Monday, June 29, 2009
ONE WORD REVIEWS...
WENDY AND LUCY = LAME
TRANSFORMERS = DISAPPOINTING
YEAR ONE = FUN
THE HANGOVER = SUPERGREATFUNNYNESS
MY SISTER'S KEEPER = DECENT
SAVE ME = WORTHY
TV SHOW TOSH.0 = HILARIOUS
TRANSFORMERS = DISAPPOINTING
YEAR ONE = FUN
THE HANGOVER = SUPERGREATFUNNYNESS
MY SISTER'S KEEPER = DECENT
SAVE ME = WORTHY
TV SHOW TOSH.0 = HILARIOUS
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
http://www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca/
D.A. Therrien
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT: FOUR LETTER WORD MACHINE, 2009
D.A. Therrien's BEAUTIFUL LIGHT: FOUR LETTER WORD MACHINE will suspend four giant light sculptures in the air above Council Chambers, blasting an ever-changing array of four-letter word patterns all night long.
Suspended 65 meters in the air between the Viljo Revell-designed Toronto City Hall towers, the four 7m square alphanumeric quartz lamp arrays will display codes, DNA sequences and elemental words. With each of the four “characters” consisting of 16 light segments, the machine is capable of displaying nearly 4.94 billion distinct graphic combinations, facilitating the expression of any word in any language.
Human operators, themselves controlled via a system of computers and unusual interface devices, determine the final outcome of the display, directing surges of electricity through large scale electro-mechanical switching systems. The light/machine itself is 33 meters across and will be visible and readable for several miles.
Since 1984, D.A. Therrien has been creating large scale spectacles as “rituals of technology” – utilizing machines, computers, information displays, high intensity light, robotics and live electricity in complex interactions with human performers/operators. His performances in Europe, Asia and North America address humans’ relationship to political and religious systems, medical technology, surveillance, information systems and other 20th and 21st century technologies that are now pervasive in everyday life.
Installations in D.A. Therrien's BEAUTIFUL LIGHT series are derived from the phenomenas of light and electricity and the role of light in our belief systems, language, biology, natural world and cosmology – light as illumination, energy, information and as a metaphor for good and evil.
– www.beautifullight.org
BEAUTIFUL LIGHT: FOUR LETTER WORD MACHINE, 2009
D.A. Therrien's BEAUTIFUL LIGHT: FOUR LETTER WORD MACHINE will suspend four giant light sculptures in the air above Council Chambers, blasting an ever-changing array of four-letter word patterns all night long.
Suspended 65 meters in the air between the Viljo Revell-designed Toronto City Hall towers, the four 7m square alphanumeric quartz lamp arrays will display codes, DNA sequences and elemental words. With each of the four “characters” consisting of 16 light segments, the machine is capable of displaying nearly 4.94 billion distinct graphic combinations, facilitating the expression of any word in any language.
Human operators, themselves controlled via a system of computers and unusual interface devices, determine the final outcome of the display, directing surges of electricity through large scale electro-mechanical switching systems. The light/machine itself is 33 meters across and will be visible and readable for several miles.
Since 1984, D.A. Therrien has been creating large scale spectacles as “rituals of technology” – utilizing machines, computers, information displays, high intensity light, robotics and live electricity in complex interactions with human performers/operators. His performances in Europe, Asia and North America address humans’ relationship to political and religious systems, medical technology, surveillance, information systems and other 20th and 21st century technologies that are now pervasive in everyday life.
Installations in D.A. Therrien's BEAUTIFUL LIGHT series are derived from the phenomenas of light and electricity and the role of light in our belief systems, language, biology, natural world and cosmology – light as illumination, energy, information and as a metaphor for good and evil.
