This is such extraordinary creativity. This guy known as “Pogo”* can apparently recut an entire music video using only the sounds from a movie and its soundtrack. The finished piece is a kind of dance music/movie mashup that pays impressive homage to the movie’s sound effects, visuals, dialogue and aesthetic, while at the same time [...]

Why, spicy pretzel balls, of course!
So hi there. I know I’ve been gone from these parts for a while, but I figured I might squeeze in some time here and there to post movie items of interest. For now, these will likely just be pictures, videos and links with little to no commentary. Mostly. Stay [...]

Imagine, just imagine what it would be like if you didn’t know that Linda Hamilton might make a cameo voiceover appearance in Terminator Salvation. Just think about that magical moment of discovery, what dynamic energy it would bring to the movie if it simply opened with the haunting words of Sarah Connor to her son [...]

I am, and forever will be, a shameless fanboy dork when it comes to the first two Terminator movies. They signify much of what’s great about movie-making, representing a confident and dynamic blend of story, character, action, special effects, drama – truly all of the stuff that makes movies so transporting. And it’s easy to [...]

Absolutely go visit the Dads in Media Blog-a-thon going on throughout the weekend over at RC’s terrific Strange Culture site. Plenty of fatherly advice, classic cinematic dad remembrances and more to be found there!
It’s impossible to separate the practice of fatherhood from the frequent and consistent dispensing of advice. Every day I make a [...]

Picking up from yesterday, I’m contributing to the movie exposition study currently ongoing over at the fine screenwriting blog Mystery Man on Film all this month. Mystery Man has issued a challenge to his readers to submit examples from movies of 1) bad exposition, 2) good non-verbal exposition and 3) good verbal exposition. I’ve already [...]

Having a crappy Monday? Perhaps what you need is a few words of wisdom from the Governator himself. Head on over to Arnold Speaks where a delightfully animated version of the T800-series himself holds forth on politics, Mel Gibson, building a moon base, the existence of God and – naturally – Kevin Federline.
Go ahead. Just [...]