March 7, 2008
The Carnival of Cinema: Episode 65 – The Ox-Blog Incident
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This week we begin with a pair of posts from BRITANNICA BLOGS.
First up, Gregory McNamee takes a look at David Mamet’s book Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business. Mamet is one of the great American playwrights who has also done great work in the film industry. McNamee’s review of the book makes me want to head out and find it right away.
Mamet’s book is named after this classic short Bambi Meets Godzilla:
Second up, Robert McHenry reminisces about Cold War fear. The airing of the 80’s nuclear war flick The Day After gets McHenry thinking about growing up under the threat of a mushroom cloud.
Speaking of apocalypse, isn’t the spawn of Billy Ray “Achy-Breaky Heart” Cyrus Hanna Montana’s ascension to a prominent cultural post a sign of the end times?
For more on Montana and her efforts check out MARKETSAW - 3D MOVIES AND TECHNOLOGY. Jim Dorey writes about Hannah Montana's limited edition CD/DVD combo of her 3D concert movie.
…and the moon turned red and the oceans became blood…
Another sign may be the continued film career of Rob Zombie. Zombie’s lousy remake of Halloween was D.O.A. Pacheco looks at the dismal affair over at his site BOHEMIAN CINEMA.
For those of you who think Rob Zombie, or even Uwe Bol, make the world’s worst movies – you’re wrong.
According to Gracchi of WESTMINSTER WISDOM Rambo is the worst:
Well, that settles that. Along with this post, you can also find his review of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. His review is There Will Be Blood is particularly good.
For another post on a great Italian film click over to DEARCINEMA: MOVIEBUFF'S PARADISE where Rituparna takes on Federico Fellini’s classic film La Dolce Vita.
Let’s stick to the classics.
Singing in the Rain (on a personal note, it’s one of the only musicals I can stand,) gets the once over at REEL LOVE. This is a part of Anna Roth’s project of watching the films from AFI's Top 100 Passions films list and writing about what they say about love, marriage and happily ever after.
And from happily ever after to…well…perhaps not so happy after all…
Actor Gig Young killed his wife and himself. Not surprising, this is how he’s remembered (when remembered at all). Miss O'Shea looks at the life of the troubled Minnesotan (so much for “Minnesota Nice”) on her site THE ROADSHOW VERSION.
On the subject of self destruction and killing let’s talk about Beowulf. Paul McElligott reviews the animated feature about the sulking hero over at his site CELLULOID HEROES. McElligott also looks at Wes Anderson’s latest quirk-fest The Darjeeling Limited. Adding to his pile of opinion, he also gives us a post on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
As if good ain’t good enough, Paul also gives a good guide to those of you finally breaking down and turning to the one game in town, Blu-Ray.
Let’s look at something completely unrelated to what Paul’s talking about.
Blue Skeleton is very happy to announce his good friend, Anna Wilding is screening her movie, Buddha Wild Monk in a Hut in New York, City on the 19th of March. Anna is an accomplished actress who not only wrote the film, but also produced and directed it as well. Blue Skeleton is proud to feature the film on his site BLUE SKELETON PUBLICATIONS.
Let’s take a gander at what’s going down up north
The Genies were kicked out up in Canada and Eastern Promises and Away From Her walked away with the prizes. Jean Brunet has more over at SIZZLINGPOPCORN.COM. Jean also has a review of the film Death at a Funeral. For those of you in Canada and in the Halifax Regional Municipality don’t forget to go to the site and register in their March contest.
For a real prize you can check out The Other Boleyn Girl, at least that’s what Newman has to say. Go over to NEWMAN'S OWN MOVIE CORNER to read more about this bodice ripper starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman.
From the Boleyn girl to My Girl.
Tamika M. Murray gives her thoughts of My Girl, a movie from her childhood. Go reminisce with Tamika over at her site PJSANDAMOVIE.
Next up, Vaprak of THE CRITICAL CRITICS takes on the new film Vantage Point. Before heading out to see this thing, you want to check out the review and see if it’s worth your time and money.
Moving forward with this week’s reviews, Joe from INTERMISSION AT WORK tackles the full blown bomb Semi-Pro.
Over at ZEE SAYS=FILM ADDICT + TEEN LIBRARIAN, Zee reviews the great Judgment at Nuremburg.
