This weekend’s box office numbers are showing Monster’s University to be outperforming Brad Pitt’s latest endeavor World War Z. It appears from the article at the LA Times that Mr. Pitt’s popularity with the ladies may […]
review – ‘man of steel’
The budget for this film was $225 million. I wonder if any of it was spent on the script? The trailers had convinced me it would be my favorite super-hero movie of the summer – […]
review – ‘this is the end’
I need to trust my intuition. I had seen the trailer for this movie several times and it always looked like a piece of mindless garbage, a bit of very low budget stream-of-consciousness acting by […]
Canon U.S.A. : Announces 35mm Cinema Prime Lens
Canon U.S.A. : 35 mm Cinema Prime Lens. Always exciting when Canon starts tinkering around with their gear. I for one own some of their stuff and, for the most part, it works. It’s great […]
review – ‘fast and furious 6’
If you’re not a ‘car guy’ – and I’m definitely not a ‘car guy’ – this is a really long and very repetitious movie. But it’s not a disappointing one because what you get is […]
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Underperforms At B.O.?
Weekend Box Office: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Slightly Underperforms, ‘Iron Man 3’ Continues To Earn Big. I’m almost certain that the powers that be at the snow capped logo that is Paramount are all lambasting […]
review – ‘francis ha’
The whole movie is one long conversation between, about, among and around two best friends, Frances (Gerwig) and Sophie (Sumner) who are, in the words of Frances herself, “…like an old married couple. We talk […]
review – ‘star trek: into darkness’
JJ Abrams has made a terrific movie. Despite the fact that I’ve seen all the ‘Star Trek’ movies, but seem unable to remember the plots of any of them…I loved this one. Maybe it’s because, […]
Alexa and ‘A Touch of Sin’
ALEXA anamorphic and A TOUCH OF SIN Writer and director Jia Zhangke, the leading figure of the “Six Generation” movement of Chinese cinema, has recently completed work on his latest film, A TOUCH OF SIN, […]
John Toll, ASC, Shoots ‘Iron Man 3’
John Toll, ASC, shoots IRON MAN 3 John Toll, ASC recently turned his considerable talents to the cinematography of IRON MAN 3, Marvel Entertainment’s latest installment of the odyssey of the brash, brilliant industrialist Tony […]
1080P Better Than 4K?
Pretty interesting opinions over at NoFilmSchool re: 1080p v. 4k. Definitely worth a read, especially if you’re in the market for a new cam. 1080P is Better Than 4K (Or Why I Chose the Canon […]
review – ‘pain and gain’
In the Movie Bible according to Michael Bay, this movie’s director, the first – maybe only – commandment is this: Thou shalt do everything to excess or thou shalt not bother doing it at all. […]
Sony To Release ‘affordable’ Digital Cinema Cam
Ah, the boys over at Sony have decided to jump into the $10k range camera system game. That perennial Japanese giant that just can’t seem to keep from completely screwing their own market share by […]
review – ‘mud’
“Mud” is a tale of elemental things — falling in love, and putting your faith in others, and spending summer days with your best friend when you’re fourteen years old. It moves slowly, carefully, laying […]
Blackmagic Design: Pocket Cinema
Blackmagic Design: Pocket Cinema Camera. We’re not usually ones to simply reproduce a companies press release. But, c’mon! This camera is just too sweet not to appreciate. We’re not affiliated, we get nothing for the […]
Alexa and ‘The Host’
ALEXA and THE HOST THE HOST is the latest film from the visually inventive mind of New Zealand-born director Andrew Niccol, whose credits include GATTACA and LORD OF WAR. His previous feature, IN TIME, was […]
ARRI Adds to ‘L’ Series Lights
Additions to the ARRI L-Series Following the rapid industry adoption of the color-controllable L7-C and single color L7-T fixtures, ARRI has released two new additions to the popular L-Series range of LED Fresnels: a tuneable […]
Blackmagic Drops 4k Production Cam For Less Than 4k!
“NAB 2013, Las Vegas, USA – April 8, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, a new high resolution 4K digital film camera with an innovative large Super 35 size sensor with professional […]
Arri Alexa – Shooting In Anger
Shooting in anger ANGRY PHOTOGRAPHER is the first TV series to be captured with ALEXA in China, where most TV productions are shot with lower-end video and digital cameras. Hou Yong, the director of the […]
review – ‘ginger and rosa’
“I don’t want to die,” Ginger (Elle Fanning) says at one point in this quietly-insightful film. “I want to grow up and do things.” What Fanning is “growing up” to do here is to deliver […]
review – ‘the call’
The sound you hear is my heart still pounding in my chest. This is what a tight script, taut direction, tension-building editing, and a two-thirds-terrific – and sometimes terrifying – movie looks like. There is […]
Canon Full Frame CMOS
Canon appears to continue their filmmaking innovation with this latest release. See the full press release plus more images here: Canon Creates a Full-frame CMOS Sensor for Shooting Video in Low Light. “Canon Inc. announced […]
New Canon 35mm Full-Frame Sensor
The technology behind this is incredibly promising, especially for you “run and gun” types. The low light handling of this camera is even better than our own eyeballs. Set design, nighttime shoots and guerilla shooting […]
ARRI film cameras shoot DIE HARD 5
ARRI film cameras shoot DIE HARD 5 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD is the fifth installment of the popular film series that began in 1988 with DIE HARD. In this latest story, John McClane […]
Avid Customers at the 2013 Academy Awards®
Avid Customers Steal the Show at the 2013 Academy Awards® Oscar® winners Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Skyfall, Les Misérables, and Life of Pi were all created with Avid solutions BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) […]
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