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Refuge Trailer

I (Garrett Collins)love films. One of the reasons I love reviewing them is because to me, it is so much fun to go inside the heads of other people and seeing what they create. And, while reviewing them has been fun, my mind was opened the day my old high school friend Teddy Gyi sent … 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: 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: Leitmotifs

Some of you are no doubt looking at that heading and wondering what a ‘leitmotif’ is, possibly wondering if it’s a form of Eastern Europeon cinematic style you don’t care about, or if I’m making up words for my own personal amusement. It is, in fact, a musical term used to describe a recurring piece … Continue reading →

MARCEY FACT

Fact # 2: When Marcey deletes files from her computer, she doesn’t send them to the Recycle Bin. She sends them to hell.

MARCEY FACT

Well you’ve heard of Chuck Norris facts? Well there are also Marcey facts 😉 My fellow Empirite digitalxash aka Jay posted this classic one via Facebook…. MARCEY FACT #1: In late 2003, an online petition in Romania raised 204759348727 signatures in order to have the title of the film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” changed to “Gentlemen … Continue reading →

Review Rewind: Inland Empire

I thought I would revisit a past review, I purchased this film on DVD off Amazon, I had not seen it. The trailer had blown me away, and well it was the latest David Lynch film. David Lynch is my favourite director, I love his films. If you haven’t seen a David Lynch film, Inland … Continue reading →