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In film, links, media on 17 November 2008 tagged charlie brooker with no comments

I’m becoming a fan of Charlie Brooker - he wrote Dead Set, the ‘Big Brother house is the only refuge from the living dead’ TV series, and works himself into indignant hilarity every week in the Guardian:
How annoying is it? Put it this way: James Blunt is also on the list, and he’s the least [...]

Huh? What the…?

In film on 10 October 2008 with no comments

You fell asleep watching a DVD.
We’ve all been there. Pretty good selection, with Arrested Development and Shaun Of The Dead.

Me-ssa load letter

In film, geek, internet, music on 27 August 2008 tagged office space, star wars with no comments

Check out Fark.com’s best photoshop contest for a while - Star Wars characters in other movies. Probably not dial-up friendly.

Links

In film, geek, internet, links, music on 29 July 2008 with no comments

Wired magazine has an oral history of War Games, the film that made me realise Dad’s TRS-80 was capable of more than 10 Print: You are a dick and 20: Goto 10. Possibly. That shit’s *still* really, really funny
Kubrick nitty gritty fans should take an hour to watch this, or the time-poor should read this [...]

Link - Where the wild things are

In film, links on 19 July 2008 with no comments

Apparently Spike Jones’ Where The Wild Things Are adaptation is in trouble. Kids running from the theatre screaming trouble. Sounds great.
The LA Times has the run down - along with bonus test footage of a pre-Pixar John Lasseter WTWTA animation.

1001 books and films you must see before you die

In film, geek, media, meta on 14 May 2008 tagged lists with 1 comment

Inspired by Jason Kottke, I’ve been through 1001 books and films you must see before you die and ticked off my reading (28) and viewing (215). It’s fair to say I’ve seen more of the films than read the books on these lists- I tend to read more contemporary lit, and the list focuses [...]