Show, don’t tell.
When I was doing the screenwriting course, we were constantly being reminded of one of the golden rules of writing: Show, don’t tell - describe the scene through actions, rather than words.
And this is why I love The Wire so much. Everything is shown, not told. The writers assume the [...]
Homeland Security Classifies Disney’s TRON as "Sensitive"
Orders Disney to hand over all copies because scenes shot in a nuclear facility could provide information to terrorists. No, it’s still not April Fool’s day.
Xbox 360 HD DVD drive for ?103
Region-free HD-DVD player for half the price you’d pay in the shops.
300: PG Version
“TONIGHT, WE DINE IN HECK.”
Sonic and Mario… together?
If we weren’t but a few days off from April Fool’s day, I probably wouldn’t have such a hard time believing this. This is the video equivalent of the Beatles teaming up with the Rolling Stones to form the world’s greatest band. Why, there’s no way this could not be awesome!
Uh…
TOKYO (March [...]
Teaser trailer for The Golden Compass
Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy.
We recently went through our books and decided what we were and weren’t bringing to Rome. The His Dark Materials books were a definite “bring”, even though I’ve read them all at least twice already.
Trailer for Day Watch up on apple.com/trailers
I know I should be rolling my eyes and snorting at the ridiculousness of it all, but… holy crap, that looks amazing.
An Open Letter to the Jackass Playing Bongos in Our Apartment Building at 4am
Dear Bongo-playing Jackass,
There is no reason for you to be playing bongos in our apartment building at 4am. In fact, unless you are Matthew McConaughey or hanging out with Gidget, there is absolutely no reason for you to be playing bongos at all.
Yours Sincerely,
John
Books - free to a good home!
We’re in the process of streamlining all our stuff for moving to Italy. We’ve gone trough our clothes, DVDs, books and games. The things we’re not taking to Rome are going to our mothers’ houses. The things that don’t go to our mothers’ houses are going to charity shops.
Before we start [...]
Saving for a rainy, snowy, haily, sleety day
Taking advantage of the rotten weather on Sunday, myself and H. decided to count and bag my jar of rainy-day coins. We stuck Clerks 2 on in the background and got counting. Three hours later, we were finished.
All along, we’d been taking guesses. Started with EUR160, which we thought was a [...]
Misogyny Friday! Youtube: Barbra Walters interviews Sean Connery on smackin’ bitches
Translation for those of you that don’t speak Scottish: "SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE OR I’LL KICK YOUR TEETH IN"
Misogyny Friday! Top 15 Unintentionally Funny Comic Book Panels
"Wives should be kissed and not heard"
Ticket for Danny Boyle’s Sunshine up for grabs!
Remember when I said that the IFF’s showing of Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” got cancelled? Well, what I forgot to mention was that, to make up for the last-minute cancellation of the film we’d paid to see, the organisers gave us free tickets to a special preview showing, a week before the film is [...]
YouTube - Ricky Gervais on Comic Relief 2007 Red Nose Day
"Do you think I can jump in on this one? Because to be honest, I haven’t been seen on TV caring about anything for at least three and a half days"
Apple Store to open in Rome
Shit. How does one declare bankruptcy in Italian? I have a feeling I may be needing to know this soon.
Interview with Zack Snyder about his upcoming movie of ‘Watchmen’
More reasons to be thankful he’s at the helm of the ‘Citizen Kane of Graphic Novels’: he’s keeping it set in 1985 and Tom Cruise is not involved.
Life on Mars
Alright you ding-a-lings, listen up.
Life on Mars has easily been my favourite British TV show of the last 10 years, even beating the terrific return of Doctor Who. We’re halfway through the second and final series, and I don’t think there’s any sign of it slowing down. Remember that awesome Camberwick Green [...]
Trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
Update: HD Trailer and bonus clip up on Yahoo movies
Human Slingshot
Holy shit, this looks like the most fun ever.
via JWZ
Movie Idea
So here’s what I’m thinking. I’m thinking huge, nature-vs-man kind of thing. Kind of like Dante’s Peak or Them!, but dealing with a more topical issue: Global Warming. After all, global warming won Al Gore an Oscar. And his film was shit. No special effects or nothing (unless you [...]
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