A day late but the day is still the day for me.
I had fever yesterday and after church I decided to skip work and sleep till I felt okay. Woke up 11 PM . Been listening to The Smiths Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now care of Jayson, then listened about 2 times back to back to the 500 Days of Summer OST, fortunately I have a copy of The Graduate. Went to Something Fishy with peire, and was pleasantly surprised with the addition of a Glazed ham on the midnight to breakfast buffet, competition rules. Watched The Graduate after getting home. This is the second time I’ve watched the Graduate. It seems that the reason I didn’t get it the first time was because the first time I saw it I was just a college freshman watching too many movies, not really knowing the pointless grind life can be at the end of college. Saturdays is our high school batch’s 10 year. Maybe this is why I’m being more reflective than usual, that and a few hard core things.
rePost :: “The Last 3 Minutes” Showcases New Canon 5D Mark II 24p Capabilities
http://vimeo.com/10570139
The Last 3 Minutes is a beautiful short film by cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, the cinematographer of Terminator Salvation. It was shot using the Canon 5D Mark II, and was sponsored by Canon to show off the latest firmware that enables 24p (frames per second) recording, giving it a “movie quality”. Filming spanned 17 locations across 4 1/2 days, and a wide assortment of Canon prime L lenses were used.
The present day portion of the film in the beginning was shot at 24p, while the flashbacks were filmed at 30p and converted to 24p in order to produce a dreamlike quality. You can read more about how the film was made on Hurlbut’s blog.
via “The Last 3 Minutes” Showcases New Canon 5D Mark II 24p Capabilities.
Movies :: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Movie Trailers – iTunes
Geek static movie. Watch the trailer at the linked site!
Synopsis
Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob—omb, the 22—year—old has just met the girl of his dreams…literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre—smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) tells the amazing story of one romantic slacker’s quest to power up with love in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Scott Pilgrim has never …
via Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Movie Trailers – iTunes.
rePost :: Robert De Niro Cast as Vince Lombardi | /Film
Haven’t seen a great performance from Robert De Niro in a long time. Hope he can make something of this role!
Robert De Niro has signed to play legendary football coach Vince Lombardi in ESPN Films’ big screen feature Lombardi. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Munich, Benjamin Button, The Insider) penned the script. The National Football League is involved in the project, which means we probably won’ see anything controversial in the movie (steroids, alcohol).
I don’t know a lot about football, but looking at photos of Lombardi, you can certainly see how De Niro would be cast in the role. Risky Business says the plan is to release the film between the AFC and NFC conference championship games and the Super Bowl in 2012. The film will focus on Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers years, although ESPN acquired the entire life rights to Lombardi’s story from his estate, as well as the rights to Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap’s book Instant Replay.
via Robert De Niro Cast as Vince Lombardi | /Film.
rePost :: Capone goes in over his head with the marvelously silly HOT TUB TIME MACHINE!!! — Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Capone goes in over his head with the marvelously silly HOT TUB TIME MACHINE!!!
Hey, everyone. Capone in Chicago here.
Sometimes you admire a comedy because of its subtle wit and cleverness, because it keeps a sustained smile on your face that lasts the duration of the film. Other times, you fall head over heals for a comedy because it is balls-out the perfect combination of stupidity and intelligence, with a healthy serving of charm thrown in and a dash of the grotesque. Welcome to HOT TUB TIME MACHINE, folks, a movie that almost dares you not to giggle your way into a frothy stupor. What put this film over the top for me was its complete and utter disregard not only for conventional logic and sensibility, but the film actually bothers to set up its own time-space continuum rules and then breaks them with a wanton disregard for the Butterfly Effect. On the plus side, TIME COP's essential rule about the same person from two different times occupying the same space is cited and dealt with quite effectively. But for God's sake, this isn't a movie about science; it's about partying '80s style, and who better to do that with than John Cusack?
via Capone goes in over his head with the marvelously silly HOT TUB TIME MACHINE!!! — Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news..
rePost :: List of 82nd Oscar nominees | ABS-CBN News Online Beta
LOS ANGELES – Nominees in selected major categories ahead of the 82nd annual Academy Awards to be held at the Kodak Theater here Sunday (Monday in Manila):
Best Picture:
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9”
“An Education”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Up in the Air”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Jeff Bridges — “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney — “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth — “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman — “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner — “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Meryl Streep — “Julie & Julia”
Sandra Bullock — “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan — “An Education”
Helen Mirren — “The Last Station”
Gabourey Sidibe — “Precious”
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christoph Waltz — “Inglourious Basterds”
Woody Harrelson — “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer — “The Last Station”
Matt Damon — “Invictus”
Stanley Tucci — “The Lovely Bones”
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Penelope Cruz — “Nine”
Mo’Nique — “Precious”
Anna Kendrick — “Up in the Air”
Vera Farmiga — “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal — “Crazy Heart”
Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow — “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron — “Avatar”
Quentin Tarantino — “Inglourious Basterds”
Jason Reitman — “Up in the Air”
Lee Daniels — “Precious”
Best Foreign-Language Film:
“Ajami” — Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” — Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” — Peru
“Un Prophete” — France
“The White Ribbon” — Germany
Best Animated Feature Film:
“Coraline”
“Up”
“Fantastic Mr Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“The Secret of Kells”
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Catch the live telecast and complete coverage of the 82nd Academy Awards on March 8 — red carpet and pre-show at 6:30 a.m. and the main show at 9 a.m. — on Velvet Channel (SkyCable channel 53).
via List of 82nd Oscar nominees | ABS-CBN News Online Beta.
Film:To Watch:‘Shutter Island’ makes waves with $40.2M debut – Entertainment – GMANews.TV – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News
From the Mystic River scribe from the legendary Scorsese and his current muse DiCaprio. Color me excited!!!
LOS ANGELES – Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s voyage to “Shutter Island” has landed them at No. 1 at the weekend box office.
Their creepy crime thriller set at a remote insane asylum opened with $40.2 million. “Shutter Island” is the fourth collaboration for Scorsese and DiCaprio and the best opening yet for both the director and star.
via ‘Shutter Island’ makes waves with $40.2M debut – Entertainment – GMANews.TV – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News.
Praise::Quentin Tarantino Keeps A Classic Movie Theater Open; Who’ll Save the Rest of the Country’s Indie Theaters? | /Film
What is the equivalent term for film of “petrol heads” (car lovers)? If your in the US check out the indie film theaters that may be near where you are.
I’m curios what’s the equivalent of that in Metro Manila? UP Film Center? I used to think so till the people who make moralistic an evil word MTRCB lawyer and head clamped down on Cine Adarna’s privilege to be a place where censorship does not exist. I pray the next MTRCB chief knows how valuable a place where boundaries can be explored and push outward.
The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles is a great place to see a movie. Not because it is the most comfortable theater or the most state of the art, but because it is operated and attended by people who really love movies. I’ve only been there a few times, but the experiences have been great: seeing Wet Hot American Summer with David Wain in attendance, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 with Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell, and catching a marathon of three Friday the 13th flicks.
Quentin Tarantino bought the New Beverly when it fell on hard times, but his involvement with the theater has been known in detail only to some of the most dedicated friends and patrons of the business. Now Tarantino and the family that runs the theater are talking about the process of keeping it alive.
THR has a long report on the process that began when Quentin Tarantino offered financial help to Sherman Torgan, once the New Bev’s operator. He started giving the theater $5000 per month to keep it open. But when Sherman Torgan passed away in 2007, the theater faced closure, prompting Tarantino to buy the space outright. “I always considered the New Beverly my charity,” he says, “an investment I never wanted back.”
Tarantino said one thing of his ownership of the New Bev that really sums it up how grand his patronage of the long-running movie house really is:
As long as I’m alive, and as long as I’m rich, the New Beverly will be there, showing double features in 35mm.
Now this is the place where I have to lecture. Did you read this story and think, “wow, that’s awesome”? If so, and you have a local indie house that you don’t visit on a regular basis, what’s wrong with you?
via Quentin Tarantino Keeps A Classic Movie Theater Open; Who’ll Save the Rest of the Country’s Indie Theaters? | /Film.
rePost::New Behind the Scenes Featurette for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg | /Film
There is a featurette at the linked site.
I’m a big Ben Stiller fan, even watched night at the museum, hope this one is better than along came polly.
Meet Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller): a dysfunctional 40-year-old at a crossroads in his life. Roger wants to “do nothing” for a while, so he agrees to housesit for his younger and more successful brother, giving him a free place to stay in L.A. While in town, he tries to reconnect with his old friends and band mates but times have changed, and old friends aren’t necessarily still best friends. Greenberg starts spending time with his brother’s personal assistant Florence (Great Gerwig), an aspiring singer and herself something of a lost soul too. During a series of embarrassingly awkward romantic encounters, we sense that perhaps even someone as irascible as Greenberg may have found somebody who is prepared to appreciate him for himself – if he would only stop critiquing Florence’s techniques in bed. Over the course of several weeks, we watch an uncertain and wonderfully vulnerable courtship play out, and learn how funny, and terribly unpredictable, love in the modern world can be.
via New Behind the Scenes Featurette for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg | /Film.
rePost:Spartans Lose to…. :Philip of Macedon, the Ultimate Authority on Gays in the Military, Speaks! – Grasping Reality with a Ten-Foot-Long Flexible Trunk
This is a Pink film waiting to happen. Spartans lose to the Sacred Band even with a 3 to 1 advantage. This could be legendary. hehehe!
The Sacred Band under Pelopidas fought the Spartans at Tegyra in 375 BCE, vanquishing an army that was at least three times its size. It was also responsible for the victory at Leuctra in 371 BCE, called by Pausanias the most decisive battle ever fought by Greeks against Greeks. Leuctra established Theban independence from Spartan rule and laid the groundwork for the expansion of Theban power, but possibly also for Philip II’s eventual victory.
via Philip of Macedon, the Ultimate Authority on Gays in the Military, Speaks! – Grasping Reality with a Ten-Foot-Long Flexible Trunk.