Welcome everyone to Go,See,Talk’s Double Feature Theater (or Theatre to our UK friends)!! Who doesn’t love a good double feature? Even if one movie turns out crappy you still get a good flick under your belt right? In this Blog-A-Thon I have assigned each of our participants a theater of their very own and asked them to create a week’s worth of Double Features which begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. The bonus here is that on Sunday there’s a Triple Feature so it might allow for a more creative and interesting line up for the end of the week. So with that said, dim the lights and enjoy the show!!!
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Sweet Trailer…'Red Tails'
Well after the years of waiting for Lucas to release A. something other than Star Wars and B. Something other than re-releases of Star Wars, we get a first look at his WWII film Red Wing, I mean Red Tails. Geeze, this isn’t like Avatar but it seems like it took just as long in getting here huh? I guess we can say that good things are worth waiting for but then again I remember what happened last time we all got psyched up for a trailer. Still I’m staying optimistic as this is worth a look. Enjoy! Red Tails is directed Anthony Hemingway from a story by George Lucas and…
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Sweet Trailer…'The Ides of March'
Just the thing to take our minds off the political/financial turmoil befalling our country; a politically heavy film about seedy side of the business. Is that a bad thing? Well not if it’s directed by and starring George Clooney it’s not. The story focuses on Ryan Gosling’s character who, as an idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate, gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint with the campaign staff. Have a look at the trailer via Yahoo… The Ides of March is a political drama based on Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North. Hopping on this campaign trail are Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan…
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G-S-T Review…Crazy, Stupid, Love
The idea behind Dan Fogleman’s Crazy, Stupid, Love seems to recall the lyric from the Joe song that goes, “bottom line, Love don’t make no sense“. In life, somethings you do are crazy, somethings you do are stupid but more so when you do it because you’re in love. Yet his film is less about going after what you really want. It tries (in typical rom-com fashion) to get you to find out who you are before you can start doing those crazy stupid things. Yeah, I guess that’s the best way to start this all off.
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Off the Shelf…’Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’
For years I have been a huge (and yet still increasingly interested) fan of British comedy. I much prefer the subtle and quasi dry humor to the slapstick and over-the-top humor that dominates American cinema. There’s just something about a joke when it can be done with less animation but still evoke gut busting laughter. Growing up with Life of Brian, I guess I could call that (and other Monty Python creations) the “School of Dry Knocks”. Moving on to A Bit of Fry and Laurie, throw in some of The Office, a dash of Guy Ritchie and finish up with a huge helping of Little Britain, I am completely…
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Off the Shelf…'Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
For years I have been a huge (and yet still increasingly interested) fan of British comedy. I much prefer the subtle and quasi dry humor to the slapstick and over-the-top humor that dominates American cinema. There’s just something about a joke when it can be done with less animation but still evoke gut busting laughter. Growing up with Life of Brian, I guess I could call that (and other Monty Python creations) the “School of Dry Knocks”. Moving on to A Bit of Fry and Laurie, throw in some of The Office, a dash of Guy Ritchie and finish up with a huge helping of Little Britain, I am completely…
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Ohhh, Look…Gorgeous "Avengers Assemble" Posters
Captain America took home the box office gold this weekend (to the tune of $65.8M) and tons of positive reviews. As Steve Rogers is the final Avenger to get his big screen debut (in the Joss Whedonverse that is, we’re going to forget about that other early 90’s Cap flick) we finally have all the pieces in place for next year’s Avengers film. While the idea of a full scale Avengers film was a huge endeavor/risk, Marvel certainly did it right establishing the characters on their own as opposed to a convoluted introduction which would bog down their big budget film from the get go. The road leading up to…
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New to Blu? Criteria To Help You Choose the Films You Love
So after the dust of the dust of the HD War has long since settled and been swept up you’re ready to make the jump to the Blu side. Good on ya and allow me to welcome you to the club! As a converted member of the Hi-Def masses (initiated back in Dec 2009) I’ve bought many titles, even upgrading many I already owned, and learned a few things along the way. At the end of the day I can honestly say the switch was totally worth it however it’s not all wine and roses. Provided you have a sufficient TV and player, the final step is finding titles to take full…
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Sweet Trailer….'The Amazing Spider-Man'
I must start by saying that this all is incredibly too soon. But it’s not like anyone in Hollywood is going to listen to some cinebloggers on the net now are they? So we are where we are and despite the allegiance to Raimi’s universe Marc Webb’s crack at Spider-Man does look pretty slick. Still not sold on Garfield in the role…but everything else looks good. Have a look, won’t you? To watch more, visit tag Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) is at the helm for this reboot and as the “darker” tone has pretty much become a standard for comic adaptions these days we pretty much expected the…
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G-S-T Top 10 – Double Takes; An Exercise in Film Redundancies – UPDATED
Today’s Top 10 focuses on movies that are “So Nice (And Not So Nice) They Made Them Twice”. Basically it’s about the same film we pay to see more than once…and we may not even realize it. Allow me to explain. Sometimes Hollywood will release two films around the same time with surprisingly similar themes, plots, etc. trying to use the excitement surrounding one film to gain interest in the other. While these films may be, at times, nearly the same exact movie, the two usually are met with differing results (namely quality or more importantly financial success). So I tried to come up with 10 films that are good, possibly original…