Bill Ward's blog of all things genre
You know all those action movies you find yourself mentally justifying as just a bit of dumb fun? John Carter of Mars is a film you don’t have to apologize for, one that doesn’t treat the audience like a bunch of stroke victims, one that isn’t about demonstrating how much smarter than you some jaded [...]
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Tuna fish sandwich on whole wheat, slice of cherry pie, and a cup of coffee. And if you like that, you’ll like this.
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Fan-made video for Sigur Ros’s “Hjartao Hamast,” which appeared in the should-have-been-awesome movie, Immortal ad Vitam.
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Ball’s-out crazy chase scene from french action flick District B-13, featuring parkour legend David Belle.
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IKEA Heights is a series of short episodes filmed entirely at an IKEA in Burbank, CA. A great parody of television melodrama, the contrast between the increasingly ridiculous travails of the characters and the prosaic real world of shoppers in the background creates an ineffable sense of weird. Great stuff, check out the IKEA Heights [...]
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The film spares no trick in getting the celebratory atmosphere just so — for the court is alive with news that an entire treasure fleet of the hated Spaniards has been captured, the funds diverted to her majesty’s treasury, the ships scuttled or pressed into privateering service for the Crown. Elizabeth herself blushes in anticipation [...]
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