“OUTSIDE IN – THE STORY OF ART IN THE STREETS” (Trailer)

OUTSIDE IN Movie Trailer: The Story of Art in the Streets from Levi's Film Workshop on Vimeo.

“OUTSIDE IN is a celebratory and historical look at street art through the lens of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s groundbreaking exhibition Art in the Streets. The film features renowned artists Shepard Fairey, Lee Quiñones, Swoon, Futura, Mister Cartoon, Revok, Martha Cooper, Invader to name a few. Director Alex Stapleton (Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel) documents the artist’s creative process, their pitfalls with the law, the poetic impermanence of their craft and the artists’ evolution from the back seat of a cop car to the walls of a well-respected institution.”

The film “Super 8″ is a hit, but what does the title mean?

The No. 1 film at the box office this week is J.J. Abram’s “Super 8,” an homage to the work of Steven Spielberg. Millions of people have seen this film, but it’s doubtful they know what the title means.

Released by Eastman Kodak in 1965, Super 8 became one of the preferred film formats of the motion picture industry during the 1960s and 70s – alongside 35 mm film. The name is an abbreviation for Super 8 millimeter film. The use of the word “super” denotes the film stock’s improvement over the earlier “regular 8” format and the number 8 is a reference to the width (in millimeters) of the film reel. Many independent filmmakers continue to use 8 mm to mimic the look of old home movies and capture the film’s gritty quality.

The fact that a movie using digital and image technologies that have led to the obsolescence of Super 8 film could be seen as ironic. But is this truly an example of irony? We dig in to that thorny topic, here.

Is 'X-Men: First Class' the Love Story of Professor X and Magneto?

"Lehnsherr, played by Michael Fassbender, of course becomes Magneto, and the chief villain of much of the X-Men mythos. Magneto and Professor X are archrivals who once were the best of friends, and their frustrated regard for one another has long been at the core of what makes the X-Men one of the most compelling superhero stories.

Where so many superhero worlds are black and white, good and bad, the X-Men have villains who have hearts, minds, feelings, and loves; villains who once were heroes. And the heroes, well, they're plenty screwed up themselves. They're heroes the world hates and fears.

The mutant identities at the core of the X-stories have served as metaphors for both race and sexuality/gender at different times. This film is squarely in the sexuality and gender camp—in fact, its racial politics are pretty awful. But mutant identities are framed as attractive or unattractive, passing or non-passing, and something that can be “cured.” Or exploited.

“Bromance” is nothing new at the movies these days, but X-Men: First Class is far more than that, and far more than just a prequel to a series that had about outlived its freshness. It's shot through with queer subtexts, a film that isn't about learning to say “I love you, man,” but rather about people who cannot process or deal with their love for one another." Read More

Natasha Yarovenko

my new infatuation...



google her and what not. boom.

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since where on the subject, i discovered her last night as i was sifting thru the "independent" section of my instant Netflix. She played in this wonderful movie called "Room in Rome". It was an excellent movie for more than just its provocative nature. In my opinion, although in America the nature of the film isnt we delve into, especially with such respect and understanding, everything about it was well thought out and executed. It was passionate, artistic, exciting, intense, feminine, funny, and sexy.

here are both the foreign and the American trailers. I put both because i feel that the foreign one is very vague on the actual movie BUT perfectly invoke the energy of the film. Whereas, the American trailer give u a full idea of what its about but in a very cheesy and somewhat seedy way. Balance, i suppose.

'Room in Rome' trailer from Spanish Film Festival on Vimeo.

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Netflix Killed the Video Star

^clever right? ;D

neways...


"Disgusted that a video rental store raked him over the coals for returning a movie late, Reed Hastings created Netflix. Seventeen million subscribers later, some people probably wish a clerk would have just refunded the man his 40 bucks.

Topping the list would be about 12,000 who have lost jobs at Blockbuster during the past couple of years as Netflix and its subscription DVD business have run circles around stodgy bricks-and-mortar storefronts. Next in line are pay TV executives, who wonder whether Netflix’s streaming business will encourage consumers to cancel expensive cable and satellite services.

But its relationship with the rest of the entertainment ecosystem is becoming much more complicated. Everyone wants to be in business with them but no one fully trusts its motives. Meanwhile, Hastings has proclaimed that Netflix considers itself more a streaming company than a DVD concern — with an estimated 17,000 (and counting) movie and TV titles available — and electronics manufacturers are rushing to build Netflix buttons into remote controls. Hollywood has learned from the way Apple blindsided the music industry with iTunes and knows how much is at stake." Read More

El Norte

Last night I watched a wonderful film called "El Norte". It is a wonderfully done (mostly Spanish) film about a brother and sister who are escaping from Guatemala to America after their village and family is slaughtered by the rebels. It was beautiful, sad, intense, and "real". It gave a wonderful depiction of what our brothers and sisters from the south are going through. the crazy thing is the movie was produced in 1983. I felt like this was soooo relevant for today. But its probably 20x worse today.

Love thy neighbor.

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Black Dynamite!

Black Swan

"Black Swan follows the story of Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well.

Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her."

let me 1st say that i was thrilled once i heard Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis...i didnt even kno they had a sex scene lol BUT i didnt hurt once i found out. Once I saw the trailer (below) i knew i had to see it. I was geeked ever since.

honestly, it was everything that i hoped it would be. it was intense, weird, sexual, complex and beautiful. if u dont kno by now, ive always wanted to be a ballerina, so from the 1st scene i was into it. im sure the friend that i went with saw a gleam in my eyes that only happens on rare occasions. And the dancing was nothing short of awesome. I was very impressed with Mila for the simple fact that she didnt have any ballet training prior to the movie. Im not sure about Natalie, but she was perfection, regardless.

i enjoyed the dynamics of the characters. the mother-daughter relationship was particularly intriguing. i dont want to ruin it for anyone who hasnt seen it but at the end of the day they both were a little crazy WHILE both being very innocent and loving. Natalie Portman's character was a very interesting. I thought her character was very pure, even in her insanity. She lived her craft to the point where it consumed her. We should all be so lucky...as morbid as that sounds. And at the end of the day, no matter how u look at it, she was "perfect".

i dont want to go into it any further cuz its a fairly new movie, and i hate spoilers. The only thing that i didnt like about it was the way the camera bounced with the action. I understand and appreciate the effect but it made my head hurt. Otherwise, Black Swan is worth every penny. It will keep u guessing, smiling, cringing, and occasionally closing ur eyes.

Cool World

So a couple of days ago my husband reminded me of this "childhood" movie that i absolutely loved, but neither of us could remember the name. Then today he was perusing thru one of his fb friends albums and randomly came across the poster! go figure.

I'm assuming we were allowed to watch this movie becuz it was a cartoon. unfortunately, our naive parents hadnt (and some still havent) come across Adult Swim yet lol.



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Michael Jackson is a Snake in the Grass???

so i was watching this movie called The Little Prince (1974) today and i came across something that caught my eye...


LOOKS FAMILIAR???

...yea thats what i thought too when i was watching the movie.

Apparently other people saw this as well...

the end is a stretch, but the other part is exactly how i saw it in my mind...

i tried to find some creditable source that said that Michael admitted to being "inspired" by Bob Fosse, or that maybe Mr. Fosse said something about it but i couldnt find anything.

Regardless they are both dope, but i am now a Bob Fosse fan.

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Heres another good part of the movie (unrelated)

Derezzed

Derezzed

I'm Still Here

The Sorcery at the Box Office

"'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' is in small part inspired by the famous sequence in Walt Disney's "Fantasia" (1940), where Mickey Mouse does battle with bewitched brooms and buckets while Leopold Stokowski conducts the famous music by Paul Dukas. Here there's an amusing sequence involving enchanted mops and such, with music that shares most of the same notes as Dukas but none of Stokowski's conducting flair. No matter. Most consumers have likely never heard of the music -- or of "'Fantasia,' for that matter. Even this shadow of the original is more charming than anything else in the film." - R. Ebert


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Pills and Bunnies

So this is random but I was thinking, what was the point of the machines taking over??? I mean what did they benefit from it? Since they don't have emotions, besides the exception of Agent Smith, where does the desire of self-preservation come from? 

I mean the only reason we don't walk around like "The Happening" is becuz we have attachments to things here; ie. Love. Our attahments are extensions of our love, which are emotions. But to be a machine or a computer u are like a animal or "angel" (in the Islamic sense) for that matter. You just get your command and execute.

So I feel like I missed something. What y'all think?

A Single Man

A Single Man trailer HD from Reda Jouahri on Vimeo.

well this seems intense. i love the cinematography from what ive seen. i may give it a shot *shrug*

Movie Review: Cadillac Records

sooooo...this was my first time actually watching this whole movie to the end. It's not that i wasnt excited about it but...i was too broke to watch it @ the movies...and my Internet kept fucking up when i tried to...well...nvm lol.



let me be the first to say that this movie was AWESOME! thank G'd for On Demand, but now i wish i had paid for it. its totally worth. maybe im bias becuz im passionate about music, but i just feel like the movie well done. Much respect to Beyonce for this one...not on some Beyonce dick-riding shit, but becuz reading is fundamental. Beyonce was the Executive Producer (google it).not only that but she gave a WONDERFUL performance ALL AROUND. But its not just about her, EVERYONE did an excellent job. its very rare that a movie makes me emotional but i aint gone lie...i cried...TWICE. fuck it. imma G...Gs cry. *sniffle sniffle*

but the history that was given about their impact just on the music community was amazing, and necessary. its so sad that alot of this information was unknown to the new generation while most of these ppl were alive, but but @ least their legend will live on forever and w/ respect. on a personal level, i felt like i connected w/ the characters. their struggle...the pain...there art. and that's the thing that all these ppl had in common, they were not carbon copy products mass produce based off of some magic formula. they were artist [.] they were doing this w/ no real understanding of how monetarily valuable it was. they were doing it cuz it was in there souls...@ least initially. the best part was that i watched it w/ my daughter, and when "At Last" came on she came and laid on me and watched silently. I felt like that was special, and that she could feel the talent and power of the music.

welp, thats all that comes to mind about the movie becuz my mind is now dissecting "Don't Be A Menace...", which i am now finding after watching it for a million times that this is also and very deep and genuinely funny movie. maybe a review on that coming soon, yes?



pssst i have the BIGGEST crush on Adrian Brody...dont tell nobody, k?



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Janelle Monáe's 'ArchAndroid' Album Cover is Here!

"The ArchAndroid Crown: Designed by Zoman Ignatius, the half-elf, half-human mystic, reportedly 500 years ago. According to legend, the crown has several magic properties, as well as innovative technologies that can be employed only by The ArchAndroid. Zoman was a consummate inventor, artist and sculptor, a cross between Tesla and Da Vinci, and as such, he designed the crown to be a work of beauty that would embody the very spirit of Metropolis. According to legend, the crown features prominent Metropolis buildings and towers that will light up radiantly when the one and only true ArchAndroid wears the crown." Read More


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Metropolis 1928


(German)


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Sex and The City 2

IM EXCITED!

Bloodsucking Cinema

if ur into real vampire movies, not that he wears his vagina on his sleeve twilight bs, but REAL vampire movies, then u'll appreciate this doc. So check it out if u have Starz On Demand.