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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies, A D Jameson, A Simple Plan, All About Eve, Ang Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Asgard, Batman Returns, Beta Ray Bill, Brian Blessed, calypso, Carmelo Bene, CGI, Chris Hemsworth, claustric, comics, Darkman, David Lynch, détournement, Dead Again, Diabolik, Eric the Viking, Frank Langella, Galactus, Geneviève Bujold, George Lucas, greenscreen, Grigori Kozintsev, Hamlet, Harold Pinter, Henry V, Hulk, Ichi the Killer, J.J. Abrams, Jack Kirby, Jacques Rivette, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Campion, Jeremy M. Davies, John Gardner, John Milius, Joseph Mankiewicz, Kenneth Branagh, Kirby dots, Krull, Kuleshov Effect, Last Life in the Universe, Laurel Canyon, Lawrence of Arabia, Loki, Love Me Tonight, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Masters of the Universe, Mel Gibson, motion capture, Myrna Loy, Night of the Hunter, Norse mythology, Odin, On Moral Fiction, One Hamlet Less, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Jackson, Richard Kelly, Robert MItchum, Roger Ebert, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, Sam Raimi, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Senses of Cinema, Shakespeare, Showgirls, Sleuth, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, superheroes, Superman II, Superman the Movie, Tadanobu Asano, Tales of Asgard, The Avengers, The Bad Sleep Well, The Box, The Lord of the Rings, The Mighty Thor, The Phantom Menace, The Portrait of a Lady, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Stoppard, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Wilkes-Barre, Willow on May 30, 2011 | 9 Comments »

[You want to read the earlier installments, and we want to help you: Part 1, Part 2] [Drumming our fingers on the tabletop, humming along to Debbie Gibson, we contemplated just walking out on our waitress, when Jeremy remembered a Payday he had in his pocket. Passing it back and forth, we resumed our conversation.] [...]

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Notes on Twee, part 2: The Crash Test Dummies (Those Avant-Garde Harbingers of Mainstream Superheroes, School Plays, and the Willful Embrace of Nostalgia)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baroque, Beat Happening, Beetlejuice, Belle Epoque, chamber pop, comics, Crash Test Dummies, David Lynch, Death of Superman, Edward Gorey, grunge, High School Musical, Joan Osborne, Nitsuh Abebe, nostalgia, Peter Greenaway, punk, Ranz des Vaches, Romanticism, Smashing Pumpkins, Stan Brakhage, superheroes, Television Personalities, Terry Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The Elephant Man, The Magnetic Fields, The Softies, The Vaselines, Tim Burton, Twee, Twee as Fuck on February 11, 2010 | 12 Comments »

In my last post in this series, I embedded and linked to every single music video I know that uses the concept of the video as a school musical. (Please let me know if I’ve missed any; I’m sure there are more.) Such videos became especially pronounced in the 2000s, especially between 2005 and 2007. [...]

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A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)

Notes on Twee, part 2: The Crash Test Dummies (Those Avant-Garde Harbingers of Mainstream Superheroes, School Plays, and the Willful Embrace of Nostalgia)

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