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November 1, 2009
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Gutter Shots #13- The Great Escape
By Scott Cederlund in movies, podcasts- WH
September 15, 2009
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Fighting fire with fire– thoughts about Inglourious Basterds
By Scott Cederlund in Review, moviesInglourious Basterds starts out languidly enough; a farmer goes about his work while his daughters do theirs’. They live on a large, open piece of land in the French countryside that’s almost right out of The Sound of Music or some other great movie that celebrates a long lost simple life. The piece and tranquility [...]
September 1, 2009
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Gutter Shots #9– Stayin’ Alive
By Scott Cederlund in Gutter Shots, comics, movies, podcasts- WHAfter a smallish break (don’t believe the rumors that Ty absconded with all of the Gutter Shots’ coffers even if those rumors were started by Scott,) our intrepid heroes are back for another stattershot look at the recent pop culture that they’ve ingested. Included in this show are discussions about the Bee Gees, Shoot ‘Em [...]
August 18, 2009
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Miyazaki’s vision– thoughts on Ponyo
By Scott Cederlund in Review, moviesOver the last ten years, Hayao Miyazaki has become one of my favorite storytellers. His movies like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind create new, magical worlds that are born from a rich and quite lovely imagination. I think one of the beauties of Miyazaki’s storytelling is that [...]
Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Ponyo
July 21, 2009
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The dark hallways of Hogwarts– quick thoughts on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
By Scott Cederlund in Review, moviesWhenever my wife watches a Tom Clancy movie, I have to suffer through her mumbling to herself “that’s not how it is in the book.” As a comic fan, I’ve learned enough times that the movies will never be the comics and vice versa but for some reason, I can’t apply that lesson to the [...]
Tags: David Yates, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowlings, The Half Blood Prince
May 12, 2009
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The only true currency in this bankrupt world…
By Scott Cederlund in moviesThis scene from Almost Famous rattles around in my head a lot for some reason.
April 15, 2009
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Jaime Hernandez covers Divorce Italian Style
By Scott Cederlund in comics, moviesCriterion loves getting comic artists to illustrate their DVD covers. In the past year or two, Darwyn Cooke and Sean Phillips have both contributed covers to the Criterion series. The latest comic artist to grace the cover of a Criterion DVD is Jaime Hernandzez on Divorce Italian Style .
Hernandez’s artwork is also available as a [...]
Tags: Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets
March 31, 2009
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On Crises, Flashes and Jar Jar Binks
By Scott Cederlund in comics, moviesWhat happens when you give three geeks some free time on Twitter? Well, I think Ty from Boxwatcher , Jason from Phoning It In and I answered that question pretty good today. There’s even a cameo or two by other comic bloggers in this discussion.
boxwatcherComics peeps, has Crisis on Infinite Earths lost it’s luster with [...]
March 9, 2009
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Shadows and masks– thoughts on Watchmen
By Scott Cederlund in Review, comics, moviesNote: There may be spoilers in this review of both the comic and the movie of Watchmen. I’ve tried to keep the events of both stories general and avoid specific spoilers.
Remember sleepovers from when you were a kid?
Paul, my best friend growing up, and I never went to the same schools so sleepovers were some [...]
Tags: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Watchmen, Zach Snyder
October 9, 2008
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When a Sith can’t get a job, you know we’re all in trouble.
By Scott Cederlund in moviesfound via CGS message boards’ own Frank Castle
And on a more serious side, the image was found in a threat about a Star Wars-themed charity event for autism. Now that actually sounds like a fun and worthwhile event.
