Comments for Cinemania http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania Film, movies and cinema Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:37:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Eastern Promises by Eliot http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=42#comment-2122 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:00:40 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=42#comment-2122 EP as a Cronenberg movie: I agree with the color scheme but only in the restaurant scenes -- other than that the movie is reasonably claustrophobic but it wasn't as overbearing as Dead Ringers or even Spider. I'm also not really sure when a taut, effective thriller became a sign of vintage Cronenberg -- Scanners was an economic thriller I suppose, but who really watched that movie for the plot? Decent, OK -- but remember when this guy used to get under your skin? EP as a Cronenberg movie: I agree with the color scheme but only in the restaurant scenes — other than that the movie is reasonably claustrophobic but it wasn’t as overbearing as Dead Ringers or even Spider. I’m also not really sure when a taut, effective thriller became a sign of vintage Cronenberg — Scanners was an economic thriller I suppose, but who really watched that movie for the plot? Decent, OK — but remember when this guy used to get under your skin?

]]> Comment on Eastern Promises by e.banks http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=42#comment-2120 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:14:08 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=42#comment-2120 While I agree with your assertions that EP isn't a landmark film in Cronenberg's cannon, I think you're underestimating the authorial stamp he puts on it. From the color scheme alone, it's evident that the film is directed by Cronenberg. The fact that it's fairly taut and effective in moving the story is a nod to his skills as a director as well; I could easily see that script being stretched into some 2 hour abomination. All in all it just comforts me to know that no matter what, at least we'll have Cronenberg putting out something decent. Here's to hoping that he and Viggo have a nice, long collaboration. While I agree with your assertions that EP isn’t a landmark film in Cronenberg’s cannon, I think you’re underestimating the authorial stamp he puts on it. From the color scheme alone, it’s evident that the film is directed by Cronenberg. The fact that it’s fairly taut and effective in moving the story is a nod to his skills as a director as well; I could easily see that script being stretched into some 2 hour abomination. All in all it just comforts me to know that no matter what, at least we’ll have Cronenberg putting out something decent. Here’s to hoping that he and Viggo have a nice, long collaboration.

]]> Comment on test of imeem by Be A Good Son http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=36#comment-2112 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:23:26 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=36#comment-2112 Thanks your post is amazing. I will definitely read your site.. thank you again Thanks your post is amazing.
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]]> Comment on Zoo by Eliot http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=41#comment-2026 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:53:50 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=41#comment-2026 Yeah, this happened in washington (where there are no laws outlawing bestiality), the poor guy got a ruptured colon and didn't even feel it until a few hours before he died. No names are given in the documentary, just creepy online aliases like "Mr. Hands" and "The Happy Horseman" Yeah, this happened in washington (where there are no laws outlawing bestiality), the poor guy got a ruptured colon and didn’t even feel it until a few hours before he died. No names are given in the documentary, just creepy online aliases like “Mr. Hands” and “The Happy Horseman”

]]> Comment on Zoo by David Churbuck http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=41#comment-2024 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:05:42 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=41#comment-2024 Is this based on the bestiality club incident in the Northwest a few years ago where a man died? Is this based on the bestiality club incident in the Northwest a few years ago where a man died?

]]> Comment on Ocean’s 13 by Cheap Tramadol http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=38#comment-1916 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:28:03 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=38#comment-1916 <strong>Cheap Tramadol</strong> cool design. i like it! Cheap Tramadol

cool design. i like it!

]]> Comment on Top Tens of the 90s by Esteban http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=29#comment-1285 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:29:33 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=29#comment-1285 Two of my all time favorites here, Breaking the Waves and The Thin Red Line. I can't grow tired of watching either of them. Nice List! Two of my all time favorites here, Breaking the Waves and The Thin Red Line. I can’t grow tired of watching either of them.

Nice List!

