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20/20 Filmsight - March 2007

Japanese Deep Fryer/Aquarium

March 29th 2007 23:06
Goldfish in aquarium deep fryer
These fish aren't for frying. A Japanese company makes these 'WaterFryer' which is - seriously - a deep fryer with a functional aquarium.

Apparently, because oil and water don't mix, the fish are fine as long as they stay away from the oil. And they can eat the fried debris as it sinks from the oil, keeping it rather clean.

There's a lot of questions to be asked about this, and the post on OhGizmo! asks the good ones.



I have no idea what the narrator is saying, but I'm sure it's along the lines of 'Now you can finally have French Fries without giving up your aquarium space!'. He also laughs gleefully when oil and water explode, and then shows us that the oil is heated to 162 deg. Celsius. What is going on in Japan, and why aren't we doing the same?

Is it limited to goldfish? I'd like to put a couple of flying fish in there... then you could sit on the sofa, and when the fish leap out of the water, they could pass through a layer of beer batter, then through the deep fryer, landing nicely on a plate, without you having to get up.

Ah, laziness!

Still, the fish look pretty happy...

(found on Fazed)

*this image taken from OhGizmo!
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The cuteness of otters

March 29th 2007 09:23
I'm not one to get misty-eyed and emotional, but this melted a sliver of my icy heart. It's a video of two otters floating on their backs, holding hands.



Is it romantic? I guess... my instinct tells me that they're holding onto each other for stability, but I'm sure more than one biologist would say it's due to the fact that 'they love each other'.

Well, they are pretty cute.

I wonder if I can float on my back?


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Christian movie reviews are fun!

March 27th 2007 18:32
It's easy for all of us to sit around and talk about how satirical the original version of Dawn of the Dead was. We're preaching to the converted and we all nod our heads in agreement.

It's infinitely more amusing to read reviews from ChildCare Action Project Ministries, a website that gives you the real deal about being offended by movies. Here's the review of one of the best zombie movies of all time
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Hugo Weaving added to cast of Transformers

March 27th 2007 05:35
Transformers Movie still decepticon
There's a veritable blizzard of excitement among the 80s-toy-sci-fi fan groups, with the expectations running high for 2007's release of Transformers. Directed by Michael Bay, it'll feature the battle between good and evil, manifested by huge robots that can turn into everyday objects, like cars, trucks and stereos.

All the robots will be done in CGI, unfortunately... there's a big part of me that was hoping that they'd actually build the robots, create and give them artificial intelligence, let them run wild and wreak havoc on Earth, and film the whole damn thing


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Scoop

March 26th 2007 22:13
Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman in rowboat in Scoop
After abandoning his much-loved New York, Woody Allen is trying to see his next muse in the murky waters of London. Old New Yorkers cried out in protest, clutching at Allen's ankles, but the younger generation, weaned on fast, edgy cinema, said who cares?

Does Allen fit in London? I would say no, as long as he's not in front of the camera. In the urban jungle of New York, amidst the theatres and the ballgames, the hot dogs, the taxis - these are an integral part of Allen's native environment, and in London, he looks out of place


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Annie Hall

March 25th 2007 18:07
Update 13 Aug 2007 - I recently rewatched Annie Hall at the Chauvel Cinema, taking extreme pleasure in watching it on the big screen. What a difference! It's obvious why this film was such a hit in the 70s, as Allen's inspired filmmaking comes across as fresh and vibrant, even now.

If you ever have the chance to see it in a theatre, treat yourself to the experience... from the opening moments when Allen speaks to the audience to the brilliant scenes in his childhood, to his complicated relationship with Annie, it brings out a deep understanding of how complicated people really are.
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Halle Berry on Swordfish Nudity

March 23rd 2007 01:04
Halle Berry signing autographs
There was quite a bit of excitement in the air when news leaked out that Halle Berry would be naked for a scene in Swordfish, a dull espionage movie featuring John Travolta as a super-villain and Hugh Jackman as a good-looking hacker.

