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Hi Ho Silver!

First image up for the Lone Ranger reboot ...and it doesn't look terrible.

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8th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Skate or die: Pool Paint Attack

Love this.

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7th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

RIP: Ralph Mcquarrie

@StarWars artist Ralph McQuarrie has died aged 82. He's the guy who drew a lot of the original concept art for Star Wars, designing an entire world that is now a part of nearly everyone's culture.

George Lucas has praised the artist over on StarWars.com

Via BBC

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4th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Ted 2023: Peter Weyland

Peter Weyland of Weyland-Yutani gives a speech at TED .....all in the name of promoting Ridley Scott's new Alien-esque movie Prometheus. Clever/Smug.

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29th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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85 Films Martin Scorsese Thinks You Should See

Fast Company magazine has an interesting list of films mentioned by Martin Scosese as influentual to him. He's certainly consistent, as he's been talking a lot of these up since I was at film school - directly prompting me to check out Faces, Duel in the Sun, Gun Crazy, Kiss Me Deadly, The Leopard, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom and The Red Shoes ...amongst others. Pretty sure he put me onto Black Narcissus too - my favourite Powell & Presseburger movie.

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27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Oscars 1976

Fascinating video of Steven Spielberg watcing the live Oscar nomations in 1976, following the massive box office success of Jaws.

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27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: The Raid

This month's "Most kills in a trailer" award goes to relentless Indonesian all-out martial arts cops n guns fest The Raid (@THERAIDMOVIE). Have heard bloody good things (well, it's bloody and it's good) from early reports - something of a tribute to early (ie pre-Hollywood) John Woo from Welsh director Gareth Evans by all accounts. Looks like they've borrowed The Wire's font too

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24th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Trailer Park: Year Zero ...with added Black Mountain

Trailer up for the epic surf movie 'Year Zero' from Globe. The movie itself looks pretty tasty, shot around the world on 16mm film ....but the real reason to get excited is the Black Mountain soundtrack.

The album features a few old classics (including 'Tyrants' - featuring my all time favourite drum licks) and a handful of unreleased tracks such as 'Phosphorescent Waves', 'Embrace Euphoria', 'In Sequence' and 'Mary Lou' - which you can download over at Jagjaguwar and listen to below.

The album is out April 2nd in the UK, April 3rd elswhere.

Via Stereogum.

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23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Jacob Sutton: Glowing Man

Outstanding fashion film up from Jacob Sutton, following a man on a snowboard in an LED suit. Say no more.

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23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Skate or die: GoPro

Skateboarding's probably pretty close to porn when it comes to using advances in film technology. Check out this quick how-to about mounting a mini GoPro HD camera under a skateboard, from @RideChannel's excellent In Focus series.

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22nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Sound Of Noise

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20th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Blind Date

Great short film up from Abigail Blackmore - Blind Date.

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18th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Beyond The Black Rainbow

about time someone picked up that Cronenberg video-terror / mad scientist ball and ran with it... (bonus points for the VHS poster here)

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17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Cabin In The Woods

It was delayed for a few years due to the collapse of MGM, but this meta-horror from Drew "Cloverfield" Goddard and producer Joss Whedon is opening at SXSW this April

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17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Wayne's World - Partying On for 20 Years

It's the 20th Anniversary of the Wayne's World movie. Ouch. Here's a then/now comparison of the cast. And while you're there, check out the cast of Dazed & Confused ....though Wooderson is cheating a bit thanks to that recent Black Widow promo.

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16th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Vintage Movie Posters

Hold on to that old movie poster rolled up on top of your wardrobe, as in case you didn't already know these things can be worth a lot of money.

Love seeing the alternate marketing vision for some of these movies. The Alien teaser poster is a million miles from the graphic identity that pretty much shaped the whole series.

Via Vintage Seekers via Uncrate.

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15th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Iron Sky

New trailer for the "Nazis from the dark side of the moon" film that's been "coming soon" for ages. Looks a lot more Top Secret/Hot Shots! with that new President Palin character

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10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

No Dude, "Scary Staring Guy" Is My Thing That I Do

Seven Psychopaths, starring Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell. It's about a dog thief

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10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: The Bourne Legacy

Bourne is back. Except he's not called Bourne, and he's played by Jeremy Renner. Could be OK, unless Ed Norton spoils it. The Bourne Legacy opens Summer 2012.

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8th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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RIP: Ben Gazzara

RIP Ben Gazzara, improv acting legend from the Cassavettes era ....and better known to us as the bad guy from Roadhouse, or Jackie Treehorn from The Big Lebowski.

81. Good innings dude.

Via The Guardian.

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4th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Tony Hawk's Ride Channel

@YouTube have been setting up some new content partnerships recently and @RIDEChannel is one such offering, from Tony Hawk's 900 Films. The idea is to push channels with regular, programmed content - as YouTube attempst to push itself as a TV replacement.

Ride Channel features a number of skateboard-related shows, such as Jamie Thomas' Let The Good Times Roll, Trick-a-day, Hand in Hand - which features interviews with musicians who have inspired skating (Thurston Moore, for example), Free Lunch which rolls down memory lane with famous skaters and In Focus, which provies great technical tips on making your own skate movies.

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2nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Shit Samuel Jackson Says

#Stupido of the highest order.

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1st Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Cassette

Kickstarter doc about cassette culture. More at cassettemovie.com/

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31st Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Side By Side

Side by Side finds Keanu Reeves putting on his producer hat for this documentary about the decline of film and the rise of digital. Looks pretty geeky, so I'm thoroughly looking forward to it - and Keanu has pulled out his address book to interview a who's who of film makers.

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30th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Wilco vs Popeye

Animated promo up for WIlco's track "Dawned on Me" .....starring the band and Popeye himself. Directed by Darren Romanelli

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26th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet