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March to Disney: From Snow White to Cinderella
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 6, 2013
This is a series of posts this month wherein I will focus on Disney films. For more on my background with Disney films and about the timing of this focus please read the introductory post here. It’s interesting to note that Cinderella was released in 1950. If you count the hybrid films (Song read more
March to Disney: Introduction
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 5, 2013
Though it really kicked off in my last Short Film Saturday post, and there were Disney titles among my 31 days of Oscar selections, this is where my March to Disney theme starts in earnest. As to the timing of this focus, that owes itself to the fact that I will be going to Disney World during this read more
31 Days of Oscar 2013
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 4, 2013
During TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar every year I like to keep a running log of what I see. It’s a great chance to check off a number of films I should’ve seen already. Aside from the selections on TCM, I will also get a handful of Oscar-Winners of my To be Watched pile. My goals this yea read more
Short Film Saturday: Three Little Pigs (1933)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 2, 2013
For this Sunday I had two niches to fill. It’s still within 31 Days of Oscar, but also March marks the beginning of a focus on Disney films. So here’s a short that’s by Disney and won and Oscar. Not only that it’s in the National Film Registry, and was actually one of the gre read more
Once Upon a Time in the 80s: Music Videos (Part 9 of 17)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Mar 1, 2013
This is a recapitulation of a paper I did in college. This is part eight in the series to read other parts go here. The music video of all visual art forms probably had the shortest period of time where it was a true art. If you look at music video now it becomes more and more rare to find one that read more
Don’t You Recognize Me: Andrew Lincoln
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 28, 2013
Don’t You Recognize Me? will be a sporadically posted theme wherein I briefly highlight an early role of a now well-known actor. Typically, it will be one where I didn’t immediately make the connection, hence the title. This one wasn’t a realization I came upon unassisted, thanks to a tweet read more
What Should You Want a Franchise to Do Next?
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 27, 2013
I cannot say I’m a die hard Die Hard fan, not just because that’s a pun, but also because it’s true. However, what the chatter about the latest Die Hard did reveal to me is that even in disappointment, which is the fairly universal reaction to the latest installment, there are diff read more
Film Activism
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 26, 2013
The term arcmchair activism has recently come into being and while it may sound like it has a negative connotation, it can get things done. Online petitions and chatter have brought about small changes in reaction to public relations disasters. The only downside I’ve seen of this activism is t read more
Hero Whipped: Richie Rich
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 25, 2013
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Hero Whipped piece and I was considering this idea and several others to liven things up. If you’ve not read one of these posts before. Since the introduction the focus has been on one character, one who appears in comics but usually in many kind read more
The 85th Academy Awards
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 24, 2013
So to spare my friends And followers on social media I’ll be live blogging the Oscars here. Thoughts may be more sporadic this year. Red Carpet/Pre-Show George Clooney is just naturally funny. Great stuff. Audio issues. Yikes. Once I heard Anne’s guess (about the mystery item) I knew she read more
Short Film Saturday: The Crush
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 23, 2013
Seeing as how the Academy Awards are this weekend, I figured it’d be appropriate to feature an Oscar-nominated short. This is a very good and funny entry from Ireland. If I recall, my favorite this year was a more dramatic entry, but this is definitely a worthy nominee. read more
Once Upon a Time in the 80s: The Directors (Part 8 of 17)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 22, 2013
This is a recapitulation of a paper I did in college. This is part eight in the series to read other parts go here. When discussing the 1980s no director stands out more prominently than does Steven Spielberg. Just looking at his repertoire of films from the decade and we can see his artistry was ev read more
Tarzan Thursday: Tarzan The Ape Man (1932)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 21, 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
Film Thought: What’s Your Favorite Film?
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 20, 2013
After having updated this year’s 31 Days of Oscar, someone commented, after seeing my reaction to Imitation of Life “That’s my all time favorite movie.” The conversation that ensued essentially came to this conclusion: “What are the odds?” The conclusion I drew s read more
Cinematic Episodes: Introduction
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 19, 2013
Themes are sometimes difficult to stick to. The way I usually manage to stick to them is by getting a bunch of installments written and ready and then scheduling ahead of time. Themes that I work on extemporaneously have a chance of being more inconsistent, or worse, falling into abandonment entirel read more
Short Film Saturday: Sweet Love
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 16, 2013
Roundabout early January, when the new year hasn’t really kicked in yet, and there’s nothing good coming out, I starting searching around for what many BAM nominees would be up to this year. Turns out Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Leading Role winner, Rick Lens, was in this film read more
Once Upon a Time in the 80s: Animation (Part 7 of 17)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 15, 2013
This is a recapitualtion of a paper I wrote in school. Part one can be read here. A search can retrieve subsequent parts. Since time does bring about changes and developments, I have included some notes in brackets after statements that may no longer hold true, or at least are in need of further enl read more
The Rex Reed Conversation
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 14, 2013
As I’ve mentioned on a number of occasions, part of my desire to start my own site, with its own agenda, was to not necessarily have to always be feeding into the voracious entertainment news cycle. Keeping that in mind, this is why I didn’t immediately jump all over the latest Rex Reed read more
2013 Oscar Nominated Short Films – Live Action
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 13, 2013
While not quite as deep as the animated shorts field, the live action shorts do have some very good contenders. Death of a Shadow In a short film you obviously have very little time to convey your idea, therefore, it’s even more admirable, and helpful in decision-making, when the idea you read more
The Gray Area 2013
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 11, 2013
To put it in its simplest terms this piece is my best attempt to keep myself and my BAM Awards process honest. What this means is that if I had a legitimate opportunity to see a film in 2012, but for whatever reason it falls through the cracks, its review ends up here, rather than rolling over into read more