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Any movie scene, rewritten like a Michael Bay movie

Needs More Boom is proof that sometimes you just need to do something stupid for no other reason than "because I can." Just type the scene, hit the đź’ĄLFGđź’Ą button, and see how much better if would have been if Bay had shot it. [more inside]
posted by missjenny on Oct 18, 2023 - 12 comments

More “More Info” for Netflix (desktop web)

This Chrome extension adds a small missing feature to Netflix’s user interface that may help you discover and explore things you’d like to watch. You can now click a “More Info” button to view the information page for a title Netflix suggests in the “More Like This” section. [more inside]
posted by staggernation on Nov 2, 2022 - 0 comments

Project Herzog

Way back at the beginning of COVID I was living in South Korea and freaking out like everybody else. I decided that with my extra time, and lack of social outlets, I'd sit down and watch every film ever made by Werner Herzog -- the documentaries, the features, the short pieces, and the ephemera. I'm planning on updating the project, hopefully for a long time. I made it up to his 2020 asteroid documentary Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. [more inside]
posted by cidrab on Sep 3, 2022 - 0 comments

PREY Isn't About What It's About: A Video Essay

A relatively short video essay on Prey (2022), the original Predator (1987), science fiction, and the value of central metaphors. [more inside]
posted by Kybard on Aug 19, 2022 - 4 comments

The 885 films I saw and reviewed in 2021

Last year I started reviewing the many films I watch. Bit by bit, writing these reviews became my new “Art Project”, my main creative 'thing’ for 2021. I usually only write a short personal paragraph or two about each film. Here is the 2021 year-end summery with stats and a spreadsheet. I've continued with it now into the second year.
posted by growabrain on Jan 17, 2022 - 1 comment

A browser extension that chooses a random movie from your Kanopy.com watchlist

Available for Firefox and Chrome. Is your Kanopy.com movie queue way too long and giving you decision paralysis? Let this extension choose for you! [more inside]
posted by waninggibbon on Jan 20, 2021 - 2 comments

No Scary Parts: a browser extension that skips scary scenes on Disney+

No Scary Parts is a chrome extension that skips creepy scenes in classic Disney movies on Disney+. Since the beginning, every Disney film, without fail, has included a weird scene or two that traumatizes generations of kids, from Dumbo's pink elephants to Fantasia's Night on Bald Mountain. Currently I have 5 movies supported. If you have a sensitive toddler or don't want flashbacks to your own childhood, try out this extension.
posted by thomaspark on Jul 9, 2020 - 3 comments

Voleflix public domain movie site

I trawled some lists of public domain movies (lots of great film noir) and put together my own version of Netflix. It also has daft Voleflix Originals and rates your taste in movies from your watchlist.
posted by malevolent on Apr 2, 2020 - 7 comments

Bill Watches Movies Podcast

A podcast where we talk about the stars and the stories of the B movies of yesteryear. A combination of humor, B movie weirdness, Hollywood biography and Old Time Radio. [more inside]
posted by Bill Watches Movies Podcast on Aug 31, 2019 - 4 comments

The Movie Crash Course

Being the blog of an ordinary movie buff, unschooled in film for the most part, who is attempting to watch (or rewatch as the case may be) and review each and every one of the films that has ever been in any edition of the 1001 Movies To See Before You Die. [more inside]
posted by EmpressCallipygos on Feb 27, 2019 - 2 comments

Lewton Bus' Western Month

Lewton Bus, the little film criticism site that could, just devoted the month of August to the Western. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly on Sep 1, 2018 - 0 comments

I’ve Been To A Marvelous Party

An excerpt from The Lavander Ledger, a manuscript in progress by John Leavitt about murder, gossip, and scandal in the gay underworld of 1940s Hollywood.
posted by The Whelk on Jul 31, 2018 - 1 comment

Let's Rewatch (Podcast)

An animation project manager, a sound guy, a Youtuber, and a comic book superfan explore the phenomenon of being super hyped about showing your friends a movie you love, but being slightly worried you're over-selling it. I've been a cohost on this podcast, laughing and cringing our way through our old faves, for what is now entering our fourth year! We're asking for some audience write-ins or audio submissions for the next episode. [more inside]
posted by TheNegativeInfluence on Jul 16, 2018 - 0 comments

