Archive for August, 2009
Whodunnit – Episode 21
Monday, August 31st, 2009From Agatha Christie over Columbo up to CSI. Solving a crime mystery is an everlasting topic in movies and is the focus in this episode. Tomas picks three flicks that are not so well known. But of course, the last word is given to the double-trouble team from Baker Street…Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. Who done it? Tomas.
Long And Winding Road – Episode 20
Friday, August 28th, 2009Uncontrollable as Tomas is, he decides to put Walt Disney in one basket with gang wars, murder and Hell’s Kitchen (not the cooking show that is). The line-up features: The Fox and The Hound, Blood In Blood Out (Bound By Honour), State of Grace and Mystic River.
Shadows Of The Past – Episode 19
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Tomas gets philosophical in this episode about the essence of ‘The world and me’. How far can we outrun ourselves our experiences? Are we the product of society or is society the product of us? Is their redemption by society or does the bill get paid regardless? Featured movies in this clip are KING OF NEW YORK starring the charismatic Christopher Walken, CARLITO’S WAY and AMERICAN HISTORY X.
All We Got Is Us – Episode 18
Monday, August 24th, 2009Some bonds are stronger than blood. Tomas takes a look at friendship that go the full nine yards together. Featuring Thelma and Louise, Sleepers, 4 Brothers and the upcoming Brothers starring the Prince of Persia, Padmé Amidala and Spidey.
Love Is In The Air – Episode 17
Friday, August 21st, 2009Dedicated to all my friends and everybody else who got or is getting married and/or expecting a baby, as well as to all couples that stick together like glue and anybody else who is still looking…even for those who don’t believe in love. This is to EVERYONE! I hope you have the time of your life.
Pump It: Adrenaline – Episode 16
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009How fast can you go? A rush of adrenaline, defying the laws of physics, breath taking stunts and neck breaking speed…after Tomas defines what extreme sports is to him – and offends all roller-bladers -, he lines up a representation of action movies with the likes of Ong-Bak, Kill Bill and The Bourne Ultimatum. As take-aways ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘X-Games 3D the Movie’ are being wrapped up….
Imagination – Episode 15
Monday, August 17th, 2009Come with me, And you’ll be
In a world of Pure imagination
Take a look, And you’ll see
Into your imagination
We’ll begin, With a spin, Traveling in The world of my creation
What we’ll see, Will defy Explanation
If you want to view paradise, Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There’s nothing To it
Starting off with the new Peter Jackson movie The Lovely Bones as a hybrid of Revenge (trailer wasn’t available for that episode) and Imagination, before lining up Big Fish (Tim Burton), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry), Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki) and the upcoming Where The Wild Things Are…
How Your CV is like a Movie Trailer – Episode 14
Saturday, August 15th, 2009If a Movie is your life, then your CV is like a Movie Trailer.
Is your CV more like ‘Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.’ Or is it like the trailer to the Watchmen? (From Alan Moore’s/Dave Gibbons’s Original Series.)
Are you Al Pacino or Keanu Reeves when it comes to presenting it in an interview?
We had some great images to add to this, but there was no space so have added them to the Showloon Facebook page.
Movies That Screw With Your Mind Episode 13
Friday, August 14th, 2009Movies That Screw With Your Mind with Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola), Seven (By David Fincher), Requiem for a Dream, and the much anticipated Shutter Island by Martin Scorsese.
Growing Up Films Not One Less Episode 12
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009Growing up Movies. Featuring Rebel Without a Cause, Dead Poets Society, Superbad, Juno with Ellen Page, and the new film-festival-acclaimed dark comedy indie feature, World’s Best Dad with Robin Williams and directed by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait.
Intro Films: Not One Less by Zhang Yimou, The 400 Blows by François Truffaut, Hoop Dreams directed by Steve James, and Scent of a Woman by Martin Brest with Chris O’Donnell and Al Pacino.