– www.beautifullight.org
http://www.jaman.com/
JAMAN is in my opinion the slickest site to access an amazing array of content from around the Globe. It's easy to use, has features that customizes suggested content for you like ITunes does JAMAN offers both independent and studio productions in long and short form. I am one of the consumers who is cool with paying for my content online, I just want it easily and quickly...JAMAN does it...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS
THIRD INSTALLMENT OF THE UNDERWORLD SERIES==I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THERE WILL BE MORE AND WILL THEN BE BY DEFINITION " A SERIES"
Quick info on RISE OF THE LYCANS: Viktor (Underworld)|Viktor, the ruthless king of the vampires, has captured werewolves and turned them into slaves that would toil for him and guard his vampire clan during the day. These lycanthrope|lycans are less volatile than the original breed, which cannot revert back to human form. The first of these Lycans was Lucian (Underworld)|Lucian, whom Viktor spared after killing his werewolf mother. As Lucian grows up at Viktor's home, he and Viktor's daughter Sonja (Underworld)|Sonja are attracted to one another and secretly become lovers.
I will be honest and let you know I did see the first UNDERWORLD. I did not see the second, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION. When I sat down to watch LYCANS, I actually thought I was about to see the sequel. Shame on me for not keeping up on my vampire/werewolf flicks. So I decide to watch it and see if it really matters that I missed the second movie and let me tell you, it didn't. They did a good job of doing an intro recap of what's going on, who's who and what evil lurks for the vampires around the next corner. LYCANS does a great job of telling a story, keeping you engaged and setting the stage for the next UNDERWORLD. You are taken on a journey through the lives of both vampire and lycan; using the age old feuding families lovers story to create certain conflict. As per the original UNDERWORLD, vampires and lycans are doing ok until a few ruin it for the rest...Sonja (King's Daughter) falls for Lucien (head lycan)and it causes nothing but mayhem. She's stubborn, he's pushy, she doesn't take direction well, he's half man/half werewolf..Never a good combo. At this point they have hundreds of lycans working the kingdom under slavery. They are shackled and mining what appears to be coal..They are all sweaty and not a happy lot. They establish at the beginning of the film that there are other lycans outside the kingdom keeping watch, waiting for the chance to get in the door and cause some damage. When the humans and vampires get scared, the decide to have a meeting. People start coming from neighboring villages to the vampire kingdom to figure out how to deal with the lycans. Of course they decide to travel in the dead of night, when the lycan's blood lust is at its peak. Sonja decides to leave the kingdom walls to help the humans arrive safely and at that point it's a bloodbath worthy of a human/lycan fight..People are animals, animals are people..Blood is everywhere and you are thoroughly entertained. By the end of the movie you get just enough and can honestly say it was time well wasted. As long as your expectations are reasonable, you will enjoy a really cool movie that has tolerable acting, good CG and the satisfaction that UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS will not bleed into your subconscious and influence life decisions...It entertains you and then you go away..DONE, PEROID
Quick info on RISE OF THE LYCANS: Viktor (Underworld)|Viktor, the ruthless king of the vampires, has captured werewolves and turned them into slaves that would toil for him and guard his vampire clan during the day. These lycanthrope|lycans are less volatile than the original breed, which cannot revert back to human form. The first of these Lycans was Lucian (Underworld)|Lucian, whom Viktor spared after killing his werewolf mother. As Lucian grows up at Viktor's home, he and Viktor's daughter Sonja (Underworld)|Sonja are attracted to one another and secretly become lovers.
I will be honest and let you know I did see the first UNDERWORLD. I did not see the second, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION. When I sat down to watch LYCANS, I actually thought I was about to see the sequel. Shame on me for not keeping up on my vampire/werewolf flicks. So I decide to watch it and see if it really matters that I missed the second movie and let me tell you, it didn't. They did a good job of doing an intro recap of what's going on, who's who and what evil lurks for the vampires around the next corner. LYCANS does a great job of telling a story, keeping you engaged and setting the stage for the next UNDERWORLD. You are taken on a journey through the lives of both vampire and lycan; using the age old feuding families lovers story to create certain conflict. As per the original UNDERWORLD, vampires and lycans are doing ok until a few ruin it for the rest...Sonja (King's Daughter) falls for Lucien (head lycan)and it causes nothing but mayhem. She's stubborn, he's pushy, she doesn't take direction well, he's half man/half werewolf..Never a good combo. At this point they have hundreds of lycans working the kingdom under slavery. They are shackled and mining what appears to be coal..They are all sweaty and not a happy lot. They establish at the beginning of the film that there are other lycans outside the kingdom keeping watch, waiting for the chance to get in the door and cause some damage. When the humans and vampires get scared, the decide to have a meeting. People start coming from neighboring villages to the vampire kingdom to figure out how to deal with the lycans. Of course they decide to travel in the dead of night, when the lycan's blood lust is at its peak. Sonja decides to leave the kingdom walls to help the humans arrive safely and at that point it's a bloodbath worthy of a human/lycan fight..People are animals, animals are people..Blood is everywhere and you are thoroughly entertained. By the end of the movie you get just enough and can honestly say it was time well wasted. As long as your expectations are reasonable, you will enjoy a really cool movie that has tolerable acting, good CG and the satisfaction that UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS will not bleed into your subconscious and influence life decisions...It entertains you and then you go away..DONE, PEROID
Sunday, June 7, 2009
WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL - CHECK IT
Check-out Critic-Cal’s music video on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KCnqbNQom4
A CRUDE AWAKENING- THE OIL CRASH
I feel privileged to be part of the DOC generation.
