With the ever-growing, ever-profitable media landscape, you can never let a good idea die. From the mid-90s, until quite recently, one idea you couldn’t escape was Zombies. The flesh-eating corpses have been ridding a creative high of books, films, video games, and of course movies, … Continue reading Macabre Month 5 Part III: Zombieland (2013)
Even though we are still wondering if he could do it again, James Cameron opened the public’s imagination when Avatar showed that 3.D. could be a lucrative novelty. Although speculatively 3.D. T.V.s were in the works, but if you want a catalyst, you need to … Continue reading Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Whether we like it or not, advertising is everywhere. Marketing has a pretty good idea of what we like and how to tailor their products to reach people such as you and me. Some people find this arrangement insidious and actively decry such tactics. In … Continue reading Syrup (2013)
With all the killing, gambling, and other activities, it is easy to forget that the mob is just a business. One that must worry about cash flow, employees, customer relations, amongst other headaches, even operating outside the law. Yet it still retains a slight allure … Continue reading Omerta – City of Gangsters (2013)
It is hard to find a bigger bond than friendship, an impressive connection that is insurmountable, one that will cause you to go above and beyond. Some friendships have stories that get repeated for a lifetime, involving wild antics fueled that are fondly remembered. Fueling … Continue reading Friedberg and Seltzer at the Movies Part 8: Best Night Ever (2013)
After the start of the last decade, society was on the precipice of a paradigm shift, A lot of cultural touchstones were being unleashed at the time. Some to change how we live our lives and others to be forgotten fads. Resulting in a societal … Continue reading Friedberg and Seltzer at the Movies Part 7: The Starving Games (2013)
The British have a strong tradition of satire, holding our superiors to account, and making the whole experience hilarious, albeit shocking and informative, but hilarious nonetheless in the 80s this achieved perfection in the razor-sharp Yes Prime Minister a show so accurate in its takedowns, … Continue reading Yes, Prime Minister (2013)
2013 was a boon year for boundary-pushing sketch comedy films. With the highly remembered Movie 43, there was another contender that ran, but didn’t get nearly enough attention… Some would argue that it was a more down to earth version of the former’s star-studded skits. … Continue reading Sketchbook Example Part 2 – InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
Shock comedy has its defenders and its detractors, but for a section of the movie-going public, it works well. Often it has to balance what the makers can get away with and the increasing tastes of the consumers. When done right, has the potential to … Continue reading Sketchbook Example Part 1 – Movie 43 (2013)
Tie-in games have had something of a bad rap. Often seen as a cheap, hastily produced time wasters that attempt to do nothing more but to literally tie into the film’s success, hence their names. It makes the rare cases, where tie-in product actually bucks … Continue reading R.I.P.D. The Game (2013)
The Real Mr. Positive 