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20/20 Filmsight - October 2006

Darth Vader conducts the Star Wars Lego Symphony

October 30th 2006 23:15
Star Wars fans spare no expense when making fan films:



Darth Vader himself conducts the Stormtrooper Philharmonic Orchestra, using a lightsaber as a baton.

The first performance will be The Imperial March, followed by Pachabel's Canon and then a light-hearted rendition of The Macarena.

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Top 10 Scariest Videogames

October 30th 2006 18:52
Just in time for Halloween comes this video compilation of the Top 10 Scariest Video Games - from GameTrailers.com.



I'm shuddering just thinking about it.

Film fanatics often turn their noses down at video games, scoffing at the shallow narratives and senseless violence. But as this clip shows, improved technology and careful attention to atmosphere and mood have forged a new arena.

Damn, these games are scary. Drawing from classic horror films, some of the newer games take horror to a new level, as you become the main character, chased by zombies and ghosts.

No, I can't play these games. I'm too easily drawn into the video game world, and I'll go into shock the first time a zombie bites me from behind.

Instead, I prefer games that have ubiquitous sunshine and beautiful green fields. With rainbows and marshmallow bunnies. And smiling leprechauns, not the evil ones.



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The Departed

October 29th 2006 04:14
The Departed - Costello talks to Costigan
I finally got around to watching the newest Scorcese film, The Departed.

This is weeks after the other Orble film freaks, Cinematrix and Movies and Life, reviewed it


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Memoirs of a Geisha

October 27th 2006 18:32
Gong Li and Zhang ZiYi in Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha was highly anticipated when it was in production, as Asianophiles got high blood pressure imagining Zhang ZiYi and Gong Li cast together in a geisha movie, wrapped in silk and fluttering with cherry blossoms.

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Shortbus Preview

October 27th 2006 00:15
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Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 - 'Girls' Trailer

October 25th 2006 17:56
Dead or Alive movie poster
The Dead or Alive series of games is targetted solely towards the teenaged male market. Only awkward, pimply guys could find this exciting.

What am I talking about


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These Glutes were made for Walking

October 25th 2006 00:24
Tomorrow, I'm going to post an article deploring the use of CGI breast physics to sell video games. I'm going to claim that I prefer real women. Tomorrow.

What are real women? Flesh and Blood, my friend, with hair and teeth thrown in for good measure


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Tenacious D - Pick of Destiny Trailer 2

October 23rd 2006 18:55
Like a big lame film loser, I already posted a Tenacious D - Pick of Destiny Trailer a long time ago.

Sooooo long ago


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Kopitiam - Malaysian Cafe & Cuisine

October 22nd 2006 18:31
A bowl of laksa
It's not really my place to start recommending restaurants - that's usually left to other, foodier bloggers. But I do like to eat, and I found this jem of a place that just can't be held down.

Really, I shouldn't even be telling you about this place. If you go with all your friends, there won't be a table left for me. And it's a small place. And I'm hungry


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Sexy Chinese Girls give out apples in the market

October 20th 2006 17:00
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The Departed - Film Preview

October 20th 2006 03:36
The Departed movie poster Matt Damon Leo Di Caprio
I'm pretty excited to see Martin Scorcese's latest film, The Departed, featuring Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. It looks like an excellent return to form for Scorcese, whose gangster epics, like Goodfellas and Casino, ran strong in American audiences.

In fact, it's so predictable to gush with enthusiasm about this flick, so I'm not going to do that


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Great White Sharks ravage Whale Carcass

October 17th 2006 23:58
Great White Shark swimming in the deep blue ocean
This clip from a documentary about Great White Sharks shows unreal footage of a ravenous orgy of feeding sharks on a rotting whale carcass.

You've got to watch it - I was mesmerized. Hell, anyone that grew up in the 80s, after Jaws came out has an unnatural, deep-rooted fear of Great Whites


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Chaplin - a short film

October 16th 2006 23:21
This short film takes Charlie Chaplin and throws him into some of Steven Spielberg's greatest works...


