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"At the Tribeca Film Festival a new sci-fi action film imagines one way we might finally achieve that goal — and some of the moral and ethical problems we might not see coming. It’s called The Machine, and you’re going to want to see it. The second feature from writer and director Caradog James, the film tells the story of Dr. Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens). It’s the near-future. A cold war with China has pushed the Western world into a continued economic depression, and building the first intelligent machines has become the new space race. McCarthy works for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense, designing implants for brain-damaged soldiers. He’s a brilliant and driven man seemingly doing noble work — but there’s something darker there pushing him on. There’s also the matter of how well his research is going; there have been accidents along the way, and he’s treading in a particularly grey area of the moral spectrum." - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"Roger Ebert loved movies. Except for those he hated. For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative, or the merely mediocre with an observant eye, a sharp wit and a depth of knowledge that delighted his millions of readers and viewers. “No good film is too long,” he once wrote, a sentiment he felt strongly enough about to have engraved on pens. “No bad movie is short enough.”" - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

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What I appreciated about him was that he not only wasn't afraid to have a strong opinion, he also had the willingness to admit that his opinions could change over time and that his initial impressions of something might evolve. His view of GroundHog day was one example. He hated it at first but then came to regard it as a great movie. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Celebrate Akira Kurosawa’s March 23 birthday with Hulu and the Criterion Collection. Until midnight on Sunday, all twenty-four of the legendary Japanese director’s films on Hulu are free of charge to nonsubscribers (with commercial interruptions, and only in the U.S.). It’s a great opportunity to watch both the iconic classics, like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo, and lesser-known but enormously moving gems such as No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, and Dodes’ka-den. Also available is Kurosawa’s beautiful final film, Madadayo, not on Criterion Blu-ray or DVD. And remember, if you sign up for Hulu Plus for just $7.99 a month, you can see them all the time, ad-free! - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"It's been over a year and half since Comic-Con 2011 gave us our first glimpse of the fantasy action comedy Knights of Badassdom from director Joe Lynch. Taking cues from Three Amigos and Tropic Thunder, the film follows group of LARPers (Live Action Role Players) who inadvertently summon a deadly succubus during the middle of a big fantasy battle and must fight her in the real world. The cast includes Ryan Kwanten, Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, Community's Danny Pudi and Margarita Levieva. However, since the tease at Comic-Con and release of the first trailer, there haven't been any official updates on the release. Now we finally have some troubling news on that situation. SlashFilm noticed that the official website for the film, badassdom.com, contained an open letter to “what remains of the Board of Directors of IndieVest, the production company and manager of the film known as Knights of Badassdom.” It sounds like some of the people who worked on... more... - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

Shot for Shot remake. Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta spent the last two years shooting a live-action, shot-for-shot remake of the entire Pixar classic, using live actors, real toys, the original movie's soundtrack, stop-action effects, and plenty of awesome puppetry. - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"Less than two weeks ago, a user of the social news website Reddit made the kind of last-ditch request the site has become known for supporting: his friend, he wrote, had weeks to live and among his last wishes was the hope that he might be able to see the upcoming movie Star Trek Into Darkness, which is not due in theaters until May 17, 2013. That was probably impossible, he acknowledged, but even the chance to see the extended trailer would be welcome. Reddit and other social-media sites picked up the story. Within days, there was an update. The same user posted news from the wife of the dying man—who has been identified by The Hollywood Reporter as Daniel Craft, director of the New York Asian Film Festival: Craft would get his wish. CNET reports that Star Trek director J.J. Abrams saw the story via Twitter and called Craft’s wife, Paige, arranging for a producer to bring a rough cut of the film to the Crafts’ home in New York." - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

Great film. - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"A film relic once feared lost can now streamed for free on the web. The White Shadow, a 1923 film written by the legendary Albert Hitchcock, is being presented by the National Film Preservation Foundation. A 24-year-old Hitchcock also served as assistant director for the 1924 movie, which was recovered back in August from New Zealand collector Jack Murtagh — who in his lifetime amassed one of the largest libraries in the country. Sadly you're in for an incomplete viewing: only three of six reels (totaling 43 minutes) have managed to survived the decades since White Shadow's release. Yet that proves sufficient in showing off Hitchcock's penchant for suspense and masterful storytelling even in complete silence. If you weren't lucky enough to attend The White Shadow's Los Angeles screening in September, you'll have the chance to watch Hitchcock's earliest-surviving work online for the next two months." - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"Crom! Arnold Schwarzenegger will return to the role that made him a movie star, Conan the Barbarian, in The Legend of Conan for Universal Pictures" - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

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"There’s no escaping them, because they’re present at every cinema. You know who I’m talking about: the noisy, obnoxious bunch who’ll whisper and talk and take phone calls all throughout the movie. It’s a huge stinker on the whole movie-watching experience, and many cinemas agree–including the Prince Charles Cinema over at London. In fact, they find rude moviegoers so annoying that they decided to go all out and hire movie ninjas to shush these people up. You read that right, folks: ninjas. Well, not real, authentic ninjas per se, but they’re certainly dressed the part. They’re probably just ushers dressed in black, skintight bodysuits that lets them move across the theater stealthily. You probably won’t even notice them if you’re not one of the offending parties" - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"Marvel's The Avengers is already making waves at the box office, taking in an impressive $18.7 million from midnight screenings. Mark Ruffalo is the new addition to Marvel's superhero lineup, portraying The Incredible Hulk, and it seems the studio already has plans for a new Hulk reboot in 2015. Paul Gitter, Marvel's president of consumer products, recently revealed that plans are in place for a stand-alone merchandising line to be unveiled next year, which will be, "presumably supported by another big budget franchise movie in 2015." The Hulk has a unique cinematic history over the past decade. Ang Lee's 2003 Hulk didn't exactly set the world on fire at the box office, which lead to Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk reboot in 2008. Even though The Incredible Hulk fared much better, both critically and financially, than Hulk, Marvel still replaced Edward Norton with Mark Ruffalo in Marvel's The Avengers. Don't be surprised to hear more about this project in the near future, once... more... - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

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"Ormer Locklear performing a stunt for the “The Skywayman” c.1920 He survived this oops, but died a few nights later shooting another stunt for the same film." - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

"“On July 23, 1926, the most expensive single shot in silent-film history was filmed for The General. This was the shot in which a bridge previously sabotaged by Johnnie collapses under the weight of the Northern soldiers’ train. Three or four thousand local people had gathered on that hot summer day to witness what would be the single-most expensive shot of the silent era. $42,000 (over a half-million dollars in by 2010 standards) had been spent for the scene’s exhaustive preparation. At three o’clock in the afternoon, Keaton gave the signal to the six cameramen to begin cranking. The unmanned engine made its way across the tracks. The timbers of the bridge had been partly sawed, and when a dynamite charge went off, the bridge snapped in half. The engine dropped with a huge splash of scalding steam into the river below. The train’s whistle was said to have emitted a long, mournful scream, signaling to the spectators that something catastrophic had occurred. A dummy had been left at... more... - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

DAM! This really looks good. - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet