When I write, music is a huge, huge deal. It helps set the tone and the mood and keeps me moving in a rhythm that allows me to get things done. I recently decided to comb my entire music collection for every track that inspires me so I could collate them all into one playlist. [...]
Archive > June 2010
Film School Here I Come
I’ve wanted to have a career in film for a long, long, long time. Really, it’s the reason I’m a writer. I’ve had brushes here and there… writing gigs that never panned out, production assistant positions, etc… But then life got in the way and I walked along a different path filled with new adventures. [...]
Technotise – From Fan to Film
How does anything go from a fan-made trailer to a final film? Here’s how. Technotise is a Serbian comic created by Aleksa Gajić and Darko Grkinić, and debuted to much acclaim in the comics industry. It’s the story of Edit, a young woman in not-too-distant future who suddenly finds her life turned upside down when [...]
What Went Wrong With Splice?
Splice is a movie about inspired and brilliant scientists working under the radar that bring together elements that don’t usually play well together to create something truly unique and groundbreaking. But of course they’re not as smart as they think they are and problems start to occur as they meddle in totally new domains looking [...]
Zen Pulp – The Art of Michael Mann
I had shared this before on a different blog, but I wanted to make sure I shared it again. Michael Mann is one of my favourite filmmakers and Matt Zoller Seitz does an excellent job of explaining why.
Daniel Craig in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?
I’m sure like many of you, I’m sick of remakes. But even worse than the remakes that rape my childhood and slap a PG-13 on it, are the remakes of foreign films that become successful or capture people’s attention. Then you just end up sounding elitist when you talk about the “real” Vanishing or the [...]
My Favourite Scenes – To Live and Die in L.A.
William Friedkin’s mini-masterpiece To Live and Die in L.A. is at this point a classic. (which just makes me feel old) It’s an odd type of movie that doesn’t happen every day. It’s very grey in how it handles the line between criminal and cop, it’s unabashedly 80′s with a soundtrack created entriely by Wang [...]
Glee Hates You and You Should Too
Okay, like many things that become uber-popular runaway successes, I’m rather late to the game. I finally decided to give Glee a chance and instantly fell in love. I am now officially a “Gleek.” What’s even more awesome to me is the structure of the show that effortlessly allows for expression of the prejudices people [...]