Djake Reviews Two Surprisingly Violent “Comedies”

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                  After reading the short synopsis of the Norwegian film Headhunters, I figured it was gonna be a thriller in the vein of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (and as the poster eloquently reminded me, the films share a producer). What I wasn't expecting was a brilliant dark comedy mixed with extreme violence and gore. Roger Brown (a VERY strange name for a Norwegian) is a recruiter (or "headhunter") for major corporations with a beautiful Read more [...]

Djake propositions Deuce…with The Proposition!

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Djake's got a lot of movies. A lot of movies I've never seen, that I want to see. He's got really good taste, so I let him recommend movies to me every so often. He told me to watch The Proposition (2005), an Australian western, and let me borrow it way back at the beginning of December. Here's a conversation with Djake I had about the film a week before Christmas: Djake: Hey, you watch The Proposition yet? Deuce: Well, I started it, but I'm only about 30 minutes into it. Djake: Argh! You gotta Read more [...]

Sam lightens things up with American Horror Story

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After watching, what I believe to be, the saddest moment on television (Sunday's episode of Downton Abbey--wow, I totally did not see that coming), I decided to turn to lighter programming, FX's American Horror Story.  I mentioned to Sitz when I was finally persuaded to join this blog that I would mainly contribute my thoughts on what I've recently been reading, but since I've really not been in the mood lately, TV is now my go-to.  On to American Horror Story. The premise is simple and Read more [...]

Emily Blunt Force Trauma

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Let me be Blunt: I watched three (3) Emily Blunt movies in the last two days. This was originally coincidental, but then deliberate (once I thought of the title for a blog post, I sort of created a self-fulfilling prophecy). The last time we came back to Costa Rica I brought with us some old copies of "Entertainment Weekly" that my family was done with, and some of the movies that came up in lots of reviews and interesting comments happened to involve Emily Blunt. I then decided to watch three Read more [...]

Good Cop, Good Cop

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Ryan had mentioned that I should add more projects that I've actually worked on, so I thought I would throw this out there. Alright, so I didn't actually work on it, but my friends made it in my basement as a warmup for one of their other projects, and they basically wanted to see how the cops would play off of each other (as you'll see, quite well since they're part of a comedy trio called Grawlix, based here in Denver). Be warned, there is a lot of bad language, but if you're cool with that Read more [...]

Hans Zimmer: Quintessential Hype Man

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Hello, Cinematic Attic community! I have come to (hopefully) entertain and delight you, to show you things you never thought possible and to display amazing feats of aural strength! Prepare to feast your eyes and ears on the very first music entry to grace this dashing website. For my first trick, I will both amuse and offend the audience! Now, before I dive into what I'm sure some readers will regard as "Zimmer-bashing", let me first address some semantics of the film music world. I am often Read more [...]