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Bad Movie Computers

Published by Marie on October 20, 2008 in ponderings and Highlighted. 2 Comments

Access Denied

I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time after the subject of the Hackers soundtrack came up on twitter,  it reminded me how happy I am that we all live in the future with so many computers and high tech gadgets at our disposal. Something which makes me even happier is when Hollywood decides to tap into this and make movies about it, e.g. getting e-mail, virtual reality, hacking into the FBI mainframe, uploading viruses into alien space ships…. Continue reading ‘Bad Movie Computers’

Meadow’s New Environmental Ad Costs the Earth

Published by Marie on September 22, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted, Beyond and News. 0 Comments

Act advert

The subjects of adverts and independent cinema seem to be joined at the hip of late after the hub bub surrounding  the Nike/ Beautiful Loosers marketing,  Eurostar/ Somer’s Town release and Harmony Korine’s Thornton’s/ Budweiser campaigns and so on. And heck why should September buck the trend as Shane Meadow’s jumps into the fray again with his latest directorial outting, a UK tv ad campaign as part of the “Act on CO2” campaign. Continue reading ‘Meadow’s New Environmental Ad Costs the Earth’

Knitting Argento & Švankmajer

Published by Marie on September 18, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted, Beyond and News. 0 Comments

Co-operative Designs

(Spotted in today’s Metro during my morning commute). Presenting the Autumn ‘08 Knitwear collection from Co-operative Designs  (London based knitwear label headed up by Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann) that were inspired by the film’s of Dario Argento and Jan Švankmajer. As you’d imagine muses such as these won’t give way to your everyday bobble hats & scarves, but looking over the creations they are decidedly less unsettling than I would have expected (no creepy string puppets here, just lots of Llamas). Continue reading ‘Knitting Argento & Švankmajer’

Picturehouse Popcorn Scrooges

Published by Marie on August 11, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted and News. 0 Comments

Popcorn 2

Firstly apologies for posts being sparse lately- my excuse being that as I’ve currently moved house, (and considering we all still live in the dark ages) it’ll be another 10-20 years before I’m connected to the internet again. In the meantime I’ll be sneaking things up as and when I can.

Back to the subject at hand… I spotted today over at the Londonist that in a bid to help combat cinema goers disturbed cinematic enjoyment the Picturehouse chain are considering a ban on popcorn.

Now I’m the first to admit that in cinemas the rustle and chomping of others is something I’m finely tuned in to, much to my disgust and annoyance during movies.  But to ban such a classic cinematic snack saddens me. Popcorn munching to me is just the tip of the iceberg as far as annoying cinema based noises go and I can’t say I’ve ever held an individual grudge for popcorn. No, I hold one against all eating related noises (and fizzy pop slurping, breathing, coughing, individually foil wrapped sweets… I could go on). Continue reading ‘Picturehouse Popcorn Scrooges’

Where are all the Batman Puns?

Published by Marie on July 24, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted and News. 0 Comments

Police Arrrest Batman

“Bracing for KAPOW! headlines tomorrow re. Batman, Batmum and Batsis” (Sizemore).

I don’t know whether to be disappointed or reaffirmed yesterdays complete lack of decent Batman/ Bale headlines (although I wasn’t able to catch The Sun). Instead the papers from what I’ve seen seem content as simply labelling Bale as Batman. Surely the tabloid’s inter office e-mails/ text messages must be fit to bursting with puns of unfulfilled potential. Continue reading ‘Where are all the Batman Puns?’

Comic-a-rama

Published by Marie on July 17, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted and Screenings. 0 Comments

If its not Iron Man, the Hulk’s ‘not-any-better-not-a-sequel’, another Hellboy or the shiny new  Watchmen trailer (which I agree with Graeme McMillan’s comments on i09 that is perhaps looking a little too shiny) then its people writing and talking about comics- like me. But then again I’m not so sure this Summer is all that different from those gone by in terms of the dearth of comic adapts.

Being a fair weather comic fan I’m slowly getting into the seasonal spirit and am glad to see the ICA and BFI joining in with all the hype and hoohar by bringing a retro and eclectic array of films to the mix. Continue reading ‘Comic-a-rama’

I’ve seen the Future & it has 3 Dimensions

Published by Marie on June 25, 2008 in ponderings, Highlighted and News. 0 Comments

3D Audience

Oh my goodness did you know that cinema attendance figures are falling? What on earth is a film industry to do? Well thankfully those smart brains over at Neilsen PreView  have pointed out that we might not need to rebuild the whole distribution model- as there’s a far easier answer … make 3D movies. Continue reading ‘I’ve seen the Future & it has 3 Dimensions’