I have to kick this off with a bit of introduction. This post comes to you from the guys at cinematicmethod.com. They run a podcast that is rather unique, and it's one that I've taken to quickly. Instead of a movie podcast, theirs is a movie trailer podcast. They give you their rundown on the trailers of the films that are about to come out, and let you know whether or not you should see it based … [Read more...]
There are probably spoilers here, but the movie is also probably better if you read this first anyway. Somewhere, buried fantastically deep, but still visible, there is a great movie residing within the misfire that is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Without great alteration to the script, a film could have been made that understands why comic books are popular, instead of the sad, … [Read more...]
There is a scene in Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige which shows one of the film's two rival magicians talking to a small boy. The heart of the conversation is the old magician’s line, “Never show them how it’s done.” There are those who will find even the greatest of magic tricks to be silly pranks once they know the secret. The rest are called magicians. Despite this knowledge, and … [Read more...]
