entertainment weekly named the 25 films you must see before the oscars. "the feb 27 ceremony is just around the corner. so start the top of this list and work your way down." (bold: what i must watch)
1. the social network
2. the king's speech
3. inception
4. the fighter
5. toy story 3
6. true grit
7. black swan
8. the kids are all right
9. 127 hours
10. winter's bone
11. the town
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i went through a wide range of emotions while watching this from nostalgia to happiness to sadness and back around. it just showcases the sheer genius of pixar and the films that theyve made in the past 15 years. the video was edited by leandro copperfield and although there are some clips i probably wouldve left on the cutting room floor, i nonetheless thoroughly enjoyed this.p.s. im quite surprised...
mind you that i didnt see the king's speech, the kids are alright, blue valentine, the fighter, another year
1. the social network2. black swan3. never let me go4. inception5. toy story 36. the town7. 127 hours8. harry potter and the deathly hallows9. kick-ass (for funzies)10. exit through the gift shop
ok im pretty sure that if i saw blue valentine, the king's speech, or another year, it wouldve probably replaced kick-ass but...
as my final for my diverse media class, i was required to make a short and i chose to make a documentary. so chhhhhheck it out!!...
kees van dijkhuizen is backk!!! i went searching for his cinema 2010 after witnessing the epicness of his cinema 2009 (click to see). and i must say, i was expecting a looooooooot. but i guess i should blame the lack of good films that came out this year. like seriously on the top of my head, i can only think of the social network, toy story 3, black swan, as some of the top films of 2010. 2009 definitely...
this has got to be the most depressing film to come out this year. but seeing how im a masochist, i must watch it! john cameron mitchell, the director of hedwig and the angry inch (2001) and shortbus (2006) is back with rabbit hole. imdb says: Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident. Based on a play by David Lindsay-Abaire. sooo depressing but check...
i will write a review very shortly but in the meantime look at these stills and weep, cause yeah, its THAT good.
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i dont know where to start. i cannot begin to describe how much i hated the warrior's way. after witnessing the horror at the sneak peek in los angeles, i gave it the benefit of the doubt and assumed that the full version of the movie would slightly be better. oh boy was i wrong.
In the 19th century, a warrior name Yang (Jang Dong-gun) is ordered to kill the last member of an enemy clan--a baby. He refuses the mission and flees...
im making a maid documentary at the moment and the star of my film is mayumi tanaka! she works at royal-t cafe, one of the first maid cafes in the los angeles, let along the u.s. while she is not working at the cafe as one of their super cute maids, she is an artist! she is having a show on dec 11, 2010 at the indie collective gallery in culver city. please check her work out shes amazing! and definitely stay put for the premiere...
in honor of disney's 50th film (tangled) released this week, they decided to do a countdown of all the amazing disney films that made you hysterically cry, laugh out loud, and fall in love! whether your favorite is lion king, beauty and the beast, or even mulan, its all here! check it out! sososososo amazing and filled with nostalgia...warning: have a box of tissues before viewing....
fox searchlight released a music video version of the black swan and as always, it looks intense!!!! re re re reeeemix! the black swan comes out dec 3rd. (same day as a warrior's way!!!)
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there was a special Q&A with the crew of 'A Warrior's Way' tonight at Los Angeles' Landmark theater. the event was very exclusive and least to say very personal. They showed bits and clips of the film and discussed how it began, formed and eventually developed into the big blockbuster film. Korea's very own Jang Dong Gun came out to speak with us about his thoughts on the film and the workings behind it. Jang Dong Gun exploded...
in my previous post i stated that speilberg's plan to remake park chan-wook was mostly likely a dead project. but right when i thought it was too good to be true, first-showing releases an articles saying that theyre going to revive it by possibly bringing it back to spielberg or to matthew vaughn (kick-ass) or danny boyle (127 hours). i spoke too soon.firstshowing.net says: Since Spielberg is already committed to Robopocalypse...
fuck no. as most cinephiles would say, we really do hate remakes. unless you can tastefully remake it with ones own auteur characteristics and as a homage to the original, DONT FUCK WITH IT. my heart dropped when i heard that steven spielberg and will smith were hooking up to remake Park Chan-wook's Old Boy. (hopefully its dead) the only person that actually made a decent american rendition of a...
who is sngmoo lee and how did he get to direct and write this hollywood film? i think its jang dong gun's first international film but i think itll be great. jang dong jun became hugely popular in south korea when Friend (2001) first came out then continued onto TaeGukKi (2004) and Typoon (2005). check out the trailer, it also stars kate bosworth, geoffrey rush, and danny huston. it comes out dec...
daft punk + tron = EPPPPIIICCNESSSS!!!! cant stop bobbing my head to this beat!...
love love love this trailer. ive watched almost all of inarritu's (amores perros, babel) films besides 21 grams and am even doing my final latin cinema project on amores perros. if that doesnt tell you how much i love this guy, i dont know what will! this trailer really is breathtaking. imdb says: This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected...
yay! this is quite unexpected and different but here are the promo posters for darren aronofsky's black swan. black swan is out dec 3rd!!! be there!...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i almost barfed from the epicness of it all!firstshowing.net: There's a lot going on in Tron world at the moment, as Disney is kicking off its enormous marketing push for the last few months leading up to its opening. First, they've debuted the first photo of Daft Punk inside the world of Tron Legacy, as seen below. That reveal comes with a new sampler of their track "The Game Has Changed" from...
ive talked about blue valentine since i first heard about it at sundance and even posted something about it. click here if you missed it. now here is the trailer that weve all been waiting for. even though i havent seen the film, it brings many nostalgic and bittersweet memories for me. there is also another clip that was released showing the couples magnetic chemistry.