]]> Comment on Guilty Pleasures 1: Running Scared by Tim Supples http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=37#comment-1276 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:49:11 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=37#comment-1276 "Worth seeing if only as a good argument that American cinema is indeed in very poor health; aimed to a generation of bored, desensitized teenagers, Running Scared ultimately screams the question “where do we go from this?” " Hahahaha, classic and oh so true. “Worth seeing if only as a good argument that American cinema is indeed in very poor health; aimed to a generation of bored, desensitized teenagers, Running Scared ultimately screams the question “where do we go from this?” ”

Hahahaha, classic and oh so true.

]]> Comment on Round Midnight by LA SHORTS FEST http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=34#comment-1069 Thu, 17 May 2007 17:30:42 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=34#comment-1069 LA SHORTS FEST CALL FOR ENTRIES Final Deadline MAY 26, 2007 Submit Online: www.lashortsfest.com 323-461-4400 11th Annual LA Shorts Fest is the largest short film festival in the world, screening 700 films of every category. We are accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. In past years, 25 participants have earned Academy Award nominations, this years Oscar winner for best animated short film “The Danish Poet” made it’s Los Angeles premiere at LA Shorts Fest in 2006 continuing our streak of the last 8 Oscar winning short films having screened at LA Shorts Fest the previous year. Last year’s award winners received prizes totaling over $100,000. The festival annually attracts more than 10,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment executives looking for the hottest new talent We have honored some of Hollywood’s legends of the past: Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Robert Wise; along with actors Martin Landau, James Woods, Gary Oldman and directors Tim Burton, Bryan Singer, Jan de Bont and Paul Haggis. www.lashortsfest.com 323.461.4400 LA SHORTS FEST

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Final Deadline MAY 26, 2007
Submit Online: www.lashortsfest.com
323-461-4400

11th Annual LA Shorts Fest is the largest short film festival in the world, screening 700 films of every category. We are accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. In past years, 25 participants have earned Academy Award nominations, this years Oscar winner for best animated short film “The Danish Poet” made it’s Los Angeles premiere at LA Shorts Fest in 2006 continuing our streak of the last 8 Oscar winning short films having screened at LA Shorts Fest the previous year. Last year’s award winners received prizes totaling over $100,000. The festival annually attracts more than 10,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment executives looking for the hottest new talent We have honored some of Hollywood’s legends of the past: Charles Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and Robert Wise; along with actors Martin Landau, James Woods, Gary Oldman and directors Tim Burton, Bryan Singer, Jan de Bont and Paul Haggis. www.lashortsfest.com 323.461.4400

]]> Comment on Grindhouse by e banks http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=33#comment-769 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:06:43 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/cinemania/?p=33#comment-769 check out this article over at <a href="http://www.filmbrain.com/filmbrain/2007/04/qt.html" rel="nofollow">Film Brain</a>. "Simply stated, Tarantino can't write dialog for women to save his life. Listening to the palaver of the two disparate groups of women in the film – be it about making out or muscle cars – you'd think the screenwriter had never actually spent time with women. This isn't Quentin trying to write intentionally bad dialog, à la The Cheerleaders – the style is identical to that of his earlier films, except that unlike the nameless hoods of Reservoir Dogs, or the multitude of characters in Pulp Fiction, the women in Death Proof aren't characters at all, they're merely character types; agents for Tarantino's excursions into violence and vengeance." my sentiments exactly! check out this article over at Film Brain.

“Simply stated, Tarantino can’t write dialog for women to save his life. Listening to the palaver of the two disparate groups of women in the film – be it about making out or muscle cars – you’d think the screenwriter had never actually spent time with women. This isn’t Quentin trying to write intentionally bad dialog, à la The Cheerleaders – the style is identical to that of his earlier films, except that unlike the nameless hoods of Reservoir Dogs, or the multitude of characters in Pulp Fiction, the women in Death Proof aren’t characters at all, they’re merely character types; agents for Tarantino’s excursions into violence and vengeance.”

my sentiments exactly!

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