'Smart' Phone

Connor's cell phone comes to life and accidentally breaks up his relationship with his girlfriend. It must then do everything a 'smart' phone can to get them back together. [more inside]
posted by djeec on Jul 28, 2017 - 0 comments

AI Generated Movie Posters

I built this website to generate movie posters using a neural network. The titles and tag-lines are generated by the AI, everything else is somewhat designed and randomized. Super random, so occasionally offensive.
posted by OrangeGloves on Jul 10, 2017 - 8 comments

The Wildest West

A podcast and blog looking at the good, the bad, and the WTF of western movies, country songs, and that sort of thing. [more inside]
posted by maxsparber on Jul 5, 2017 - 0 comments

Lewton Bus

A film criticism and review site I recently launched with a number of my film nerd buddies. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly on Nov 28, 2016 - 0 comments

The X-Men Made Me Gay

An autobiographic comic for The Nib about how early exposure to the 90s X-Men cartoon and subsequent movie gave a confused gay teenager a metaphor to deal with it.
posted by The Whelk on Aug 5, 2016 - 5 comments

Louie the Dog Horror Movie Posters

I have a dog named Louie and he's pretty disdainful of human horror movies. He doesn't get what the big deal is about vampires (not scary OR sexy), werewolves (friends!), or skeletons (yahm!). So he's making horror movies for dogs now, about things that are REALLY scary, like BATHS and VACUUMS and THUNDER. Louie hired me to design his movie posters. Unfortunately he pays me in kibble, but other than that he's a great (decent) client!
posted by Uncle Glendinning on Aug 1, 2016 - 4 comments

Women in Today's Star Wars

A few weeks ago I decided to start a review of the role and place of women in Disney's Star Wars franchise through various mediums, television, cinematic, novels and comic books. It became surprisingly clear that the decision to make Felicity Jones' character the lead in Rogue One was not just a follow up on Rey's prominent position in The Force Awakens, but an overwhelming trend across every medium to feature many strong female characters in the Star Wars universe.
posted by Atreides on Apr 11, 2016 - 0 comments

Studio Heads Of The Classic Era Ranked In Terms Of Personal Awfulness

The studio heads of Classic Hollywood ranks by how awful they where as people.
posted by The Whelk on Feb 9, 2016 - 1 comment

You Better Watch Out

"You better watch out. Better not cry, sucker. Because this month we’re taking a look at seven examples of cinematic revenge — the bloodier, the better." A series of revenge movie reviews to help you celebrate the Holidays. [more inside]
posted by brundlefly on Dec 24, 2015 - 0 comments

Picture a Flat Surface: The Enduring Mystery of "After Last Season"

After Last Season exists in the subconscious of the internet mostly as “that trailer with the cardboard MRI machine.” Even among the most diehard fans of weird cinema, it is something that may have made a momentary blip on their radar if they have even heard of it at all. [more inside]
posted by tomorrowromance on Jul 15, 2015 - 4 comments

Radioactive Trailers

COMING SOON TO OUR THEATER! Monsters! Aliens! Bikers! Vampires! Witches! Dinosaurs! Barbarians! Zombies! Natives! Swordsmen! Devil worshipers! Cool cats! Ass-kicking soul brothers! Sorceresses! Sharktopi! Action! Horror! Mystery! The occult! Low production values! Nonsensical editing! Cheesy acting! Cheap special effects! Ed Wood! Roger Corman! Bert I. Gordon! The Asylum! And much more! Please visit our snack bar! Movies are your best value! And now--OUR SHOW (NSFW in places) Extra: Drive-In Intermissions! [more inside]
posted by JHarris on Jul 12, 2015 - 0 comments

Super Action Bros: Action Movie Podcast

My pal Ian and I discuss a different action movie every week. We talk about action movie tropes, montages, action scenes, and generally look at the structure and conventions of American action films. [more inside]
posted by sleeping bear on May 26, 2015 - 0 comments

The Big Lebowskemoji

My attempt to emoji-ify the entire Big Lebowski movie. Now, all images (to ensure browser support), and at Medium, fully explained line-by-line below.
posted by mathowie on May 12, 2015 - 3 comments

The Cat Vs Kirk

A man watches a movie. A cat takes a nap. Who used their time more wisely? [more inside]
posted by Kiablokirk on May 6, 2015 - 0 comments

