This week we return and break from our usual trend and
actually talk about films that are in theatres (or at least in our neck of the woods), with the recent theatrical run of Skyfall and The Master finally being released in Jamaica my cohosts and I take the time to break it all down... Continue reading «TUMP [EP # 128 — SKYFALL & THE MASTER]»
This is an odd commentary as the brothers spend more time trying to make each other laugh than
actually talking about the film or sharing any stories.
Not exact matches
So that's our interest and getting the communication that comes out of that, whether it's the book or the
films hopefully it's coming out of a real thing that's
actually being lived and not just
talking about some stuff.»
Kate Winslet has made the shock confession that she never
actually fancied her Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, as the
film approaches its 20th anniversary Kate Winslet
talks about relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio - and shares her views on working Hollywood mums
The
film was once
talked about as the beginning of a possible trilogy, and the finished product feels desperate to start a franchise instead of doing the thing that would
actually make such a series compelling: telling an interesting story with skill.
2» pays homage to a variety of genres — spaghetti Western,
film noir, blaxploitation (after all, this is Tarantino we're
talking about), kung fu — while
actually managing to hammer home a pretty solid, heartfelt story.
Dial M remains more of a
filmed play than a motion picture, unfortunately revealed as a conversation piece
about murder which
talks up much more suspense than it
actually delivers.
The more you think
about the choices the filmmakers put into a movie and the more deeply you place the results (intended or otherwise) into context, the better you can
talk about to a movie in terms of how it worked and the more you can
actually write
about a
film while respecting the filmmaking process and the history of
film.
And with all that
talk about films that have been and
films that will be, it's a bit too easy to lose track of the actual
films that are
actually sitting right there waiting to be watched.
«It wasn't until I saw Greta
talk about the
film and making it and putting it together, and how all of this came from her and she's done something brilliant that people truly love and it's a great piece of work that I thought, «Oh yeah, I do want to do this now and maybe I could
actually do it,»» Ronan adds.
Perhaps all the happy
talk around the movie's Oscar chances had little to do with the way the Academy
actually thinks: The opportunity to salute Birdman, a
film about a Hollywood actor's redemption, proved too tempting.
Besides that, it's
actually a pretty sweet video of some of the cast
talking about their memories of the original animated
film as well as their impressions of the live - action version.
And any time spent thinking
about how ridiculous what they're
actually talking about is, is still more entertaining than some of the antics the supporting characters get up to, be it John Malkovich trying to kung fu a robot or a former Special Forces soldier complaining stress or all the running he was having to do, or dear God anything having to do with Sam's parents who offer nothing to the
film but reminders why they shouldn't be in it.
That big moment charged the hype machine for the
film in a way that major summer blockbusters aren't capable of achieving with an entire year of buildup and spoiler - filled trailers, making this
film one of the most
talked about projects in the past year simply due to the fact that no one knew what it
actually was.
You see I want to
talk about the
film's structure, how its episodic and unfocused storyline
actually points toward its origins as a manga, and how while having little in the way of actual plot the
film uses metaphor and subplot as text rather than subtext.
Hollywood may be home to the
film industry, but amid all the shop
talk, it's tough to find anyone there who'll open up
about how a movie
actually made them feel.
He and I had
talked about doing a
film together maybe
about three or for years prior to
actually working on this one.
On the ongoing discussion of race: «I think [the
film] has
actually helped
talking about it and so forth,» McQueen reflected.
A practical effect], or the fight sequences where we
actually see Batman beat down hordes of the ungodly with surprising ease — and savagery; while we could
talk about superb performances [Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman and the rest cast are all in top form] or debate the questions raised by the
film for hours, and / or the
film's achievement purely on an entertainment level, what makes it a masterpiece is that it is all of these things and more.
It's
actually surprising that more people aren't
talking about Morgan — especially with Ridley Scott producing his son's debut
film — because this one looks damn good and it's surrounded by some serious talent.
Seven directors gathered together for the Envelope Roundtable to
talk about their work and found their wildly different
films actually had a lot in common.
Perhaps with an eye on the Sundance brass ring, the
film actively renounces its low - budget privilege to be either a serious meditation on the whole soliciting minors for sex over the Internet phenomenon or quasi-feminist grindhouse schlock; you can sense that it wants to be
talked about more than it wants to
actually say anything.
Of the many thrills that come from interviewing creative people — variously, unknown, ascendant and at the top of their game — there's also the under - discussed flipside:
talking with, 1) vapid young «actors» (line - reciters is more like it) who have neither a sense of
film history nor an appreciation for their occupational good fortune and, 2) perfectly genial writers and directors who are nonetheless so relentlessly on script — occasionally reciting entire career - checking passages verbatim from press notes no doubt spit - polished into significance by some friendly faction in the dark wings — that you realize they
actually have less summary insight or thoughts
about several months or years of their own work than you do after 90 to 120 minutes with it.
Discussions were going on in the line
about the
film actually being real, some even
talking about how they heard the bodies of the three filmmakers were never found.
Also on Thursday, check out The Claim on IFC — I
talk a lot
about bad Milla Jovovich
films (because I enjoy even the bad ones), but this one is
actually good.
Throughout the promo rounds for «Drive,» Refn
talked about how he rang up the French director to ask him for tips on how to shoot the head bashing elevator scene for the
film: «I
actually called up Gaspar Noé and asked him how he did the head smashing, because he's the king of head smashing.
I find myself every year in the peculiar position as a
film academic spending all my time
talking about and screening
film, and then struggling to physically get to see stuff that's
actually showing at cinemas and festivals.
I know this has been done in other
films, and I remember Kubrick
talking about wanting to show real sex between developed characters, but it still feels kind of impressive in this
film, mostly because you
actually care
about the characters.
Even more effectively than in Frankenstein, Whale adapts the shadowy darkness of the silent German Expressionist classics to the early sound era, a time when most Hollywood directors had seemingly forgotten everything that had been learned
about the creation of mood, atmosphere and meaning through image over the prior 20 years in the struggle to capture the novelty of actors
actually talking (By 1932, this phase of
film was thankfully on it's way out, thanks to Whale, Howard Hawks (Scarface) and Busby Berkeley).
Meanwhile, we recently learned that the zombie / Nazi / WWII
film Overlord that we've been
talking about is
actually the 4th Cloverfield
film, which we might have guessed if we'd paid attention to the creative team, which is the same on God Particle.
Publishing Art Ayris, CEO of the Christian publisher Kingstone Comics,
talks about his latest project, a graphic novel adaptation of the post-Rapture
film The Remaining, which will
actually come out before the movie.
Make a joke
about how Darth Vader breaths and they get it, but
talk about anything more obscure within the
films and they don't, revealing that they've never
actually watched the trilogy.
ramon ray was everywhere,
filming, interviewing and recording everything and then posted this great video, that
actually contains me
talking (rambling
actually)
about podcasting - plus many others;)