Paul Bullock Jan 8, 2018
Join us as we take a look back at Billy Wilder's masterpiece, The Apartment...
“Be a mensch,” Jack Lemmon is told by his neighbour in The Apartment. “You know what that means? A human being.”
It’s the kind of feel-good, motivational poster message you’d expect to see from any number of warm and cosy romantic comedies from the last couple of decades, but while The Apartment most certainly has its warm and cosy parts, it’s much more complicated than that. A dark film about immorality and infidelity, it’s searingly angry, viciously satirical and at times deeply melancholic. It’s also a perfect film for Christmas and New Year.
Set over the festive period and concluding on New Year’s Eve, The Apartment stars Lemmon as Bud Bud, a lowly office worker who wants to climb the corporate ladder and finds a novel,...
Join us as we take a look back at Billy Wilder's masterpiece, The Apartment...
“Be a mensch,” Jack Lemmon is told by his neighbour in The Apartment. “You know what that means? A human being.”
It’s the kind of feel-good, motivational poster message you’d expect to see from any number of warm and cosy romantic comedies from the last couple of decades, but while The Apartment most certainly has its warm and cosy parts, it’s much more complicated than that. A dark film about immorality and infidelity, it’s searingly angry, viciously satirical and at times deeply melancholic. It’s also a perfect film for Christmas and New Year.
Set over the festive period and concluding on New Year’s Eve, The Apartment stars Lemmon as Bud Bud, a lowly office worker who wants to climb the corporate ladder and finds a novel,...
- 12/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Nov 13, 2017
The website for Jurassic Park: The Lost World remains online - and it was once hacked, and made more, er, 'duck-focused'....
For a brief moment in May 1997, Universal Pictures was promoting a major blockbuster about ducks. With the internet growing into the vital marketing tool it’s become today, the studio pushed its financial might behind the online sphere, creating a comprehensive, immersive and interactive site for the sequel to one of its biggest hits. However, just after The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released, something went badly wrong.
“They're quacked,” reads a CNN article dated May 28th 1997 and brilliantly titled Hackers fowl Up Lost World Site. “The dinosaurs of The Lost World were no match for hackers who broke into their Web site and with a stroke of a key changed the film's name to The Duck World: Jurassic Pond."
The stroke of a key...
The website for Jurassic Park: The Lost World remains online - and it was once hacked, and made more, er, 'duck-focused'....
For a brief moment in May 1997, Universal Pictures was promoting a major blockbuster about ducks. With the internet growing into the vital marketing tool it’s become today, the studio pushed its financial might behind the online sphere, creating a comprehensive, immersive and interactive site for the sequel to one of its biggest hits. However, just after The Lost World: Jurassic Park was released, something went badly wrong.
“They're quacked,” reads a CNN article dated May 28th 1997 and brilliantly titled Hackers fowl Up Lost World Site. “The dinosaurs of The Lost World were no match for hackers who broke into their Web site and with a stroke of a key changed the film's name to The Duck World: Jurassic Pond."
The stroke of a key...
- 11/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Nov 7, 2017
With a preview of the new DuckTales arriving in the UK this month, we look at the comics to read as background...
The return of DuckTales (a wooo-oooo!) has brought about renewed interest in the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his n’er-do-well nephew Donald and the world’s most famous Junior Woodchucks Huey, Dewey and Louie. It may still be in its first season over in the Us, but the new series has already received high praise, with critics citing as a major positive the reverence it has towards legendary comics writer and artist Carl Barks.
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For those not familiar with his work, Barks is a Disney legend who originally joined the studio in 1935 as an inbetweener - an artist who creates the frames in between the...
With a preview of the new DuckTales arriving in the UK this month, we look at the comics to read as background...
The return of DuckTales (a wooo-oooo!) has brought about renewed interest in the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, his n’er-do-well nephew Donald and the world’s most famous Junior Woodchucks Huey, Dewey and Louie. It may still be in its first season over in the Us, but the new series has already received high praise, with critics citing as a major positive the reverence it has towards legendary comics writer and artist Carl Barks.
See related Mr Robot interview: Sam Esmail on hackers, Fight Club Why Mr Robot is Fight Club’s spiritual successor
For those not familiar with his work, Barks is a Disney legend who originally joined the studio in 1935 as an inbetweener - an artist who creates the frames in between the...
- 10/27/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Sep 12, 2017
As it heads to its 40th birthday, we take a look back at Steven Spielberg's classic, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind...
