Posts Tagged ‘Ridley Scott’
An Appreciation – Alien
In space no one can hear you scream It continues to amaze me how the first act of Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) is so…quiet. Very little happens in the opening scenes, and yet even now, they induce an unsettling feeling. Maybe because we know what…
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In an early scene of The Counselor, Cormac McCarthy’s first work written directly for the screen, a diamond dealer informs the Counselor that the diamond he’s chosen for his fiancée is a cautionary stone. He might as well be describing the film he’s in, and…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Metropolis
In 2008, one of the great discoveries in cinema lore took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hidden in a stack of canisters was a 16mm duplicate copy of Fritz Lang’s science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927). Horribly scratched and weathered through time, it contained possibly the…
READ MORECinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
READ MOREEpisode 232 – Alien Movies
In honor of the release of Dark Skies, Spencer and Greg discuss alien movies.
READ MOREEpisode 220 – Josh Brolin
In honor of the release of Gangster Squad, Spencer and Greg discuss Josh Brolin.
READ MOREEpisode 209 – Ray Liotta
In honor of the release of Killing Them Softly, Spencer and Greg discuss Ray Liotta.
READ MOREEpisode 201 – Russell Crowe
In honor of the release of The Man with the Iron Fists, Spencer Fornaciari and Greg Thomas discuss Russell Crowe.
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