Through out my life, there have been a wide range of documentaries that have both educated and entertained me about the planet, the gods, the spoken word, the way we love, and much more. I can honestly say I am more aware, more empowered and more open to the possibility that there are multiple sides to every story. This ability to easily find well documented, concise and impactful information is not something that has been available for a long time. Only in the last 20 years did the interest of the Doc come into awesomeness. Then came the evolution of access to information, which made the filmmakers ability to make Docs well rounded; offering information from multiple perspectives and historical facts to substantiate the subject matter. This offers a great segue into the most recent doc I saw, A CRUDE AWAKENING, THE OIL CRASH.
CRUDE AWAKENING offers a wide span view into the world's VERY, VERY short history and romance with OIL. It marries interviews, historical data and fore sighting to give the viewer a picture of where we could be in 40 years. It reminds us that less than a century ago the world didn’t rely on oil at all, and the thought of it was but a distant twinkle in Texas’s eye. It was a time when coal was king and horses still ruled the roads. Of course that was then and this is now and we are looking at a future of continued oil dependency.
The best part of CRUDE AWAKENING is not the top experts in the field or the numerous statics referenced such as the millions of barrels a day the current oil producing countries must make to keep our cars on the road. The best part of CRUDE AWAKENING is the traumatic imagery shown of places in Baku and Venezuela. At one time they were major oil producing regions with growth, wealth and prosperity. Baku and Venezuela’s rusted oil rigs line the waterfront by the dozens reminiscent of dinosaurs and how they ruled the Earth. But now the rigs litter the shoreline that was once home to rich and diverse ecosystems. The water now thick with sludge leaves a haunting picture of things to come in current oil producing communities.
It is clear through the picture painted in CRUDE AWAKENING that we will run out of oil; it’s just a matter of when. By referencing Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory, there will be a point when we will need to reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of oil we need. We can now drill off shore and deeper than in 1975 when Hubbert put his peak theory forward. This means we will have more time than he suggested, but how much?
So what are the world leaders doing to get infrastructure, the manufacturing sector, technology and the economy ready for the next stage of fuel and energy innovation? CRUDE AWAKENING does not answer this question, but it does arm us with the knowledge that we need to stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. WATCH IT!! TRY AND GET YOUR MIND BEYOND THE NEXT
Through out my life, there have been a wide range of documentaries that have both educated and entertained me about the planet, the gods, the spoken word, the way we love, and much more. I can honestly say I am more aware, more empowered and more open to the possibility that there are multiple sides to every story. This ability to easily find well documented, concise and impactful information is not something that has been available for a long time. Only in the last 20 years did the interest of the Doc come into awesomeness. Then came the evolution of access to information, which made the filmmakers ability to make Docs well rounded; offering information from multiple perspectives and historical facts to substantiate the subject matter. This offers a great segue into the most recent doc I saw, A CRUDE AWAKENING, THE OIL CRASH.
