27 Jul
Time. The passage of time. Opportunities lost. Looking to place the blame somewhere for all of those… mistakes. Knowing that, eventually, all fingers back point back to you. It’s not too late! The sun is the same In a relative way But you’re older Shorter of breath And one day closer to death Every year [...]
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20 Jul
How long is ten thousand hours? Well… You would have to work about 5 years, putting in 8 hours a day, Monday through Friday (you get holidays and weekends off, though!). You could watch Jaws about five thousand times. You could play the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3′s five-hour single-player campaign about two thousand [...]
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17 Jul
I love all of the alternate takes on one-sheets. The Hollywood versions are so plain, so mainstream. Here’s an alt on KILLER JOE, opening this weekend and wider the week after. M A R K
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14 Jul
Fun little clip montage. Three things… 1) Setting up dynamic, fluid situations sets the stage for dynamic, fluid dialogue. 2) The delivery of the lines is very organic (that’s why they kept them) — they felt like they naturally belonged where they “bloomed.” 3) Specifically, with re: to Ermy’s drill Sargent — you start to [...]
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06 Jul
We have a Spider-Man fan in the house so we went and caught The Amazing Spider-Man a few days back. The Spider-Man fan was entertained (though less than previous versions) while the wife and I gave it a solid “meh.” While polished to the nth degree (exactly what you would expect from a summer blockbuster) [...]
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