With computer animated films taking a majority of the market in film these days it’s so refreshing to see studious continue to produce hand drawn and stop-frame animation. Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli’s latest film is one such traditional hand drawn tale about a high school love story that takes place in the year before the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Similar to their sensationally simple Whisper of the Heart, this very down to Earth tale focuses on the human element but still looks engaging and captivating. Enjoy…and thanks to Anomalous Material for the tip! Directed by Goro Miyazaki, Poppy Hill marks his second feature for Studio Ghibli. His first at bat for his father’s studio, one Tales From Earthsea…
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Exploring The Digital Revolution – Clips From Keanu Reeves' Doc 'Side By Side'
Keanu Reeves and Chris Kenneally’s upcoming documentary Side By Side chronicles the debate over the digital revolution in filmmaking. Essentially the duo ask an important question: Will film survive? In anticipation of the release of the doc (stop what you’re doing and check out the trailer here), last week Tribeca.com began their month long series of posts which highlight some of the conversations recorded for the upcoming documentary. Leading up to its release, we film fans can see snippets of video interviews from the project. Essentially deleted scenes/outtakes these are brief but solid bits that just couldn’t make the final cut. Still there’s something to be gained from them and Tribeca will share these important and possibly divisive…
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Lionsgate to Release British All-Star Adaptation of 'Great Expectations'
The film world loves sure loves its adaptations of famous literary works doesn’t it? After all, as Mark Twain once said, classics are what everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read…or something like that. Titles like Treasure Island, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol have seemingly been done to death, and now Great Expectations (another Charles Dickens novel btw) is getting close to its 20th retelling. So if you’ve missed out on the novel or 17 previous iterations, in this classic story young orphan Pip is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London’s class ridden world as a gentleman,…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes to ‘THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN’ In PLANO, TX
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green —————————————————————————————————————————————- As promised film fans, today is the day you can get your FREE tickets to The Odd Life of Timothy Green!! Go,See,Talk has partnered with Walt Disney Pictures to give 75 Dallas area film fans FREE passes (good for you +1 guest) to an “Advanced Screening” of The Odd Life of Timothy Green starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton and CJ Adams. The screening will take place in PLANO, TX on Monday, August 13th at 7:00PM. Winners will be notified no later than Sunday, August 12th. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. Leave an answer to the following question in the comment section (remember to include…
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Sweet Teaser Trailer…'Zero Dark Thirty'
A few years ago, director Kathryn Bigelow was the talk of Hollywood with The Hurt Locker. Well, very much in the same vein of that film, word arose some months back that she would be working on an action-oriented story about the final days of Osama Bin Laden. Her film, titled Zero Dark Thirty is based on the true events surrounding the raid on his complex by the Navy SEAL Team 6. This teaser gives us even less info about the famous historical event but is worth a look. So feast your eyes on the cinematic beginning of the end for the al Qaeda leader. Directed by Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow (does…
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G-S-T Top 10 – Movies Off The Beaten Path…Round 2
Netflix continues to surprise and delight with its film recommendations, despite the lesser known features it often suggests, and many of the films from this list can be found in the instant queue…Sometimes a movie’s obscurity or lack of fan-fare can actually help a movie, as it will be free of hype and allow you to explore the film completely free of preconceptions. While it won’t make every unknown a winner, I must admit it helps. As the next installment in our new series started in July, we give you Round 2 of “Movies Off the Beaten Path“. —————————————————————————————————————————————– The Kid – While I like the action-packed Bruce Willis as much as the…
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G-S-T Review…Ruby Sparks
Ruby Sparks is the first screenplay from star Zoe Kazan and the film features the highly anticipated return of the husband/wife filmmaking duo who brought us 2006’s mega hit Little Miss Sunshine. Similar in style to their Oscar-nominated feature, this highly original and delightful concept is a rare thing in Hollywood. It’s a sweet, emotional and enjoyable flick that, free of pretense and a visible Hollywood hand, legitimately pulls the audience in without tropes or trite concepts that would unfairly cause many to blindly and inaccurate lying label this as just another “rom-com”. Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) found immense literary success at a young age and like any artist who hits it…
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G-S-T Review…Total Recall
In the film world, remakes get a bad rap and it’s mainly because most of them don’t offer anything new. Just the word “remake” can make people irk. Sometimes a remake comes along that can beat the odds, gain a new audience and impress existing fans with the update; sadly, this is not one of them…but it’s not like anyone was holding their breath. Len Wiseman (the Underworld series, Live Free or Die Hard) gives us a new spin on both the 1990 Paul Verhoeven action-classic and the Phillip K. Dick short film which inspired it. But what do we get with this face-lift? Not very much, which is disappointing because Wiseman has assembled some of…
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Ohhh Look…Super-fan/Robot Builder Makes Real-Life WALL·E
There’s a saying that film inspires art…or something like that. These days there’s no shortage of avid film fans attempting to bring things from the film world into the real world. Gadgets, vehicles, costumes, etc. you name it, someone’s probably working on it. Things like replica light sabers and proton packs get ohhs and ahhs but they’re nothing new. So when creating something from a film, borrowing an expression from the current 2012 Olympics, how do you go for the gold and make something really special? This is how. Recently we’ve seen the amazing journey and awesome dedication that turned Pixar’s favorite Easter Egg the Pizza Planet truck into reality.…
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G-S-T Quick 5 – Highly Anticipated Animated Films Left In 2012
2012 has seen some really great animated films so far. While computer graphics have taken up most of the animated market in the last decade, they have also improved in quality and spectacle at an almost geometric rate. This year film fans were treated to the likes of Brave, Madagascar 3 and Ice Age 4 which all did very well and proved to be feathers in the caps of their respective animation studios. But while we were excited about them, and they did well from huge marketing campaigns, they didn’t need much help from the blogging community due to their existing fan base. That said however, here are 5 films that have either slightly smaller budgets…