The results are in and Friday the 13th (the remake) “hacked” its way to #1 at the box office with $42.2 million dollars! What does it mean for American culture/ethics when the masses go out to see a slasher flick rather than a film with culture (slumdog millionaire) or history (frost/nixon, milk) or equailty (gran torino)or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Films’
Hockey Mask #1 at box office
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Box office, Entertainment, Films, Friday the 13th, Hollywood, Jason Voorhees, Movies, Slasher films on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They’re remaking Casablanca?
Posted in 86500, tagged Casablanca, Entertainment, Films, Iraq, Madonna, Media, News, Politics, Remakes, TV on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With yesterday being April Fool’s Day, I thought this was a joke when I read it! To my disgust, it appears this is a real project. I’m well aware of the “what’s old is new again” mentality out there these days, but touching the Classic Hollywood Studio System Films, such as Casablanca, should be grounds [...]
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Coming Attractions, Entertainment, Films, Media, movie, News, Poultrygeist, Review, YouTube on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I consider myself to be a cineaste and I often check out the latest and greatest (though sometimes the greatest really suck!) film buzz on various movie sites. One site I view, almost everyday, is Movies So having prefaced the site (yeah free plug for them – now where’s my money, haha?), I came across [...]
The Wizard of Gore…
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Entertainment, Films, Gore, News, reviews, TV, Wizard, Wizard of Gore on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who saw “Juno” this year, there’s a scene with Ellen Page and Jason Bateman where they discuss films, especially gore-fest films. Jason’s character mentions a little film made in the 1970s called… The Wizard of Gore. As an avid Netflix’er, I added that film (yes they do have it!) to my [...]
Pixar’s latest gem…Wall-E
Posted in From the balcony, tagged Animation, Disney, Entertainment, Films, movie, Pixar, Wall-E on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pixar, the uber powerful animation studio, is releasing their final brainchild this summer, Wall*E. When I say brainchild, I simply mean the last in a series of films that a group at Pixar wanted to make when they were forming a list of films to create. The list consists of: Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, [...]
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Posted in From the balcony, tagged documentary, Entertainment, Films, Movies, Politics, Trailer on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morgan Spurlock, writer and director of “Super Size Me”, is back again with his new documentary, “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?” This is a ”must-see” documentary for 2008. From what I observed in the trailer, the films equal parts humor and seriousness surrounding a very important topic: Terrorism and its key leader, Osama Bin [...]
