More GOP/Tea Party movie clips
Last week, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy hosted a private screening of a clip from The Town to explain why Tea Party freshman should support establishment Republican Speaker Boehner’s debt ceiling plan. The Daily Show had an insightful analysis of McCarthy’s film choice. But there are so many more clips that could better define the GOP’s relationship with the Tea Party caucus. Here are a few: Hannibal Lecter cuts a deal with Senator Ruth Martin. The Joker tests Batman’s limits. Howard Beale is a little peeved. Hmm, what other crazies in cinema am I missing...
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FERRIS BUELLER DVD Giveaway
If you live in New York City, tomorrow’s probably a good day to skip school. Well, night school anyway. Epix’s free outdoor movie screening series in NYC continues this week with the John Hughes’s classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. If you’re in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood you can catch the screening tomorrow (July 27) at 8:30 p.m. in McCarren Park. Now, I know many of you, like me, can’t just drive to tomorrow’s screening. So to save you from racking up the mileage, TheFilmChair.com is giving away a free Ferris Bueller DVD. How do you win? Simply tweet: Life moves pretty fast. So I want to win a free Ferris Bueller DVD. RT & follow @thefilmchair to win. http://ow.ly/5O691 One lucky tweeter will be randomly selected to receive the DVD. I’ll announce the via Twitter and DM him/her with the details....
Read MoreRecreating Pixar’s UP house in real life… HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
Are you one of those cynics who dismissed Up because a house can’t fly with balloons alone? Well I have some news for you… Last weekend, cluster balloonist Jonathan Trappe piloted a house, Carl-style, for National Geographic Channel’s upcoming series How Hard Can It Be? So how hard can making a house fly be? From EAA News: Lift needed to raise the prefabricated 16-foot by 16-foot structure required assembly of the world’s largest balloon cluster to date (which Trappe said he verified). There were 283 8-foot cells (balloons), each requiring an entire tank of helium (291 cubic feet each) to fill, for a grand total of 82,353 cubic feet (2,300 cubic meters) of the lighter-than-air gas. If you can’t wait for the fall to watch the full episode, here’s a video from NGC. Skip to the 2 minute mark to see the...
Read MoreJulianne Moore is Sarah Palin, Del Toro directs PACIFIC RIM, Marvel adapting INHUMANS, more – News Links
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin? You betcha! The Oscar nominee will star as the former Republican VP nominee in HBO’s adaptation of Mark Halpern and John Heilemann’s behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 presidential race, Game Change. Jay Roach, who directed Recount for HBO, is at the helm. (Deadline) Even if he’s not directing At the Mountains of Madness, Guillermo del Toro still found a job right up his alley. The Pan’s Labyrinth helmer will next direct Pacific Rim, a humans verusu monsters movie, for Legendary Pictures. (The Playlist) Marvel Entertainment may have The Avengers grand arc in production, but they have other properties too, ya know. Now it looks like Marvel is moving to adapt Inhumans for the big screen. (The Wrap) Nazi-fighting magicians. Grander words have never been spoken. And Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is bringing that idea to...
Read MoreWarner Bros. and Facebook take on Netflix
It wasn’t three weeks ago when Warner Bros. announced “App Editions” of its feature films, like this Inception iPad and iPhone app. But you know what’s cooler than delivering movies to more than 100 million Apple device owners? Delivering them to 600 million Facebook users. Warner Bros. Digital Distribution announced today that it will begin testing streaming rentals via Facebook pages. So if you “like” The Dark Knight on Facebook, you can now “watch” Christopher Nolan’s bat sequel … for 30 Facebook credits, that is. Thirty credits translates to $3 for US customers, and the rental will last 48 hours. From the release: Fans will have full control over the film while watching it through their Facebook account for up to 48 hours from purchase. They can choose to watch it in full screen, pause the movie, and resume playing it when they...
Read MoreWaiting sucks. TRUE BLOOD season 4 promo featuring Eric Northman
They had me at “shirtless blond man.” True Blood returns for a fourth season this summer on...
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