Red Band Legion Trailer

I was somewhat interested when I saw this poster online for a new movie called Legion. It was released during Comic-Con along with a trailer which is now online for all to see. It's definitely worth checking out for the creepy monsters or whatever they are. Though I can't help but wonder if the pitch for this movie went something like this...

Pitch man: So I have this great idea for a movie where a fallen angel descends from heaven to protect a small group of survivors in the middle of the desert from an onslaught of creepy stretch demons and evil leather-clad angels. It's kinda like the Terminator for those god-fearing folk.

Hollywood Executive: Will the angels have guns?

Pitch man: Giant. fucking. guns.

Heath Ledger directed Modest Mouse Video

King Rat - Modest Mouse - By Heath Ledger
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When I first heard that the late Heath Ledger had directed a music video for Modest Mouse shortly before his death, I wasn't sure it would ever see the light of day. But alas, it is now online and to my surprise it's animated and has a clear environmentalist theme. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I actually like the video a lot. Modest Mouse has never been my favorite band. Mainly because most of the time I think singer Isaac Brock sounds like someone's drunk uncle shouting unintelligibly into an old microphone. But that's only sometimes. I actually like the song here as well. Check it out.

Colore Non Vedenti (Color Blind)

Check out this short film by FilmJunk contributor Jay Cheel. It has a cool B-Movie feel and reminds me of a humorous Invasion of The Body Snatchers. Also, the cook reminds me of the main character in the horror movie Otis. It was obviously self-financed, but looks pretty damn good and has decent performances. I've checked out a few of Jay's other shorts and this is the best one technically speaking. I'd like to see him really run with a full-feature idea that suits his style. Check out more from Jay Cheel and if you don't frequent FilmJunk, you should. It's the best movie podcast out there. And they're Canadian, so they say "aboot" a lot.

Colore Non Vedenti from Jay Cheel on Vimeo.

I'm back

Decided to dust off the old blog and get back into it. So Let's begin! First order of business...

Do you know what this is? I had people in the office staring at it and couldn't tell. I was surprised, I thought it was obvious. Once you see it, you can go to Threadless and order a t-shirt with the design on it.