cine + octo = boo

ok, this Death Star over SF clip is all over the intertubes already [here, here, and officially here] but i have to put this out there…this is the coolest thing Star Wars-related that i’ve seen in a loooooooooong time. period.

if you enjoyed it, do make the jump over to the Official Star Wars blog to [...]

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inglorious “basterds”

so, the news has hit. quentin tarantino has laid down the gauntlet and after years of interview mentions his WWII epic finally appears to be getting some traction. yep, you know the one he swore would star adam sandler and brad pitt? yeah, the 4-hour two parter? yeah, that one, only it’s been scaled [...]

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while heading to and from trader joe’s this afternoon, i luckily caught segments of ‘Atheism and its Critics‘ on NPR. the first segment focused primarily on dissecting the Richard Dawkins, the “new atheist,” and critics of atheism.
the second segment highlighted a documentary titled, “The Dhamma Brothers,” which follows a group of Buddhist instructors who undertake [...]

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i have a problem, but the first step is admission. now it’s time to heal.
i’ve really been neglecting my cinematic roots. it’s been a gradual decline, but a decline nonetheless. the last three times i visited the theater, i wound up watching pure spectacle-laden entertainment. iron man, sex and the city, speed racer…while fun, ultimately [...]

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activision explorers’ club
Originally uploaded by [177]

hey, stop me if you’ve heard this before:
person 1: “all hollywood does is churn out remake after remake.”
person 2: “that’s because originality in film is a lost art. everyone plays it safe by regurgitating variations of the familiar.”
i can’t begin to tell you how many times an exchange like this [...]

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this mashup of community complaints from the world of answers brings back some pretty fond memories for me. we were always likened to hitler, so this adds an interesting layer of irony.
the category rant? perfect. the reasons surmised for deletion? spot on. the line, “everyone account level 6 and below…leave the room now” was a [...]

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a short documentary by Kevin Leeser titled “one house at a time” was featured on boingboing today. the film documents the home rebuilding efforts to help out homeless katrina survivors in need. check out the full video below:

one house at a time is building pre-fab homes for people…for free. these aren’t transitional homes. they aren’t [...]

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last night i finally caught PT Anderson’s adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s “Oil!” — There Will be Blood.
this film is such a fresh break from PT’s previous work, a dive into literary complexities so ripe with allegoric metaphor and topped with a tasty, yet absolutely terrifying, performance by Daniel Day-Lewis. insane.
fleshing out the plot is [...]

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Cloverfield Beast
Originally uploaded by Weas Frikis

i’m lying in bed, fully aware that my day is going to be crammed with events, and that i need my sleep — yet i cannot stop thinking about Cloverfield.
to say it was a lean film is an understatement, but don’t let that fool you. so much is [...]

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Juno could’ve been another Wes Anderson-inspired indie. it could’ve been another attempt at grabbing the kind of notoriety that Napoleon Dynamite captured a couple years ago. sure, it could’ve, but it isn’t.
instead, Juno takes an obvious circumstance, one that countless teens face daily across the U.S., and subverts social commentary into nuance. rather than beating [...]

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