February 2009
12 articles
Amoeba Music To Hold Free Screenings of Music-Related Films
Amoeba will be holding FREE screenings of music-related films every Monday in the Month of March. Along with the free screening, there will be FREE Izze Soda and FREE popcorn at the Snack Bar! The...
Feb 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #1 – Coraline, Lionheart, Encino Man
Welcome to The Moving Arts’ first ever film podcast! This week, we review Henry Sellick’s Coraline , as well as the Jean Claude Van Damme Film Lionheart , and the ’92 high school caveman classic,...
Feb 26, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2009 Tallgrass Film Festival Announces Call For Submissions
Tallgrass Film Festival Press Release – 2/23/2009: The Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts (WAMPA) and the Tallgrass Film Festival announced their call for submissions for the 7th Annual...
Feb 25, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2009 Oscar Wrap-up
The 81st Annual Academy Awards wrapped up just a few hours ago with few surprises. Slumdog Millionaire , Danny Boyle’s little film about a young Indian boy rising from Mumbai’s notorious slums to win...
Feb 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe 5 Greatest Stephen King Adaptations
Stephen King is an oddity in the writing world. Over 70 films and television shows have been adapted from his work. That’s more than any other living author. What’s so incredible about that figure is...
Feb 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong6 Child Performances That Will Freak You Out
Let’s face it, Hollywood’s horror sector has seen better days. Virtually all recent horror films are either directed by a hack who thinks dutch angles are a good substitute for actual direction, or...
Feb 19, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong14 Awesome Plot Twists You Never Saw Coming (And Some You Did)
Sudden deaths, fabricated environments, false protagonists, and red herrings are all part of the same cinematic device–the plot twist. Used to shock audiences, maintain interest, or at it’s best to...
Feb 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCoraline (2009)
In the age of super high-tech CGI and in a world dominated by Pixar, It’s wonder that a film like Coraline managed to even get made. Stop-motion animation is a painstaking, arthritis-inducing process...
Feb 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2010 to see release of ‘The People Vs. George Lucas’
Billed as a “unique feature documentary event,” The People VS. George Lucas is a new film slated to be released in 2010. George Lucas is indisputably one of cinema’s most polarizing figures and this...
Feb 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Visitor (2008)
The dichotomy is familiar. On one hand we have the bloated studio movies packed with special effects and propped up with multi-million dollar marketing budgets. In the smaller, less publicized corner...
Feb 13, 2009 / Scott ArmstrongJoaquin Phoenix’s Bizarre Letterman Appearance
Back in November we reported that movie star Joaquin Phoenix ( Gladiator, Walk the Line ) would be retiring from film to focus on an R&B music career. Apparently he forgot to mention that he would...
Feb 12, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBenjamin Button, A.K.A. Forrest Gump
David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was recently released to wide acclaim garnering a staggering 13 Oscar nominations. When I saw this film I noticed, like many others, the...
Feb 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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