Blog posts about: movies

Here’s my compendium of films that I either have watched or intend to watch with my son. Amazingly, after much research, I couldn’t find a similar list anywhere on the web. There are a few forums with people asking, but even on the new Q&A service Quora I had to post my own question as [...]

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A beautiful short film made by The TFI Reframe Collection featuring the man behind the visuals for Blade Runner, Tron and Aliens talking about creativity. 2019: A Future Imagined from Flat-12 on Vimeo.

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There’s a great Facebook group where they are giving away loads of freebies in the run up to the December launch of Tron Legacy. The below images of lightcycle artwork from the movie are reprinted from that group. Amazing stuff – I just can’t wait!

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Here’s a new concept that I hadn’t heard of before – Lerdahl Law. I read about it in the Times but of course can’t link to the article as it’s behind the paywall (here is the link if you have subscribed). The Times article is about a new phenomenon in cinema as pioneered (sic) by [...]

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1. The Insider (Michael Mann) Why? Well because of everything. This is the movie that it is hard to find fault with anywhere. Michael Mann’s directing style is unique and this is the best in his repertoire. His use of low level lighting and tight angles is used to best effect here. This is also [...]

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Tilt shift is an amazing post production technique applied generally to long term, fixed camera video, that makes the whole scene look like a model, or miniature world. Here’s Wikipedia’s definition: “Tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt forselective focus, [...]

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As recorded at the recent ComicCon this is the only available footage of the new Tron 2 movie. You have to squint a bit but you can make out that the light cycles are back ina pretty cool looking race, and yes – Jeff Bridges is also back too!

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The Sony Play Station 3 versus stand-alone Blu Ray DVD player discussion continues with the release of the latest firmware update for the PS3 which allows the latest AV audio codecs to come to the most prolific and versatile player in the market. Despite the launch of the new 1.3 compliant decks there is still [...]

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