Tube Watch (Cartoon Web-Head Edition)
There have been quite a few Spider-Man cartoons. Let’s take a look shall we?
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Top Tens & Lists
Supporting Dunst
It’s no secret, Kirsten Dunst is certainly not my favorite actor. She’s a one trick pony, one of those actors who has the same character they play over and over again no matter the part. Now that I’ve got that out of my system she does have quite a list of films that she’s played supporting roles in like Interview With A Vampire, Deeply, Spiderman 1 & 2, Mona Lisa Smile and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, just to name a few.
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Top 11 Films of 2006
Forget all those other pansy “Top Ten Lists” you’ve seen. Mine goes to 11! My list for last year included films which struggled to break even and those which were financial disasters. This year, believe it or not, there are at least two films on my list that actually made a modest profit!
This year’s list includes two directors finding their way back to greatness, three comedies including one of the best satires in many a long year, a G-Rated animated film, three documentaries, a film about 9/11, a dysfunctional family in a yellow VW bus, a man whose life may be controlled by an unseen narrator, and a rat on the Boston State Police. So who’s #1? Let’s just say the answer may surprise you (and possibly piss you off to no end), but my choice was, in the end, the only one I could make.
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The Pirate’s Gold
The early 80’s gave loose to many pirate films, from the funny and classic Princess Bride to the campy and silly The Pirate Movie. Many of the films created for high sea adventures in the 80’s aren’t all that bad, even if they were a bit cheesy and over the top. It was the 80’s after all; the era of big hair, leg warmers, mini-skirts with lace, “The Brat Pack” and some really crappy one hit wonders. What else would you expect from a bundle of pirate films from way back when?
But why stop there, now we have the new and improved pirate films, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest and whatever they are calling part 3.
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Philip K Dick: The Movies
From the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic comes alien technology, metaphysics, simulacra (artificial life forms designed to mimic humans), soothsaying, philosophy, alternative universes and futures, and death. Not the happiest of universes I’ll grant you, but one that bursts with a distinct vision resulting in original and uncompromising tales.
Several of Philip K Dick’s works have been translated into film. We’ll have the review for the latest, A Scanner Darkly, tomorrow. Today though we take a look back at how Hollywood has translated Dick’s different worlds onto screen over the years. Enjoy…
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