The 40th anniversary of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind offers an opportunity to look back at one of the most fascinating films of Steven Spielberg’s career. Blending conspiracy thriller, familial drama and wide-eyed science fiction fantasy, Close Encounters is an expansive and yet deeply personal film for Spielberg that remains so deeply woven into our cultural fabric that we can barely look out into a night sky without humming the iconic five tones theme. It’s a masterpiece, but one its director has expressed concern about.
Looking back at the film for its twentieth anniversary in 1997, Spielberg said that Close Encounters is very much a product of his youth and one that he could never make in the same way today. "I see a lot of naivety,...
As it heads to its 40th birthday, we take a look back at Steven Spielberg's classic, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind...
The 40th anniversary of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind offers an opportunity to look back at one of the most fascinating films of Steven Spielberg’s career. Blending conspiracy thriller, familial drama and wide-eyed science fiction fantasy, Close Encounters is an expansive and yet deeply personal film for Spielberg that remains so deeply woven into our cultural fabric that we can barely look out into a night sky without humming the iconic five tones theme. It’s a masterpiece, but one its director has expressed concern about.
Looking back at the film for its twentieth anniversary in 1997, Spielberg said that Close Encounters is very much a product of his youth and one that he could never make in the same way today. "I see a lot of naivety,...
- 9/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Sep 8, 2017
A few words for those who struggle with shyness, and some tips to move forward.
When I was a kid, I used to wish I could shrink down so small that I could fit into a hole in one of the walls of the family home. Not even a mouse could squeeze its way into this hole it was so tiny, and the inside was dark, cold and filled with more bugs and beasties than an Indiana Jones film. It was hardly a nice place, but when I was scared - when I had to give a presentation, or work as part of a group, or speak to anyone I didn't know - that cold, dark hole seemed like paradise.
See related 26 new UK TV shows to look out for Life On Mars: revisiting a terrific UK crime drama Line Of Duty series 4: creator Jed Mercurio...
A few words for those who struggle with shyness, and some tips to move forward.
When I was a kid, I used to wish I could shrink down so small that I could fit into a hole in one of the walls of the family home. Not even a mouse could squeeze its way into this hole it was so tiny, and the inside was dark, cold and filled with more bugs and beasties than an Indiana Jones film. It was hardly a nice place, but when I was scared - when I had to give a presentation, or work as part of a group, or speak to anyone I didn't know - that cold, dark hole seemed like paradise.
See related 26 new UK TV shows to look out for Life On Mars: revisiting a terrific UK crime drama Line Of Duty series 4: creator Jed Mercurio...
- 9/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Simon Brew Aug 9, 2017
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind's film reels were supplied in 1977 with a gentle suggestion on an accompanying sheet...
We can’t take the credit for finding this, hence we’re embedding the Tweet where it came from. We thought you’d like to see it though.
When we read modern tales of directors writing to projectionists (that endangered species), it tends to be a story of Michael Bay urging people to get their settings right. But how about this instead? A sheet of guidance that was seemingly sent out with prints of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, for its original release back in 1977?
Not sure if I've ever shared this with you, but just in case. Found glued inside a 29 year-old film can containing The Santa Clause 3. pic.twitter.com/csaJmjksVD
— Mike Schindler (@mumbles3k) August 9, 2017
A thank you to Paul Bullock - @apaulbullock...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind's film reels were supplied in 1977 with a gentle suggestion on an accompanying sheet...
We can’t take the credit for finding this, hence we’re embedding the Tweet where it came from. We thought you’d like to see it though.
When we read modern tales of directors writing to projectionists (that endangered species), it tends to be a story of Michael Bay urging people to get their settings right. But how about this instead? A sheet of guidance that was seemingly sent out with prints of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, for its original release back in 1977?
Not sure if I've ever shared this with you, but just in case. Found glued inside a 29 year-old film can containing The Santa Clause 3. pic.twitter.com/csaJmjksVD
— Mike Schindler (@mumbles3k) August 9, 2017
A thank you to Paul Bullock - @apaulbullock...
- 8/9/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Aug 3, 2017
You may have seen Jurassic Park a dozen times, but there loads of details that are easy to miss. Details like these...
Last week, visual effects artist Todd Vaziri took to Twitter to shatter the illusions of Jurassic Park fans everywhere. "When people watch this 24-year old mega-blockbuster," he tweeted, "they point and laugh at the totally obvious disappearing raptor on each viewing, ya?"
