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Tag: Cinema

  • Blog: Marvel Studios Is Kicking DC’s Collective Ass

    Now, this is a rare occasion for me… blogging just for the sake of blogging. Still, I would feel like I need to go on the record with this. The reason I want to share about this today is because I just watched the new trailer for Captain America: Cival War. As was expected, it’s looking really great!

    Fact is, I have been a long-time fan of superheroes: and two of the greatest – ala Superman and Batman – have always risen to the top for me. As such, there is always a little piece of my heart that wants the DC Universe to kick ass with its productions. Christopher Nolan taking the helm of the Dark Knight certainly took it leaps and bounds into the right direction. Still, that was pretty much a self-contained entity with no cross-over into the rest of the DC Universe.

    Marvel has been the comic magnate that has captured both the television and film markets with consistent, higher quality productions. Their Cinematic Universe has intentionally set about exploring the wider hero roster (it really didn’t take them long to branch out beyond X-Men). Comparatively, the DC Cinematic Universe is only just cracking open its roster beyond Superman and Batman. Even then, the two-horse show is still being trumpeted around with the anticipated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

    And so while I – along with millions of fans globally – lap up all that the MCCU has to offer us for now – I can’t wait for the DCCU to really kick things up several gears!

  • Video Montage: A Retrospect Of British Cinema (Rhys)

    If you have ever marvelled at an epic masterpiece on the silver-screen, there is quite a reasonable chance that it was made by the grand lady of American cinema, Hollywood. For those who reside in the USA, however – it might surprise you to hear that, “As we enter the twenty-first century, the study of the previous century’s distinctive art-form – the cinema – seems to have come of age… there is an almost palpable sense of intellectual excitement in the air – and at its heart lies the systematic and creative process of rethinking British cinema.“¹ (emphasis mine).

    Yes, you read that correctly. British cinema. It has played an important role in global cinema over the years. So I was super excited to find that the aspiring writer-director Calum Rhys – who hails from England himself – had taken it open himself to montage some of the great elements of British cinematic history. Indeed, he writes that, “I set out months ago to create a short montage featuring the best of British cinema, however over time that montage transformed into a six minute film.” And what a job he has done (the list of films included is here)! You will love this, I am sure.

  • Video Montage: Cinema in Cinema (Paredes)

    Continuing my series of resource links, today I want to share a fun little video montage by Spanish videographer Eusebio Poveda Paredes – namely his homage to cinema in cinema.

    Featuring an amazing 139 clips from 93 different films – there is not a whole lot to add to the joy of simply diving in – so please do, and enjoy this fun little labour of love.