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Cool World

Early 90's car crash, as Ralph Bakshi's kaleidoscopic fountain of ideas collides with the mainstream.


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30th Dec 2011

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Honest Logos

What if logos told the truth? Nice series from Viktor Hertz

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Themes For An Imaginary Film (That In No Way Would Be Called Drive)

Symmetry (aka Johnny Jewel, Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire and Mirage) have released a two-hour album (iTunes / Soundcloud) of tracks from an "imaginary soundtrack" (ie the stuff Drive probably didn't want, as Pitchfork hints). Same highways John Carpenter and Giorgio Moroder once drove...

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Beginners

Assured, personal, touching, refreshing exploration of love and relationships from Mike Mills.


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29th Dec 2011

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RIP: Cheeta

Hats off to the original chimp - Cheeta. Keeping it real 1921-2011.

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28th Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

Megamind

The superior rock OST is virtually all that distinguishes this from 'Despicible Me'.


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27th Dec 2011

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Super fast paced, thoughtful action movie - that stretches things a little too far.


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27th Dec 2011

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Breaking Bad Season 4

This show just gets better and better, with S4 providing the tightest, most rivetting twists yet.


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26th Dec 2011

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The King's Speech

A touching, powerful story. Well acted and adequately told.


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26th Dec 2011

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She & Him

A Very She & Him Christmas

Zooey and M. Ward croon through the classics. There's one day this is good for.


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25th Dec 2011

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Bird On A Wire

Misc alleyways were full of way more stuff to crash into in the 80s. Gets an extra star for the random chimp denouement.


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24th Dec 2011

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Tamara Drewe

Middle class village life literary shagathon. Like a decent posh pub lunch.


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24th Dec 2011

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ET: The Extra Terrestrial

Spielberg's flawless classic still hits hard, even if my bike still can't fly.


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24th Dec 2011

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The Big Picture 2011 Photo Round Up

The Big Picture has done a round up of the best pictures from 2011 in three parts (one, twothree). Too many phenomenal shots to include here.

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23rd Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

Finding Nemo

Charming animated aquatics from Pixar. Lacking the emotional sucker punch of their other efforts.


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23rd Dec 2011

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Trailer Park: Prometheus

Here's that Prometheus trailer. Looks good to me ....and not the same as the shakey-cam bootleg, which must have been an earlier edit or something.

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22nd Dec 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet

New / Vintage GBV

Guided By Voices' new LP "Let's Go Eat The Factory" arrives on Jan 16th (Jan 17th in the US via Rockathon or NOW via US iTunes), but you can listen to the whole thing today over at NPR.

The record is the first to feature the 'classic' line-up of the band since 1996. That's the classic line-up pictured in 1995 above. And the vintage version of the classic line-up below.

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