Massive Head Canon

Intelligent discussion of movies, books, games, and technology. [more inside]
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul on Mar 22, 2015 - 0 comments

TRANNYBOT 5000

A short, satirical film about trans misrepresentation in the media. (TW included on YouTube page.) All trans girl soundtrack featuring Hearken!, Jenna and the Pups, Ex. by V., Femmepire and Haley Paille. Enjoy.
posted by Toby Dammit X on Feb 2, 2015 - 1 comment

Irish-American Gangster Movies

I'm working my way through every single film made about Irish-American mobsters, gangsters, bootleggers, run-runners, and general thugs, offering commentary on the films, and comparing them with the actually history of Irish-American gangsterism.
posted by maxsparber on Jan 11, 2015 - 2 comments

She Looks Like Sunday Comics: Watching The Brenda Starr movie (1989)

Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon and I sat down and watched the nearly unreleased Brenda Starr movie adaptation and talk about how it tackles camp, gender performance, romantic fantasy, and crazy shoulder-pads [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Jan 6, 2015 - 1 comment

Manhunter Vs. Red Dragon

I made a video putting together the Hannibal Lecter scene from Manhunter (1986) and the remake Red Dragon (2006) as a way to compare direction and performance for a scene that is nearly identical in both movies.
posted by The Whelk on Apr 16, 2014 - 1 comment

Twitter: @HardSciFiMovies

It's a Twitter account that posts premises for hard sci-fi movies
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 on Oct 8, 2013 - 4 comments

Celluloid Chicago

A semi-comprehensive listing of all the upcoming analog film screenings in the Chicago area, big and small. [more inside]
posted by bubukaba on Sep 23, 2013 - 0 comments

YOU'RE NEXT

I produced a horror movie called YOU'RE NEXT. It comes out this weekend in the US, and in the rest of the world over the next few weeks. Critics even like it, which is pretty rare for a horror film these days. So if you like horror movies, go see it. If you don't like horror movies, go see it anyway and help support MeFi's own me.
posted by kcalder on Aug 21, 2013 - 7 comments

Supercut Of T-Shirts In Film

A visual history of the greatest prop t-shirts — and the occasional tank, polo, and sweatshirt — from film. Highlights include Bluto's iconic "College" top in Animal House , the Shark Cat design sported by James Franco in Pineapple Express, and all of the shirts worn by Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) in 1985's Real Genius. See a complete list of all 78 clips at It Goes To 11. Concept and editing by Brett Roberts and Travis Greenwood.
posted by LesSavyTrav on Aug 8, 2013 - 0 comments

Analog film exhibitors list

A list of exhibitors who intentionally show films on film (35mm, 16mm, whathaveyou) to the public — cinemas, festivals, museums, and itinerant groups. It started out as a news digest looking at (1) cinemas that are switching to digital technology and (2) cinemas that are choosing to preserve analog film exhibition in some form, but I kept finding so many interesting little pro-analog cinema projects that I had to make a list of them. [more inside]
posted by bubukaba on May 20, 2013 - 3 comments

Waeguk.in

Waeguk-in is (a romanization of) the Korean expression that means 'foreigner,' and that's what I am. The site is Wonderchicken Industries™ newest entry into Korea blogging for fun and no profit whatsoever. I've dismantled my old neglected Korea-focused site and built a shiny new one devoted more to fun and interesting Korea-related stuff and less to turgid essays. If you're interested in Korea, come and have a look, or just follow @iamthewaegukin for updates. [more inside]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on May 14, 2013 - 7 comments

Spoilers, Beware!

Inspired by the Amazon/Goodreads deal (and advised by AskMe) I have decided to launch my own review site for books and any other media I feel like writing about. [more inside]
posted by restless_nomad on Apr 1, 2013 - 3 comments

Quick Rotten

Rotten Tomatoes scores can be very helpful when trying to figure out what movie to watch, but I find their website to be incredibly slow and frustrating to navigate. Since Rotten Tomatoes has an API, I decided to make Quick Rotten as a way to quickly look up Rotten Tomatoes scores and get a sense of what critics think of new releases. My friend John Holdun then chipped in to make it look pretty.
posted by kcalder on Oct 18, 2012 - 5 comments

