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It's a kind of magic: "Hashtag" and "Sugar and Spikes"

18 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

Arthur C. Clarke famously said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Comparing the sets/environment of Hashtag by Ben Alpi and Jyotika Virmani, and Sugar and Spikes, a graduation project by students of SAE Creative M...

Are we human? Prototype and Dark Night of the Soul

17 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

In October 2020, I watched the short film “Prototype” by Christopher Ortega. Two things stood out for me. First, the antagonist was active, making the play between protagonist and antagonist interesting to watch. This was not an action science fictio...

Love, Technology and Dystopia: Comparing "Skip" and "Call The Sandman"

15 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

"Skip" by Justin Reich and "Call The Sandman" by Lou Blackman share some similarities. Both feature a couple, the themes of dreams versus reality/existing in two worlds, and the role of technology in relationships. The couple in "Skip" - Paul and Ama...

Movie Review: Shadow in the Cloud (2020)

14 Nov 2021 3 minute read 0 comments peerynt

I’m not particularly keen on films that are set, for the most part, in one particular location, such as Phone Booth or Buried, for instance. However, if you throw in a Xenomorph into that setting, everything changes – I will likely be watching that f...

Apocalypto Now

8 Oct 2021 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

*Spoiler Alert - You have been warned! Quentin Tarantino lost me a long time ago.  The first scene of his I ever saw was the scene in which the names are assigned in Reservoir Dogs, and Mr. Pink is trying to talk his way out of his alias.  Based on t...

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) - Film Structure Analysis

17 Sep 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Lion Suit

    Great film. Great documentary. I was curious to take a look at the structure, and it seems to break down in a very clear way. Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5XvArGGIzk IMDb Page:https://imdb.com/title/tt0923752/ Act 1 here sets up the n...

What the Hell Is Cinematic Anyways?

14 Sep 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Mario D Leone

  Our topics!  Cinema by definition and my definition! Whys is something Cinematic according to me? Examples of Cinematic movies. Who am I? Summary of it all.   Cinema by definition and my definition! Cinematic means according to Siri relating to m...

Film, You gotta love it!

14 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Mario D Leone

Its sometimes humorous that people may think the film industry is easy based on all the people who work in film. Well, we can't say all can we? Its hard there is so many moving pieces and components, and let's not forget the interpersonal relationshi...

WarDogs - The best of Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in One movie

18 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Ykretz

  Few days ago I was having my evening and just wanted to stay here, eat in my bed and watch a movie. I was just browsing Netflix and could not find any movie. I started to watch the ones I never watched and most of them were not attracting me at all...

Classic Girls

8 Aug 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I recently watched Less Than Zero for the first time in decades.  Supposedly, Bret Easton Ellis wasn't in love with the film when it came out, but I think it's a classic.  One of those perfectly-cast snapshots of the time in which it was made that so...