Darwin Awards Candidates

Shocking driving conditions in Paignton (England) on the busiest shopping day of the year. The car is barely moving but the hill makes stopping impossible and both people in the front of the car decide to jump out.

That's right, these two jackasses decide to get out. Which, fun fact: if you're not in your car when it hits another one, you're not responsible for the damage it does. What do you mean 'yes you are'? THEN WHY DID I JUST LEAVE AFTERWARD?

Repo Men Redband Trailer

Your petition for a movie that combines the organ repossession premise of Repo The Genetic Opera with the future-enforcer-on-the-other-side-of-the-law action of Minority Report worked! The Repo Men trailer:

This hypothetical future does not concern me, so long as I have access to drifters and bathtubs full of ice.

"San Francisco's People" by Philip Bloom

Shot on 5DmkII with 50mm F1.2 and Zacuto Z-Finder

Music from Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann

Check out his blog: philipbloom.co.uk

Sleep-walking - Everything is made in China

Jack The Ripper Animated -DVD cover (Click the Pic for more)

Mr. T(iger) t-shirt design

Mr. T as a Tiger t-shirt design by Buk

Review: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

Yes, yes, yes, I know how insanely late I am in my movie reviews, but I seriously have no time lately to watch movies in the theaters. So here's my opinion of this nice little film I saw just a few days ago.

Hilarious and wonderfully animated, this film serves up just the right amount of food jokes without becoming ridiculous. The structure is nice, familiar father/son territory that for obvious reasons is a favorite of the animation community that creates these films. What is particularly nice though, is the resolution of their relationship; we know it’s coming, but it is handled in a way that is unique and charming, not false and forced as it could have been. Another bonus for avoiding the headache usually associated with zippy/poppy animation (it is used to support character, rather than becoming an annoying character itself). A wonderfully unpretentious animated film.

Writer-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (creators of the cult series Clone High) had expanded a 30-page children’s book by Judi and Ron Barrett into a 3D animated feature which boasts intricate design and goofy humour, fabricating a slick, computer-animated family flick, paying homage to the disaster genre through the use of some great humor and wit.


It’s rare for a family film to deliver the goods with both story and visuals, but this insanely fun and fast-paced flick doesn’t skimp on either. Complimented by a killer voice cast – with Bruce “have you seen my boomstick” Campbell, and a blathering Mr T. as standouts. The one thing I loved most about it is that it was a CARTOON! John K bashed this movie on his blog, but I'm so glad that Sony Animation stayed away from the usual stiff, lifeless, and lacking any substance, and don't get me started with all this motion-capture craze.


Loosely based on the popular and enduring children’s book, this vibrant adventure tells the tale of aspiring young inventor Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader).
Unfortunately, Flint finds his rampant creativity forever stifled by his gruff father (James Caan) and the severe isolation of the sardine fishing isle on which he resides. After a string of spectacular failures, the hyperactive Flint successfully concocts a device that can generate food out of water vapour.


But before the idealistic designer can reveal his prize invention it is accidentally rocketed into the atmosphere. It’s then that the simple-minded folk of Swallow Falls are first besieged and then treated to a wide variety of delectable food descending upon them from the heavens.
Thanks to the greedy mayor (Bruce Campbell), the once-antiquated settlement is quickly transformed into a tourist mecca while the increasingly indulged townsfolk ravenously request and devour the non-stop smorgasbord from the skies.


But when the orbiting food processor begins to malfunction, Flint is forced to snap out of his stupor and, with the help of studious weather presenter Samantha Sparks (Anna Faris), save the town from a catastrophic deluge of destruction.
Writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller gleefully toy with the source material and the disaster pic genre delivering an endless barrage of gags courtesy of their offbeat voice talents – Mr T even makes a contribution!


Lord and Miller also take great delight in creating seamless culinary visual set pieces culminating in the Armageddon-inducing giant strings of spaghetti and rancid meatballs.
They also have time to inject many an ingrained but not so subtle life lesson, in particular society’s unhealthy obsession with junk food – squarely aimed at the kiddies.
Additional swipes at the planet’s waste epidemic, parents’ overindulgence of their offspring and the superficial nature of modern media will also hopefully not be lost on the accompanying adults.


I thoroughly enjoyed Cloudy, in a different way then I did for Kung Fu Panda, in that case the entertainment value lied in Jack Black on the cool action sequences. For Cloudy It was the fast paced story progression and fantastically exaggerated and energetic character animation and incredible disaster movie style FX.... and it didn't hurt that my pal Jacques Daigle was an animator on it too. I hope they make more like these.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait

Vertical Montanas - Thick Mugs

Colorama - Makeover

Scooby-Doo Zombie Hunter T-Shirt

The Travis Pitts Sccoby-Doo zombie hunter t-shirt I posted way back when it was in its WIP stage is now on sale at Threadless.

"Bike To The Beach" by Mike Matas

New Animated Trek Series

TrekMovie.com has information from long-time Trek producer David Rossi about plans for a new Star Trek series set in the 26th century. The new series will be animated (like The Animated Series continuation of TOS) and CBS have given the go ahead for test artwork and scripts for 5 mini episodes to be developed.

The series will probably be broadcast online on the Star Trek website; a first for the franchise. With the success of sites such as YouTube, this is the natural next step forward in television broadcasting and it’s not too surprising. As well as that, it may also be shown on TV and DVD.

The series will be set 150 years after Picard and Star Trek: Nemesis.

The setting is the year 2528 and the Federation is a different place after suffering through a devastating war with the Romulans 60 years earlier. The war was sparked off after a surprise attack of dozens of ‘Omega particle’ detonations throughout the Federation creating vast areas which become impassible to warp travel and essentially cut off almost half the Federation from the rest. During the war the Klingon homeworld was occupied by the Romulans, all of Andoria was destroyed and the Vulcans, who were negotiating reunification with the Romulans, pulled out of the Federation. The setting may seem bleak and not very Trek-like, but that is where the show’s hero Captain Alexander Chase comes in. Relegated to border patrol, Chase is determined to bring the Federation (and a ship called Enterprise) back to the glory days of seeking out new life and new civilizations.

There are some really interesting twists – for example the chief engineer of the ship “Mr. Zero” needs to wear an environmental suit to survive on the ship. There will also be a security team with some Borg technology.

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