Tag: film
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Media/Memes: Networks, Doc & Blue Ivy Psyops
At ABC, CBS and NBC News, Accentuating the Differences // Documentary Filmmakers Alarmed by Proposed Oscar Rule // Video: John Sayles’ New Film ‘Amigo’ Shows War Is a Racket // Glen Campbell’s Goodbye Tour at Town Hall // Vandals Brand Blue Ivy Carter ‘Satan’ on Church Sign // Video Satire: Blue Ivy Taken By Evil…
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12/29 pop occulture: in the name of god, amen
mexico expects 52m tourists in maya region in 2012* the top religion and ethics stories of 2011* top ten ignored religion stories of 2011* top 2011 religion stories that weren’t* top ten horror films of 2011* beardless matisyahu still rocks hard, with dreidel mirror ball* hitchens was an atheist who believed*
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media/memes: a year of disappointment for hollywood
movie ticket sales hit 16yr low in 2011* from nytimes: With five days left in 2011, ticket sales in North America are running about $500 million behind last year – despite higher prices – prompting a round of soul searching by studios trying to determine what went wrong and how best to proceed. Movies are…
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media/memes: megaupload, golden globes, mythbusters
the megaupload song: pop star contract proves youtube takedown bogus* video satire: pop star’s single, ‘booty wave’, most likely civilization’s downfall* full list of golden globe nominees* video: woody allen gets best director golden globe nomination for ‘midnight in paris’* say it ain’t so, joe: ‘fear factor’ makes disgusting return to nbc* stray ‘mythbusters’ cannonball…
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Media/Memes: Film Future, Deliverance, Drift Away
Around the world in one movie – film financing’s global future // peter jackson, damien echols complete new ‘west memphis three’ documentary // jonny greenwood to score paul thomas anderson’s scientology movie ‘the master’ // alan moore contributes to occupy comics anthology
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cult mystic holds ‘march of skulls’ for mexico’s drug war dead
from latimes: It was billed as “the first act of collective psycho-magic in Mexico.” The call made by the cult mystic Alejandro Jodorowsky said the event would seek to “heal” the country of the cosmic weight of so many dead in the drug war, by gathering for something he called the March of the Skulls.…
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kinect for windows to offer ‘minority report’ computer control
from telegraph: A new generation of PCs controlled by gestures is on its way, after Microsoft revealed it is specially adapting its Xbox Kinect technology for Windows computers. The system will allow Windows users to control software with the wave of a hand, as envisaged in the Steven Spielberg film Minority Report. “Building on the…
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1927 metropolis: silent sci-fi movie ahead of its time
The most expensive silent movie ever made, Metropolis, a dystopia of class struggle still impresses with its special effects. History of the film is equally interesting. The original Metropolis had a running time of 153 minutes, but was cut shortly after premiere with the lost footage only having been recently recovered. A Wikipedia entry informs,…
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reports of ‘twilight’ seizures echo subliminal ‘exorcist’ panic
‘twilight: breaking dawn’ film reportedly triggering seizures ‘Breaking Dawn’ is making well-timed headlines after “several moviegoers around the country… reported seizures during a particularly graphic birthing scene which includes flashes of red, black and white.” This latest film in the ‘Twilight Saga’ – released on a ‘Black Friday’ and during the new moon – not…
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‘twilight: breaking dawn’ film reportedly triggering seizures
reports of ‘twilight’ seizures echo subliminal ‘exorcist’ panic The latest ‘Twilight’ movie, ‘Breaking Dawn’, contains a birthing scene reported to elicit seizures. The vampire birthing scene has sharp flashes of black, white and red lights. Experts believe blue-tinted eye glasses can protect those predisposed, rendering red flashes harmless. Could it be the latest stupid teen…
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obama holds secret meet & greet with hollywood execs & influencers
from hollywood reporter: Before he left Los Angeles for San Francisco on Tuesday [oct25], President Barack Obama stopped for an undisclosed meeting with some of the entertainment industry’s high-level executives, as well as talent representatives with access to the industry’s top stars and musical acts, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Among the small group of…
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are horror films anti-religious?
from sun-sentinel: It’s Halloween and time to revisit films that help us stare down our most primal fears. But beware: You’ll often see religious themes — actually, anti-religious ones — woven deeply into the storylines. “It’s one of the only genres that gives credence to the idea that there is a supernatural world,” artist Craig…
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corbett report: episode205 – inside the film archive
from corbett report: This week we open the vaults of The Film Archive, a vast treasure trove of archival footage on everything from old documentaries to CIA training films to educational cartoons to Duke Ellington performances… and much much more. download episode205/subscribe the latest corbett report videos: occupy vancouver answers ‘where does money come from?’…
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10/20 newspurge: everybody’s talking ’bout the stormy weather
biowars/envirohealth: just hours before the real thing in east bay, millions participate in statewide quake drill* second quake jolts bay area* series of earthquakes strike big island of hawaii* earthquake shakes south texas* US, mexico to install quake sensors in two border city areas* palm beach, fl confirms first dengue fever case* video: albino cyclops…
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10/13 pop occulture: #jesusween, summons & summits
the latest christian halloween protest: jesusween!* seattle ‘satan’ peed on house, rang doorbell, exposed self* video: bachmann summons satan during gop debate* obama hosts first evangelical summit at the white house* did n. korea assassinate activist pastor?* harold camping & the end of the world on oct21* audio ‘shock value’: modern horror defined by edgy…