http://cinephobia.com Cinephobia - Writing about movies new and old Tue, 12 May 2009 10:48:54 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/05/based-on-true-story.html "Frankly, it would be nice if a big Hollywood blockbuster would feature some imagery as insane as the shark eating the Golden Gate Bridge, or the very last shot of this trailer." <a href="http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/05/based-on-true-story.html">(Click through for full item)</a> Tue, 12 May 2009 10:48:52 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/05/as-addendum-to-my-post-yesterday.html "The internet, and the forum cut-and-thrust on sites like Ain't It Cool, seems to have bred geeks into a more argumentative, sarcastic breed (a la The Simpsons' Comic Book Guy) than the sheltered losers in this sketch." <a href="http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/05/as-addendum-to-my-post-yesterday.html?">(Click through for full item)</a> Sat, 09 May 2009 06:22:52 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/05/round-up.html "I've created a page for Cinephobia on Facebook. This will effectively just carry the existing RSS feed, and be an alternative way for people to be alerted of updates." Thu, 07 May 2009 08:01:52 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/marymax.htm "That Elliot could get a feature length stop-motion film made in Australia is quite an achievement, given there aren’t many made anywhere. That he could make the film so moving is even more impressive. Elliot is dealing with characters that are bewildered by life and socially isolated, and there are tragic turns along the way. Yet he avoids the film becoming maudlin or sentimental, and at its conclusion it is tear-jerking in the best way." (click through for full item) Sun, 03 May 2009 11:10:13 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/startrek09.htm "Abrams recognises that the sheer weight of all those movies and TV shows had made approaching the franchise almost a chore, and neatly rules a line under it all, rendering it irrelevant. Importantly, unlike many other recent reboots (such as the new Bond and Batman films), the new Star Trek doesn’t try to be darker or grittier. It just wants to be better." Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:59:45 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/w.htm "A biopic such as this needs a simple structuring idea like this to impose narrative order on the chaotic events of a real life, and such approaches usually risk appearing too glib. Here, though, Stone benefits from the remarkable symmetry presented to him by real life." (Click through for full item). Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:24:48 GMT http://www.cinephobia.com/blog/2009/02/exhibition-review-star-wars-where.html "Not only are these designs iconic, they are extraordinarily communicative. They impart ideas for storytelling purposes (the Star Destroyer looks threatening and evil, for example), but they are also full of subtle cues about how the ships and objects we see work, which helps to ground the fantasy world in reality." (Click through for full item) Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:26:20 GMT