COLD LITTLE HEARTS AND BIG LITTLE LIES
Any who are celebrating the additon of the “Skip Intro” button on Netflix are fools. Fools! I, for one, am here in a big way for the golden age of atmospheric TV theme songs that we are currently living in. The opening sequence of HBO’s fantastic Big Little Lies, set to Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart,” is a haunting deconstuction of the big motifs of … Continue reading COLD LITTLE HEARTS AND BIG LITTLE LIES
FIVE THINGS ABOUT THE CRAZY COMIC THAT LED TO THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR TRAILER
Digging the new trailer for Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War? Why not pre-game for the movie with our five part series on the deep craziness of the original Infinity Gauntlet comic series? FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET: PART 1. GOD ISN’T JUST DEAD – HE COMMITTED SUICIDE PART 2. THANOS IS MACBETH (KIND OF) PART 3. GEORGE PÉREZ SHOULD HAVE DRAWN … Continue reading FIVE THINGS ABOUT THE CRAZY COMIC THAT LED TO THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR TRAILER
SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT JUSTICE LEAGUE, IT AT LEAST ANSWERED THIS QUESTION
For Man of Steel, Gillette ran the following ad campaign: Warner Brothers even continued it’s promotional relationship with Gillette for Justice League. If they really wanted to own the CG mustache removal they could have had a lot of fun with this. I would suggest the following alternate copy: “Not everybody can afford millions of dollars for digital mustache removal.” Continue reading SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT JUSTICE LEAGUE, IT AT LEAST ANSWERED THIS QUESTION
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH KENNETH BRANAGH’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
**BIG TIME SPOILERS** Overall, I loved Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. I love the clarity of the story and setting. I love the hammy, arch performances by the game cast (especially Branagh’s own mustachioed performance as Hercule Poirot). Being wholly unfamiliar with the material, I love retroactively clocking the movie Snowpiercer as a warped, dystopian grandchild of this story. And … Continue reading HOW TO GET AWAY WITH KENNETH BRANAGH’S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
“A KINDER AND GENTLER NATION”
THIS IMAGE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY AFTER JOSS WHEDON’S SCREENPLAY CREDIT IN THE OPENING OF JUSTICE LEAGUE
TODAY, WE GIVE THANKS FOR GIDEON MEDIA’S STEAL THE STARS
If you are in need of something to listen to today whilst prepping your turkey or your tofurky or your turducken, you could do a lot worse than Steal the Stars. Gideon Productions, an esteemed NY theater company that I have been following for years, has recently re-branded itself as Gideon Media in conjunction with the release of an exciting new audio drama, Steal the … Continue reading TODAY, WE GIVE THANKS FOR GIDEON MEDIA’S STEAL THE STARS
HANG IN THERE VALENTINE’S DAY POSTER FROM 2010. I AM ROOTING FOR YOU AND I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME A LOT.
THE PERFECT JOVIAN STORM
A transcendent (and color enhanced) visual from the largest planet in our solar system, taken by the Juno probe. I try to remember we are fortunate to be able to look upon weather systems like this at a remove, as asthetes, and to reflect on the fact that true chaos is more than a localized human condition. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia21971/jovian-tempest Continue reading THE PERFECT JOVIAN STORM
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GUY FROM DEVO DOING THE MUSIC FOR THOR: RAGNAROK
I kept telling people that I was excited at the notion of composer Mark Mothersbaugh doing the music for Thor: Ragnarok because he did all the music I loved from Wes Anderson’s movies. What I COMPLETELY forgot to also say is that he was also the founder and a main creative force for the band Devo. The track above is called “Grandmaster Jam Session” and … Continue reading WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE GUY FROM DEVO DOING THE MUSIC FOR THOR: RAGNAROK
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