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2012 The Movie: Flooding the subway

djStelios — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:45:21 +0000

Campaign of the film’s release in 2012 in Brazil. Action in the subway Cantagalo, in Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro, where a patch of about 45m on each side simulates a flood the subway.

Criticker: Suggests movies based on your favorites

djStelios — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:14:11 +0000

Looking for some new movies to watch? Check out Criticker, a movie-suggestion engine that crunches the numbers on your personal movie rankings and matches them to the lists of others.

You start off by ranking ten movies on a 0-100 point scale. After you have at least ten movies ranked, Criticker generates a list of users who have similar taste in movies and see what movies they have liked that you may have overlooked.

Criticker has a social element with a messaging system and a forum for movie discussion. Criticker is a free service and requires no login to test the service out. A free account preserves your rankings between visits.

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“Back to the Future” Comparison

djStelios — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:03:34 +0000

In the years between Back to the Future and Back to the Future II, Michael J. Fox visibly aged and the actress playing his girlfriend was replaced by Elizabeth Shue. Thus, to show the closing scene from the first film as the opening of the second, it was necessary to completely reshoot it. Dig?

Anyway, as you can see, someone has made a side-by-side comparison of the sequence so you can now needlessly critique how well Robert Zemeckis and crew recreated the scene. The audio is layered together as well, and for some reason hearing a duet of Docs saying, in unison, “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need… roads,” is utterly hypnotizing:

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Million Dollar Baby in 5 seconds

djStelios — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:52:10 +0000

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James Cameron Avatar – Movie Teaser Trailer

djStelios — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:22:11 +0000

Avatar, is a new 3-D movie directed by James Cameron and is scheduled to hit theaters on December 18th.

An ex-Marine finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.

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Funny Movie Video: Monty Pythons – The Meaning of Life – The Grim Reaper

djStelios — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:39:03 +0000

A great moment from the 1983 Monty Pythons’ movie “The Meaning of Life”. This part is called “Death” or “The Grim Reaper”.

Movies Video: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” Workprint Leaks Online

djStelios — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:04:01 +0000

According to HitFix, workprint of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” has allegedly leaked online.

The movie won’t hit theaters until May 1st, 2009 and bad news for 20th Century Fox, people can now watch the workprint on several kinds of websites out there.

The bootleg is purportedly a DVD quality video of the Fox blockbuster without a timecode or studio watermark, but with several visual effects shots unfinished.

The only missing elements to the pirated copy seems to be scenes from director Gavin Hood’s recent reshoots of the film, which, according to actor Hugh Jackman, was the result of scheduling conflicts with the cast/crew, and not problems with the movie itself.

At the moment, Fox Legal is no doubt sending their legal troops throughout the web trying to pull the movie down, but at this point, gentlemen, good luck.

Celebrities: This Is Your Life Laurel & Hardy

djStelios — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:26:47 +0000

A rare candid look at the two giants of movie comedy on the 1954 “reality” type television program, “This Is Your Life” with Ralph Edwards.

Animation Movie: Big Buck Bunny

djStelios — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:59:36 +0000

“Big Buck Bunny” is a short 3D animation movie, based on the 3D open source program “Blender“.

The movie tells the story of a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps… and the rabbit ain’t no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a comical revenge.

Documentary Trailer: Who Killed The Electric Car?

djStelios — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:26:31 +0000

It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

“Who killed the electric car?” chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.