Again this week we have a look at Be Kind Rewind. This week Mathew Needleman of CREATING LIFELONG LEARNERS provides us with an opinion on the flick.
At the center of Be Kind Rewind is humorous and cheap remakes of classic scenes. For more on great scenes look to JOSH'S TOP TEN LIST. There, Josh has a list of some great Hollywood scenes.
On the subject of great scenes, at MARTIAL DEVELOPMENT this week Chris has a collection of his the best Jui Kuen (drunken boxing) kung fu scenes from a number of movies.
Bringing things to a close this week, Rickey Henderson of RIDING WITH RICKEY fills out a movie meme.
The meme is an oldy but a goody.
Look up 15 of his favorite movies on IMDB, take a quote from each and post them and wait to see who can identify them.
Your ever faithful carnival host will list some here – let's see if anyone can guess them. The answers will be in the comments section. Let me know how you did.
1. “Truck, what truck?”
2. “I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of fallin'.”
3. “Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder.”
4. “God better have mercy on you. You won't get any from me.”
5. “Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...”
6. “THIS is why we don't pick up children!”
7. “Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
8. “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree.”
9. “Guess that concludes negotiations...”
10. “Childs, we're going out to give Blair the test. If he tries to make it back here and we're not with him... burn him.”
11. “So you're telling me there's a chance.”
12. “To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.”
13. “Pompey, go find Doc Willoughby. If he's sober, bring him back.”
14. “Supermodels. Heh! Nothing super about them... spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves.”
15. “I can't kill a lot with one sword!”
Thanks to everyone for their submissions. Another great week of posts. Do you have an opinion or article about the film industry? Have you reviewed a film or DVD? Have any tips on breaking into the biz? Send submissions HERE for next week’s edition.
Next week the Carnival of Cinema goes on the road. You'll find the Carnival over at OBSERVATIONS FROM MISSY'S WINDOW next week. Big thanks to Missy for running the show next week.
Some other Carnival editions:
Carnival of Cinema Episode VIII
Carnival of Cinema Episode IV
Carnival of Cinema Episode X
Carnival of Cinema Episode XII
This week we begin with a pair of posts from BRITANNICA BLOGS.
First up, Gregory McNamee takes a look at David Mamet’s book Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business. Mamet is one of the great American playwrights who has also done great work in the film industry. McNamee’s review of the book makes me want to head out and find it right away.
Mamet’s book is named after this classic short Bambi Meets Godzilla:
Second up, Robert McHenry reminisces about Cold War fear. The airing of the 80’s nuclear war flick The Day After gets McHenry thinking about growing up under the threat of a mushroom cloud.
Speaking of apocalypse, isn’t the spawn of Billy Ray “Achy-Breaky Heart” Cyrus Hanna Montana’s ascension to a prominent cultural post a sign of the end times?
For more on Montana and her efforts check out MARKETSAW - 3D MOVIES AND TECHNOLOGY. Jim Dorey writes about Hannah Montana's limited edition CD/DVD combo of her 3D concert movie.
…and the moon turned red and the oceans became blood…
Another sign may be the continued film career of Rob Zombie. Zombie’s lousy remake of Halloween was D.O.A. Pacheco looks at the dismal affair over at his site BOHEMIAN CINEMA.
For those of you who think Rob Zombie, or even Uwe Bol, make the world’s worst movies – you’re wrong.
According to Gracchi of WESTMINSTER WISDOM Rambo is the worst:
Well, that settles that. Along with this post, you can also find his review of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. His review is There Will Be Blood is particularly good.
For another post on a great Italian film click over to DEARCINEMA: MOVIEBUFF'S PARADISE where Rituparna takes on Federico Fellini’s classic film La Dolce Vita.
Let’s stick to the classics.
Singing in the Rain (on a personal note, it’s one of the only musicals I can stand,) gets the once over at REEL LOVE. This is a part of Anna Roth’s project of watching the films from AFI's Top 100 Passions films list and writing about what they say about love, marriage and happily ever after.
And from happily ever after to…well…perhaps not so happy after all…
Actor Gig Young killed his wife and himself. Not surprising, this is how he’s remembered (when remembered at all). Miss O'Shea looks at the life of the troubled Minnesotan (so much for “Minnesota Nice”) on her site THE ROADSHOW VERSION.