See related James Bond 007: revisiting Never Say Never Again
What, Todd? The what!?
Alongside this tweet, Vaziri also posted a slowed down Gif of the moment in question and - yep - there it is. During the final set piece, in which the T-Rex (somehow silently) stomps into the Visitor's Centre and gobbles up the Velociraptors, one of the Raptors disappears. Not eaten by the Rex, just gone. One frame, she's there, the next she's not, the following one she's there again.
You may have seen Jurassic Park a dozen times, but there loads of details that are easy to miss. Details like these...
Last week, visual effects artist Todd Vaziri took to Twitter to shatter the illusions of Jurassic Park fans everywhere. "When people watch this 24-year old mega-blockbuster," he tweeted, "they point and laugh at the totally obvious disappearing raptor on each viewing, ya?"
See related James Bond 007: revisiting Never Say Never Again
What, Todd? The what!?
Alongside this tweet, Vaziri also posted a slowed down Gif of the moment in question and - yep - there it is. During the final set piece, in which the T-Rex (somehow silently) stomps into the Visitor's Centre and gobbles up the Velociraptors, one of the Raptors disappears. Not eaten by the Rex, just gone. One frame, she's there, the next she's not, the following one she's there again.
- 8/1/2017
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Dec 16, 2016
Our salute to Steven Spielberg at 70 considers his most recent work, such as Lincoln, War Horse, Tintin, Bridge Of Spies and The Bfg.
There’s a scene early on in Lincoln where the film stops to listen to a man tell a story. This is made a little less remarkable for the fact that the man in question is Abraham Lincoln and the story is part of a wider point the President is making about the abolition of slavery. But regardless it’s a unique moment and one that sums up Steven Spielberg’s current cinema. Quiet and thoughtful, it’s a sequence that homes in on the power of words and the significance of storytelling, and Spielberg captures that weight with directorial reverence: three minute-plus long takes that draw us into the room and leave us captivated by Lincoln’s words. For Spielberg, one of the...
Our salute to Steven Spielberg at 70 considers his most recent work, such as Lincoln, War Horse, Tintin, Bridge Of Spies and The Bfg.
There’s a scene early on in Lincoln where the film stops to listen to a man tell a story. This is made a little less remarkable for the fact that the man in question is Abraham Lincoln and the story is part of a wider point the President is making about the abolition of slavery. But regardless it’s a unique moment and one that sums up Steven Spielberg’s current cinema. Quiet and thoughtful, it’s a sequence that homes in on the power of words and the significance of storytelling, and Spielberg captures that weight with directorial reverence: three minute-plus long takes that draw us into the room and leave us captivated by Lincoln’s words. For Spielberg, one of the...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Dec 15, 2016
Our salute to Steven Spielberg at 70 moves to the 2000s: A.I, Munich, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can & Crystal Skull.
By the end of the 1990s, Spielberg found himself in a position of unparalleled luxury. As an executive, he’d set up Amblin and DreamWorks and was enjoying success with both, while as a director he’d ridden through an uneven decade to achieve the critical success he’d longed for. Where do you go from there? What do you do when you’re the film-maker who’s done everything? Well, Spielberg himself never seemed sure of how to answer that question because during the first ten years of the new millennium he hopped from genre to genre, covering sci-fi and historical thriller, retro caper and fish-out-of-water comedy. It's one of the most eclectic decades of his career and, in my opinion at least, the...
Our salute to Steven Spielberg at 70 moves to the 2000s: A.I, Munich, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can & Crystal Skull.
By the end of the 1990s, Spielberg found himself in a position of unparalleled luxury. As an executive, he’d set up Amblin and DreamWorks and was enjoying success with both, while as a director he’d ridden through an uneven decade to achieve the critical success he’d longed for. Where do you go from there? What do you do when you’re the film-maker who’s done everything? Well, Spielberg himself never seemed sure of how to answer that question because during the first ten years of the new millennium he hopped from genre to genre, covering sci-fi and historical thriller, retro caper and fish-out-of-water comedy. It's one of the most eclectic decades of his career and, in my opinion at least, the...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Dec 15, 2016
We continue to salute Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday, with a look at the decade that transformed his career: the 1990s
The 1990s delivered everything Steven Spielberg could have hoped for to enjoy a successful third decade in the film industry. He restated his position as Hollywood's King of the Blockbuster with Jurassic Park, he found critical and awards success with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and he used the platform the former offered to set up a charitable organisation (The Shoah Foundation) that’s gone on to become one of the most significant Holocaust resources in the world. By anybody's standards, that's a pretty solid ten-year stint. And yet, the 90s stands as arguably Spielberg's weakest period, a time of unqualified success and curious lethargy, a time of enriching experimentation and self-defeating regression. At times, Spielberg consciously seemed to take one step forwards and another backwards.
