Ryan Sholin

Tag: movies

  • Surprises/No Surprises

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    Back from vacation and the first day back at the office, here are a few quick reviews and observations: Surprises Casino Royale: Best Bond ever? Maybe. Certainly a re-invention of the formula, with actual character development and relationships. Frankly, it was awesome. I was marking out the whole time. “OMG he ordered the drink for…

  • Not that you asked for my opinion*

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    *In which I make another disingenuous attempt at a regular feature, reviewing several items that have come across my desk/eyes/ears in the last little while. The Departed: Best Scorsese flick since GoodFellas, although some might debate the merits of this one vs. Gangs of New York. This year’s Santa Cruz Marching Band Review: Substantially more…

  • Italy Picks Oscar Hopeful – SF Chronicle

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    Note to self: Write the screenplay for Grandma’s second book, but get the movie made in Russia, in all the applicable languages. Win Oscar. Italy Picks Oscar Hopeful – SF Chronicle

  • Snakes on a Plane! / shout-along script, Rocky Horror style

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    I really might have to go see this movie. This is too much fun. Snakes on a Plane! / shout-along script, Rocky Horror style

  • All your snakes are belong to us

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    It works on so many levels… [youtube]ihAoSwQqo44[/youtube] This is the part where I’m supposed to make some intelligent comment about how the nature of the Web, social networking, cheap bandwidth, and digital video are encouraging content creation and remixing on an unprecedented scale, but I think I’ll skip that in favor of snaking about the…

  • Making the inconvenient accessible

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    We finally made it out to see An Inconvenient Truth last night. Remind me again why Al Gore isn’t running for President in 2008? Sorry, but I haven’t heard a good enough reason. Personally, I’d like to see him grow his beard back, put on a flannel shirt and a pair of jeans, and go…

  • Hotel Rwanda

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    We watched Hotel Rwanda last weekend. We skipped it on the big screen – sometimes we let movies slip by, even though we know we want to see them, especially when we know they’re going to make us sad or angry in the end. I’ve been having a hard time all week putting into words…