Wednesday 29 August 2012
Video Schpiel: Bat Man Of Shanghai
And while we're at it here's some clips from the upcoming The Dark Knight Returns animated film;
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Video Schpiel: The Avengers - Alternate Opening Deleted Scene
And for those interested here's the Marvel One-Shot Item 47 which you can either watch here; http://www.vplay.ro/watch/t729snz4/ or below (if it works :-D )
EDIT: And now after those two videos it turns out there's another. Why not watch The Avengers Captain America deleted scene where we all go back in time with Steve Rogers! Sounds fun doesn't it!
Monday 27 August 2012
Film Review: Silver Tongues
Silver Tongues is (roughly) a film about a couple who travel from town to town pretending to be a variety of different people with different personas. It's a strange one this - great performances, fantastically shot, good script - but just the whole feel of it was unnervingly unsettling.
I spent the first 40 minutes not saying a word - just staring intently at the screen, unsure of what I was seeing and equally undecided if I was enjoying it or not. The last film to leave me feeling remotely like that was Ivans XTC and that was years ago. Silver Tongues confuses you and entices you in equal amounts. There is no explanatory narrative nor does it hold your hand the whole way throughout, it is left to you (on certain occasions) to take what you want from it and try and decipher the motivation of the protagonists in certain scenes. I like films like this, where everything is not always answered instantly and even sometimes not at all - the murky air of mystery is much better than a disappointing revelation of uselessness in my eyes.
Anyways, back to the film - it's hard to like the main protagonists all the time but the writers do a really excellent job of making them somewhat sympathetic - you don't necessarily root for them but because you never know what they are at in a number of different situations - but it's somewhat hard to really root against them, no matter what they are getting up to in any of the numerous situations. Your curiosity takes over and replaces the disgust you may occasionally feel towards them.
Lee Tergesen is excellent as always - but if you've seen the man as Beecher in Oz or as Chet in the Weird Science Tv show (Vanessa Angel) then you'll already know the boy has got serious acting chops. Ignore the Weird Science part there - I just wanted to mention Vanessa Angel! Enid Graham - or Rose Van Alden from Boardwalk Empire- is brilliant too as his partner in this adventure. She really manages to hold the film together all on her own, whatever "role" she may be playing at the time. The two of them together work fantastically well and as a result you can begin to understand the actions of their characters a bit better, well, much more than if two lesser actors inhabited the roles.
It's hard to be overly critical of Silver Tongues as they've done everything right in relation to how to make a film, but there's something lacking to push it over the edge and make it one of those indie films that takes the world by storm. It's hard to put my finger on what exactly that is but the fact the characters, their actions and motives are unscrupulous and unpleasant to say the least probably has a good bit to deal with it.
Silver Tongues is a film for people who enjoy being slightly unsettled, now while this wouldn't exactly be my favourite type of film genre to watch it is good to mix it up a little every so often - and you could do a hell of a lot worse than Silver Tongues. Befuddlingly enjoyable 3 / 5
Sunday 26 August 2012
Video Schpiel: 5 Alternate Endings To 'The Dark Knight Rises"
Just so the world knows I did NOT enjoy TDKR.
Pictorial Schpiel: Cookie Monster’s Original Cookie Recipe Recovered
Taken from; http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/08/cookie-monsters-original-cookie-recipe-recovered/ where you can find the full recipe too!
Thursday 23 August 2012
Video Schpiel: Barry Zuckerkorn Jumps The Shark
Just because they've started filming A.D I thought i'd fire this in here :-D
Saturday 18 August 2012
Thursday 16 August 2012
Video Schpiel: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee - Brian Regan
For some unknown reason I can't embed the actual episode but here's the link to it anyways;
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
And the outttakes;
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
And the outttakes;
Video Schpiel: Seven Psychopaths Movie Trailer
Here's the new trailer from Martin McDonagh - director of the excellent Six Shooter & In Bruges.
Christopher Walken kills it at 1:45 - looking forward to this a hell of a lot!!!
Christopher Walken kills it at 1:45 - looking forward to this a hell of a lot!!!
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Sunday 12 August 2012
Video Schpiel: Batman - Under The Red Hood
I only recently saw The Dark Knight Rises and truth be told I did not think all that much of it all. There was so many things that I felt could have been done much better and it almost seems like Christopher Nolan has become a pastiche of the typical Nolan Fanboy. I will not ruin anything significant for those who have not seen it but needless to say it was no Batman Returns. Anyway, regardless of my opinion of TDKR i'm posting up a recent Batman animation that I do think is fucking almightily awesome and well worth a watch. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have 80 minutes to spare and have nothing better to do I wholeheartedly urge you to watch the following. If only Christopher Nolan had done the same before making the overblown TDKR. Enjoy!
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Sunday 5 August 2012
Saturday 4 August 2012
2,000 Posts!!!
Mad to think when this started that it'd ever continue this far.
Gotta say thank you to everyone who has ever called in but even if their was just me i'd probably still do this just for the hell of it!!!! Anyways here's to the next 2,000 bitches!
Video Schpiel: Will Ferrell Mocks Twilight And Fifty Shades Of Grey
I love me some Ferrell - Trampire is priceless :-D
Wednesday 1 August 2012
Pictorial Schpiel: 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken
Taken from http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/most-powerful-photographs-ever-taken where there's many more to be viewed;
Sisters pose for the same photo three separate times, years apart.
A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero on January 15, 2011.
U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
Sisters pose for the same photo three separate times, years apart.
A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero on January 15, 2011.
U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944.
Video Schpiel: The Avengers Post-Credit Clip
SPOILER WARNING if you haven't seen this yet.
Ooooooooooooooooooh!!!!
Ooooooooooooooooooh!!!!
Video Schpiel: Tom And Louis Hardy Rap
AND SPECIAL BONUS TOM HARDY VIDEO!!!!
Here's his Screen Test for Star Trek: Nemesis!!!
I thought he was in Prometheus til someone pointed out it was Trey from The O.C.
Video Schpiel: 100 Greatest Internet Videos In 3 Minutes
I think I have posted this before but I recently re-watched it and enjoyed it, hence posting it on here!
Apologies
Sorry I was away, I had a birthday weekend to enjoy. I have returned now though so thank you for your patience :-D
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