OK, people are asking so I’ll give you the April update. April really was even more insane than March. I managed to watch like five movies. For serious.
I’m tired guys.
But hey, good things are happening. Had a birthday, went to Coachella, wore gold pants (Not lying! That happened!), worked a lot on screenplay stuff…
Now I’m back, a couple of deadlines for things have passed, and life is sort of getting back to normal. Whatever normal means at this point. Maybe May will be better for the movie watching. I dunno. I still have a couple of more deadlines to get through so we’ll see.
But Avengers tonight! Yay!
Anyway, here they are. My April movies:
55 4/5/2012 Comic Con Episode 4: A Fan’s Hope
56 4/10/2012 Chinatown
57 4/17/2012 Captain America
58 4/19/2012 Heathers
59 4/24/2012 The Cabin in the Woods
60 4/25/2012 Sleeping Beauty (2011)
61 4/26/2012 The Off Hours
62 4/27/2012 Here
Highlights were Comic Con, Cabin in the Woods, and Here. I loved them so hard. You should see those three. For serious.
I know, I am such a slacker! It’s so not even close to being March anymore!
Anyway, here’s the movies I got through in March. Still a pretty short list but there was that whole part of the month where I was running around the desert shooting my own thing. And making this happen: http://www.bonapartehousefilms.com/
So ya know. Not as much time for the watching. April promises to be just as insane so I don’t know. Maybe I’ll get through 200 movies this year? If I’m lucky. But hell, that’s still kind of a lot of movies so whatever. I will watch what I can! So far the count is at 55. If you’re keeping track. Like I guess I am?
Here we go:
3/4/2012 My Neighbor Totoro
3/4/2012 Contagion
3/5/2012 Bridesmaids
3/8/2012 No Matter What
3/8/2012 Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro
3/11/2012 Insidious
3/13/2012 Knife in the Water
3/14/2012 Waitress
3/15/2012 Videodrome
3/16/2012 3 Women
3/17/2012 Meek’s Cutoff
3/18/2012 Super 8
3/20/2012 The Front
3/26/2012 The Hunger Games
3/29/2012 Young Adult
3/30/2012 Swimming with Sharks
And I know, I haven’t even posted about the last few I watched. Like The Hunger Games! How can I not post about The Hunger Games!
I liked The Hunger Games? Didn’t love. But I really enjoyed seeing the world come to life and I thought the movie is fun for what it is. You might hate it or you might love it but if you like the book it’s worth giving a chance.
Oh but hey! I also saw Morgan Spurlock’s Comic Con doc last night and it’s wonderful! I might even write about that later. Either way, it opens today and you can either see it in the theater (Do it!) OR if it’s not playing near you, you can rent it On Demand and through itunes and all that. So no excuses! Look for my name in the credits! But really, it’s a lot of fun. I highly recommend it.
Oh. Well then. I guess this is me posting about it. Oh whatever. Watch the movie. Here’s the website: http://comicconmovie.com/
I would write things about how amazing the location ending up being or how much fun the weekend was. But mostly I’m just a little too brain dead to be doing these writing things.
I did manage to post a few pics that I grabbed on my phone over the weekend. You can see them over on our FB page:
I’m very excited about how things went, even if I am completely sun & wind burned. My lips are really, really chapped. In case you were wondering. I’m also really glad that everyone put up with my complete last minute change of mind on, well, almost the entire script. Um. Oops. I just saw that location and had to take advantage of it! It would have been silly to not have done.
OK, I’m gonna continue staring blankly at my screen in a near comatose state not. Enjoy the pics. More to come.
Over the last few months I’ve been working with several wonderful people in making magical film things happen. And now, just in time for our second short film shoot, I’d like to introduce you all to Bonaparte House Films. We have a website and everything!
Along with Gina, Mike, and Rachael, over the next, well, the foreseeable future, stay tuned for project updates, videos, collaborations, and all kinds of fun things. I’ll still be posting here but come visit our website:
Check out behind the scenes of our productions. Join us for all of the fun things we do. It’s going to be very, very exciting. I promise!
And this weekend Rachael, Mike, and I will be heading out with a small and awesome crew to Joshua Tree. We’ll be shooting our second short film “Dust Bunnies” and if you follow us on Twitter there will be at least one update. I mean, it’s Joshua Tree and the cell reception is a little sketchy so there may only be one update. But I’ll share the pictures when we’re back.
For now follow us and keep in touch. We’re off on an adventure.
In honor of David Cronenberg’s birthday (and the Ides of March?), yesterday I revisited the sublimely weird Videodrome. I wrote a bit about Cronenberg back in October when I watched The Fly (also sublimely weird).
Videodrome is classic Cronenberg. Horror, sex, violence, crazy effects, creepy technology. Debbie Harry into S&M. Leaves you with the urge to get all psychoanalytical. Ya know, fun times.
Also, OMG, this trailer. Consider my reality shattered.
I really like this movie. And I swear it’s not just because of the pie. Although I do love me some pie. Who doesn’t love pie? Wasn’t yesterday Pi day? Why did I not have any pie???
Oh my gosh, I am not getting enough sleep. Can you tell?
Anyway, Waitress. Seen this one before, still like it. Something about the ending is really sad and poignant considering the tragic story of Writer/Director Adrienne Shelly.
But happier thoughts. Nathan Fillion. (Keri Russell is also really, really good)
Now streaming on Hulu plus. It’s wonderful. With all of the descriptions I was expecting more of a Cape Fear kind of thing. Instead, what we get is the incredibly tense, sexy, but low key drama. Someone called it a slow burn and that feels like a really apt description. From what I can figure, it’s mostly about who’s more manly. I really liked it.
Things are going on. Like, busy things. Like, hour long naps in the sunshine and stuff. Hey, I deserved that nap! So whatever.
Really though, busy with the writing and the plotting and the life thing. Quick update here and then I’m back to it.
Watched the lovely Cherie Saulter’s No Matter What on Netflix the other night. Because it’s on Netflix and you really should be watching it too. It’s good throughout but I think what really makes it are stars Matt Webb and Waylan Gross. They’re both wonderful.
And then because I’m apparently on a Miyazaki kick (can’t complain about that, right?) my new roommate and I watched Castle of Cagliostro. Which is like James Bond meets gothic romance meets 70′s anime. It’s awesome.
Finally, I watched Insidious again because that is also streaming on Netflix (my original post is HERE). Was curious to see how it would hold up on a second viewing. Answer is, pretty well. All of the problems I had with it the first time around are still there but more importantly, it’s still creepy in most of the right places and left me jumpy even when I already knew what was going on. So there’s that.
