Movie Review - Hugo (2011)

Hugo exists not only to entertain, but hopefully to inspire a child's imagination and wonder about the history of film.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Flash Halloween Sale

Get it discounted while you can!  Store wide sale starts now until midnight November ...

Trailer for Labor Day

Adapted from Joyce Maynard novel and directed by Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno), Labor Day stars Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet.  The movie releases January 31. ...

Mogwai - Remurdered

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai has a new song out.  Their new album, Rave Tapes, drops January 21. ...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Second Trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf on Wall Street

The Wolf on Wall Street's release has been moved from the original November 15 release to Christmas Day.  The biopic is based off of real life stockbroker Jordan Belfort's memoir. ...

Stream The Kronos Quartet's Full Album Aheym

Best known for their recordings of the soundtrack for Requiem for a Dream, Heat, and The Fountain, the Kronos Quartet's new album Aheym means "homeward" in Yiddish.  The music, composed by Bryce Dessner (from the band The National), is pulsating with energy and vibrance.   Full album stream and more information here....

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

First trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer, the director of X-Men and X-2 has returned to bring us X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Patrick Stewart and Iam McKellen return to play Professor X and Magneto in future form. ...

Trailer for Michel Gondry's Is the Man Who is Tall Happy

Michel Gondry filmed his conversation with linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky.  Out of this recording he animated the ideas and thoughts expressed.  Have a look at the trailer below. ...

Monday, October 28, 2013

Stream Cut Copy's Full Album Free Your Mind

Free Your Mind doesn't officially release until November 5, but Cut Copy has decided to make the entire album available for stream.  Frontman Dan Whitford described the theme of the album: "The concept of freedom is one that's universally positive and timeless, and whatever each person's version of that freedom is, it's a good thing to be reminding people or even just ourselves to be 'free.'" Listen below. ...

Sunday, October 27, 2013

The Sequel to "Going to the Store"

David Lewandowski is a director and animation artist based in Los Angeles.  He created the very popular and hilarious video "Going to the Store".  Here is the sequel, "Late for Meeting". ...

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Dogs Shaking in Slow Motion

Carli Davidson has assembled a photography book dedicated to capturing dogs shaking off water.  The results are funny and surreal.  Check out the slow motion video below created by Variable.  ...

Banksy unveils Grim Reaper

Somewhere in the Bowery in New York is a Grim Reaper riding a bumper cart.  More work from Banksy's New York visit here. ...

Friday, October 25, 2013

Movie Review - The Kids are All Right (2010)

Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and her younger brother Laser are approaching their late teen years.  Joni, a senior, has just turned eighteen and Laser asks her for a favor.  He wants her to request a meeting with their biological father because she is of legal age to ask.  These siblings were conceived via artificial insemination to two mothers, Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening).  Even though Joni isn't interested in...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Arcade Fire - Reflektor Album Full Stream

Reflektor will be available for purchase Oct. 29.  Listen to the full album below. Tracklist (Jumps to Youtube Page): 0:00:00 Reflektor 0:07:34 We Exist 0:13:17 Flashbulb Eyes 0:16:00 Here Comes the Night Time  0:22:30 Normal Person 0:26:53 You Already Know 0:30:51 Joan of Arc 0:46:22 Here Comes the Night Time II 0:49:07 Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice) 0:55:23 It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) 1:02:02 Porno 1:08:05 Afterlife 1:14:02...

Trailer Leaks for Darren Aronofsky's Noah

Someone has camera captured the trailer for Noah, the well known Biblical tale directed by Darren Aronofsky.  There has also been recent news that the director is fighting the production company Paramount for the final cut after some unfavorable test screenings.  View the trailer on Gawker. ...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Childish Gambino - 3005

Another new song from Donald Glover a.k.a. Childish Gambino.  His new album Because the Internet drops this winter. ...

Experience a BMX Flip over a 72 Foot Canyon

Kelly McGarry has a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet.  See and hear what it feels like to do a pro BMX trick run. ...and the view from the onlookers: ...

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Arcade Fire - Afterlife Lyric Video

Arcade Fire has arranged it's new single "Afterlife" with visuals of the 1959 film Black Orpheus.  Their new album, Reflektor, drops October 28. ...

Cut Copy - We Are Explorers

Cut Copy's new album Free Your Mind comes out November 5. ...

Monday, October 21, 2013

Music Video for Azealia Banks - ATM Jam

Azealia Banks has a new music video for her single ATM Jam featuring Pharrell.  Her debut album, Broke with Expensive Taste has a planned January 2014 release.  She is apparently almost finished with her second album Fantasea II. ...

The Paintings and Performance Art of OLIVIER DE SAGAZAN

"For more than 20 years, Olivier de Sagazan has developed a hybrid practice that integrates painting, photography, sculpture, and performance. In his existential performative series Transfiguration, which he began in 2001, de Sagazan builds layers of clay and paint onto his own face and body to transform, disfigure and take apart his own figure, revealing an animalistic human who is seeking to break away from the physical world." Oliver...

28 Years of Global Timelapse Footage

"We believe this is the most comprehensive picture of our changing planet ever made available to the public." -Google This map has satellite timelapse footage from 1984 to 2012, showing the impact humanity has had on Earth for the past 28 years.  The interactive map can be found on the bottom of this webpage.  Some examples below. ...

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Photographer Takes Street Photography of Grand Theft Auto V

Location: Marathon Avenue, Los Santos Photographer Fernando Pereira Gomes from São Paulo, Brazil has used the video game medium to create seemingly natural street photos.  The fact that the game changes lighting for time of day as well as the types of people who frequent certain streets and areas almost makes each capture feel alive and real.  More Grand Theft Auto 5 street photography here.   Location: Dorset...

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Issues of Owning the Building Banksy Painted

Banksy has been making a run on New York this past month.  The London based graffiti artist has shown animal puppets in a truck, Ronald McDonald getting his shoe shined, and sold artwork at discount bargain price on the street.  With this piece, an owner opens up about the reactions of society on their property after it was painted on.   Another tagger was assaulted by onlookers as he attempted to deface the artwork.  He...

Friday, October 18, 2013

Movie Review - The Crow (1994)

Eric Draven and his newlywed wife Shelly are brutally murdered in their apartment.  Eric was the first to die, being stabbed, shot and thrown out the window.  Shelly was repeatedly raped and beaten by the four culprits, later dying in excruciating pain in the hospital.  This is not the end of a story, but the beginning.  The Crow is one of the rare comic book films made in the early 90s that holds true to the essence of its...