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In December 2012, the world welcomed Peter Jackson’s first installment of his “Hobbit” trilogy. People bought airline tickets to San Francisco to take part in a showing at the historic Balboa Theater, while others gravitated to their local cinemas dressed as characters from Middle Earth. While watching The Hobbit, moviegoers got their first glimpse of high frame rate (HFR) filmmaking…. Read more »
These 30 pictures perfectly demonstrate why Star Wars is a part of our pop culture.
You may be a professional, a student, or a hobbyist filmmaker and, regardless of your status, you know very well how time-consuming and expensive filmmaking can be. Investing in the right software and cameras will monopolize the majority of your big expenses. However, finding creative ways to take inexpensive shortcuts can save you thousands and time. This article will investigate… Read more »
From Harry Potter and Twilight through to Romeo+Juliet and Pride & Prejudice, books represent some of the biggest source material for movies. Even when the adaptations are far from faithful – think 2001: A Space Odyessy– the original source material shines over the subsequent movie like a lamp. I’m a novelist myself. I write books. And of course, my books… Read more »
Have you ever wondered what it would look like if your favorite Dark Knight rises in some of the classic movies? No? Fellows at YouTube comedy channel Pistol Shrimps apparently have the answer for you. If you thought movies like “Star Wars”, “Harry Potter” and “The Wizard of Oz” were great before, see this video below because they could be better… Read more »
Do you know that in the old times, there is an old-school technology in the film making process called Matte Painting? If you are not familiar with the name, I can give you a few good examples: Do you remember the scene in which Mary Poppins gliding over London with her umbrella? Or the iconic ending of Planet of the… Read more »
Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is known for its eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and a host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references. As a major critical and commercial success, it revitalized the career of its leading man, John Travolta, who received an Academy Award nomination, as did costars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman…. Read more »
Where would horror films be without log cabins? They are ubiquitous and appear in everything from the tongue in cheek comedy horror, to the clichéd classic and everything in between. But what is it about the humble log cabin that lends itself so perfectly to the horror genre? How did it come to be the classic horror icon, so ripe… Read more »
Hardened cinema-goers are a tough crowd to please, and with cinema attendances taking a bit of dip in recent years studios and directors are vying to get the punters back in to their local multiplex – even if that means plundering a gimmick from the past. From the moment the Lumiere brothers first dazzled an audience in 1895 with those… Read more »
In Tim Burton’s Batman Retunrs, a group of Penguins are dispatched to the City surface to fire a battalion of missiles and destroy Gotham City after the Penguin’s rallying ‘Patton’-esque speech. Of course, the plan was stopped by our superhero Batman. Conceptual illustrator Tim Flattery, who had the pleasure of working on Tim Burton’s Batman Returns and Joel Schumacher’s Batman… Read more »
We are accustomed to going to the movies but do we ever really take the time to wonder about how Hollywood has changed over the years? Of course we don’t, which is why I thought I would write about it, so you don’t have to think. Many changes in Hollywood have caused a shift in the movies that you see… Read more »
Despite the brilliance of stars, awards and records in the past 84 Oscars, many interesting facts remain in oblivion. It’ll be fun to dig out some trivial but memorable details about the pageant. Below are 20 things that might broaden your knowledge of the Oscars. 1. The male who has won the most Oscar awards is Walter Disney (26), the… Read more »
Can you imagine Daniel Day-Lewis dancing with Meg Ryan in the twist contest? Or arguing with Paul Calderon about the meaning of foot massages and Royale with cheese? Well, believe it or not, this is the cast that almost made it. Vincent Vega “John Travolta was at that time as cold as they get,” says Mike Simpson, Tarantino’s agent at… Read more »
Bette Davis, 11-time Oscar Best Actress nominee and winner of 2, and Joan Crawford, 3-time Oscar nominee and winner of one, shared startlingly similar life experiences. Both magnificent actresses, both indulgent in smoking, both self-conceited and rebellious enough to challenge their bosses, both blessed with an uncompromising attitude in face of adversity, both regarding the other as a “shallow mannequin”:… Read more »
Recently, Canadian artist and illustrator Phil Postma gave some of the casts of Star Wars: The Original Series the animated treatment in Pixar style. I believe Star Wars fans would love the hypothesis that Pixar remade Star Wars: The Original Series with characters like this. The previous animation Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a total disaster. PRINCESS LEIA HAN SOLO… Read more »
I just heard the shocking news that one of the most prominent Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima passed away several hours ago. I have only seen 8 of his films, and fell in love with his works after watching the Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties Eclipse Set from Criterion Collection. Most people know Oshima’s name from films like In the Realm… Read more »
