The day before yesterday ↑CBS Films ↑announced that ↑Scott Derrickson, who directed e.g. ‘↑The Day the Earth Stood Still‘ (2008) [the remake, obviously], will direct a movie based on the ↑‘Deus Ex’ series of computer games, the latest installment, ‘↑Deus … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #49 We are in an officers’ mess. Two senior members of the flight personnel are having a conversation while playing pool. What is said in this conversation? Just leave a comment with your educated … Continue reading →
For many people the words “anthropology” and “cinema” go together like bread and gasoline. This is unfortunate as they have a substantial amount to offer one another. (Gray 2010: x) … tell me about it. GRAY, GORDON. 2010. Cinema: A … Continue reading →
Many of the films discussed so far [films made from 1895 to 1910 and featuring science-fictional elements or qualities] could be said to be cinematic predictions of the future: from future warfare and advanced automatons to trips to the moon … Continue reading →
LUMIÈRE, LOUIS JEAN. 1895. La charcuterie mécanique [motion picture]. Lyon: Lumière Frères.
Continue reading →The infamous ↑Troma Entertainment, Inc. (‘almost 40 years of reel independence’) has uploaded a ton of full-length feature movies to ↑its YouTube channel. Among those are the glorious cyberpunkish b-pictures ‘↓Digital Prophet‘ (Romero 1996), ‘↓Cybernator‘ (Rundle 1991), and ‘↓New Gladiators‘ … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #48 Who is emerging from that door? And where is he headed to? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click … Continue reading →
Over at ↑Strange Shapes they have a fine article on ‘↑The Engineer Mythos.’ Here’s the opening paragraph: When ↑Dan O’Bannon was twelve years old he stumbled across an old anthology of stories in a book store. He paid the nickel … Continue reading →
Just refound these two behind-the-scenes stills of the set of ‘↑Metropolis‘ (Lang 1927), showing how one of the most famous vistas in the history of the moving images was built. From looking at them alone it becomes understandable why the … Continue reading →
zeph’s pop culture quiz #47 Between which worlds is the man the depicted hand belongs to travelling? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click … Continue reading →