This may well be the greatest trailer ever made.
lets colour
beautiful bit of advertising for Dulux (The soundtrack is by Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi) was created by director Adam Berg - who also gave us Philips 'Carousel' frozen-moment ad.
By all accounts, every location is real, and the piece was shot across Brazil, France, London and India. The locations remain painted and there are no actors in the piece.
Thanks to Emily Copeland for this one
By all accounts, every location is real, and the piece was shot across Brazil, France, London and India. The locations remain painted and there are no actors in the piece.
Thanks to Emily Copeland for this one
the losers
Underrated, a lot of fun - and finally - Jeffery Dean Morgan plays a character who isn't dead, dying or in the afterlife
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the cultural importance of 24
As everyone goes gaga over the end of Lost (which I haven't seen yet) I thought it might be worth posting this, an interesting essay on the importance of another groundbreaking US network television series courtesy of the Museum of the Moving Image.
write the future
this.
is.
amazing.
The World Cup has always resulted in fantastic advertisements. In some ways its a much better advertising proposition than the Olympics with less events resulting in a higher concentration of viewers on a few key hours of completely gripping television. Accordingly, the advertising that comes with it is... well, huge.
is.
amazing.
Write The Future from Nalden on Vimeo.
The World Cup has always resulted in fantastic advertisements. In some ways its a much better advertising proposition than the Olympics with less events resulting in a higher concentration of viewers on a few key hours of completely gripping television. Accordingly, the advertising that comes with it is... well, huge.
nightmare on elm st 2010
This week I got to take a slash at the remake of the 1984 classic thriller Nightmare on Elm St
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the backup plan vs. nightmare on elm st
Rom Com The Back Up Plan and the remake of Nightmare on Elm St.
Who is scarier: J.Lo or Freddy Kruger?
Who is scarier: J.Lo or Freddy Kruger?
robin hood
Ridley & Rusty are back together after American Gangster and Gladiator and their sharing the green tights...
If the above player isn't showing up you can right-click & download the MP3 of the review here. I'd love to know what you thought about the flick in the comments section. Lets face it, debating movies is the fun part:)
And - as always - you can subscribe to the reviews at the triple j movies podcast. (No iTunes? head here)
robin hood & new york, i love you
Rusty Crowe: Man in Tights! Reviewed...
Would love to know your thoughts when you see the movie...
Would love to know your thoughts when you see the movie...
i love you too
When was the last time you saw an aussie romantic comedy? We don't make em all that often, and with a few key exceptions we rarely do them well.
If the above player isn't showing up you can right-click & download the MP3 of the review here. I'd love to know what you thought about the flick in the comments section. Lets face it, debating movies is the fun part:)
And - as always - you can subscribe to the reviews at the triple j movies podcast. (No iTunes? head here)
when coreys walked the earth
So... um.. Sydney people... whaddya doin on 13 June between 7pm – 2am?
Join me for a one-night-only, pyjama-wearing film festival of the best in shoulder-padded 80's flicks at the goddamn Powerhouse Museum. There's big films, small films and of course a celebration of sub-textual homoerotic buddy comedies.
Did I mention that there are prizes for the best PJ's? Cos there are. Tickets are $30, and include entry to three films and to ‘The 80s are Back’ exhibition. Food and drink available to purchase at the cash bar. We're calling it When Coreys Walked The Earth
Screening on the night:
AFTER HOURS
Ever been stuck out on one of those weird nights that just seem to never ever end. Well, unless your night involved a nightclub full of punks trying to mohawk you, all of your cash flying out of a cab window and being cast alive in plaster.... then you got nothing on this. After Hours is a lesser known wonder from Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed). The performances are deranged and the plot twists hilariously weird. More than anything though - between today's ATMs and mobile phones, you simply couldn't make this movie right now. It's uniquely 80's.
THE LOST BOYS
Before Kiefer Sutherland was an alcoholic counter-terrorist agent who could foil global catastrophes within 24 hours, he was... blond. Really really blond. Also, a Vampire. This tale of an innocent young lad getting pulled into Sutherland's Californian bloodsuckers gang, proved that Vampires and Teenagers were meant to be together. So whack on the Wayfarer Sunnies and journey back in time before Twilight and Buffy to meet The Lost Boys.
BLUE VELVET
Deep inside comfy suburban 1980's America lives a very dark secret. A dismembered ear, a vicious gangster and Issabella Rossellini with a perm: You just know that this won't end well. The master of the sublimely strange David Lynch delivers his unique take on America's heartland. The trick is to turn off your brain, turn on your intuition. Let the amazing visuals, eerie music and bizarre characters wash over you and get lost in his world.
BIG TROUBLE LITTLE CHINA
There are some strange goings on in Chinatown and there's only one mullet-toting man that can solve it. Kurt "Business at the front... Party at the back" Russell. And if he doesn't save us then an army of mildly racists Asian stereotypes will envelope the world with the dodgiest of special effects. There's 'trashy' and then there's "John Carpenter Trashy". When this man directs a movie, he has a way of putting his tongue so firmly in his mouth I'm amazed he hasn't choked on it yet. It's camp, it's crazy and it has Kim Catrall back when she had full control of her facial muscles. Win.
THE BLUES BROTHERS
Dan Ackroyd and Jim Belushi are on a mission from God -- to destroy more cars than in any movie prior and to play a gigantic benefit gig to save their orphanage. Oh, and escape the Illinois Police Department, a white supremacist platoon, a murderous country and western gang and Princess Leia... sorry, Carrie Fisher. Originally based on a sketch from Saturday Night Live, this movie gets more and more epic every time you watch it. Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway and James Brown give thunderous musical performances. The Blues Brothers HAS to be seen on the big screen.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Larger than life characters, a bucket-load of charm and a time travel plot that actually makes sense?? This is the movie that turned young Alex Keaton into Micheal J Fox: Movie Star and created one of the worlds favourite movie trilogies. Can you believe that Disney turned down this script because they thought A guy falling in love with his mum was creepy?
SIXTEEN CANDLES
Imagine waking up to your 16th birthday -- and no one in your family remembered. Well, that's just the beginning of Molly Ringwald's disastrous day. Between the senior she loves and the nerd who loves her this is going to be a very strange ride. Under seen and undersold, Sixteen Candles is one of John Hughes' (Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink) best movies. Not only is the writing spot on but the performances just leap out of the screen.
DIE HARD
It's Christmas Eve in LA. 12 terrorists are holding a skyscraper hostage. Pfft, big deal. the real mistake was that they have Bruce Willis' wife. Just because bad guy Alan Rickman can curdle butter with his droll voice, doesn't mean he's any match for the pure, 80's testosterone of Willis - with his hair! Aside from being the movie that turned Willis into a bona fide action star, Die Hard also presented the rebirth of the blue collar action hero. An ordinary hero who bled, felt fear and had to work for victory against a Forbes-reading suit-wearing bad guy.
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
5 high school strangers locked together in a room on detention. Its heartwarming. its elegant. Its authentic. its quotable. its one of the best films ever made about being an adolescent. I say, smoke it up Johnny, smoke it up.
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