It’s GROUNDHOG DAY!
Today I’ve released the fourth short film I directed “The Landlord.”
“The Landlord” is a film noir style film about a broken radiator. Jimmy (Derek Minter) and Christine (Joy Tweedie) are living a great life in their new apartment, except their radiator keeps breaking. Tony (Loren Bryant), the landlord must keep coming over to fix that darn contraption. Jimmy begins to suspect foul play when the radiator continues to break, and Tony begins to spend time in the apartment doing other things.
More of my thoughts (with spoilers) after the jump:
One of the greats. Etta James.
Stumbled across this and now I want to watch Cinema Paradiso again!
What do they teach you in school these days?
Lilly:
Where are we?
The Doctor:
In a forest. In a box. In a sitting room. Pay attention! He's about 20 minutes ahead of us
Lilly:
But we just saw him!
The Doctor:
Time moves differently across the dimensional planes. What do they teach you in school these days?
Lilly:
But I don't understand where we are!
The Doctor:
We went through a dimensional portal… thingy.
Lilly:
Well what's that supposed to be? Where did it come from?
The Doctor:
It was a present and it wasn't supposed to be opened until Christmas Day. Honestly, who opens their Christmas Presents early? OK…shut up…everyone.
"All you can take with you is that which you’ve given away."
Coming Soon!
Today I go on Christmas break for two weeks! (Yay!) So here’s to a merry Christmas!
So as much as I love christmas music, I’ve never been big on this song. But in the last two years it’s really started to grow on me. This version may have turned me around completely.
Today marks the unofficial begin to the holiday movie season. And the release of several high profile films that are looking to make a splash both at the box office and with the academy voters. I’ve seen quite a few of these films and I have to recommend two of them in particular. They have a common theme. They are both in love with the movies and are dying to make their audiences fall in love as well. They both for my money succeed at doing just that.
Now at first glance you may not think that these are movies for you but let me assure you they are.
Hugo
The first is Hugo. Based on Brian Selznick’s enchanting novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” this film follows the adventures of a young boy who fixes clocks in a Paris train station. When he is caught stealing from a toy shop he goes on an adventure that takes him all the way to the moon and back home again.
The film was made in 3-D, something I had be categorically against, but Scorsese has made me change my mind. For the first time I saw 3D not as a way to make things jump out at the audience but rather to make it seem as if I was looking through a window into another world. He focuses more on depth than cheap 3D thrill just for the sake of it. As always Scorsese has assembled a crack team of filmmakers, and actors to create a wonderful experience.
The Artist
I kid you not, for the first time since the academy awards started in 1927 a silent film may win the Oscar for best picture, and a french one no less. The Artist captures the essence of silent film and the joy of cinema. Crossing a number of familiar story lines and making homages to more than a few classic films both silent and otherwise here you have a film that his funny, heartbreaking, and inspirational. Trust me I was skeptical as you are right now but it surprised me by becoming my favorite film so far this year.
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