hey gang! i'm sure you must all be a little over me talking about this film but a scanner darkly finally opens in select cities tomorrow! it's been such a fun ride covering it from a screening a few months ago to the LA premiere last week! i've been reading the famous 1977 philip k dick novel (i know - me reading a book?!? crazy!) on which the film is based - this smart & slick adaptation is very faithful to the original material which is one awesomely twisted and prophetic mind fucker of tale! the material is quite heavy stuff (yet there are great bits of humor) but it also proves to be a fascinating cinematic trip that forces you to really pay attention...which is actually easy to do since the film looks absolutely stunning - you have to see it for these 'scramble suits' that the future undercover police wear!
done in this 'painted over' interpolated rotoscoping technique (a term i won't soon forget) that stylish director richard linklater employed to bring this haunting tale of drug addiction, government surveillance, conspiracy, and paranoia to a hauntingly surreal level of 'reality' that works so well in combination with the dick's work! plus the ensemble cast is top-notch led by keanu reeves and marks the much anticipated return of winona ryder (additionally it features music from radiohead) without giving too much away let's just say by the end of the film - i thought that i needed to watch it again...keeping in mind the second time around how it all ends up! so make sure to bring your thinking caps to the theaters and in the meantime check out a few clips from the film below! popbytes over & out until tomorrow...xxoo!
CELEBRITIES & MONEY GO HAND IN HAND Wednesday July 2 2008 @ 7:55AM FILED UNDER RANDOM COMMENTS (1) | PERMALINK
good morning! i just ran across these quirky images combining celebrities such as brad pitt & julia roberts with money! it was all part of freakingnews.com's weekly photoshop contests - and some people managed to get really creative with their composites (unfortunately for the winners the monetary prizes aren't very
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KATE INTRODUCES LANCE TO MOM GOLDIE Tuesday July 1 2008 @ 9:10PM FILED UNDER ACTRESSES COMMENTS (3) | PERMALINK
good evening y'all! just today the question was posed does kate hudson move too fast in relationships? and i think we can all agree the answer is a resounding yes (girlfriend needs to calm her nympho ass down) she bounced right from her broken marriage with rocker chris robinson (whom
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POP NOSH: DO YOU THINK PARIS HILTON IS PURE? Tuesday July 1 2008 @ 12:55PM FILED UNDER POP NOSH COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
† benji madden thinks paris is pure but what about that valtrex prescription? webster's is my bitch † could madonna be getting cozy with the yankees' hottie alex rodgriguez (a-rod)?!? yeeeah! † angelina jolie is all set to give birth to twins very soon in a french hospital! celebslam
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ANOTHER ROUND OF STARS WITHOUT MAKEUP Tuesday July 1 2008 @ 7:12AM FILED UNDER STAR MAGAZINE COMMENTS (1) | PERMALINK
good morning! this week's star magazine cover arrives early this week (since it's a short week w/ friday being the 4th of july) with yet another feature on stars without makeup (previously featured here & here) yup 'even celebs need help to look fab' makeup can cover up a whole
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WE BREAK THE DAWN Monday June 30 2008 @ 8:25AM FILED UNDER MONDAY MP3 COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
good morning! does anybody else miss destiny's child as much as i do?!? i do love beyonce as a solo act - and kelly rowland tossed out a few decent solo tracks but nothing beats them being together - yet in the meantime i'm actually really excited for michelle williams'
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'WANTED' TOTALLY ROCKED! Sunday June 29 2008 @ 8:30PM FILED UNDER REVIEWS COMMENTS (0) | PERMALINK
hey kids! wow - i was actually able to tear myself away from the computer this afternoon (after i fixed a site wide issue that was driving me insane but all is ok now) to go see wanted (at the arclight) which i've been dying to see ever since i
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