The Great CATsby

Baz Luhrman’s The Great Gatsby might have landed the #2-spot at the box office, but how well would it have done in the capable hands of Walt Disney?  Watch this mashup, and decide for yourself.

13 May 2013 ·

Supercut: A Cinematic Tribute to Boston

The people of Boston have shown incredible courage and resilience in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, so here’s a short supercut of a bunch of Boston shout-outs from movies both old and new.

19 April 2013 ·

Last week, Anna Kendrick released a music video for her “Cups” song from the movie Pitch Perfect. Every girl on the internet has been posting videos of their own cup performances, but none of them did it quite like this.

17 April 2013 ·

I was under the impression that all the Blockbuster Video stores had closed down, but when I found one on a recent drive between Dallas and Wichita, I had to stop and relive the glory days of brick and mortar video rental houses.

18 March 2013 ·

Jack Nicholson : Oscars :: Taylor Swift : Grammys

I swear they pay him to be there and sit on the front row, so they can cut to him all the time, and thank God for that.

24 February 2013 ·

Here’s a video I did for Reuters, in which my friend and Vanity Fair editor Sarah Ball explains the science behind making your Oscar picks, while I go ask a monkey to choose the winners. Spoiler alert: Sarah is better

21 February 2013 ·

'Red Tails' defeats 'Beasts,' 'Django' and 'Flight' at the NAACP Image Awards (Proving NAACP Has Even Worse Taste in Movies Than Your Friend Scott, Who Claims 'Gladiator' is the Best Movie of All Time) | Via Hitflix (Addl commentary mine)

2 February 2013 ·

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Why You’re Wrong About the Oscars: Best Actress

Welcome to “Why You’re Wrong About the Oscars,” a series of rhetorical exercises illustrating the finer points of internet-style debate — live! Each episode of WYWAO features a pair of movie enthusiasts with opposing views about who will win a particular Academy Award. The catch: Each cannot explain why he or she is right. Instead, he or she can only enumerate the many reasons why the other person is wrong. So very, very wrong.

Today’s Best Actress episode is an all-Tumblr edition featuring our fashion mandarin Valentine Uhovski (championing Jennifer Lawrence from Silver Linings Playbook) versus our communications director, Katherine Barna (contrariwise saying Jessica Chastain from Zero Dark Thirty shall get the nod). Could either of them be more wrong? Let’s find out!

Shot on location at the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

This is the second episode in a new series I’m working on with Tumblr’s Storyboard blog.  Check out the first episode, and check back every Thursday leading up to the Oscars for another installment. Also, note the beautiful sonorous tones of the voice over featured in the intro and conclusion of each video.

31 January 2013 ·

"Mr. Moore, without permission from Disney, filmed “Escape From Tomorrow” inside its theme parks and hotels in Florida and California. If that wasn’t gutsy enough, his film is a horror fantasy that harshly critiques Disney’s style of mass entertainment. It’s not the Happiest Place on Earth in his movie. Not by a long shot."

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It’s a Grim World After All - NY Times 

One of the movies premiering at Sundance this year pulled a guerrilla operation in a theme park that has its own jail.  I can’t even shoot in Rockefeller Center without promptly getting kicked out. 

21 January 2013 ·

No, of course these aren’t for a video I’m shooting today. This is how I always decorate during Oscar season.

No, of course these aren’t for a video I’m shooting today. This is how I always decorate during Oscar season.

11 January 2013 ·

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