Alternate title: How The Avengers turned me around on one of the most beloved proprietors of genre franchisement of the modern age. Continue reading »
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The DearFilm Podcast: Battleship
Another week, another guest appearance on Outside the Envelope, the DearFilm podcast. Actually, it’s been more than a week. Several, in fact. But it was worth the wait, because Brian, Rick Sandlas, and myself all had a great time discussing Battleship, which I despised, as well as a bevy of other films– including Melancholia, The … Continue reading »
There Will Be Phoenix: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” Teaser
Paul Thomas Anderson has unleashed a hypnotic, attention-grabbing, evocative teaser for his latest, The Master– and if you haven’t guessed already, it really made an impression on me. Continue reading »
Martians At the Multiplex!: Extraterrestrial Blogathon
What do you do when you’re the person to make first contact with a highly advanced alien race from some unknown reach of the galaxy? Make room on your couch, pass the popcorn, and dig in for a movie marathon. Obviously. Continue reading »
Mutton-Driven Ballots: The LAMB’s 2012 Nominations
The Large Association of Movie Blogs’ annual awards feature is up, running, and waiting for your nominations– and I’m campaigning for your votes. Continue reading »
Schwarzenegger Starring In David Ayer-helmed “Ten”
The Governator will continue to be back. Continue reading »
Forget About Performance Art: Step Up Revolution Trailer
When watching the trailer for Step Up Revolution (the fourth entry of the hip hop dance saga, which frankly nobody really needs), be ready to answer one big, important question: are you ready for some protest art? In theory, I’m behind the concept of hinting at social revolution and pointing to the Occupy movements in … Continue reading »
IFFBoston Kicks Off This Week!
…and coincidentally, so does my coverage of the festival! But you won’t get it on A Constant Visual Feast. I’ll be posting my full reviews for the films I watch over at Go-See-Talk, so if you want to check out my thoughts on the festival as well as my reviews of the films I catch, take … Continue reading »
The Format Wars: Film vs. Digital
Imagine if everyone stopped filming on celluloid tomorrow and the entire world of cinema went full-on digital. Production and employment of 35mm film ceased full-stop and IMAX’s 65mm format vanished into thin air. What would that be like? How would that affect dollars and cents, the financial side of the industry? How would that impact … Continue reading »
My Movie Year
Andy Hart over at Fandango Groovers has a simple question for all of us movie lovers: what’s the best year in film? Or, maybe more easily answered, what’s your favorite year in film? I being such a notoriously indecisive person had to wrestle with these two challenges– with very nearly a century of film to … Continue reading »
Happy Tartan Day, From Pixar!
Brave is still a couple of months away yet, but that just means it’s getting to that time where Pixar really ramps up its marketing for its latest film. By now you’ve all likely seen the trailers, the most recent of which prominently display the great King Fergus (Billy Connolly) in all his glory, including his … Continue reading »
The 2012 Boston Independent Film Festival Schedule Has Been Released!
It’s exactly three weeks until 2012′s Boston Independent Film Festival kicks off, and to that end the slate of films to be shown at the fest has been released. There’s a great amount of range here, from horror/exploitation flicks like V/H/S and Headhunters to new Todd Solondz as well as the latest from Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America; that’s … Continue reading »
The DearFilm Podcast: The Hunger Games
Well, wouldnt’ you know it– I liked podcasting with Brian and Dan so much earlier in March that I just had to do it again. This time around, Brian and I are joined by Sam Fragoso of Duke & The Movies; we’re also talking about The Hunger Games, which I really liked and which … Continue reading »
The ACVF Interview: Joseph Kahn Round Table
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to sit down with three local area critics for a round table interview with the wonderfully loquacious and energetic Joseph Kahn to talk about his latest film, the genre-blender Detention. Without hesitation, I’ll say that this happens to be one of my favorite releases of the year to date, and if … Continue reading »
Avengers, Assemble For Take 86: Behind the Scenes Avengers Images
Well, we’re almost into April, and I can only imagine that in the coming thirty days we’ll see the campaign promoting the May 2nd release of The Avengers ramp up in a big way. Marvel’s unleashed some new screen caps here and there to follow up the truly horrible poster released at the end of February and … Continue reading »
Go to Film School With Criterion!
Are you a fan of the Criterion Collection? Have you ever read even mere segments of David Bordwell’s and Kristin Thompson’s exhaustively researched, massively elucidating and informative text, Film Art: An Introduction? No matter what your answers are to either of these questions, the only thing that truly matters is whether or not you have a … Continue reading »
The DearFilm Podcast: Silent House
So this past Sunday, I had the opportunity to do my very first podcast with two upstanding bloggers who, frankly, you should be aware of if you’re not already: Dan, from Fog’s Movie Reviews, and Brian, from DearFilm. Suffice to say, with the caliber of the bloggers involved you’d be doing yourself a favor if … Continue reading »
Putting Out the Fires: Oscars 2012 Aftermath
Well, the ceremony’s done, the statues have all been given out, and noses have been browned; the 84th Academy Awards are now in the books. And I have an opinion on them even though I didn’t even watch them. I don’t know that there should be much surprise in regards to what won and why. The … Continue reading »
