June 18, 2013 · 3:21 am

An Evening with French Surrealism, or Didn’t It Blow My Mind This Time

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It’s once again the magical time of year when Cinema St. Louis puts on the Classic French Film Festival. Over the coming weeks, I’ll have several opportunities to check out many hard-to-find French films, including two Pierre Etaix films that are virtually impossible to find. This past weekend offered me the first chance to enjoy their fine offerings. I spent my Sunday night bathing in the absurdity of French avant-garde silent shorts, a program of “five key Dadaist/surrealist shorts” from the 1920s. And didn’t it blow my mind this time? Continue reading →


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June 14, 2013 · 3:21 am

You Down with OOTP? Yeah, You Know Me

OOTP_HeaderI recently read a review about Out of the Park Baseball over at The Warning Sign, a magic pocket of the internet where you can find movie discussion, beer reviews, and occasional forays into baseball talk. After I asked a few questions, Eric- the wizard who creates beer, baseball, and movie content- put me in touch with the OOTP people to give it a go. I’ve been a baseball replay game nerd since I was 10, but I’ve also been very brand loyal to Strat-O-Matic baseball. However, their refusal to create a Mac-friendly version of the game has left me without a baseball replay game for a few years now. In other words, the time was ripe to give OOTP a try. Continue reading →

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June 12, 2013 · 3:21 am

Coming Soon: A Pub Crawl Inspired by The World’s End

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Fans of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost have anxiously awaited the third film in the trio’s Cornetto Trilogy for years. Our patience will be rewarded this August in the US when The World’s End hits theaters. The third film centers around a group of friends who return to their hometown to complete a 12-bar pub crawl that they failed twenty years earlier, only to discover that something is amiss about the town. If you’d like to know more, you can find the trailer here. One of the themes of the film would appear to be attempting to relive the halcyon days of youth. Given how much I enjoy Wright, Pegg, and Frost’s work, and given that the film comes out on my birthday, it’s all given me an idea. Continue reading →

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June 10, 2013 · 3:21 am

The Movie Weekend That Was

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Since my vacation time at work is “use it or lose it” by June 30th, I’ll have a lot of long weekends this month. This was the first, so my weekend was full of movies. Choose your own subhead for my movie weekend. It’s either “Holy shit, you’ve never seen THAT?!?” weekend, or “The Movie Weekend That Was: A Lot of Sequels”. Included: boldly tackling a sequel where I’d never gone before, two other sequels, three classics that I’d never seen, and a healthy dose of recent horror. This is the movie weekend that was. Continue reading →

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June 6, 2013 · 3:21 am

The New Year’s Resolutions: Update #5

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At the end of 2012, I made a lot of movie-related New Year’s resolutions for 2013. Adding them all up, my goal comes out to 109 (mostly) specific films to watch this year. It’s quickly approaching the halfway point. What kind of progress has been made this month? Continue reading →

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June 3, 2013 · 9:25 pm

A Very Special (Red) Wedding Invitation

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If you’re all caught up with Game of Thrones, then you realize that a very special wedding just took place. It was the kind of event that serves as a game changer for audiences. If you’re like me, that means you’re as big a fan of the show as ever. If you’re not caught up, then HURRY UP, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, so you can open this wedding invitation marking the event. Also, if you’re not caught up, stop reading because I don’t want to be responsible for spoiling anything. Continue reading →

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· 3:21 am

The Movie Weekend That Was

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A portion of my weekend was joyfully sunk into a beer festival, but there was still time for movies. The weekend brought me a horror/sci-fi I’d been wanting to see for a few months, a slightly trippy movie for kids, a horror-as-puberty analogy, some Spanish devil zombies, and a cat who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about. This is the movie weekend that was… you’re daaaamn right. Continue reading →

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