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Inception

Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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Christopher Nolan reportedly began developing the universe of Inception nearly ten years ago, and that’s not hard to believe; with all it’s intricacies, paradoxes and innovative ideas, Inception is undoubtedly his masterpiece and well worth the ten-year development period. Set at an undisclosed point in the future, Inception sees a team of skilled extractors – thieves specializing in extracting information from a subject’s subconscious by entering their dreams – attempt a seemingly impossible task: injecting an idea into a subject’s mind in a manner convincing enough that the subject believes the idea came from himself and not a third party.

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Kick-Ass

Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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Kick-Ass is a superhero movie based on the comic of the same name by Mark Millar. It follows the exploits of a frustrated teenager named Dave Lizewski, who decides to become a superhero after getting mugged one too many times in New York. The movie is funny, thrilling, and overall very entertaining; but like my Chasing Amy review, there’s one gripe I have that stops the movie from being truly great.

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Chasing Amy

Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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Chasing Amy, a 1997 romantic dramedy by Kevin Smith, is a very flawed movie, but also a very powerful movie. Smith brings his signature style – quick, witty dialogue mixed with stoner humour – to the LGBT scene, and digs a little deeper than usual.

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Avatar review

Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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I’m torn on exactly what to think about Avatar. Does the enormous price tag help make it something worth seeing? Or is this just an expensive tech experiment?

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I Still Miss Invasion

Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Connor Beaton.

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If you read the title of this post and instantly know what I’m talking about, you’re awesome. Invasion was a television show that started back in 2005 on ABC; the premise was simple, and something of a twist on the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

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Alice in Wonderland

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Bran Rainey.

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Alice in Wonderland is a new Tim Burton movie that doesn’t suffer from being a Tim Burton movie, which was a pleasant surprise.

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Doppelganger

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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I don’t often post miscellaneous videos, but here’s an exception. This short film I found on YouTube is one of the most creative and hilarious amateur productions I’ve ever seen.

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How to Edit Video: Conversations

Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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This tutorial will be about conversations, one of the most important elements in many movies. It might seem as simple as lining up the correct takes, but there’s a bit more to it than that. The audience will spot any slight timing mistakes, so you have to make sure everything is perfect. But what is “perfect” for a conversation?

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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The new Potter film is as good to the story as it is to the eyes, adapting the core story elements of its novel into a form more suitable for a visual medium. The film feels like a perfect continuation from Order of the Phoenix, which is to be expected given the director, but also manages to come across as the logical maturation of Prisoner of Azkaban.

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Harry Potters 1 to 5

Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by Bran Rainey.

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Cuarón does a great job with immersion, but he leaves out far too many integral plot details. Harry Potter fans like to whine about every tiny little cut that the film adaptations make, which has always gotten on my nerves: this is one huge exception. There’s too much story cut out of this movie, and I really can’t think of a reason why. The book of this one was a bit longer than Chamber, but the movie is a bit shorter. Adding these details back in could have made the film the same length at most, and probably still a bit shorter. Why the cuts?

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