Archive for the “Movies” category

The Boy Who Lived

by kartooner on August 18, 2007

It was ten years ago when I first saw Harry Pot­ter and the Sorcerer’s Stone sit­ting on the shelf at Bor­ders. I dis­tinctly remem­ber the front cover illus­tra­tion, how col­or­ful it looked from afar and think­ing how geeky the boy on (…)

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Notes on The Breakfast Club

by kartooner on April 26, 2007

The Break­fast Club is a movie that can be taken at face value or you can read into a bit more if you want to. Which is why it’s an excel­lent film and one I highly rec­om­mend for repeated view­ings — if any­thing to (…)

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Joost!

by kartooner on April 24, 2007

Update: Thanks to the gen­eros­ity of Joost allow­ing unlim­ited invites every­one who added a com­ment and those who leave a com­ment from this point on will receive an invite. For weeks on end I’ve been patiently wait­ing for a Joost beta invite. Why (…)

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Budgeting Special Effects

by kartooner on November 28, 2006

KCRW’s The Busi­ness hosted by Claude Brodesser-Akner is both a radio show and pod­cast deal­ing with the inner work­ings of the busi­ness of Hol­ly­wood. Claude’s inter­views with direc­tors, screen­writ­ers, adver­tis­ing exec­u­tives and actors/actresses are often fas­ci­nat­ing, if not enlight­en­ing, espe­cially if (…)

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