tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222937972024-10-25T01:23:47.162+03:00Random Thoughts from a Confessed Film SnobTi Alan Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11825898676373682607noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22293797.post-67878806603799855032009-12-23T21:13:00.003+02:002009-12-24T08:19:38.070+02:00

More than just your typical, pissy rant, this is a funny, well made, well edited, slightly offensive explanation of what went wrong with the execution of The Phantom Menace.Not only does it vivisect the prequel(s), but it also does a great job of reminding us of just how great the original Star Wars movies were and why they worked so well. A great example is in part 6 or 7 of the review, where

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I thought it would never happen, but I am very glad that Roman Polanski has finally been re-arrested.I have no patience for anyone who tries to rationalize letting Polanski off the hook for rape (statutory or otherwise), no matter how long ago it happened.

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I know nothing about this film except that it is written/directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, which is enough to convince me that it will be brilliant.

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This year, for the first time since I can remember, I will not be watching the Academy Award Ceremony.The reason this is a big deal is that watching the Oscars was always a very big deal for me. I used to host Oscar parties to which I would invite 10-20 people (and then I would get very annoyed that they all insisted on talking while I was trying to listen to acceptance speeches from people they

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This films looks thoroughly entertaining. No matter what your feeling may be about George Lucas (and almost anyone who cares about film has an opinion about Darth Flannel), this looks like an interesting deconstruction of the cultural phenomenon that is Lucas. Not only is the subject interesting, but the method in which the film is being crafted is intriguing. As can be seen from the trailer,

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Thirteen Oscar Nominations not withstanding, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a mess.But before I dive into serious criticism, I want to share two snide thoughts which came to me while watching the film.1) Was Benjamin uncircumcised eight days before he died?2) If Benjamin aged backward and Daisy aged forward, shouldn't their daughter have aged sideways?And - before we get serious - Jon

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Sure, the costumes may look terrible and the CGI effects may look ridiculous and it may be directed by Stephen Sommers (who creates such trash as "The Mummy" and "Van Helsing"), but the main reason why I will be avoiding G.I. Joe: The Movie!! is because of this:That is what the movie version of the Baroness looks like. Yes, Sienna Miller is beautiful, but what's that on her face!? Goggles? They

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I recently moved back to Romania with my family and since then, I have had a lot more time to work through my (seemingly endless) list of "Movies to Watch". Ironically, now that I have the time, I no longer have access to the films on the list (no Netflix here, nor any public libraries with comprehensive catalogues of classic films). So I have been scouring the internet for films and I

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"I am not a number! I am a free man"Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009Edit: Clicking on the above quote will now take you to the AMC TV site, which is currently streaming every episode of "The Prisoner" for free.

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It's not often that you come across a time travel movie which adheres to Novikov's self-consistency principle of time travel. (Novikov's principle states that if you could travel back in time, the probability that you could change the past or create a paradox would always be zero.) Indeed, most movies of this genre thrive on ignoring Novikov, creating "drama" by allowing characters to meddle

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This is a few weeks old, but still worth noting:ALL of MONTY PYTHON'S LIBRARY is now for sale on iTunes!Yes, no longer do you need to illegally download Monty Python's sketches and films. Now you can help the poor, struggling British artists by legally purchasing high resolution files of all their works.Here's an advert for the program:

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Pixar, which is now consistently releasing a new film every year, is following up the brilliant "Wall-E" with "Up.""Up" - directed by "Monster's Inc.'s" Pete Docter - is the story of a elderly balloon salesman who decides to get away from society and travel the word by house - using thousands of his balloons to carry him through the air.This will be Pixar's tenth feature film in 15 years, and

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Yesterday morning the Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella died at the age of 54.He was not an overly prolific director, having helmed only six features and his work ranged from brilliant ("The English Patient") to better-than-average ("Truly, Madly, Deeply", "The Talented Mr. Ripley") down to embarrassing ("Mr. Wonderful", "Breaking and Entering").He was not one of my absolute favorite

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"NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN" V. "THERE WILL BE BLOOD"I'm not going to lie to you; I was rooting for "There will be Blood" to win the major awards, but if it was going to lose to anything I'm glad that it was to the Coen's incredible film. Both films were important works of art made by master filmmakers each taking their craft to a whole new level. Also, I couldn't be more pleased with the awards

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I can't really say why, but I find myself very affected by the death of Heath Ledger.I don't really care much about celebrities in general. And I was never really a fan of Ledger's, mostly because the movies which he acted in rarely held any interest for me. But I had begun to appreciate his talent and I was looking forward to seeing what he would produce in the future. I had been

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Did you watch the Golden Globes "Ceremony" the other night?I didn't think so.That's because NO ONE did.Alright, 5.8 million people did, but that's peanuts compared with last year's 20 million viewers.In fact, that's less viewers than the People's Choice Awards! No one wanted to watch without the stars being there and the stars all boycotted the event in support of the WGA and their ongoing strike

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George Romero is hard at work making a brand new zombie picture, "Diary of the Dead," which is a complete re-imagining of his now classic mythology of the dead.Romero has stated that this is the first movie since "Night of the Living Dead" over which he has had complete creative control.From the trailer, it seems as if Romera is using the same storytelling device as that used in the upcoming "

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Want to know what movie I am most looking forward to next year?You can watch the trailer here.(And, yes I am very serious about this. Why? Because the first film captured the main character perfectly. Because the director is one of the best auteurs working today. And because Heath Ledger owns the role that Nicholson couldn't handle.)

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The Portsmouth Herald printed a really nice article about me in today's paper.You can read it here.(By the way, this awesome shot of Catherine Betton and me was taken by Kris Specht on the set of Stricken up in Jackson, NH.)

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I am very pleased to announce that last night "Sharp Dressed Men" was awarded the prize for Best Feature Film at the S.N.O.B. Film Festival in Concord, NH.The entire weekend was a very rewarding experience.It was wonderful to have "Sharp Dressed Men" premiere in a facility as beautiful as the brand new Red River Theatres. I would encourage anyone interested in independent film to patronize the

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The Wire, which is a local, weekly newspaper, ran an article in today's issue about "Sharp Dressed Men" premiering at S.N.O.B. You can read the article here.It is a very nice piece, which plugs both the S.N.O.B. premiere this Friday and the Inn on the Blues showing next Thursday. However, the article did contain a few inaccuracies which I want to correct. So in no particular order, here is the

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I've been waiting a long time for this film.This one is going to be great.The limited release date is 26 December.Click on the image to watch the trailer.

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In lieu of a trailer, I have uploaded a 5 minute clip from my film "Sharp Dressed Men," which is premiering on 9 November 2007 at the SNOB Film Festival in Concord, NH.Following its premiere at SNOB, there will be a showing of "Sharp Dressed Men" on 15 November 2007 at the Inn on the Blues in York Beach, ME as part of their Independent Film Series."Sharp Dressed Men"Cast & Crew:Directed by:

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