Tilting at Werewolves

Looking at Teen Paranormal Romance books, shows, and movies, and particularly at how they present ideas of gender performance and relationship models. (Here's the inaugural post, where I lay out what the plan basically is. Highlights so far include this particularly cogent defense of (at least some aspects of) Twilight, and this epic takedown of Hush, Hush.) And today, we've started a new, 144-week-long project: watching and discussing each and every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. MeFi bonus: named via AskMe (thanks again, argonauta)!
posted by davidjmcgee on Sep 4, 2012 - 0 comments

Digitizing 100 miles of old 16mm educational films

I have over 24,000 16mm educational films from the 1920s thru 1980s and have been sharing them at avgeeks.com (previously). But I still have a ton of films no one else has made available online in good quality, if at all. So every day during the month of August, I'm digitizing and uploading public domain 16mm films that anyone can watch, download and/or repurpose for their own projects, free of charge. They're being collected at av-geeks.tumblr.com, and include The Potheads, a bizarre amateur anti-drug film from 1968, a 1958 interview with Ansel Adams about his craft, sexy industrial porn, Any Boy USA, in which Mr. Whiskey explains the perils of the big city to our hero, and lots more. I'm uploading at least 3 new films a day; the goal is to get to 100 miles (240 hours) of film by the end of the summer.
posted by avgeeks on Aug 13, 2012 - 3 comments

The Trailer Home Podcast

A podcast and blog about movies and movie trailers. [more inside]
posted by starman on Jun 29, 2012 - 7 comments

I've just released my first iPhone app. It's called Double Feature, and it's for the kind of film fan who likes knowing who was in what with whom.

If you've ever been watching a movie and found yourself wondering “hey, wasn't that guy in $MOVIE_TITLE” or “say, what's got $PERSON_1 and $PERSON_2 in it”, Double Feature is for you. With its Movie Match feature, you can type in two movies and get back a list of the people that worked on both movies. With Name Search, you can punch in two names and get back all of the films those two people both worked on. That's literally all that Double Feature does. If you'd classify yourself as a movie buff, I think you'll really like it.
posted by scottjacksonx on Feb 29, 2012 - 5 comments

"China Girls / Leader Ladies"

A collection of frame enlargements I made of the mysterious photographs of (usually) women that sometimes appear in the unseen header footage of motion picture film. More will be added as I encounter them. [more inside]
posted by bubukaba on Oct 6, 2011 - 4 comments

MostlyFilm, a blog I'm involved with. As the title says, mostly film writing but some other reviews/essays/criticism as well.

So far, writing about: Alex Cox, "Meek's Cutoff", the upcoming "John Carter of Mars", country music in the movies, Herzog and Wenders 3D films, Christian Marclay’s "The Clock", recent CD releases. Oh and, calling Jamie Oliver a big gurning tit and the premise of his new show "colossally stupid and offensive".
posted by AmbroseChapel on Apr 17, 2011 - 1 comment

Remote Viewing

Remote Viewing is a fortnightly podcast produced in Melbourne, Australia. It is the creation of a group of ravenous media consumers and focuses on Movies and Australian released dates. Remote Viewing also covers television, the internet, comics, novels and even video games, where their content bleeds into its core focus.
posted by elroyel1327 on Mar 2, 2011 - 3 comments

Art Film Ending

Hidden within every movie is a secret art film. It’s easy to find, as long as you know the right place to stop and fade to black. With a little timing and just the right edit... a story of triumph becomes tragedy, love turns to loss, and every dream becomes a dream deferred. Watch the closing scenes from your favorite movies, and see the art film it could have been. [more inside]
posted by avoision on Oct 25, 2010 - 5 comments

Enelcine

Movie showtimes for Mexico. We currently have the most popular movie theater chains in Mexico City, Jalisco and Nuevo Leon, and we'll add more cities and chains soon. [more inside]
posted by clearlydemon on Sep 24, 2010 - 4 comments

The Captured Bird

I'm producing a short horror film that's being directed by a female horror icon, and Executive Produced by Guillermo del Toro. In order to promote and fundraise for the film, we're producing a series of videos entitled "Horror Film School", where we interview the Masters of Horror about how to make your first film. First up: George Romero. [more inside]
posted by Bobby Bittman on Sep 17, 2010 - 5 comments

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