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What is Box Set Summer?
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 8, 2013
This post is meant as a brief accompaniment/aside to my latest schedule update. It’s meant to just further explain what Box Set Summer is and why, like other themes usually have, it may not generate posts specifically branded with the title. Essentially most of my theme ideas are linked either read more
Short Film Saturday: Rediscovered Films from the 1890s
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 6, 2013
Recently I was doing research on another topic entirely and came upon a Wikipedia list of rediscovered films. That is to say films believed to be lost and rediscovered much later. Many of these finds are quite remarkable and unlikely. The fact that many of these films are quite old and in the public read more
Considerations for the 2013 Ingmar Bergman Lifetime Achievement Award (1)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 5, 2013
Originally I didn’t want to list considerations for either Entertainer of the Year Award or Neutron Star Award and the same goes for the Lifetime Achievement Award. The reasoning behind this was that these awards being for a body of work should’ve had their winners be rather apparent. Ho read more
Tarzan Thursday: Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jul 4, 2013
Last year the character of Tarzan celebrated his 100th year in print. A serialized version of the story first appeared in 1912. A hardcover collection of Tarzan of the Apes first appeared in 1914. Being in the middle of the Tarzan centennial period it’s an opportune time to (re)visit many of t read more
Funny Lady Blogathon: Louise Fazenda
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 29, 2013
Introduction When I heard about Movies, Silently’s blogathon about funny women the first name that came to mind was Louise Fazenda’s, and that was almost instant. However, unlike in my recent Children in Film Blogathon post wherein I knew Jackie Searl’s works, but had just discover read more
Tarzan Thursday – Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 27, 2013
As I mentioned in the last post, this film begins a new chapter in the trajectory of this franchise while at MGM. There was a trilogy-style approach to consolidating Jane and Tarzan’s relationship, and now, the next step would be to throw a child into the mix. While it can be said to mirror Ta read more
Considerations for the 2013 Neutron Star Award
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 25, 2013
I want to get back on schedule, folks. Owing to a recent prolonged blackout this is the best thing I could come up with. Originally I didn’t want to list considerations for either Entertainer of the Year Award or Neutron Star Award. The reasoning behind this was that these awards being body of read more
Short Film Saturday: The Right Time
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 22, 2013
Here is another selection in honor of LGBT pride month here in the US. This one is also a comedic, yet heartwarming take whose idea makes itself readily apparent quickly. A fairly funny animated tale with a great payoff. read more
Able to Crush Tall Buildings In a Single Bound
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 21, 2013
Note: Please do not proceed if you have yet to see Man of Steel. In a very similar vain to how I responded to the Rex Reed fiasco earlier, I wanted to wait until the Man of Steel banter ran its course before chiming in. I will, more often than not, forgo a bit of traffic for clarity. In a certain re read more
Wish You Were Here: Rene Russo
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 17, 2013
I was originally going to call this new series “Where are they Now?” But that would’ve implied that the actor in question had disappeared entirely and that it was a sort of investigative journalism piece, which is not really my intent. Essentially the idea is to highlight an actor read more
Film Thought: I Think We’re Alone Now
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 16, 2013
A few times recently I’ve been very close to being the only person, or party, in a theater for a particular showing of a film. In fact, a film I mentioned last week, Creature, may have been the last time that happened as it got a much wider release than should’ve been possible, and thus, read more
Short Film Saturday: Samesies
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 15, 2013
Any film, feature or short, can be boiled down to a ‘what if’ question. This one humorously explores the notion of pinpointing the exact moment in time wherein the seeds of homophobia were first planted. Viewer discretion is advised as it does contain adult language. read more
The Magic Flute: My History with Opera on Film
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 12, 2013
My History With Opera I cannot claim that I have a foundation in opera. Nor can I claim, as I can with ballet, that I have a very active appreciation of it. What my history with this artform is, in all likelihood, not unlike that of most people. Pieces that were featured in Looney Tunes shorts eith read more
Iron Man 3′s Variation on Opening Title Sequences
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 11, 2013
When film began any things that were deemed worth crediting came at the front, or at latest on a title card. The end of the film was reserved for a card saying “The End” and re-affirming who owned the film. As the film industry became more formal and unionized more crediting became neces read more
Franchise Focus: The Fast and the Furious
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 10, 2013
Rather than have just a one off piece on an aspect of a franchise, I thought this would be a good way to kick off a new series. As you may have seen during 61 Days of Halloween, I tend to like to take on long series no matter what so here’s a post that can run anytime on any franchise and dis read more
Why The Purge Matters
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 9, 2013
Finances Box office actuals won’t likely be out until tomorrow, but the estimates are that The Purge not only won the box office for the weekend clearly, but it also sets a record for an opening by an R-rated horror film in the US. On top of that, it’s take in excess of $36 million dolla read more
Short Film Saturday: Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life (1913)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 8, 2013
This week’s short film piggy-backs off last week’s train theme. When I read this fascinating blog post about how the silent film got so closely identified with a woman being tied to train tracks, and why that might not be so accurate, there was a link to one short that’s a famous e read more
Film Thought: Walking Out of a Movie
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 6, 2013
Previously I had written about the conundrum of when to turn off a film. However, if there is one mark of delineation I drew there it’s that Netflix has somewhat changed my approach to that whole question. With Netflix, or any other service that gives you movies at the touch of a button, the t read more
The Hits and Misses in The Globalization of Casting
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 5, 2013
Even before the advent of sound, when Hollywood became a dream factory and was beginning to make films known the whole world over, it has not been uncommon for those in film from the world over to emigrate when they’ve reached a certain status and want to continue to hone their craft at a sign read more
Alternate History: A Hitchcock-Clouzot Switch
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Jun 4, 2013
Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot had two lengendary square-offs for film adaptation rights for novels by the writing team of Boileau & Narcejac. The first of which was for Les Diaboliques. Htichcock wanted it, but did not get it. How Hitchcock having done that film in 1955 would have read more