The Matrix: 1920 version
This is a rather well-done parody by a Russian actors’ group called “Big Difference”. Enjoy.
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Halloween 2009: White Zombie (1932)
Beaumont: “I thought that beauty alone would satisfy. But the soul is gone. I can’t bear those empty, staring eyes. You must bring her back!”
Legendre: “Aren’t you a trifle afraid, monsieur? How do you suppose those eyes will regard you when the brain is able to understand?”
Beaumont: “Better to see hatred in them than that [...]
Halloween 2009: Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
“Men anger the gods with their pride, and in order to punish them, the gods looked on as Pandora opened her box letting chaos loose. And now here in Monster City, mythology will become reality.”
— Mephisto
Demon City Shinjuku is a late-1980s anime where a young man, Kyoya, unwillingly walks the hero’s journey to save the [...]
Also tagged EntertainmentHalloween 2009: Cemetery Man (1994)
“The Living Dead and the dying living are all the same. Cut from the same cloth. But disposing of dead people is a public service, whereas you’re in all sorts of trouble if you kill someone while they’re still alive.”
— Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett)
Cemetery Man proves that no matter how bad your job is, at [...]
Also tagged EntertainmentHalloween 2009: Dog Soldiers (2002)
Megan: “Tell me. Honestly, what are our chances?”
Cooper: “Morale seems good, considering. But that will only last as long as the ammunition holds out. Although high spirits are just no substitute for eight hundred rounds a minute, but I don’t think that’s what you wanted to hear.”
— Megan (Emma Cleasby) & Cooper (Kevin McKidd)
Dog Soldiers [...]
Also tagged EntertainmentHalloween 2009: Bloodlust (1959)
“Exactly. I hunted them. And shall I tell you why? I’d been a scholar all my life. I was curator of a large museum. And the war began. I who had never killed anything in my life assigned to duty as a sniper — a sharpshooter — because of my steady hand and keen eyesight. [...]
Also tagged EntertainmentHalloween 2009: Near Dark (1987)
Caleb: “How old are you, Jesse?”
Jesse: “Let’s put it this way: I fought for the South. We lost.”
—Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) & Jesse Hooker (Lance Henriksen)
Near Dark is one of the more interesting vampire movies to come out of the ’80s. Instead of painting the gothic romance or going the glam metal route, the vampires [...]
Also tagged EntertainmentHalloween 2009: The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
“Why, yes, in a manner of speaking. I find a coffin much more comfortable than a bed.”
—Dr. Lorenz (Bela Lugosi)
The Corpse Vanishes is a classic flick starring horror legend Bela Lugosi as a demented scientist who kidnaps brides after they die at the altar, using them in his twisted experiments.
This movie is a hybrid of [...]
A celebration of YouTube
Just in case you live under a rock and haven’t experienced the joyous time-waster known as YouTube, here are snips from the purported “100 Greatest Hits of YouTube” presented in a four-minute movie. There is a list of the represented videos on the YouTube page, but you can watch it here:
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Quote of the Day: Watchmen sequel
“Unless Warner Bros. wants all of their actors to get killed, I think it’s a bad idea.”
—Jeffrey Dean Morgan (who plays The Comedian) on the possibility of a Watchmen sequel
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