We continue to salute Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday, with a look at the decade that transformed his career: the 1990s
The 1990s delivered everything Steven Spielberg could have hoped for to enjoy a successful third decade in the film industry. He restated his position as Hollywood's King of the Blockbuster with Jurassic Park, he found critical and awards success with Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, and he used the platform the former offered to set up a charitable organisation (The Shoah Foundation) that’s gone on to become one of the most significant Holocaust resources in the world. By anybody's standards, that's a pretty solid ten-year stint. And yet, the 90s stands as arguably Spielberg's weakest period, a time of unqualified success and curious lethargy, a time of enriching experimentation and self-defeating regression. At times, Spielberg consciously seemed to take one step forwards and another backwards.
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Dec 15, 2016
From Raiders Of The Lost Ark through to Always - we take a look through the work of Steven Spielberg in the 1980s...
When we look back on Steven Spielberg's career, we'll likely think of his 1980s output as his defining era. Spielberg ruled the 80s, releasing 22 movies as a producer and a further seven as director (eight if you include Kick The Can in the ill-fated Twilight Zone: The Movie). It remains his most active period (though if all goes to plan, he'll surpass it when 2019's Indiana Jones 5 marks his eighth film of this decade). Put simply, Spielberg is the 80s, and recent criticisms that he's lost his magic, exacerbated after the box office struggles of The Bfg, really represent a frustration that he's no longer the film-maker we fell in love with when we were growing up.
See related The Big Bang Theory...
From Raiders Of The Lost Ark through to Always - we take a look through the work of Steven Spielberg in the 1980s...
When we look back on Steven Spielberg's career, we'll likely think of his 1980s output as his defining era. Spielberg ruled the 80s, releasing 22 movies as a producer and a further seven as director (eight if you include Kick The Can in the ill-fated Twilight Zone: The Movie). It remains his most active period (though if all goes to plan, he'll surpass it when 2019's Indiana Jones 5 marks his eighth film of this decade). Put simply, Spielberg is the 80s, and recent criticisms that he's lost his magic, exacerbated after the box office struggles of The Bfg, really represent a frustration that he's no longer the film-maker we fell in love with when we were growing up.
See related The Big Bang Theory...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Paul Bullock Dec 15, 2016
The Sugarland Express, Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, and the work of Steven Spielberg in the 1970s...
To celebrate Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday on December 18th, here's part one of a daily series of articles working through his output, decade by decade. Beginning with the 1970s, Duel, Jaws and more..
See related Star Wars: Rogue One review
The boy is planning something. Something big. It's the kind of mischievous scheme he'll fictionalise in his movies, put into the personalities of Chunk, Elliot, and young Indiana Jones. For now, however, this particular plan belongs to a young Steven Spielberg, and it'll require a colour wheel, a white sheet, a few extension cords, a little help from his sister Anne, and a lot of the kind of theatricality he'll eventually become famous for. It's the height of the Christmas season in the largely gentile neighbourhood of Crystal Terrace in Haddonfield,...
The Sugarland Express, Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, and the work of Steven Spielberg in the 1970s...
To celebrate Steven Spielberg's 70th birthday on December 18th, here's part one of a daily series of articles working through his output, decade by decade. Beginning with the 1970s, Duel, Jaws and more..
See related Star Wars: Rogue One review
The boy is planning something. Something big. It's the kind of mischievous scheme he'll fictionalise in his movies, put into the personalities of Chunk, Elliot, and young Indiana Jones. For now, however, this particular plan belongs to a young Steven Spielberg, and it'll require a colour wheel, a white sheet, a few extension cords, a little help from his sister Anne, and a lot of the kind of theatricality he'll eventually become famous for. It's the height of the Christmas season in the largely gentile neighbourhood of Crystal Terrace in Haddonfield,...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
The poster for Joe Dante‘s Gremlins is classic. I use to even have a gigantic french version of the one-sheet on my wall in my old /Film office. Despite that, I never noticed this fun little easter egg on the poster painted by legendary poster artist John Alvin. /Film reader Paul Bullock alerted me to this […]
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- 6/24/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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