The above commercial played before The Last Lovecraft at Toronto After Dark‘s gala opening. Taking a Lovecraftian spin on the free Bible television ads, I figured Sunday morning would be the best time to share it.
Read MoreThe Last Lovecraft: Relic Of Cthulhu kicked off the opening gala at the 5th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival last night, and also marked the film’s international premiere. The film a horror comedy that sits in the same space as Jack Brooks Monster Slayer and, reaching back a bit, the original Tremors. While I’m not sure it’s bound for cult classic status, the film does have it’s moments, and offers a humourous take on the Lovecraftian mythos, including an opening credit sequence that was reminiscent of the 80’s cult…
Read MoreI actually came across the above video via Boing Boing a couple of days ago, but just haven’t stopped watching it, so that’s why it’s getting posted on a Sunday morning. In the video, Don Whitaker has taken footage of the Oregon coast, and by putting it through a Processing script that re-creates the slitscan technique for the digital age, creates a haunting and sometimes eerie landscape that appears to be at point plucked straight out of one’s subconsciousness. Slitscan imaging techniques are used to create static images of time-based…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky and Rushmore (pending studio approval) added to the line-up Last year Edgar Wright was filming his new magnum opus, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (based on the hugely popular comic set in Toronto) in and around the city. Luckily for Toronto film geeks he managed to take some time off from his busy schedule to put on two mini film festivals at the Bloor Cinema – The Wright Stuff & The Wright Stuff: Double Bill Pope. RGB Filter was on hand for…
Read MoreIf you’re wondering what this poster is about, blame Videogum. Yesterday, they posted an article about this Scrooge McDuck comic book, which has some startling similarities to Christopher Nolan’s film Inception… Read on if you dare the tongue in cheek spoiler alert…
Read MoreOur new favourite Toronto rep cinema, the Toronto Underground Cinema, surprised us a few weeks ago when they released the first episode of their new webseries: That’s right folks! Consider yourselves lucky, for you’ve just stumbled upon a brand new web series shot live on location at The Toronto Underground Cinema. Each month will bring you a new episode about the ups and downs of running a movie theatre, and an inside look at something many of us film fans have thought of doing! Can you think of anything cooler…
Read MoreThe Toronto After Dark Film Festival has opened its online box office and released their 2010 lineup. This is the 5th year for the TADFF, which runs from August 13th to 20th at the legendary Bloor Cinema. TADFF’s eclectic mix of horror, sci-fi and other genre pictures often includes a number of films that rarely get Canadian screening, and it’s good to see they’re keeping up with that tradition. Although the whole lineup is solid, like every year, there are a few films in particular that stand out. This time…
Read MoreWhen it comes to digital content distribution, the United States has had a huge jump on other countries, largely because most of the big distributors have all been US companies. When Netflix first started out, it was a DVD subscription service, but they quickly embraced the digital distribution via subscription model. This has made the company the go-to service for not only movies but television distributed online. After years of expecting a Canadian company would pick up the ball, it appears that Netflix itself has managed to wrangle a deal…
Read MoreEven though I read about this ‘prequel’ comic before I saw Inception (twice!) this weekend I didn’t read it immediately. You see I was attempting a media blackout of all information about the movie, so I would go into the theater knowing as little as possible about the film. After seeing the film, I can tell you that the comic spoils nothing, especially if you have already seen some the trailers, and know a little about the film’s premise. The comics is written by Jordan Goldberg, one of the co-producers…
Read MoreWe don’t post a lot of movie trailers here, but the first full length trailer for David Fincher’s “The Social Network”, about the rise of Facebook, is certainly worth it, just from a craftsmanship point of view. The choice of a choral version of “Creep” by Radiohead is brilliant. It also helps that the script (from the novel by Ben Mezrich) is written by the master of behind-the-scenes walking – talking character dramas, Aaron Sorkin.
Read MoreIt’s not surprising that with all attention HD video-capable DSLRs have been getting, companies like Canon and Panasonic have enjoyed a surge of popularity of their HD-DSLR/HD-EVIL (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) cameras. Now, they’ve also announced that they are planning on stuffing those gorgeous APS-C and 4/3s sensors into their next-gen camcorders. But they’re still much in development and won’t be in the market until 2011 at the earliest. In the meantime, Sony has jumped into the fray and has them done one better.
Read MoreWant to make movies? Have the hankering to finally tell a story instead of filming the family dog yapping away for the umpteenth time? Then read on fellow lens-jockeys. Raindance Canada is back this July with a slate of awesome workshops and seminars geared towards teaching the fine art of filmmaking.
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