Archive for the 'Film' Category

Jul 18 2007

180 Foot Homer Invents a New Sport

Categorized under Advertising, Film, Society

The folks behind the marketing of the upcoming The Simpsons Movie have angered pagans worldwide by creating a 180-foot tall image of an underwear-clad Homer Simpson on the same hill as the famous Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset, England. The image of Homer is made of biodegradable paint which will eventually dissolve and wash away.
The […]

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Jul 17 2007

Fist fight at the blork blog!

Categorized under Film, Moi, Weblogs

Hey, remember that post I made a few weeks ago about how Cinema Guzzo was checking people for cameras? Well out of the blue a fight has picked up in the comments between a Guzzo employee and Dave of The End of Dave. Woo hoo! Blork blog as a spectator sport! Maybe I should sell […]

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Jun 04 2007

Free digital camera!

Categorized under Film, Society, Stupidity

If you want a free digital camera, just follow these easy steps:

Go to Cinema Guzzo in Greenfield Park.
Watch for someone who goes into the cinema, then goes back to his car for a minute, and then returns to the cinema.
Break into the car and steal the camera that he put there because he’s not allowed […]

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Mar 05 2007

Love means . . .

Categorized under Advertising, Film

About a million years ago (OK, 1970), a movie came out starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw called “Love Story.” It was based on a novel of the same name by Erich Segal, who also penned the screenplay. The movie was hugely successful, and has since been given the “number nine” position on the American […]

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Feb 22 2007

Chez Schwarz (the movie)

Categorized under Film, Food and Drink, Montreal, Video

There’s a new documentary about Schwarz’s opening next week in Montreal. Check out the trailer below for a few familiar faces, including that of the late Ryan Larkin…

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Feb 20 2007

“United 93;” Mass Murder as Light Entertainment

Categorized under Film, Society

Last April, I reported on my reaction to seeing the trailer for United 93 one night at the cinema. Until then, I had not even known of the film’s existence. I was rather cynical at the time, and could only think of pessimistic reasons why the film had been made.
When the film came out, it […]

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Dec 06 2006

Movie trailer on TonTuyau

Categorized under Film, Video, Web/Tech

Everybody knows about YouTube, but what about TonTuyau? (It’s pronounced “tohn-TU-yo” or something like that.) That’s a home-grown (Quebec) YouTube-like video sharing thingy with a French interface. I draw your attention to this because (a) hey, cool, and (b) you can go there and see a trailer for the teen rom-com movie that Martine co-wrote. […]

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