November 2011
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MOVIE FACTS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW #6
In honor of the SLC playing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” next week from November 8th-10th, I’ve written up a special “MOVIE FACTS THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW” dealing with HARRY POTTER!
“The Harry Potter Series” (2001-2011)
Throughout the course of 10 years, the Harry Potter film series has spanned 7 books, 8 films and at...
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MOVIE FACTS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW #5
“The Shawshank Redemption” (1994)
In the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption”, Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman were not the first actors contacted for the roles of Andy Dufrescne and Red respectively. For Andy, Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp and Charlie Sheen were all considered. Though Tom Hanks was actually offered the role, he couldn’t accept the...
October 2011
5 posts
The Black Cat: A Tale of Two Icons
Article by “Dashing” Shane Steele
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Two names forever tied to the Golden Age of Horror. On one hand, the sinister, plotting vampire. On the other, the lonely, angry patchwork monster. Both carved their names in history as icons in the world of cinema for portraying two of the most instantly recognizeable monsters in all of movies.
It was only natural to...
ROSEMARY'S BABY tonight
Mia Farrow stars in ROSEMARY’S BABY tonight at the FSU SLC 7Pm and 10:15 PM
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MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #4
“Indiana Jones Franchise” (1981-2008)
One of the most beloved and famous film series of all time is that of Indiana Jones. Starting in 1981, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” introduced the world to Indiana Jones, an archeologist who journeys across the world discovering famous archeological treasures with wit and his whip. What most people don’t know is that the order of the movies does not actually...
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MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #3
“The Thing” (1982)
In the 1982 film, “The Thing” director John Carpenter was advised by his film editor to film a “happy” ending to the film, for protective reasons, while actor Kurt Russel was still available. Carpenter agreed and they filmed a scene in which Russel’s character R.J. MacReady was rescued and proven human by a blood test administered to him. Though it was shot, this...
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First Class: That's Not Right...
It’s no surprise that people wanted to see X-Men: First Class when it came out. Lots of us simply enjoy the mutant abilities, wanting to pretend we have them ourselves. So, some of these movie lovers won’t remember the fine details of the plot, but hardcore X-Men movie fans will notice the inconsistencies that First Class has with the rest of the series. For everyone else, here’s a list with some...
September 2011
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MOVIE FACTS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #2
1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
When casting “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, Richard Harris (Dumbledore) was approached by denied the role for numerous reasons: his health had started to decline and Harris did not want his role in the Harry Potter films to overshadow the rest of his 50 year film career. He relented and accepted the role though when he found out that his ...
Netflix's Unwanted Pregnancy
There was a happy time when I could watch any movie instantly, and yet I could reserve a movie not on instant queue on DVD. It was a time when all we had to do in order to transition back and forth is to click either “Watch Instantly” or “On DVD” tabs.
But then ever since Netflix begat Qwikster, and especially since they made a Berlin Wall-proportionate paywall between...
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THOSE MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #1
Need cool facts to entertain your friends with when you go to the movies? Well, look no further! In order to celebrate almost a month into college here at Florida State University, I’m here to give you THOSE MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW about some of the movies that have played at the Student Life Cinema! Let’s start off with:
1) Citizen Kane
During the filming of...
I Saw The Devil
I Really saw Three Devils
(B)
Lately, Korean movies have been rather violent. From hammers, to war, to monsters, and so on and so forth - it seems that the Koreans are frantically trying to catch up to famous American bodycounts.
Unfortunately Kim Ji Woon (The Good, The Bad, and the Weird)’s I Saw the Devil isn’t any different, in fact not even the title is accurate.
So...
Arena Review
Arena is a fun, light hearted science fiction boxing movie filled with an unbelievable amount of cheese. The story centers around the appropriately named Steve Armstrong, a fry cook on an enormous space station that serves as a hub of intergalactic trade. In that regard it’s similar to the Citadel of Mass Effect. Steve left Earth with the dream of one day becoming a fighter in the eponymous Arena...
G-Saviour Review
G-Saviour is commonly known as “the terrible live action Gundam movie”. This is for good reason, because it is a terrible live action Gundam movie. For those who don’t know, Gundam is an enormously popular metaseries that started in Japan in 1979 with the television anime “Mobile Suit Gundam”. This series spawned literally dozens of tv spin offs, toys, video games, comic books and models. It is a...
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Seven Films to Watch on Netflix Instant Before...
Let’s be straightforward. All of us are entirely addicted to the Netflix Instant play library. It makes wasting time the easiest thing on the planet when you have so much content at your disposal. I think we all remember when the library was so slim we’d have trouble finding even one good film to watch. Now, as Netflix has almost entirely taken over the DVD rental market, its...
August 2010
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Review
After seeing this movie, all I have to say that I was impressed. Director Edgar Wright and Michael Cera in the title role have really pulled off an extremely faithful adaption of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series that both fans and newcomers alike are sure to enjoy. For those who are not familiar with the story of Scott Pilgrim, it goes a little something like this. Scott Pilgrim is a...
April 2010
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Possible Batman Villains for future films
With a third Batman film in the Christopher Nolan series already confirmed, one of the biggest questions about the film is who the villain or villains of the next film would be. Since Heath Ledger passed away just months before the release of The Dark Knight, it would be safe to assume that we won’t be seeing the Joker in a future film. However, the DC universe does provide an entire rogues...
