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Here's a preview of Julianne Moore following in Tina Fey's footsteps as Sarah Palin in HBO's upcoming film Game Change. It's being directed by Jay Roach, so the results could go either way. But this pic already is building up high expectations.

50 Docs and counting...

 According to Yahoo, these are the 50 Documentaries to Watch Before You Die. I've seen about 10 of them...I've got some work to do.

Mas ads - Credit cards, Propaganda, and the Future

It seems to me that there are 2 kings of the ad-making filmmakers' world - Wes Anderson and David Fincher. These 2 directors commercial-making veterans, with Fincher's pre-film career work with Propaganda Films, and Anderson being so prolific he's even starred in a few of his own ads. Anything from them is sure to be interesting work. As sure as almost any ad for the World Cup it seems as well. Check out them out after the jump.

Follow Up: 100 More Things I Love

As a follow up to that thedroidyourelookingfor article on 100 Things I Love About the Movies, here's another article from the same author called (surprise) 100 More Things I Love About the Movies.

I didn't do this earlier, but here are the ones I definitely share, AND with a few addendums:

Ads for Shorts, and Vice Versa

There are a lot of TV ads and commercials out there. Some of them good, great, horrible, or straight up weird. But most of them are more like product-driven short films. And they all were directed by somebody. Some of them go on to be renowned filmmakers, like Michel Gondry and David Fincher. But they also tend to make their careers and continue to return to the medium. It's a great, and relatively quick, way of getting the creative juices flowing. There's a lot of 'em out there, here some that are worth a view and some of my personal likes.

Jane Eyre and the 3 People that Indeed "Tranfix" You

*At the premiere: Michael Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska, Cary Joji Fukunaga

The new Jane Eyre movie is one of many adaptions of a beloved book written in the 1800s. But the movie also beholds the talents of 3 up-and-coming stars - here's some background and what else to look forward to from each of these Hollywood newcomers that I'm really rooting for - hard.

RIP Cinematical.com - The Untimely, and Mishandled, Death of a Film Blog

 As of April 6, 2011, the 5 year old film blog known as cinematical.com has died.

Review: Jane Eyre (4/5*)

 I've seen a handful of Jane Austen/Bronte adaptions, some of my favorites being Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility and Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice. But none of them quite compare to the latest, in a long line of adaptations, of Jane Eyre

Movie Mix 'n Mash: 'Arry Pottah, Wheels, and 2010

*DJ and known remixer Mike Relm

Aside from Facebook and autotune, mashups and remixes are probably just as much as definable icons of this generation. Thanks to our technological age and blatant disregard for copyright laws, images and sounds from here, there, and everywhere can be edited in the hands of creative talents (with a lot of time on their hands) and turn them into something completely different than its original version. Here are a few recent favorites after the jump.

Trailer Time

I'm pumping out a lotta posts right now. Blame it on the exciting novelty of starting the blog. Repressed cinematic thoughts just being purged. Ignore that for now, and take a look at some really intriguing trailers out this week.

100 Things I Love....

 As my first real post, I thought it be fitting to include this little article from a not-so-little movie blog called The Droid You're Looking For. For anyone who's watched the first Star Wars movie (the first REAL Star Wars film that counted), you can tell from the title that this blog is a bit of the silly, fanboy variety. Various film blogs run the gamut from DIY film commentary and entertainment to paid/published serious criticism. But I'd like to argue (or at least hope) that they all stem from a similar, personal, deeply-rooted passion and love for the cinematic medium. Here's where this blog's refreshing post on the "100 Things I Love About The Movies" comes in.

First Take

Here it is, my first entry on my new, and much needed, film blog. It's mostly for personal purposes. More like a documentation/scrapbooking of all my film-related likes, loves, hates, and finds. Hopefully to include reviews/thoughts on films old and new, and re-posts of interesting tidbits, articles, pics and vids.

Yes, its mostly for me and my feeble memory saturated with info from my film classes. Yes, my title is somewhat 'witty' if not totally embarrassing (I say it waaay too much in real life I realize). Despite that, maybe someone else will find something interesting in this little hill of beans out of the big and crazy world of other film blogs ( Casablanca Spoiler*).

So here we go....