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Remembering Peter O’Toole
Actor Peter O’Toole died today at the age of 81. He has been my favorite actor since I was in high school. Here are a few of the reasons why: “I’m not an actor, I’m a movie star!” – My … Continue reading
Reposting – Questioning The Hunger Games
Last evening I went to see the movie Catching Fire, the sequel to The Hunger Games with students in my media literacy class. As you all no doubt know, Suzanne Collins wrote the hugely successful young adult three-volume series that … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 8
Tagged books, Hunger Games, movies
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For my Media Literacy Students: Movie Links
Here are links to the film clips (and more) that we saw in class today: Chapter 8 – Movie Links Everything is a Remix series Movie Trailer Remixes Parody trailers of Cars 2 as a horror movie (with music from … Continue reading
Reposting: Girl Talk & Girl Walk Links
Had a request from one of my students to repost this: Here are links to posts talking about mashup artist Gregg Gillis’s performances as Girl Talk, and of the great dance film Girl Walk // All Day. Link Ch. 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 7
Tagged copyri, Girl Talk, legal issues, long tail media, movies, music
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Director Brad Bird Tweets on Gravity
Brad Bird has directed a bunch of movies I really love, including The Incredibles, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and the woefully underappreciated Iron Giant. Over the last few days he has sent out a series of Tweets about what makes Gravity important and … Continue reading
Gravity Shows the Limits of the Bechdel Test
Let me start by saying I’m more than a little bit obsessed with the Bechdel Test. As I wrote back in August when Pacific Rim was released: You all know the Bechdel Test for the role of women in film, right? … Continue reading
Why Gravity is Grabbing So Much Attention
The Sandra Bullock 3-D space movie Gravity has opened to spectacular reviews and record-breaking October box office numbers. And after going to see it last Tuesday in 3-D at my local theater, I have to say that the movie has earned … Continue reading
Four Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again
An open video letter to J.J. Abrams from Sincerely Truman. This is brilliant and correct. And as one commenter on YouTube put it: “So basically… Make Firefly.” Pretty much. Shiny!
TV/movie piracy & Hollywood. Who’s to blame? And is it all bad?
A post in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Are improper movie downloads Hollywood’s own fault? Kinda looks like it. When you give people easy, reasonably priced ways to download movies, they prefer them over “pirated” downloads. And as … Continue reading
The Mako Mori Test – An alternative to the Bechdel Test
You all know the Bechdel Test for the role of women in film, right? Very simple three part test for the importance of women in a film: Are there at least two female characters with names Who talk with each … Continue reading