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RIP: Elmore Leonard
Legendary author Elmore Leonard has died, aged 87. As well as being an author, Leonard has penned many film scripts all the way back to the 50s - including Joe Kidd and Mr. Majestyck. He saw a bit of a revival in the 90s with movies like Out of Sight, Jackie Brown and Get Shorty being made from his material. Recently he's seen a lot of success as the creator of Justified's leading character - Raylan Givens.
Do yourself a favour and read a copy of Tishomingo Blues.
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20th Aug 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Skate or Die: Bob Burnquist
Amazing mega-ramp video up for Brazialian vert skater Bob Burnquist. This is what happens when you make a lot of money and have land to build your dream ramp on.
9th Aug 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Dennis Fuckin' Farina
Michael Mann stalwart and all round mob boss or tough cop character actor Dennis Farina has died, aged 69.
Via BBC.
23rd Jul 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tici Taci
Chimpomatic alumni Duncan Gray has a new musical project on the boil - a label called Tici Taci.
"My recent sets have become something of a Tici Taci megamix"... Andrew Weatherall
22nd Jul 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: Calvin Klein vs David Fincher
New David Fincher ad, starring Rooney Mara. Shot by David Devlin for that Rumblefish vibe. Music by YYYs.
9th Jul 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Natas Again
Nice little film as Natas takes part in an artists' residency in Australia. Obligatory product shot at the end to let you know who's paying the bills.
25th Jun 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ray Harryhausen
Skeleton warriors will never battle stop-motion dinosaurs again. RIP Ray Harryhausen
7th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Jon Hopkins
Stylish, dystopian promo for the new @Jon_Hopkins_ track Open Eye Signal.
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26th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Biting Elbows
Bit slow on the uptake with this fun, ultra-violent POV promo for Russian band Biting Elbows. #NSFW
18th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Man of Steel
Yet another trailer for Man of Steel. This one offers a brief reprive from the wackness of the Zod Facetime viral and claws back some of the Terrence Mallick vibe from the teaser ...but this tenpole's on thin ice.
17th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Elysium
New sci-fi from Neill Blomkamp, who made District 9 and the awesome Alive In Jo'burg short. Looks big.
10th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Attention Span Theatre: Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother
Short film starring Tom Hardy and directed by photographer Greg Williams, who just signed a deal to shoot a feature, also with Hardy..
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8th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Roger Ebert
America's Barry Norman, Roger Ebert has died aged 70. With presenting partner Gene Siskel, their show At The Movies ran a thumbs up/thumbs down system ...and generally got it right.
4th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
False False Identity
Reading like a comment from @AdamBuxton's BUG show, I noticed this stickie tucked amongst the meticulously created false identies on one of the iPads in the Apple shop. It and must have taken the confused author quite a while to type out, unless it is sort of Apple strategy to appease the worries of potential buyers who weren't sure YOU HAVE TO PAY. MEAN SWOP PLUS PAY EXTRA.
28th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Epic, #NSFW video starring @LilyCole for the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs track Sacrilege.
27th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Wolverine
Two trailers for the upcoming Wolverine movie. Doesn't really look all that much 'harder and darker' than the last one or any of the X-Men movies....
27th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Equinox
I can totally understand why they don't get made that much, but I love an arty skate video. This is Equinox, from Toronto production house Street Feet.
"Cold street footage with a dose of jazz, rap, Charles Bukowski and much more." - via Crossfire Magazine
22nd Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
House of Cards
Classy drama, expanding the original show to fill the Washington landscape, with added David Fincher style.
15th Mar 2013
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New Mudhoney: I Like It Small
Mark Arm is channeling his inner Iggy on the new Mudhoney track I Like It Small, from forthcoming album Vanishing Point, out April 1st. Check out the trailer for that below.
7th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
'New' Shuggie Otis
70s soul rocker / 00s revivalist Shuggie Otis has a 'new' record coming out featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks from 1975-2000 - wisely packaged with a reissue of Inspiration Information.
6th Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Pain + Gain
Wahlberg just needs to drop the action and do comedy full time. Sorry, been meaning to put this one up for ages.
28th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Marc Johnson
This guy is fast becoming one of my favourite skaters for his super smooth style and great choice in tunes. Check out his part in Pretty Sweet ...which is not on YouTube unfortunately. Here's a funny skit and a clip from Lakai's Fully Flared video instead. And here's a link to his part from Yeah Right!
