Hello World, Marc Here: What can I say except that this a has been one great year!! When we first started G-S-T, we never thought that we would have so much fun with the site. But we have and are just so glad that we’ve gotten to converse with other movie lovers and all you great bloggers out there. Thanks to all our friends, family and new readers who make G-S-T a joy to keep running. Here’s wishing you and yours an awesome Christmas and Holiday Season!! In closing, I’d like to leave you with one of my very favorite clips from one of my very favorite Christmas movies…Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46WcFObgYhI Merry…
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Off the Shelf…’Rocky Balboa’
When it first came out in theaters, I ventured out in the cold Christmas Day to see the 6th and final Rocky. Well, it’s been a few years and piggybacking on my Off the Shelf write up of the first Rocky, I got the urge to watch the rest of the series (omitting part 5 because I refuse to acknowledge it’s existence, let alone purchase it) and finished up with this respectable film that really is better than I expected and I really liked it.
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Random Film Thought of the Day…12.23.09
I saw Gattaca for the first time some weeks ago. The one thing that I really liked about that movie was that even though it’s a quasi futuristic tale, it all had a very nostalgic and 1940s film noir feel to it. Kinda cool since I really admire the look of that era. Anyway, once I got past the green tint dominating the entire film (very popular in sci-fi movies at the end of the 90’s) I was very impressed with the story and how ambiguous the entire plot was. The ending was a bit of a let down since the main plot device kept intensely building to what one…
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Off the Shelf…'Rocky'
Dun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun, dun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun, nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nuuuun…..dun nun nuuuun, dun nun nuuun…well for those of you thinking a couple of keys got stuck on my keyboard, that was actually my piss poor attempt to convey the Rocky theme music in Onomatopoeia. Doesn’t quite come across as it sounds in my head or do justice to the remarkable film, but hopefully this recommendation/review might. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8DlBN_LLiA
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Luc Besson’s latest…
As anyone who has seen any Luc Besson film should know, he’s a master storyteller, has an affinity for both style, flair and action, and his films rarely disappoint. The Fifth Element is still one of the most gorgeous sci-fi films out there (theres’ a reason why that movie is standard for defining the latest video technology). Anyway, I have been a huge fan of his and while I am always on board for any of his action efforts (either writing, directing, or producing) but now am excited to see something different. The trailer below is for his upcoming movie Les Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec) that seems like he’s…
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Random Film Thought of the Day…12.21.09
I was reviewing the Screen Rant preview of movies coming out in 2010 and it got me thinking. Paul Bettany is in 2 movies next year. Interstingly enough they are both tied to religion in some way. Then I started thinking further. Didn’t he play a priest in The Reckoning? Wasn’t he play a Silas the ‘albino’ monk in The Davinci Code? Is he deeply spiritual? Will he be the next Kirk Cameron?…only time will tell, but I thought it was worth posting this coincidence. Take a look at the photo below… Kind of an evolution of Paul Bettany…can someone say typecast?:P
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Off the Shelf…'Road to Perdition'
In the follow up film to Sam Mendes‘ American Beauty, this truly remarkable film wins me over ever single time I view it. Personally, I am a huge fan of all Tom Hanks’ work and this is probably my absolute favorite. Tom Hanks plays his role quite a bit more reserved that what I am used to seeing. In doing so, he does more with looks (as opposed to pages of dialog) to convey emotions that come through so believably this was just a fine performance all around.
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New “Studio Ghibli” feature on the horizon…
Well if you call Summer 2010 “on the horizon“, but I bet that’s the timing of Japanese release – It’ll probably take at least another 6 months beyond that to make it stateside. Anyway the fact that something from Studio Ghibli is coming out with anything has already brought my day from good to grrrEEAAAT!! Hayao Miyazaki and his legendary Studio Ghibli have recently announced the name of their upcoming film. From Twitch film, we get the following except: Studio Ghibli made the official announcement of their new full length feature film titled Karigurashi no Arrietty (The Borrower Arrietty). The film will be an adaptation of Mary Norton’s Carnegie Medal…
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Interesting…Quentin Tarantino's Top 8 of 2009
I’ve become fan of Quentin’s all over again since this year’s absoultuely awesome Inglourious Basterds remake. So for you fans (new and old) The Hollywood Reporter has this little video of Quentin’s Top 8 movies so far this year. Interesting, albeit short and incomplete… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlGNpNasNNI] Funny when he says, “obviously not mentioning my movie“. The more I find out about him, the more I realize he’s not as pompous as I once thought. Definitely not high and mighty if he’s including Observe and Report and the Sam Raimi return to horror camp Drag Me to Hell in his list of “Best Films”. Ah, to each his own I guess, but what do you think? Anyone…
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Ohhh, look 'Robin Hood' trailer and photos galore…
Sometimes there are no words for something so cool. Well this is one of those times!! After waiting and anticipating the Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe Robin Hood film, here is a great bunch of images to wet out appetites. So again, no words, just behold!! And for the icing on the cake, the teaser trailer…let’s hope Youtube doesn’t yank this due to some kind of copyright violation… You know, I didn’t expect anything from this production before the new year so I think I just got an early Christmas present:) I think it’s pretty damn great for the first thing we’ve seen since the “first look” some months ago, and I bet…