La cocina, ese espacio físico que también representa el confín imaginario al que las mujeres éramos relegadas en el pasado, es el centro de la película Julie and Julia Julie and Julia: Una Cocina Propia Cocina es cultura y eso es sobre todo lo que la extraordinaria chef Julia Child le ofrecía a sus […]
UN HOMBRE SERIO: Una Vida Ética Para quienes buscamos respuestas en el cine, Un Hombre Serio parecería una broma cruel, pero tal vez la película de los hermanos Coen nos ofrece el único verdadero confort que se puede sacar de una buena obra de arte: saber que no estamos solos, que nuestras angustias existenciales […]
To commemorate the opening of “Thor” nationwide tomorrow, Marvel has created a little 8-bit gaming action called Thor: Bring The Thunder. It’s an attractive game, with lots of bright colors and sharply-defined backgrounds. The characters are small and somewhat squat, visually resembling Kubrick or Lego figures. I am surprised that it hasn’t been offered as […]
“Desert Punk” takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future. Mankind destroyed the modern world in a cataclysm that turned Japan into the Great Kanto Desert. Life in the desert is rough and mercenaries roam wild, taking on and completing any job as long as it pays enough. The show focuses on the adventures of the Kanta […]
Above is an image of Heimdall (played by Idris Elba), from “Thor”. Some in the fan community were incensed when they found that Mr. Elba would be playing Heimdall because the character–as designed by Marvel–is white (image below the break).
According to ComicBookMovie.com, the image above is The Eye of Agamatto. You may be wondering, “What the heck is The Eye of Agamatto”?
Now that MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is on more or less stable ground (after filing for bankruptcy in the latter part of 2010) the studio appears to be preparing the next outing of James Bond. For the moment the new film is known as James Bond 23 (the ’23’ representing the 23rd film in the series).
According to Box Office Mojo, “Thor” has pulled in $93 million in foreign box office receipts (UK, France, Korea, Spain, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines and Australia). Total production costs are currently unavailable, but it’s probably in the +/- $150 million dollar range.
‘Re-Animator’ Special Effects: Simple But Effective There have probably been a handful of films based upon the books of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft, though two of the best are “Re-Animator” and “In The Mouth Of Madness” (IMOM was not, per se, a “Lovecraft” film, though the title character of the film, Sutter Cane, […]
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