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Star Wars Tattoos - now that's Fanaticism!

October 16th 2006 01:15
Here on 20/20 Filmsight, I'm never one to shy away from the sheer tenacity of Star Wars Fans. They love the movies so much that they'll go to extreme lengths to absorb any part of the Star Wars Mythology.

Lightsaber duels...Golden Bikinis... Femtroopers
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

October 15th 2006 22:29
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie poster
One of the mose famous American westerns ever made, it catapulted Robert Redford into movie stardom and cemented Paul Newman as a leading man capable of complex roles.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is the 'based on real-life' story of Butch Cassidy, famed train robber and outlaw. The movie follows Cassidy's life loosely, with more story-friendly plot points, but really outdoes itself with the chemistry between Newman and Redford


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Keiko's Funtime

October 14th 2006 00:39
Keiko in tube top using her webcam
I'm completely aware that this is probably totally fake, but it's devilishly amusing anyway...

Keiko is a cutish Japanese girl with a homepage that says that you can stay with her in her apartment (and have sex - 'Yummy!') IF you are under 35 and white


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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

October 12th 2006 21:47
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Inertia


Fellow film criticizer JohnDoe from JDMFilmReviews reviewed Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead several weeks ago, and it inspired me to watch the film - again - but sober


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The future of Google after YouTube

October 11th 2006 01:41
Everyone's got an opinion about the acquisition of YouTube by Google, with the search engine giant paying 1 Billion dollas for the video sharing website.

People are wary - terrified, even - at the thought that this could precipitate another bubble burst. We don't want that, do we


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The Best Music Moments in Film

October 10th 2006 18:23
From Bullz-Eye, a fantastic article on the 40 Best Musical Moments in Film, with embedded YouTube clips for your viewin' lovin'.

This list is sure to cause arguments.. after all, some of the movies on this list are widely deplored by critics and the cinemerati, and all the movies are Hollywood-fare


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Album Cover Wars

October 9th 2006 18:33
From Ugly Pictures and man vs. magnet, an animation video that brings all the most famous album covers from the past 40 years into one boiling, bubbling pot of blood and violence:


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Litte Miss Sunshine

October 8th 2006 23:26
Little Miss Sunshine - Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear

I've been seeing trailers for this movie for a long time... even though the cast looked stellar, the trailer bored the hell out of me, showing a dysfunctional family on a painful West Coast road trip. Oh, so funny.

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Lavazza Italian Film Festival

October 7th 2006 06:35
LaVazza Italian Film Festival
It's that time of year again... the LaVazza Italian Film Festival will kick off on October 26, showcasing some of the latest Italian cinema offerings...

Playing at the Palace Cinemas in Leichhardt and Paddington, the festival will show several long-waited contemporary movies, as well as a retrospective on Michelangelo Antonioni, an influential director from Italy


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South Park in World of Warcraft

October 5th 2006 22:41
This week, South Park visited the uber-popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft, to poke fun at the billions of addicted Warcraft players.

Well, not quite billions, I guess


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Jerry Seinfeld through time

October 4th 2006 23:03
I didn't get into Seinfeld until it was too late... sometime during the last season, I accidentally watched one while lacing up my running shoes, and I almost doubled over in laughter.

'What have I been missing!?' I shrieked, in Brando-esque fashion, 'Stel-laaaaa


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Bollywood version of Thriller!

October 3rd 2006 23:21


Hard to believe, isn't it


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The Last King of Scotland preview

October 3rd 2006 05:35
Last King of Scotland Forest Whitaker

Oh my, this movie looks good. The Last King of Scotland is the film adaptation of the novel by Giles Foden... it's topically about a Scottish doctor that rolls with Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix publicity photos

October 1st 2006 18:09
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Harry, Ron and Hermione


I don't WANT to like the Harry Potter movies, but I found myself enjoying them by accident one day. I was tricked - no, duped - no, drugged, then duped! - into watching the Chamber of Secrets, and was entertained by the dark atmosphere and the creepy style


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