Previous to the release of the movie, Halle Berry was, in my opinion, the sexiest actress in Hollywood. Even when she was a crackhead in Jungle Fever, my loins jumped at the sight of her disheveled hair


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Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At World's End Trailer

March 21st 2007 06:31
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 At World's End photo Johnny Depp
The trailer for the third and, hopefully, last Pirates of the Caribbean movie came out this week, and it is choco-blocko full of CGI pirate wonderment and mumbling Johnny Depp jokes.

Don't get me wrong: I didn't mind the first one, as I expected it to be a total and utter waste of time. However, Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush pulled it along, and Gore Verbinski paid adequate attention to costumes and atmosphere. It's a full on Disney film, with bigger special effects than I remember them having. It was a laugh, and I didn't even mind Orlando Bloom that much


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Perfume

March 20th 2007 21:27
Perfume Patrick Suskind movie image
I was looking forward to this film, an adaptation of the immortal novel by Patrick Suskind, but I think I'll have to agree with Bryn's review and dismiss it altogether.

If you've never read the book, you might find the movie 'lush' and visually stimulating - the plot, gripping and malodorous. The idea that a man is born in France with a superhuman sense of smell - well, that's just a great gimmick, right


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Trainspotting Sequel Waiting for Time to Take Hold

March 19th 2007 18:25
Trainspotting Rent Boy crawls out of a toilet
UK director Danny Boyle has the rights to film Irvine Welsh's followup to Trainspotting, entitled Porno.
In Porno, the novel, the characters from Trainspotting meet again in the future. They are much older.

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The '300' workout from Gym Jones

March 18th 2007 18:51
Zack Snyder pulling a tire
I've posted before on the phenomenon of 300, the Spartan vs. Persian movie that came out of Frank Miller's thrilling graphic novel.

The phenomenon is: a lot of women are going to see a movie that was targeted at a male demographic
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Deep Red (Profondo Rosso)

March 18th 2007 18:48
Deep Red DVD cover
Bryn lent me this movie after he learned that I've never seen a Dario Argento movie. He sputtered and nearly choked on his beer when I told him, and he looked at me with that werewolf disbelief. Deep Red is considered to be Argento's masterpiece, a movie that sets the high water mark for all other horrors to try and surpass...

For a proper review of Deep Red, check out Bryn's review on Horrorphile.
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This can't be true...

March 16th 2007 18:50
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A fourth Mad Max movie planned?

March 15th 2007 18:53
Mel Gibson in Mad Max
Yeah, Big Mel Gibson is too old and too raving drunk to play Mad Max in the fourth installment of the series, so director George Miller hopes to find a new young star to play the rogue Australian.

And while those of us at 20/20 Filmsight are totally objective with regards to casting and directorial decisions, we all think that rising star Cibbuano would be perfect for the role


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Is Pride a joke?

March 14th 2007 18:27
Pride Bernie Mac
A movie about competitive swimming, with a black-vs-white racial theme?

It's called Pride, and there's a trailer and a website, but I truly believe it's a joke


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Sleeper

March 13th 2007 18:57
Woody Allen Macdonals Sleeper
Sleeper is a 1973 Woody Allen film, one of his screwball comedies that was a box office hit in its day, and would mark the coming of the power of Allen over East Coast American audiences.

While not as controlled and hypnotic as Manhattan, and not as deeply self-scrutinizing as Annie Hall, Sleeper is still a classic Allen comedy, relying on his slapstick comedy and zingy one-liners. By today's standards, it feels sloppy and thrown together, especially considering Allen's later work, but there's a spirit of unrestrained glee as the movie satirizes modern culture and spoofs many notable films


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Spartan Epic 300 breaks records, attracts women

March 12th 2007 22:49
300 King Leonidas Scream
It's not really any surprise that 300 broke all the records for an R-rated movie, pulling in $70 million at the box office over the weekend, and cruising to blockbuster status. After all, it's been a while since the last homoerotic Hollywood elephant hit the screens.

