A ‘whose fault is it’ mashup for Anand Rao‘s visual rhetoric class.

Back to my old habits of trading sleep for video editing. Mashup of “Risky Business” and “The Little Mermaid”.

Sometimes, the perfect companion to a cheesy shark movie is a post-it note.
These particular ones sprang from a rousing viewing of Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. (View one of its most hilarious scenes here.) Post-its, especially when inspired by awful movies, are a beautiful thing.
The nonsensical dialogue was, of course, a collaborative effort:

Inspired by spirited discussions of the vagina dentata film theory. Also see Teeth.

So gather your friends, a bad movie, and a stack of post-its. You won’t regret it.

Spindle, a new online journal of the arts, is now accepting submissions for its Fall 2008 issue. Go to www.spindlejournal.org for more details and to explore the current (Spring 2008) issue.
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I have a friend. Actually, I have more than one, but this particular one is special. We both started out as psychology majors, then made the switch to English. And we both have an intense passion for film. I’d never really analyzed this before, and perhaps it was the tangential late night mentality, but I suddenly wondered if this was significant.
Why?
Is there a connection between these variables? Or just coincidence?
What is it about film that draws us, specifically, in?
Film is a combination of the two, which is why we find …

Bullet article 2/28; co-written with Stephanie Breijo
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Sunday evening. A fateful night for one lionhearted UMW journalist.
Confronted with an endless sea of crimson velvet and sparkling Hollywood starlets, Stephanie Breijo, UMW junior and bosom friend to the famous, took her first step onto the fuzzy, life-changing surface of Hollywood’s red carpet.
“Well, attending the Oscars is actually a family tradition. We come from a poor Slavic background,” Breijo said. “We’re pierogi farmers and in order to attend each year, we have to sell our livestock and barrels of pierogi and take a …

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I was image hunting for Gardner’s 295 class, and happened upon this priceless picture:

Giggling a little, I googled the title and found out more. Ready for the tagline? “Unwittingly He Trained a Dolphin to Kill the President of the United States.” No, I’m really not kidding. Also described as “the most amazing outdoor adventure ever filmed,” and with IMDB keyword “exploding boat,” this is one movie I don’t want to miss. Anyone seen it?

Yes, I’m obsessed with film. So it was inevitable that eventually I’d give in and let that obsession merge with the content of this class. Lists of “best foreign films” are often dominated by European films, probably because these have received more attention over the years. This is unfortunate, because Asian cinema is not something to be overlooked.
So here they are, my 3 favorite Asian films:
Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) (?????)

I’m a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki’s films. Although I love each and every one of them, my favorite is …

(Because maybe if I make the headline as corny as possible, they’ll actually use it.)
ENCHANTED (2007)

No amount of Disney magic can redeem this misguided modern fairy tale. Enchanted, Disney’s most recent attempt at reclaiming its former glory, is the story of a beautiful fairy tale maiden, Giselle, who is thrown—or, more accurately—pushed into the chaos and cynicism of real life in the big city.
About to be married to her one true love, Giselle, played brilliantly by Amy Adams, suddenly finds herself in New York City as a result of the …