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the internet not only has become a source of information but a pool of mass communication and networking. so what happens when nev schulman, a new york photographer befriends abby pierce, an eight-year old art prodigy from rural michigan? surprisingly, unlike most online-based relationships, the innocent exchange goes past the facebook friend request. the relationship continuously grows as he befriends her mother, angela, angela's...
i saw the man from nowhere (아저씨) in korea when it was released and didnt think twice about its potential to reach the states. it was just announced that it surpassed 5.7 million viewers and even attracted sixty thousand viewers just between september 17-19. and well, look what we have here, the man from nowhere has arrived to the united states! so if you are in the area, please go and watch it!
9/30: Los Angeles (CGV...
The images alone should make you want to watch the film, never let me go. it unfolded like pure poetry--thoughtful, lengthy, and daunting. unlike other films, the characters already knew the futility in trying to escape their so called "destiny." B+
to be continued......
While I was in Korea, i fell in love with Miss A and their song Bad Girl, Good Girl. i wanted to create something with my reborn love of kpop and also incorporate time into it. After incessantly hearing and watching Miss A all over the airwaves and on the tube, i wondered what it was like for them to constantly sing and dance the same song and routine so many times that they eventually come to know...
firstshowing.net says: Even though we already thought South Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-Woon was planning his first US-set film with high profiles actors like Clive Owen and Sienna Miller (reported last year), apparently that won't be his first US feature after all. Latino Review is reporting that Lionsgate has hired Ji-Woon (of A Bittersweet Life, The Good, The Bad, The Weird and I Saw the Devil) to direct a project called The...
why i havent posted this up already is beyond me. but apparently monsters is the next big thing. (no pun intended) monsters is a british sci-fi film written and directed by gareth edwards. youve probably never even heard of him cause he is usually the special effects guy. (oh, and he doesnt even have his own wiki page, crazy!) but it is his first time writing and directing his own feature film, which is inspired by spielberg's...
if youre a fan of haruki murakami like i am, you will very much appreciate this. my friend austin shin gave me the book norwegian wood for my birthday and i havent stopped reading it. (1. my birthdays in may. 2. im a very slow reader) and so to find out that a film will be coming out based on the book was very exciting for me. rinko kikuchi (brothers bloom, babel) will be playing naoko and ken'ichi...
DONT WATCH THE EXPENDABLES.
(see how i wrote it in capital letters and bolded it in red, i mean serious business)
Beth accomando from kpbs.org wrote "the expendables is like dating a jock--no sparkling conversation or subtlety but great to have around when you need to blow shit up or kick some ass." well said beth accomando from kpbs. hahahaha fifteen minutes into the film, Sylvester was talking in his usual incoherent...
scott pilgrim vs. the world opens exactly how a film should. instead of dullng and distracting our adhd mind by displaying different kinds of animation through the opening credit, it presents the crew front and center while psychedelic swirls are pressed against out eyeballs, already giving a preview of what kind of insanity we're all in for. and boy, were we left satisfied. even if i tried to imagine what great epicness...
danny boyle's new film starring james franco called the 127th hour! i really just want to wiki and see what happens to him at the end but i shall wait! it comes out nov. 5!
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1. never let me go (sept. 17)2. catfish (sept. 17)3. the social network (oct. 1)4. let me in (oct. 1)5. the romantics (sept. 10)6. 127 hours (nov. 5)7. harry potter and the death hallows (part 1) (nov. 19)8. BLACK SWAN (dec. 3)9. somewhere (dec. 24)10. blue valentine (dec. 31)will go into full detail with those later......
the trailer for darren aronofsky's new film starring natalie portman and vincent cassel, black swan is here!! its completely not what i had expected and reveals a bit of a supernatural vibe. it does feel a bit kafka-esqe: she feels like a black swan therefore she becomes one. dun dun DDUUN! anyways, everything portman does is outstanding so i dont expect anything less than a phenomenal performance...
i got chills. this is the highly praised and controversial film that debuted at this year's sundance.
firstshowing.net says: A reality thriller that's a shocking product of our times, Catfish is a riveting story of love, deception and grace within a labyrinth of online intrigue.
Catfish is directed by young up-and-coming filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (also seen in the doc), who are...
i probably shouldve posted this sooner but, this is the new trailer for the upcoming drama 'never let me go' from director mark romanek (one hour photo.) when i watched one hour photo in the 5th grade, i went in thinking it was going to another fun robin williams film. oh boy, was i wrong. if you havent watched it yet, please do. it erupted so many different kinds of emotions in me. it was really mind-blowing as a 5th grader....
not gonna lie, the new poster for matt reeves' let me in is gorgeous and breathtaking. it also reminds me much of park chan-wook's thirst. riiiight?...
after watching the first sequence of the trailer, all i said to myself was 'what the fuck is this.' i started to wonder what kind of marketing scheme the social network people were up to with their teaser and first trailer that was not much of a trailer at all. but as i fell deeper and deeper into the trailer, i started to get chills all over my body and realized that this is going to be...
here are stills from darren aronofsky's new film starring beautiful natalie portman in black swan!! the film is going to open for the venice film festival in september. as well as portman, black swan includes mila kunis as portman's rival dancer, winona ryder (girl, interrupted), sebastian stan, barbara hershey and vincent cassel (irreversible).USA Today: "The dark tale with psychological twists stars Natalie Portman as Nina,...
