Author: Solani Verma
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Focusing On Spielberg’s Use of the Long Take
Vimeo user Tony Zhou has put together an excellent, eight minute look at Steven Spielberg‘s use of one shots throughout his filmography and the best part is Zhou doesn’t approach it strictly from an educational perspective, but also injects his own opinion in there keeping things lively… “This is probably the most jerked-off-to type of shot in filmmaking.”…
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Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
The majority of the story in Kung Fu Panda 2 is told in the short sequence before the titles in which it’s revealed the dastardly peacock Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman) plans to takeover China and destroy kung fu. Cue Po (voiced by Jack Black), the titular Kung Fu Panda, and it isn’t long before he…
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‘AVP 2’ International Trailer Ain’t Much Different
I just added the international trailer for Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem, or simply Alien vs. Predator 2 based on this Austrian trailer, to the RopeofSilicon trailer gallery. I honestly don’t see any diffence between this and the domestic trailer other than the fact that the title of the movie is different along with the official site address.…
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Images and Descriptions of Found ‘Metropolis’ Footage Online
Several scans and images from the found Metropolis footage have appeared online. First off, over at Zeit Online they have six images from the footage in quite impressive clarity considering they are fresh off the found reel. I have linked it with a German to English translation, just hit the forward arrows to check out all the images. Next up, AICN has several…
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SHOOTER (2007)
SYNOPSIS: “Shooter” is an action-packed thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a former Army sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which…
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‘Inception’ and ‘Black Swan’ Lead Sound Editors 2011 Nominations
Over the weekend I will be putting together my final batch of Oscar predictions prior to Tuesday morning’s Oscar nominations announcement and now the final clue we’re going to get as to which way the Academy may be leaning arrives as the Motion Picture Sound Editors have announced their nominees. Based on the nominees below…
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Nicole Kidman Went Method for Urination Scene in ‘The Paperboy’
After yesterday’s nearly two-minute exploration of a massive one shot from Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, today we get a different kind of close-up look at movie magic. Well, I don’t exactly have any visuals per se, but in this case you might not want any. As I noted in my review of The Paperboy from Cannes, there is a moment in the film…
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‘Pompeii’ Poster is Rightly Ridiculous
Is there much doubt Paul W.S. Anderson‘s Pompeii (TriStar; 2/28) will either begin or end (or possibly both) with a team of archaeologists uncovering the ancient city only to find a couple wrapped in each others arms, their love preserved in time? The bodies would be those of the slave (Kit Harrington) of a shipping tycoon who was…
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New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie More than Just a Rumor
Well, in 1989 we saw the release of Batman, The Little Mermaid and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In 2008 we had The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Nuked Fridge and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning so it only seems appropriate we go back to the well one more time and bring back Ghostbusters since ’89 was the last time we saw the protoplasmic…
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Oscar Scripts: ‘Inception,’ ‘True Grit,’ ‘King’s Speech’ and More
Okay, so the Oscar nominees have already been announced and a lot of these scripts weren’t nominated, but today I have for you three major scripts that were nominated and three of them are the three major scripts from the year. The screenplay for The Social Network has been online for a while, and I have linked to it…