India to Hollywood: “That’s not an action scene. THIS is an action scene.”
Posted by Jef in Film on 27. Jan, 2011 | 3 Comments
Behold, the amazing action centerpiece of Endhiran, India’s most expensive and insane movie ever. Trust me, it’s that stupid and amazing at the same time. In this Tamil sci-fi opus you get not only the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai, but also superstar Rajinikanth doing double duty as a professor and a killer android robot. Michael Bay, what? [...]
Reeling: “Tron: Legacy”
Posted by Jef in Film, Reeling on 22. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
Spoiler-free. With the Disney original dropping in early 1982, the Tron franchise is roughly the same age as I am. I never saw Tron in theatres and my only memory of it is catching random scenes while channel surfing. I approached the sequel as I imagine those of a younger generation than mine approach the [...]
Young girls are always the best assassins
Posted by Simon in Film on 20. Dec, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’m not Scandinavian, but neither is Eric Bana so even I can tell his accent in this trailer for upcoming action flick Hanna is totally Swedish Chef. Still, I’m not sure if it says something about me or whether this is just axiomatic, but movies where young girls are trained killers are always, always wicked [...]
“Black Swan” dive! Jesse and Jef go to the movies
Posted by theashcan in Film on 10. Dec, 2010 | 11 Comments
SPOILERS ALL OVER THE PLACE. Jef: Alright man. Black Swan. What the hell did we just watch? Jesse: Haha. I don’t know but it made me feel uneasy for at least an hour afterwards. Like anxious in my stomach. Jef: Yo. I was sick and hopped up on cold medicine that night. I had Black [...]
Reeling: Look At What The Light Did Now
Posted by Simon in Film, Music on 22. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
What’s it like to be Leslie Feist? The Canadian songstress has catapulted from relative obscurity (the chick my yoga instructor loves) to megastardom (the chick from the iPod commercial my yoga instructor loves) over the course of just one album – and coincidentally she spent the better part of that ascendency filming her experience for [...]
