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Peter Greenaway being boring.This past fall, Peter Greenaway took time out of his busy schedule of steadily re-treading the same aesthetic ground to announce the death of cinema at the Pusan Film Festival in Korea. He blames the 'remote-control zapper' for its demise, a term which pretty well manages to paint him ... read morePosted on 03/28/2008 by Aaron Sci fi failsThe science fiction fan site io9 has put together a report card of how several sci fi films fare in their depictions of physics. Unsurprisingly, most of them failed miserably. Take a look. Posted on 03/17/2008 by Aaron CARTOOOOONS!Some wonderful soul has collected and organized links to online videos of almost every Academy Award winning animated short since 1931. There are a few gaps, and granted this is hardly the ideal way to watch these films, BUT having the opportunity to watch any these rarities at all is ... read morePosted on 03/17/2008 by Aaron 
Review of Gone Baby Gone
Award winner for "Most Unlikely Career Turnaround"It turns out Ben Affleck is a far better director than he has ever been as an actor, which is awesome because he is a fucking horrible actor. His directing debut is based on a novel by Dennis LeHane, the same writer behind Mystic River, and follows Boston private investigator ... read morePosted on 03/05/2008 by Aaron Box office as martian landscapeThe New York Times has posted a bizarrely beautiful interactive illustration of box office receipts from 1986 to 2007. Some horrible movies have made an amazing amount of money (I'm looking at you, Patch Adams)! Seeing how certain kinds of movies track over long periods of time or quickly ... read morePosted on 03/05/2008 by Aaron 
Review of Charlie Bartlett
Sub-sub-RushmoreCharlie Bartlett is the story of a precocious and exceedingly wealthy teenage boy who heads to public school after being kicked out of yet another private school for an ingenious scheme. Oh, what hijinks ensue! This one is filled to the brim with one dimensional characters, including the title character. ... read morePosted on 03/02/2008 by Aaron |
