Archive for the 'Film' Category



Strange Brew

Today we remember Canada, our little brother to the north.

On this day in 1867 Canada united four provinces into a single country.  As a young boy growing up near the maple leaf border (I was separated by Wisconsin, but for the sake of the story bare with me) we often celebrated July 1 by wearing [...]

(500) Days of Summer

I caught this flick on a pre-screening many months ago.  After the credits concluded I turned to my friend with a big proposition: this would be 2009’s big Sundance movie.  It would seem that Sundance gives us one giant film a year.  The type of film that starts small and builds steam through word of [...]

Filmmaking Integrity

The new iPhone records video, and now everyone that has a cell phone is a filmmaker. Since the dawn of video, filmmaking has been watered down by anyone who has a piece of ground glass between their eye and a subject. This frustrated me. I am sure that musicians feel the same [...]

Oscars

The Oscars are already shutting down traffic. Thanks.

Chick Flicks

Movies play a starring role in many situations, maybe most commonly, a relationship.
Dinner and a movie.
Snuggle up to a good movie.
Make out at the drive-in movie.
Agreeing on a movie can be a difficult task.  So what I’ve done here is the dirty work for you, “The Dudes Guide to Chick Flicks.”  These are the characteristics [...]