March 2010
3 posts
2009 Blowout
Hey, year-end lists are great and everyone has an opinion, so I thought it’d be fun to post mine before the Oscar telecast on Sunday night. It’s in an Oscar-style format, with a few more goodies thrown in there. Enjoy:
Top 25:
1. A Serious Man (Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen) 2. Inglourious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino) 3. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Dir. Wes Anderson) 4. Tetro (Dir. Francis...
1 Great Movie From Each Year of the 00s
2009: A Serious Man - My favorite Coen Brothers film to date, and the only perfect film of last year in my opinion (although I’m impatiently anticipating A Prophete).
2008: Waltz With Bashir - If you would like to look into documentaries this film is a good place to start. The melding of animation and non-fiction works together to create a greatly surrealistic film.
2007: The Diving Bell...
February 2010
11 posts
5 Awesome Film-Related YouTube Videos
YouTube is both the greatest and worst thing to happen to me in terms of my Internet usage, others may agree. Having millions upon millions of videos at one’s disposal is almost too overwhelming at times, sucking hours away on something as trivial as a cat following outrageous blunders with a synth keyboard track. It’s also awesome. In the spirit of the blog, here are 5 of my favorite...
The 2010 Stanley Kubrick Film Festival
March 19-26, 2010
http://movies.fsu.edu/kubrick/
Check out our Kubrick Film Festival this year. For full schedule click on the link above, but here’s a few of the special events we have:
Full Metal Jacket, with special guests Vincent D’Onofrio and Jan Harlan
March 26 (Friday) 7:00 pm
Actor Vincent D’Onofrio and executive producer Jan Harlan will discuss the process of working...
It's dynamite. More specifically, it's Black...
With a catch phrase of “Black Gold!” who would want to miss Scott Sanders’ modern take on blaxploitation, popularized in the 70s? Paracinema makes an abdominally pain staking comeback in this film about Black Dynamite, a friendly neighborhood thug who tries to solve the murder of his brother… and ends up kicking the President’s ass for tainting the Anaconda Malt Liquor to shrink male genitalia...
5 Underrated Movies by Great Directors
When master-class directors are celebrated for their career, it’s usually concentrated towards their entire body of work, or at the very least, their most-acclaimed films. Kubrick has 2001, Dr. Strangelove…, and A Clockwork Orange, Hitchcock has Vertigo, Rear Window, and North by Northwest, Spielberg has Jaws, Schindler’s List, and Saving Private Ryan, and so on and forth. This...
“To the Girl with the Clone - m4w (SLC)
Date: 2009-10-21, 3:11AM EDT
When you...”
– -Missed Connections on Craigslist
Love, Kaitlin
The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time →
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The White Ribbon Review by Tim Basham from Paste...
[Posted by Sydney]
Sometimes evil is black and white
The White Ribbon looks deceptively familiar—like an old Twilight Zoneepisode, or one of those late-night films discovered while channel-surfing. But Michael Haneke’s seemingly simple, black-and-white story—set in a German village just before the start of World War I—is a step above and a grade darker than your average whodunit.
When the...
Oscar Nominations
Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely...
January 2010
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2010 and Why It'll Rock Your Socks Off
After reading the other article about 2010 releases, I felt that I should add my 2 cents as well. 2009 was really the first year I was able to see what I’d consider a solid slate of films and be able to avoid a lot of full-on disasters. I was lured out to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a promise of a free ticket and free pizza, so that kind of cancels the sucktitude of that out....
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Awards Season and You
Last night’s Golden Globes reaffirmed my ever-growing stance involving awards season: complete apathy. I love the Oscars though, not to see Ryan Seacrest and any of his cronies ask famous people a bunch of BS questions about their outfits, or pretending to have seen their movie. I watch it, for the lack of the better word, for the prestige. The year-long film calendar is driven by Summer...
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10 Films to Look Out For in 2010
While some obvious hits are brewing for the year 2010, including Toy Story 3, Iron Man 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Shrek Forever After, Prince of Persia, and Clash of the Titans, among many others, there are always surprise (or not so surprising) hits every year. 2009 featured hits like The Hangover, Paranormal Activity, The Blind Side, and many other...
November 2009
7 posts
Breaking down Pedro Almodovar →
This IFC interview gives the reader a small glimpse of Pedro Almodovar, one of my favourite directors. In the last two decades Almodovar has become one of the main go to directors for Spanish cinema. Enjoy- Noel
Five Underrated Films of 2009 (A Personal Opinion)
Five Underrated Films of 2009 (A Personal Opinion)
As an avid moviewatcher, I’ve seen my share of great films, good films, and clunkers, but there’s always those rare gems that seemed to be either completely overlooked by the general public or receiving a more mixed or negative response than what I feel the film deserves. So, for me, I am going to list, in no particular order, five of...
The Invisible Frame →
Tilda Swinton and Director Cynthia Beatt team up after 21 years since they first filmed The Berlin Wall. Watch Swinton’s inner monologue concerning politics, human destruction, and beauty. - Noel
IFC's French Film Guide →
- Noel
“You don’t have to have a fuckin’ hard on to bungee jump.”
– Andrew, Humpday
Tom Cruise is Inspiration for American Psycho!? →
WatchIn honor of us voting in Zombieland for the upcoming schedule, here it a short film about zombies, and children with arrows….
If you like this, check out this other short film
http://vimeo.com/3988731
October 2009
10 posts
50 Scariesty Movies of ALL TIME →
“You look like a radioactive tampon.”
– Sam Bell, Moon
The 25 Scariest Moments in Non-Horror Movies →
Nightmare on Learning Way TONIGHT! →
