Archive for December, 2009
Spotify Playlist: Ultimate Movie Mashup
Posted by matt in film, music, spotify playlists on December 7, 2009
Here’s my personal all-time ultimate movie soundtrack, which runs the gamut from funk to bluegrass, by way of heavy rock and serene folk. With a few notable exceptions, almost every song on the list comes from a film I absolutely love – fellow critics be damned!
1. Duelling Banjos (“Deliverence”)
2. The Soggy Bottom Boys – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (“O Brother, Where Art Thou”)
3. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (“Trainspotting”)
4. Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (“Kill Bill, Vol. 1”)
5. Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (“Napoleon Dynamite”)
6. Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta (“Office Space”)
7. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally (“Predator”)
8. Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In (“The Big Lebowski”)
9. Guns N’ Roses – You Could Be Mine (“Terminator 2”)
10. Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Day-O) (“Beetlejuice”)
11. Seal – Kiss From A Rose (“Batman Forever”)
12. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin (“Midnight Cowboy”)
13. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (“The Graduate”)
14. Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (“Rocky III”)
15. Public Enemy – Fight The Power (“Do the Right Thing”)
16. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (“Shaft”)
17. Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square (“American Psycho”)
18. Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (“Donnie Darko”)
19. Pixies – Where Is My Mind? (“Fight Club”)
20. The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (“There’s Something about Mary”)
21. The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black (“Full Metal Jacket”)
22. Aimee Mann – Wise Up (“Magnolia”)
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Film Poster: Iron Man 2
A brand spanking new poster for Iron Man 2 has just been released, which shows Robert Downey Jr.‘s Iron Man back to back with his buddy-turned-nemesis-turned-oh-I-don’t-know, War Machine (played in the sequel by Don Cheadle, who replaced Terrence Howard for undisclosed reasons late last year).
I still don’t know how I feel about Cheadle playing War Machine. While I’m a big fan of his, thanks to movies such as Boogie Nights and Hotel Rwanda, I have doubts whether he can bring life to the Rhodey character in the same way as Howard did in the first film.
All the same, the first Iron Man was a great piece of popcorn fodder and I’m most definitely going to catch the sequel when it hits cinemas in May 2010.
Source: Yahoo! Movies.
Movie News: First images of ‘Karate Kid’ remake
Here are a few newly-released stills from the forthcoming remake of The Karate Kid, which stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith (son of Will and Jada Pinkett).
The film, which is being produced by Jaden’s father, has been re-titled The Kung Fu Kid, presumably because having Jackie Chan star as a karate master would be a little far-fetched.
The Kung Fu Kid is due to be released in June 2010.
World of Art: Illustrator’s highly creative marriage proposal
For many people who marry, planning the perfect proposal is almost as important as the ceremony itself.
Australian illustrator Guy Shields came up with the idea to create a series of illustrations with part of the message contained within each one, then piece them all together in a montage to spell out the crucial question.
The most difficult part of the process, says Guy, was to produce the constituent art pieces without giving the game away. To hide the work in progress away from his intended would no doubt arouse suspicion, and he couldn’t very well demonstrate concept sketches bearing the words will, you, marry and me now, could he?
Click here to view the full story and see all of the exceptional images used to create Guy’s proposal.
Guy Shields at Blogspot.
Movie News: ‘Panic Attack’ creator signs deal with Sam Raimi
I posted about this neat little sci-fi flick by Fede Alvarez a few weeks back on Twitter, but its popularity took a recent skyrocket thanks to the news that Evil Dead and Spider Man director Sam Raimi has confirmed a big-budget collaboration with the Uruguay-born filmmaker.
While the story is pretty run-of-the-mill as far as alien invasions go – think Cloverfield meets Independence Day – the production and score are absolutely spot on, so with exposure and backing like this, Alvarez deserves to go far.