Below are the movies I watched over the past week, they are loosely tiered from most enjoyable to least, regardless I think my feelings are fairly clear. Some of the films this week were one’s rewatched and for the most part this week’s viewings were a bust.
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
This is how you make a period film. With Good Night, And Good Luck George Clooney has crafted a film that is both historically specific but also unquestionably relevant today. The film is a intelligent, insightful anti-censorship treatise that refuses to pull any punches. Good Night, And Good Luck is challenging and truly worthy of my own Best Picture criteria, a film which asks us to question the media, the government and ourselves. The performances are across the board fantastic and the black and white photography is sublime, see this film if you haven’t already. Read more…
Everyone’s favorite replacement pet is now being transformed into AC power by Georgia Tech scientists. Has the renewable energy source problem been solved? Well not exactly, but the video below will probably make you smile. Originally on Gizmodo.
The first step on a path to crossing Flintstones animal enslavement tech with Jetsons future tech.
In a great bit of Watchmen viral marketing, a Minutemen flash arcade game has been crafted. The game is simple beat ‘em up fun and most importantly free. The choice to center the game around the 40s Minutemen is perfect, defeat Moloch as Nite Owl or Silk Spectre here. 300 was nothing special but I still can’t help but get excited about this movie, already started rereading yesterday.
I’m not going to lie but a Vietnam era Comedian game would be nuts, get on that developers!
Watch this video to see Joaquin Phoenix wishing he was Crispin Glover. Letterman is in top form here refusing to indulge Phoenix’s self-absorbed, faux eccentricities, it was a mistake to try and pull the wool over Dave’s eyes. And let’s make another thing clear Phoenix is acting in the clip below, the only question I have is will he manage to actually destroy his acting career with this vanity project. I’m all for weird publicity stunts but he could be a little more creative about it.
Ah what could have been…below is what happens if the Halo universe existed within the constraints of the Final Fantasy game mechanics. Something about Master Chief in a turn-based setting seems inherently wrong, but it is fun fuel for the imagination. The concept is great though the video below is far too long, you’ll pretty much get the idea after about a minute but it’s still worth checking.
The Arbiter casting black magic…that I don’t quite understand.
Anna the red has followed up her magnificent Toon Link and Cylon bentos with this very cute Tingle bento. Follow the jump for more pictures.
“I was going to do this bento when I made Toon Link bento, but I ended up not putting him because I ran out of the time. When my boyfriend was going around in the office to show his bento to co-workers, I was telling my friend that I was going to put this guy in the same bento. That friend, a huge gamer, said ‘No, he deserves his own bento.’”
