The popularity of movies can be driven by many things beside the entertainment value of the movie. Sometimes its the popularity of a star, sometimes it captures a trend at the time and sometimes it befuddles the audience with new technology or a smart marketing campaign. Whilst many movies deserve their acclaim, some movies just … Continue reading
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Funk’s Top 10: Tracking Shots
Anyone who has attempting to complex tracking shot can tell you that it is one of the trickiest and rewarding feats in film-making. Balancing both technical, performance and logistical factors, a good tracking shot needs to be meticulously planned and rehearsed. The invention of the steady cam has made a substantial difference, allowing film-makers to … Continue reading
When Bruce Wayne set out to turn himself into the Dark Knight, he spent years travelling, studying and training. He also invested untold millions of dollars from his inheritance equipping himself and his ever-increasing fleet of bat-themed custom vehicles. It’s hard to imagine that anyone could be as effective in their crusade against crime without … Continue reading
Top 10 Potential Simpsons Spin-Offs
This week came the news that the cast of ‘The Simpsons’ would need to take a massive pay cut in order to keep the show on air. They weren’t keen on this idea since they only get paid per episode, not based on how often the episodes get shown, and need to make a living. … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Sequels That Don’t Make Sense
There are plenty of terrible sequels out there that at least had a logical reason for existing. The Matrix sequels were craptacular to an amazing dregree, but they were at least pre-empted by the original. Neo concluded ‘The Matrix’ by declaring war on the machines before Supermanning away – of course we want to see … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Comics that Should be Movies Already
Comic books and cinema have long been a collaboration. Batman and Superman appeared in cinematic serials as early as the 1940’s, and there’s been a steady trickle since then. When Bryan Singer’s X-Men became a box-office, star making hit studios were quick to dust off old scripts and hurry to secure every marketable title not … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10 Popular Movie Celebrities Who Seem Like Jerks
Public Relations and Marketing people working in Hollywood must be some of the hardest working people in the world. No matter who they are, or what a dirtbag they may be, these people have to convince the public to love them. Working against them are the the gossip rags and paparazzi and everyone else who … Continue reading
A Live Blog Commentating on The ‘Entourage’ Finale by G-Funk
**Booting up the episode.** Man, the writing in this show has gotten sloppy during the past two seasons. I am SO tired of the E/Sloan romance. It’s been off and on again so many times it is completely beyond believable. Dropping the pregnancy sub-plot is not only obvious but lazy. Obviously they’re all going to … Continue reading
Movies Featuring Songs By The Beatles
When assembling this list, one must set out some criteria first. Will this focus on the best movies that feature The Beatles, or movies that have the best Beatles’ songs? Or is it the movies that make the best use of the music? Instead of narrowing things down, we’ve instead looked for the movies that … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Best Voice-Over Narrations
Many screen-writers consider the use of a voice-over narration to be a cheat tactic, but when used right it can be an emotive and powerful contribution to story. Here’s some of the best examples of the narrative technique. 10. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang – Robert Downey, Jr. **Clip below is from the END of the … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Comic Characters on Film
Comic books, like any form of story-telling, relies on strong characters to connect with the reader. When dealing with such fantastic and otherwordly characters, this becomes a greater challenge for comic book writers, especially when they make the leap to the silver screen. This turned out to be a remarkably tough list to narrow down … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Great Entrances
First impressions matter. That rings true in cinema more than real life. The director needs to establish quickly what the role of the character is and who they are in the first few seconds or risk losing audience interest. A well orchastrated introduction can become a movies most memorable moment and become as iconic as … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Strangest Things They Have Based Movies On
Cinema is at heart a means of telling stories, and those stories have to come from somewhere. There are many talented screenwriters working today producing original tales for the big screen, and there’s an equal number sourcing material from elsewhere. Books, comics and television are obvious places to look, but some people look further for … Continue reading
Funk’s Top 10: Television Shows that Would Make Great Movies
TV and cinema have a rocky relationship. Although both the same on the surface – both audio/visual mediums – they have their own formats, narrative styles and genres that are sometimes incompatable. Whilst many assume that making the jump between the two should be easy, but the results are more often than not terrible (I … Continue reading
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