CRUDE AWAKENING offers a wide span view into the world's VERY, VERY short history and romance with OIL. It marries interviews, historical data and fore sighting to give the viewer a picture of where we could be in 40 years. It reminds us that less than a century ago the world didn’t rely on oil at all, and the thought of it was but a distant twinkle in Texas’s eye. It was a time when coal was king and horses still ruled the roads. Of course that was then and this is now and we are looking at a future of continued oil dependency.
The best part of CRUDE AWAKENING is not the top experts in the field or the numerous statics referenced such as the millions of barrels a day the current oil producing countries must make to keep our cars on the road. The best part of CRUDE AWAKENING is the traumatic imagery shown of places in Baku and Venezuela. At one time they were major oil producing regions with growth, wealth and prosperity. Baku and Venezuela’s rusted oil rigs line the waterfront by the dozens reminiscent of dinosaurs and how they ruled the Earth. But now the rigs litter the shoreline that was once home to rich and diverse ecosystems. The water now thick with sludge leaves a haunting picture of things to come in current oil producing communities.
It is clear through the picture painted in CRUDE AWAKENING that we will run out of oil; it’s just a matter of when. By referencing Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak_theory, there will be a point when we will need to reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of oil we need. We can now drill off shore and deeper than in 1975 when Hubbert put his peak theory forward. This means we will have more time than he suggested, but how much?
So what are the world leaders doing to get infrastructure, the manufacturing sector, technology and the economy ready for the next stage of fuel and energy innovation? CRUDE AWAKENING does not answer this question, but it does arm us with the knowledge that we need to stop being part of the problem and start being part of the solution. WATCH IT!! TRY AND GET YOUR MIND BEYOND THE NEXT
Monday, June 1, 2009
POWDER BLUE- MOVIE REVIEW
Four Los Angelenoa – a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper – are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances
Hi, my name is Powder Blue and I am the poor man's version of an intersecting storyline...Like the movie CRASH by Paul Haggis. The cast is stacked; Jessica Beil, Forrest Wittaker, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick Swayze (weird role, but he made me believe it and Ray Liotta (Whatever)...random Liotta story. I was working at a photo lounge years ago and their were some photo props including fine jewellery for talent who wanted to throw something on...Liotta walks by and says "Is this free". The individual taking care of the pieces says "no", and Liotta replies with "then what's the point". In addition to the above cast there was this guy Eddie Redmayne who was creepy and sexy and really interesting to watch. The whole movie is washed out with a light blue color and the movie carries this super depressing tone that sort of takes you somewhere...The question is wither you want to go to that "somewhere" they take you. I'm not going to give you a play by play of each storyline. Only that it's all been done before better in other films. The talent makes Powder Blue watchable, and it should be the other way around. The story should bring the actors to life with the depth of the characters. At least that's what I thought watching the film. I will say on the final tip that the sound editing and the chosen soundtrack was done so amazingly...the last 20 minutes were really beautiful and I almost gave it two high fives out five. But I didn't..If you are at home and it's on TMN, watch it...I wouldn't pay for it in the theatre...
Hi, my name is Powder Blue and I am the poor man's version of an intersecting storyline...Like the movie CRASH by Paul Haggis. The cast is stacked; Jessica Beil, Forrest Wittaker, Lisa Kudrow, Patrick Swayze (weird role, but he made me believe it and Ray Liotta (Whatever)...random Liotta story. I was working at a photo lounge years ago and their were some photo props including fine jewellery for talent who wanted to throw something on...Liotta walks by and says "Is this free". The individual taking care of the pieces says "no", and Liotta replies with "then what's the point". In addition to the above cast there was this guy Eddie Redmayne who was creepy and sexy and really interesting to watch. The whole movie is washed out with a light blue color and the movie carries this super depressing tone that sort of takes you somewhere...The question is wither you want to go to that "somewhere" they take you. I'm not going to give you a play by play of each storyline. Only that it's all been done before better in other films. The talent makes Powder Blue watchable, and it should be the other way around. The story should bring the actors to life with the depth of the characters. At least that's what I thought watching the film. I will say on the final tip that the sound editing and the chosen soundtrack was done so amazingly...the last 20 minutes were really beautiful and I almost gave it two high fives out five. But I didn't..If you are at home and it's on TMN, watch it...I wouldn't pay for it in the theatre...
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