On the subject of self destruction and killing let’s talk about Beowulf. Paul McElligott reviews the animated feature about the sulking hero over at his site CELLULOID HEROES. McElligott also looks at Wes Anderson’s latest quirk-fest The Darjeeling Limited. Adding to his pile of opinion, he also gives us a post on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
As if good ain’t good enough, Paul also gives a good guide to those of you finally breaking down and turning to the one game in town, Blu-Ray.
Let’s look at something completely unrelated to what Paul’s talking about.
Blue Skeleton is very happy to announce his good friend, Anna Wilding is screening her movie, Buddha Wild Monk in a Hut in New York, City on the 19th of March. Anna is an accomplished actress who not only wrote the film, but also produced and directed it as well. Blue Skeleton is proud to feature the film on his site BLUE SKELETON PUBLICATIONS.
Let’s take a gander at what’s going down up north
The Genies were kicked out up in Canada and Eastern Promises and Away From Her walked away with the prizes. Jean Brunet has more over at SIZZLINGPOPCORN.COM. Jean also has a review of the film Death at a Funeral. For those of you in Canada and in the Halifax Regional Municipality don’t forget to go to the site and register in their March contest.
For a real prize you can check out The Other Boleyn Girl, at least that’s what Newman has to say. Go over to NEWMAN'S OWN MOVIE CORNER to read more about this bodice ripper starring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman.
From the Boleyn girl to My Girl.
Tamika M. Murray gives her thoughts of My Girl, a movie from her childhood. Go reminisce with Tamika over at her site PJSANDAMOVIE.
Next up, Vaprak of THE CRITICAL CRITICS takes on the new film Vantage Point. Before heading out to see this thing, you want to check out the review and see if it’s worth your time and money.
Moving forward with this week’s reviews, Joe from INTERMISSION AT WORK tackles the full blown bomb Semi-Pro.
Over at ZEE SAYS=FILM ADDICT + TEEN LIBRARIAN, Zee reviews the great Judgment at Nuremburg.
Again this week we have a look at Be Kind Rewind. This week Mathew Needleman of CREATING LIFELONG LEARNERS provides us with an opinion on the flick.
At the center of Be Kind Rewind is humorous and cheap remakes of classic scenes. For more on great scenes look to JOSH'S TOP TEN LIST. There, Josh has a list of some great Hollywood scenes.
On the subject of great scenes, at MARTIAL DEVELOPMENT this week Chris has a collection of his the best Jui Kuen (drunken boxing) kung fu scenes from a number of movies.
Bringing things to a close this week, Rickey Henderson of RIDING WITH RICKEY fills out a movie meme.
The meme is an oldy but a goody.
Look up 15 of his favorite movies on IMDB, take a quote from each and post them and wait to see who can identify them.
Your ever faithful carnival host will list some here – let's see if anyone can guess them. The answers will be in the comments section. Let me know how you did.
1. “Truck, what truck?”
2. “I'm not afraid of heights. I'm afraid of fallin'.”
3. “Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder.”
4. “God better have mercy on you. You won't get any from me.”
5. “Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smokewagon and see what happens...”
6. “THIS is why we don't pick up children!”
7. “Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
8. “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree.”
9. “Guess that concludes negotiations...”
10. “Childs, we're going out to give Blair the test. If he tries to make it back here and we're not with him... burn him.”
11. “So you're telling me there's a chance.”
12. “To repress one's feelings only makes them stronger.”
13. “Pompey, go find Doc Willoughby. If he's sober, bring him back.”
14. “Supermodels. Heh! Nothing super about them... spoiled, stupid little stick figures with poofy lips who think only about themselves.”
15. “I can't kill a lot with one sword!”
…and CUT!…and PRINT!
Next week the Carnival of Cinema goes on the road. You'll find the Carnival over at OBSERVATIONS FROM MISSY'S WINDOW next week. Big thanks to Missy for running the show next week.
Some other Carnival editions:
Carnival of Cinema Episode VIII
Carnival of Cinema Episode IV
Carnival of Cinema Episode X
Carnival of Cinema Episode XII
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