The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pinky: “Me and the boys talked it over. We think you are a really straight fellow. M. Gustave H.: “Well, I’ve never been accused of that before, but I appreciate the sentiment.” Once again, Wes Anderson has given us the kind of madcap story that only he can invent. In The Grand Budapest Hotel, we are immersed inside of not one, but two flashbacks. An author (unnamed, but played by Tom Wilkinson) explains in an interview that all of...
The Spotlight: Put Some Eyeballs On It, A Tribute to Old Horror Movie Effects
The Spotlight: Put Some Eyeballs On It: A Tribute to Old Horror Movie Effects Recently after watching John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) and then its prequel, The Thing (2011), I realized how much I miss old horror movie special effects. Rob Bottin, special effects creator and designer of the original 1982 monsters (with the exception of the kennel monster by the talented Stan Winston), is my new hero. I feel old...
The Spotlight: Sharks and Dinosaurs
These are the moments when I am glad this blog is my baby. I can do whatever I want with my baby. So from time to time, I will need to gravitate away from the norm and do something ridiculous. Today is one of those days. I need to talk about sharks, because I love them. Yes, I love sharks… not as much as I love dinosaurs, though. Specifically, I love to watch people be eaten and maimed by these wonderful friends of mine (though,...