25th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Company You Keep
Good looking trailer up for Robert Redford's new thriller The Company You Keep, about 60s radicals The Weather Underground. It's star studded, but not to be confused with Raymond Pettibon's similarly star studded art flick The Whole World is Watching - Weathermen '69.
15th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Kurt Vile Will Violate You Again in April
The new @TheRealKurtVile record "Wakin' On A Pretty Daze" is out April 8th. Check out the rocking 9m30s MP3 "Wakin' On A Pretty Day" here. And be prepared for some spelling issues with all these titles.
Cover art is by chimp favourite Espo (aka Steven Powers). Check that out above and in the video below.
13th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Polish Film Posters
We might well have covered this 10 years ago, but check out these 50 amazing Polish film posters.
6th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Animal Collective x @LindseyWixson x Gasper Noe x Paul Sharitz
Gaspar Noé has directed the latest Animal Collective promo, for the track 'Applesauce'. The video stars model Lindsey Wixson and is intended to be watched in the dark - primarily to make use of Paul Sharits' film-as-film classic N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Trippy.
30th Jan 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Chimps. Let it snow.
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25th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Big Picture: 2012 Part 3
Here's part 3 of the The Big Picture's 2012 round up.
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24th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: This Is The End
Topical end-of-the-world comedy from Seth Rogen, with the novelty of many stars playing themselves.
21st Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Big Picture: 2012 Part 2
Here's part 2 of The Big Picture's 2012 round up.
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21st Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Zero Dark Thirty
Final trailer up for Kathryn Bigelow's hunt-for-Bin-Laden movie Zero Dark Thirty - currently getting a lot of Oscar buzz, while holding a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
21st Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Welcome To The Punch
Trailer up for Welcome To The Punch, from that guy that made Shifty. Exec produced by Ridley Scott and starring a bunch of the usual UK crime suspects.
19th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Big Picture: 2012 Part 1
The @Big_Picture have the first part of their 2012 round-up online. Keep 'em peeled for 2,3,4.
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18th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Pacific Rim
Another expectation-lowering trailer - this time for Guilermo Del Toro's monsters vs robots flick Pacific Rim. Looks more like CGI Overload vs Bad American Accents, complete with Inception-esque vuvuzela.
13th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ladyhawk
No Can Do
I stupidly under-rated this album for a few weeks. So many hooks.
12th Dec 2012
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Trailer Park: Man of Steel
New trailer up for Zack Snyder's Superman three-boot ....and my expectations just came down a few notches, after a momentary high following the awesome, restrained Terrence Mallick-esqe teaser (below).
11th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Lone Ranger
New trailer up for The Lone Ranger. Looks more stupid than it did at first.
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Short Attention Span Theatre: Eugene
New short up from Hesher director Spencer Susser. Warning, paid for by The Man. More here.
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10th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore has died, aged 89. One of the stalwarts of the BBC, Moore's 50 year stint as presenter of the Sky At Night remians a world record, as well as providing hours of chill-out viewing.
9th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
A Day at the Airport
Bit slow off the mark posting this one ....here's a video of every plane that landed at Sand Diego airport in a single day.
9th Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Richie Jackson
Despite skateboarding getting more and more dominated by The Man (check out @Jenkemmag 's thoughts), it's always been unusual to see any skater who doesn't somehow fit the stereotype. Australian Richie Jackson is one such dude, channelling his inner Wolfmother while still pulling insane tricks ...many of which he pioneered.
3rd Dec 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or Die: Bake And Destroy
Forget the well-managed PR of #PrettySweet, skateboarding showed it's still got balls at the recent riot-inducing LA premiere of the new Baker video Bake and Destroy (see above).
And now the whole enchilada is online and available for viewing/download via Thrasher Magazine. Enjoy.
22nd Nov 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Apple 15th Anniversary Smug Video
Jony Ive has been knocking out self-congratulatory videos for a full 15 years now.
19th Nov 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Disney buys Lucasfilm for $4BN. Star Wars VII coming in 2015
I thought this was an April fool at first.
30th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ceefax 1974-2012
With the final digital switch off taking place today, Ceefax is a thing of the past.
Via BBC
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23rd Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Radiohead
The O2
Uninspired show from one of my favourite bands, doing many of my favourite songs, close to my house.
10th Oct 2012
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The Beauty Inside
Lovely short film from Sundance winner Drake Doremus about a person who wakes up differently every day. Beautifully shot, with a great performance from Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
30 mins, split over 6 episodes. Ignore the fact it's funded by The Man.
3rd Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet