Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Edgar Wright, 2010) (1)
8/22/10 •
One musical trend that I’ve found particularly fascinating over the last few years is the mashup, in which two or more completely dissimilar songs (e.g., “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Bootylicious”, “Every Kinda People” and “Creep”) are mashed together, with the sum being greater than the whole of its parts (e.g., 2ManyDJs’ “Smells like Booty”, Totom’s [...]
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Everything I do, I do it for you… (3)
8/12/10 •
Here comes Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I’ve been curious about it, but then a critic put into words the very problem that has made me suspicious.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Kim Ji-woon, 2008) (0)
6/21/10 •
I’m not sure if the term originated from Kim Ji-woon himself or from some publicist trying to market the film to international and genre audiences, but “kimchi western” has become the unofficial genre designation for The Good, The Bad, The Weird. But what, exactly, is a “kimchi western”? Well, if Kim’s film is any indication, then [...]
Ink (Jamin Winans, 2009) (1)
5/20/10 •
One of my favorite movie review quotes comes from Chris Vognar’s review of Donnie Darko, in which he writes that Donnie Darko “may be too ambitious for a debut feature, but ambition and imagination still trump mediocrity any day of the week.” Over the years, that has become my “go-to” phrase to describe movies that [...]
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