No, not surprising at all. All this hype is definitely making me feel like passing up on the experience, though. Maybe I'll just watch Charlotte Rampling get frisky in Haiti in Heading South
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Watchmen to be made in 2008?

March 11th 2007 21:53
Watchmen comic book characters
It's got an IMDb entry, and people are already speculating on a hidden frame in the trailer for 300.

Watchmen was a graphic novel (read:comic book) that blew the roof off the idea of comic as a kid's distraction. Brilliantly crafted by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, the story was dark, twisted, the characters, flawed like real people. These were down-and-out superheroes, trying to come to terms with the fact that they were not super


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Hot Fuzz

March 8th 2007 23:40
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's latest movie, Hot Fuzz, could have easily been a sequel to 2004's hit Shaun of the Dead. It would have been a guaranteed moneymaker, with predictable, safe results.

Instead, they went a different route - pulling in a hefty budget, they assembled a legendary cast to film an American-style cop buddy flick in the English countryside. Complete with homoerotic tension, massive shootouts and car chases


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Forrest Gump 2 in production

March 8th 2007 18:52
Forrest Gump on a bench
Well, it's one of John Doe's most despised films, and even though I've seen it, and chuckled at some scenes, I would say it's hugely overrated and overquoted.

You'd think that's be enough for Gump, being rich and having a kid and all that jazz. Nope, the original author of Forrest Gump wrote a sequel, and he's sold it to the studios. We get to see Gump stumbling around important events in the 80s and 90s


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Professor Brothers: - Bible History #1

March 7th 2007 18:31
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Great Film Gifts for your Boyfriend/Husband

March 6th 2007 22:04
While men agonize over buying the perfect present for their girlfriends and wives, women have it comparatively easy. Sure, you're all great at finding really meaningful, thoughtful presents, but when stuck for a gift idea, a box of DVDs will certainly keep us happy enough.

Women, then, have trouble picking an appropriate collection of movies, but that, too, is remarkably simple. The average man likes a heavy combination of violence, sports, car chases, nudity and slapstick


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The Queen

March 6th 2007 00:33
Helen Mirren in The Queen
The English Royal Family has always been there, in my life, but there's much debate about whether the institution will continue past the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

It's a secretive family and, even though I was instructed to sing God Save The Queen, two things that I can't stand up for, I couldn't imagine her as a real person. After all, she's just the head on the penny and the quarter. And all the other coins. And a lot of the bills


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Spiderman 3 Artwork

March 4th 2007 23:29
Spiderman 3 poster Venom

In a bid to capture the hearts of movie lovers around the world, the kindly Hollywood studios have decided to grace us with yet another Spiderman movie, the cleverly titled Spiderman 3.

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Paprika Trailer

March 4th 2007 18:31
The cats at I Watch Stuff! hit the bullseye with uncanny accuracy today - they posted a trailer for the upcoming Japanese anime movie, Paprika, with a comment that should make American animators hang their heads in shame:

While American animation continues to stagnate in the world of Shrek sequels, the Japanese are reinventing my nightmares with strange, surreal imagery and terrifying mutations, as seen in this trailer for Paprika. I don't know how to explain what it looks like except by saying that this might be your new "playing Pink Floyd and staring at a black light poster."

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Steampunk Star Wars

March 2nd 2007 00:45
Steampunk Lord Vader with Lightsabre
From Table of Malcontents, a link to an artist's blog with an interesting theme: Steampunk Star Wars.

The Star Wars universe is already gritty, dirty and abused. It's a grim future, where evil and good battle so much and so often, that no one has anytime to give their speeders even a quick wipedown with a moist rag. That is, until George Lucas went back and made things undesirably shiny


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Pulp Fiction in Typography

March 2nd 2007 00:23
Aw, Hells YEAH! This guy made a brilliant short film out of the 'What Does Marcellus Wallace Look Like?' scene from Pulp Fiction, and put it through captivating, so-good-you-could-almost-eat- it typography. Here's the original movie on in Quicktime format, but the clever monkeys at FanTent put it up on YouTube, and I embedded it here.

'Does he look like a bitch


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