Movies
Heaven Help A Sailor
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 12, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Sexuality, 1940s, South Pacific, Tattoos
“Fanta, you’re fantasizing!”
Hausu is an interesting film from 1970s Japan directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. This film is beyond bizarre with a flying lamp shade that kills and a piano that devours it's prey. I had the chance to watch this with a group of friends when it aired on IFC in April and we had a blast. The movie almost makes no sense, but is a great experience. From what I've heard, the director got the idea from a dream his daughter had, which makes sense. The effects in the film are actually pretty cool for the time period.More in extended >>
Posted By: mdb777 - Sat May 09, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, 1970s, Asia
The Burgler’s Slide for Life
This is kind of boring--until the burglar goes out the window, and the guard dog follows!
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 08, 2009 -
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Category: Domestic, Movies, Stupid Criminals, Dogs, 1900s
Escalation
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 07, 2009 -
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Category: Humor, Parody, Movies, Cartoons, War, 1960s
Who’s Yehudi?
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 07, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Sexuality, Surrealism, 1940s, Dance
Transcendent Man
The Singularity: an indeterminate post-human future. Hooey, or prophecy? Perhaps the new movie Transcendent Man debuting at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, will explain it all for us.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 06, 2009 -
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Category: Movies, Documentaries, Technology, Computers, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Life Imitates Art
Here are two commercials to watch. I believe that you will see a startling similarity emerge that will shake you to the core (or maybe just halfway to the core).So far, so good. It's your basic ad for cosmetics, showing a heavily airbrushed woman who looks somewhat like an android (gynoid?), poncing around in an empty, black, out-of-focus room, interspersed with product shots against a stark white background. (I'm always a little saddened when the real product doesn't create lines of light in contour around my wife's face.) I don't know to much about the product's specific properties.
What I know for sure is that it bares a startling similarity to a fictional product I have seen before.
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Posted By: kingmonkey - Tue May 05, 2009 -
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Category: Armageddon and Apocalypses, Body Modifications, Cannibalism, Cosmetics, Movies, Advertising
Zyzzyx Road
Zyzzyx Road will probably go down in history as the lowest grossing movie ever. On February 25, 2006, Zyzzyx Road was released in one theater and made a total gross of $30. According to boxofficemojo.com, the film made $20 opening weekend and got to the staggering total of $30 in it's six day theatrical run. Watching the trailer you can probably tell why it did so poorly even in it's one theater that it played in. Still not available on DVD and oft confused with a film of a similar name (Zzyzx), Katherine Heigl fans should be glad that this didn't ruin her career. I know I'd watch it if it were available though.For further information on the subject:
http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/8442/1/AMERICA-HAS-ZYZZYX-FEVER/Page1.html
http://www.cinematical.com/2007/01/08/zyzzyx-road-gets-another-chance/
Posted By: mdb777 - Tue May 05, 2009 -
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Category: Celebrities, Movies
African Pygmy Thrills
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 01, 2009 -
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Category: Ethnic Groupings, Movies, Documentaries, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1930s, Africa
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