Flix for Short: Parephernalia
Paraphernalia is a short about a boy and his robot (who "doesn't have any guns"), written and directed by John Williams (who has an unfortunately famous name), and it is one of the best short films I've seen this year. Maybe my favorite. It was released over a year ago, but is still powerful enough of a story to get me all flustered. The kid Atari himself is a very compelling anchor to the story, with various layers of emotion and potential trauma. And that ending. It is a doozy. When you get to the ending, and all of the film's decisions suddenly click in a different way, I...yeah. Man...is it dusty in here or is it just me? Yeah, it must be my allergies. [via John Williams] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
8:30 PM on 04.22.2013 Tribeca Interview: The makers of Lil Bub & FriendzJuliette Eisner and Andy Capper delve into the odd and adorable world of cat memes in their film Lil Bub & Friendz. The documentary provides an overview of the internet cat phenomenon, with special focus on Mike Brid...
12:00 PM on 04.12.2013 Trailer: The Way, Way BackThe Way, Way Back is going to be a quiet hit that picks up as the year goes on. It's a coming of age film (written by Nat Faxon and Jim Nash (who cameos in the trailer)), starring Liam James as a kid who grows up after his m...
11:00 AM on 04.12.2013 Flix for Short: WasteWaste, directed by Anton Groves, has to be one of the best short films I have seen in awhile. At first I had no idea where the story was going (a man lives obliviously with loads of papercraft monsters ad he goes through lif...
11:00 AM on 04.03.2013 Trailer: BearsDid you see all of these BEARS? Damn, the hype is un-bear-able. This trailer for Disneynature's newest wildlife documentary, Bears, is a non-stop rollercoaster of excitement. In fact, the trailer is soooo full of hype a...
11:00 AM on 02.28.2013 Trailer: Kid's Police(Oh, Japan.) Based on the TV show of the same name, Kid's Police is a badass 70s-style cop movie with child actors in the lead. And that's all you need to know. The sheer joy and absurdity of the concept puts a goofy smile o...
4:00 PM on 02.22.2013 Watch kids reenact 2013 Oscar Best Picture nomineesAre you hyping up for the Oscars Sunday night (you better hangout with us!)? Wonder how much better Argo, Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, and Beasts of the Southern Wild would be if all the actors were replaced ...
5:00 PM on 02.21.2013 Puppies predict the 2013 Oscar winner for Best PictureAnother year, another round of puppies predicting Oscar winners. On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Fallon enlisted the help of an adorable and snazzily-dressed gang of puppies to predict the Best Picture winner for this year'...
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11:30 AM on 02.14.2013 Die Hard Valentine's Day cardsValentine's Day is an odd release date for A Good Day to Die Hard. Maybe Russian Orthodox Christmas on January 7th was too early. Regardless, we think the makers of A Good Day to Die Hard should have totally owned today's dat...
8:00 AM on 02.12.2013 Trailer: Monsters UniversityWhile yesterday's extended and extreme preview for Monsters University showed off more of the story beats, this new (made for the UK) trailer for the prequel tries to go for jokes (it still hints tells about Mike and Sully's...
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