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Hot Fuzz

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

A movie review of Hot Fuzz, the film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, directed by Edgar Wright.

Writing For Fun And Profit

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 30, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I received a schedule change notice from Delta regarding my flights. I can’t tell a difference in my flight info from when they changed it last time, except that it’s still a crappy three connection flight. There’s something to be said for paying a bit more for direct flights. It’s a universal truth that the [...]

Pulp Friction

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 13, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Monday is design day. But first, must watch Human Nature whilst laundry soaks and spins downstairs. It’s a Michel Gondry film, based on a Charlie Kaufman script, and it’s got elements that made both of them famous, but none of the charm. It’s an animal romp through topics laid out without deftness or sympathy. It [...]

A Sound of Thunder

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 3, 2005 ⋅ 3 comments

It isn’t every day that one is presented with the opportunity to openly mock, without fear of reprisal, a big budget sci-fi adventure movie. Michael Bay, for all his easily dismissed filmmaking attempts, somehow commands the pick of the litter when it comes to effects work, and his movies show a higher grade of digital [...]

Networking Fan Filmmaking

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Has fan filmmaking turned a corner? I can’t say, but Shane Felux’s $20,000 ode to the Star Wars universe, called Revelations, is nothing if not impressive in its scope and general grasp of what is required to “make it” in the saturated world of fan-inspired movies. It’s got the same faults as most fan films: [...]

I Speak French Now, That’s How Bad Things Are

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 25, 2005 ⋅ 2 comments

Friday arrived like it just spent a couple of days on the road and pulled in on fumes and listening to Molly Hatchet on an 8-track. Because you know, Friday drives a ’69 Impala, olive green exterior, ratty interior with stale cheese fries stuffed in the back seat. No dancing hula girl though, because Friday [...]

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