Artist Ben Campbell made a “McMummy” out of $200 worth of McDonald’s food as a statement about how fast food is unnaturally resistant to decay, a truly disgusting fact that should rightfully give us pause about what goes into our bodies. On the other hand, if you’re anything like me, you’ve eaten so much fast food, aliens are going to find your mummy on the earth’s charred surface after the sun burns out. Future civilizations are going to study your rock-hard nugget-scented bones for clues about their origins, then use you as a keystone in their gigantic monoliths. And isn’t that that kind of delicious, in it’s own way? (CBC News)...
- 4/27/2012
- by Halle Kiefer
- BestWeekEver
The 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is all set to run for ten days this Feb. 11-20 in Missoula, Montana. This year, the fest will have a whopping 140 film programs, a growth that necessitates an expansion from its regular home at the Historic Wilma Theatre — where it will occupy two screens — to also feature screenings at the former Pipestone Mountaineering store.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
Special events at the fest include a free opening night screening of How to Die in Oregon sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. The film, directed by Peter D. Richardson, examines the impact the legalization of physician-assisted suicide has had on the state. (In 1994, Oregon was the first state to legalize the practice.)
Also, indie rock band Yo La Tengo will perform their acclaimed live score of the films of pioneering French underwater documentary film director Jean Painlevé, something they have done for other film festivals all over the world.
- 1/15/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Hanson just released the following news on their website today:
Hanson is proud to announce the first two legs of their North American tour in support of their highly anticipated fifth record, Shout It Out. The announcement of the tour follows a whirlwind week of excitement for the band’s debut single, “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’” which was released to digital outlets Friday in conjunction with the premiere network television performance of the song on the Late Show with David Letterman, and the music video debut on Myspace, garnering praise from fans and critics alike including Perez Hilton, MTV, Entertainment Weekly, Absolute Punk and Salon. The video, featuring “Weird” Al Yankovic, was viewed over a million times in the first few days of release, and is still rising. The exuberant homage to classic film The Blues Brothers, recreates an iconic scene where the band’s soulful music incites over 300 people to dance in the street.
Hanson is proud to announce the first two legs of their North American tour in support of their highly anticipated fifth record, Shout It Out. The announcement of the tour follows a whirlwind week of excitement for the band’s debut single, “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’” which was released to digital outlets Friday in conjunction with the premiere network television performance of the song on the Late Show with David Letterman, and the music video debut on Myspace, garnering praise from fans and critics alike including Perez Hilton, MTV, Entertainment Weekly, Absolute Punk and Salon. The video, featuring “Weird” Al Yankovic, was viewed over a million times in the first few days of release, and is still rising. The exuberant homage to classic film The Blues Brothers, recreates an iconic scene where the band’s soulful music incites over 300 people to dance in the street.
- 4/27/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
Dave here with Tuesday's report from the London Film Festival, and it's been my best day yet. Excited?
What is love? It's an age-old question, and you can probably guarantee someone's already made some sort of documentary on the subject. But that doesn't stop filmmaker Nicholas Jasenovec and comedienne Charlyne Yi from giving it their own shot. Paper Heart is a self-conscious quirky film that mixes actual documentary footage of Yi's journey around America interviewing various people on how they'd define love with a strange interpolated story of Jasenovec (actually played by Jake Johnson) picking up on the romantic seeds between Yi and Michael Cera (as 'himself') and filming every aspect of their blossoming relationship to see if Yi finally succumbs to this mysterious thing called love. This latter thread is really quite strange in how transparently fake it is, and it seems quite unnecessary when the interviewees provide much more entertainment,...
What is love? It's an age-old question, and you can probably guarantee someone's already made some sort of documentary on the subject. But that doesn't stop filmmaker Nicholas Jasenovec and comedienne Charlyne Yi from giving it their own shot. Paper Heart is a self-conscious quirky film that mixes actual documentary footage of Yi's journey around America interviewing various people on how they'd define love with a strange interpolated story of Jasenovec (actually played by Jake Johnson) picking up on the romantic seeds between Yi and Michael Cera (as 'himself') and filming every aspect of their blossoming relationship to see if Yi finally succumbs to this mysterious thing called love. This latter thread is really quite strange in how transparently fake it is, and it seems quite unnecessary when the interviewees provide much more entertainment,...
- 10/13/2009
- by Dave
- FilmExperience
Adapted from Ben Mezrich's fairly entertaining book about six MIT students who won millions playing blackjack in Vegas, 21 has a concept good enough to make a movie that would be, at the very least, pretty fun. As we have all learned by now, and will further witness today, good concepts don't always make for good movies. Inspired by the true story to about the same extent that The Wackness is inspired by my life (and I'm not even talking about the white-washing), 21 wastes no time sucking. After a pre-title tease that serves no purpose other than to trick the audience into thinking they're headed into something edgy with Jim Sturgess' non-ironic narration of the phrase "Winner, winner, chicken dinner" and pointlessly set up the film's half-assed flashback structure, we're properly brought into the movie's idiotic world. Ben Campbell (Sturgess trying to play American but really just sounding dim...
- 7/16/2008
- by Domenic Padulo
- Rope of Silicon
“21″ is a film about six MIT students learning how to count cards and then take down Vegas for millions at blackjack. The one thing you need for that is massive intelligence, yet that is the characteristic most absent from this film. It’s based on the true story and book “Bringing Down the House” and goes beyond the old standby that says the book is always better than the film. Changes were made, the least of which was making the main character white instead of Asian. Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is an MIT student struggling for money. He needs $300,000 for medical school, yet never once considers a student loan. He’s also never heard of blackjack, which almost makes less sense. Professor Micky (Kevin Spacey) tries to recruit Ben into the card counting club, but he resists until Jill (Kate Bosworth) flirts a little.
- 3/28/2008
- The Scorecard Review
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