “interact” with each other is pretty cool. There was one of these out last year for the films of 2010 that was excellent (found it!); this is not from the same person, but the person who did last year’s is apparently planning a followup as well, so we’ll have competing 2011 mashups before too long! In the meantime, enjoy this one. The YouTube description page starts with “Many good films came out this year.” Not all of these films are good, but there’s a surprising range once you get into the video a little way, and it is definitely a representative selection. Certainly makes me want to go back and revisit some stuff!

  • You’ve Been… Star Wars Struck

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    Probably this should wait until our usual “Monday Sucks Less” post, but dammit it’s Friday and it’s been a while (like a whole week!) since I’ve posted a Star Wars related item simply because it’s Star Wars.

    On top of that, I really really hate clips of movies on YouTube with a lame clip of rock music simply pasted over the top. I hate it when I’m trying to find a particular scene or quote, finally find it, only to realize that someone has added Nickelback over the top of it. Ya know, to add “impact” to the scene. But this seems to be an inexplicably rare case.

    I love Star Wars and I like AC/DC. The two should never meet… except that when they do, it all comes together pretty well. This isn’t particularly clever or difficult but damn if it isn’t edited nicely and for some reason it got me smiling and almost chuckling with charm this morning. Good stuff (found on G+ btw ;)

     

     

  • A Short Video Summation of an October of Horror

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    As a final wrap-up of my October horror viewing spree, here’s a short compilation of scenes from each movie I watched (2 clips from each film not including the bonus snippets at the end):

     

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