Charlie Brown is coming to the big screen and it will at least look good. Let’s watch!
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Watch This: [the films of] Series by Kees van Dijkhuizen Jr
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It’s come to my attention that many of you haven’t seen the [the films of] series of videos I mentioned yesterday when I posted about the _[Insight: Derek Cianfrance](https://awesomefriday.ca/2014/03/awesome-insight-derek-cianfrance-examines-the-directors-voice/?preview=true)_ video. This is something that needs to be corrected, so here is a playlist of the entire series.
Released over the course of 2011 each video profiles a different director and manages to distill that directors voice into something pretty special. The entire playlist is around 35 minutes long so set aside some time and watch the whole thing. It’s pretty amazing.
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Review: Veronica Mars
Just so this is out-of-the-way up front: I never watched the TV series _Veronica Mars_. I have pretty much zero context for the film other than that a lot of people really liked the show but then it as cancelled and then last year the makers of the show started a [KickStarter project](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project) to make a movie. With a $2 Million goal they had modest hopes, but then they were funded to the tune of $5 million dollars from people in 21 countries, became the fastest kickstarter project to his $1 million and then $2 million, and now we have a movie. A movie which a lot of people have really been looking forward to but I have no context for.
So how does it stand up? Pretty well actually.
Awesome: ‘Insight: Derek Cianfrance’ Examines The Directors Voice
Derek Cianfrance only has 3 films to his name, only two of which are even available on home video at this point, but he’s established himself as a director to pay attention to.
Kees van Dijkhuizen Jr. made himself known with his year end retrospective and [the films of] series of super cut videos. Now he’s turned his attention to Cianfrance in what I sincerely hope is the first of a new series of videos called “Insight: Derek Cianfrance” in which clips from both _Blue Valentine_ and _The Place Beyond The Pines_ are edited together with commentary narration from Cianfrance himself.
The end result is a tidy little sum up of some of the filmmakers inspirations, voice, and goals with filmmaking which you should watch. So let’s do that!
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Hilarious Anchorman 2 Gag Reel is Hilarious
There was so much material left on the floor during the editing of Anchorman 2 that they have actually released a second version of the movie with basically every joke replaced with an alternate take. Also, a boat load of bloopers, some of which can be seen here. Let’s watch!
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Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson is a film maker with a distinct voice. He tells stories with emotional cores and often tells them using characters that don’t always seen to want to, or even know how to, express those emotions and sets them in a world that is just over the border into absurdity and littered with all kinds of fine detail, interesting colour palettes, and now stop motion.
Basically he crafts a whimsical world and then populates it with non-whimsical people.
In any event, The Grand Budapest Hotel may be his best film yet by virtue of the fact that it’s probably the most Wes-Anderson-y film he’s made to date, but in the best way possible.
Awesome: First Image of DC’s John Constantine Looks, Well, Like John Constantine
And that’s a good thing.
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Awesome: Captain America 3 and Man of Steel 2 (AKA Superman vs. Batman) Are Coming Out On The Same Day And Nerds Of The World Will Have a Field Day Arguing Who Will Win The Box Office That Weekend For The Next Two Years
We’ve known for a while that Marvel had a film scheduled for 6 May 2016, and we’ve known for a while that _Man of Steel 2_ was bumped back to that same date. Now it turns out that _Captain America 3_ is going head to head with Superman. And also Batman.
Transformers: Age of Extinction Posters Are Interesting AND Boring.
There’s a few posters for _Transformers: Age of Extinction_ and they’re kind of boring but also have a few interesting tid bits to mull over. Let’s take a look!
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Huh: Liam Neeson Turned Down James Bond
You know how Liam Neeson is pretty much a rock solid box office draw these days thanks to his action films like _Taken_ and more recently _Non-Stop_? Turns that train could have come in the 90s when he was offered the role of James Bond for the film that would eventually become Goldeneye.
Noah Trailer: Emma Watson Has Lines In This Movie
The marketing for Noah has thus far been centred on Russell Crow and the ark itself but as it tuns out the other famous people in this film do have purpose beyond just standing around an looking upset.
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Flash Costume + Gotham Series Synopsis and Logo: DC Is Much Better At TV Than Movies
Marvel owns the box office but DC is much better at bringing their properties to realization on the small screen. Smallville went for 10 years, Arrow has a dedicated fanbase already, and this fall will premiere a new Flash TV show spun off from Arrow.
Similarly a new series called _Gotham_ is being developed which will chronicle the early career of James Gordon as he rises through the ranks at Gotham PD. Let’s take a look.
Awesome: 11 Minute Tribute to Stanley Kubrick
It’s been 15 years (and two days) since Stanley Kubrick passed away. He was one of the most unique and influential film makers of all time. Here’s an 11 1/2 minute tribute to the man and his artistic voice from Alexandre Gasulla on Vimeo.
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Awesome: Check Out The Nominee Title Cards from This Years Oscars
One of the cooler things at this years Academy Awards wasn’t anything that happened on stage, it was on the monitors as nominees were announced. Sounds silly but each nominee had an amazingly designed title card for each category. They were created by Mill+, the firm which has been doing design work for the show for the past few years.
I’ve included some of my favourites (including the Best Screenplay Card for _Blue Jasmine_ above).
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Review: 300: Rise of an Empire
When the original _300_ came out I remember at first liking it but upon further viewings it became more and more problematic for me. See, Frank Miller is a right wing nut job and _300_ is, at best, a set of pretty 1 dimensional characters in a story that is hero worship of what is effectively a selfish and fascist society. _300: Rise of an Empire_ is interesting then in that in addition to having better developed characters (antagonists especially) acknowledges that fact and says _”that’s what they’re doing, that’s not really cool, but maybe we can use their machismo BS to our advantage”.
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