Movies You Have to Read: ‘Helvetica’

Apr 15

Movies You Have to Read: ‘Helvetica’

Fonts are an interesting thing. We see them everyday, on our computer screens, on buildings, on street signs, on billboards, on speedometers, but we never think about them. We pass them off as being insignificant. And yet, certain fonts make us respond in certain ways. Some make us more alert, some intrigue us, some are just plain appealing. Helvetica is a...

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Movies You Could Read But it’s Not Required: ‘Exam’

Apr 08

Movies You Could Read But it’s Not Required: ‘Exam’

12 Angry Men is one of the greatest movies ever made. Not only did blow all previous courtroom dramas out of the water, but it also created it’s own subgenre. I like to call movies that follow in the footsteps of 12 Angry Men “Strangers in a Room movies.” The concept of this genre is a simple one. You take a bunch of people who don’t know...

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A Movie That’s American But Whatever It’s My Blog: ‘The Kid’

Apr 01

A Movie That’s American But Whatever It’s My Blog: ‘The Kid’

So, I’m gonna be honest with you, I’m sort of running out of movies made in other countries that any of you people would find interesting. So, I’ve decided to change my rules a bit, I will review movies that you have definitely never seen. Why am I changing my rules you ask? BECAUSE IT’S MY BLOG AND I DO WHAT I WANT! Anyway, this week’s...

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Movies you (Don’t really) Have to Read: ‘Indie Game: The Movie’

Mar 18

Movies you (Don’t really) Have to Read: ‘Indie Game: The Movie’

The artistic medium of the video game is at a very strange point in its life. It’s in the same hole that movies found themselves in in the late 10s and early 20s. They started out as novelties, simple, cheap, wholesome entertainments that didn’t try to be anything more. Then, the medium started to mature. And its audience started to mature. People wanted...

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Movies You Have to Read: ‘Hot Fuzz’

Mar 11

Movies You Have to Read: ‘Hot Fuzz’

Comedy is an interesting thing, not just how sensibilities differ from person-to-person, but also how they differ from country-to-country. For example, France finds certain things absolutely hysterical, while America finds them, well, kinda weird. In fact, I’ve found that America has a much safer sense of humor than most countries, even safer than their...

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