Entries Tagged as 'movie'

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

Hilarious Jurassic Park Parody Puts Everyone (Including Dinos) in High Heels

Jurassic Park is an all-time classic monster movie that rocked worlds back when it was released in the 90s—not only for its then groundbreaking VFX but also for its suspense and generally for being an all out thrill ride of a movie. But there was one thing it was seriously lacking in—and that was high [...]

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

The Hollywood Formula For Wild Parties is Broken Down in this Hedonistic Supercut

Hollywood certainly knows how to party and this supercut breaks down the typical formula it likes to follow. Firstly it starts with someone proclaiming (usually very excitedly) that they’re throwing a party. Then comes the people turning up with the classic line “We’re here for the party,” then naturally things get out of control, the [...]

Sunday, July 12th, 2015

A Look at Why Jackie Chan is the Master of Action Comedy

Jackie Chan is the undisputed master of action comedy and in this awesome video, part of the Every Frame a Painting series, Tony Zhou breaks down exactly why Chan is such a badass. It comes down to a few things, but timing and editing are key. Something Chan has a masterly grip of.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

The Art of Editing in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The climactic three-way standoff in Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a piece of cinematic poetry. The editing throughout the entire film is full of surprises and expertise, but it’s near the end of the film in the stand-off that it reaches its zenith.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

‘Blue Shining’—Imagining The Shining as Directed by David Lynch

The Shining was creepy enough already, but filmmaker Richard Vezina decided to make it even creepier by imagining what it might be like if it was directed by David Lynch. In Blue Shining he playfully brings elements and Lynchian tropes into Kubrick’s disturbing horror film to create an uncanny, unsettling atmosphere.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

If Jurassic Park Were In Different Geological Eras

The Jurassic Period was great as the premise for a movie about resurrecting dead animals because it had lots of cool dinosaurs which made for an exciting story in Jurassic Park. But if you can resurrect DNA from that geologic period then it follows that any other geologic period in earth’s history would be ripe [...]

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

‘Jaws in 3 Minutes’ is a Tribute to Steven Spielberg’s Classic

On the 40th anniversary of the movie Jaws, which scared countless kids (and probably some adults) from going into the sea, YouTuber Robert Jones has created this brilliant tribute. In the video he edits down the film, compressing it from its two hour running time into just three minutes, keeping all the key narrative points [...]

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

The 100 Most Iconic Movie Lines of All Time

Cinema has had such an impact on popular culture that many of the phrases from some of Hollywood’s finest films have entered the common lexicon. Either that or you spend so much time quoting them among your friends that you develop a shorthand language where you can speak to each other just using quotes from [...]

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

‘Mad Max: Out of Gas’ is the Fury Road Spoof Sequel the World Needs

With the recent and very well received Mad Max reboot the next thing on everyone’s minds (well Hollywood producer’s anyway) is, what about the sequels? Well don’t worry Hollywood because The Warp Zone have got it covered with their spoof ‘Mad Max: Out of Gas’. The premise of the video is that, after using [...]

Sunday, June 21st, 2015

A Message for All Humanity

It’s the weekend, a time for quiet reflection upon the human condition. That and guzzling beer until it comes out of your eyeballs. So in between all those tequila shots off naked bodies and all the laughing and joking, why not take some time to ponder this speech from Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”. [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2015

How Much Would it Cost to Build Jurassic Park?

Jurassic Park is obviously a work of fiction, but it’s an idea that captures our imaginations because, let’s face it, if there was a theme park that featured real dinos, no matter that it would be the most dangerous place to visit, lots of people would still queue up to go.