Film

Film: Impasse

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/24/2014 • Comments

Impasse from bram schouw on Vimeo.

Planetary Panoramas

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/23/2014 • Comments

Film: Today @ 12:30 PM at Seniors in the Park, The Great Beauty

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/18/2014 • Comments

There’s a screening today at 12:30 PM of The Great Beauty @ Seniors in the Park, in the community building. The 2014 winner of Best Foreign Film (at both the Academy Awards and Golden Globes) will be shown in Italian with English subtitles. The film runs two hours, twenty-two minutes in length and is rated…

Film, Sports

Film: Bounce

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/17/2014 • Comments

BOUNCE – This is not a freestyle movie from Guillaume Blanchet I Filmmaker on Vimeo.

Film

Film: Top 10 Practical Movie Effects of All Time

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/10/2014 • Comments

Captivating work —

Animals, Film, Nature

Film: Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/10/2014 • Comments

Where the bear is the director, and the USGS the producer —

Animation, Film

Sunday Animation: Pink Troubles

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/08/2014 • Comments

Pink Troubles from Philip Hansen on Vimeo.

Film

Film: In-Between Matters

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/03/2014 • Comments

in-between matters – a skateboard short film from Progressive Pictures on Vimeo.

Animation, Film, Music

Monday Music: Real Folk Blues

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/02/2014 • Comments

From the anime series Cowboy Bebop, here is the Real Folk Blues, in Japanese and English. I’ve no Japanese, and yet the original version remains compelling to an English-speaker merely for the sound of the words.

Animation, Film

Sunday Animation: A Horse Throat

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/01/2014 • Comments

A Horse Throat from DavidBK on Vimeo. A small horse in a restaurant can’t stop coughing. Everybody is irritated. WINNER of the Crazy Horse Session – 48h Animation Jam at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, 2014 Directed by David Barlow-Krelina and Jenna Marks Made in 48 hours

Business, Film

“The Shawshank Residuals”

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/28/2014 • Comments

An enduring, deserved success: Bob Gunton is a character actor with 125 credits to his name, including several seasons of “24” and “Desperate Housewives” and a host of movie roles in films such as the Oscar-winning “Argo.” Vaguely familiar faces like his are common in the Los Angeles area where he lives, and nobody pays…

Film, Nature

Film: Technicolour Alaska

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/27/2014 • Comments

Technicolour Alaska from Alexis Coram on Vimeo.

Animation, Film, Humor

Sunday Animation: Phone Home

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/25/2014 • Comments

Phone Home from The Brothers McLeod on Vimeo.

Film, Poll

Friday Poll: Anticipated Summer-Blockbuster Films

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/23/2014 • 6 Comments

I’m hoping for a good summer-movie season. Here’s a poll listing some of the films that studios are hoping will be summer blockbusters. (I’ve included a few that are already in theaters.) What looks good to you? Multiple selections are possible. Anticipated Summer-Blockbuster Films Trailers below: