Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, talks about on Barack Obama‘s grasp of technology issues in his campaign for president.
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Is is just me or does this seem a little symbolic?
> Joe the Plumber at WIkipedia
> Get the latest polls on the US election at Electoral Vote
Mad Men is my favourite TV show of the last year, but it is also nice to see that actor Jon Hamm is not above spoofing the super-smooth ad man he plays on the show, in this recent SNL sketch.
> Find out more about Mad Men at AMC
> Jon Hamm at the IMDb
It is one of the quirks of film history that the man who made Citizen Kane ended up appearing in the 1986 animated film Transformers: The Movie.
> Transformers The Movie at the IMDb
> Find out more about Orson Welles at WIkipedia
> The infamous outtakes from the peas advert with Orson Welles
Young @ Heart is a new documentary released in the UK today about an elderly singing group in America who cover rock classics from The Clash, Nirvana and Talking Heads.
The trailer is above but check out this version on Coldplay‘s Fix You:
> Find a cinema near you showing Young @ Heart via Google Movies
> Official site for the Young@Heart chorus
> Young @ Heart at the IMDb
The full video of the 3rd presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain from C-Span.
> Official site for the debates
> More on the election at C-Span
George Stroumboulopoulos of CBC‘s The Hour interviews James Cameron about his career and they also discuss his upcoming film Avatar.
The Reel Geezers (aka Lorenzo Semple Jnr and Marcia Nasatir) have an interesting chat about various political movies.
The line sure to provoke debate is when Lorenzo says:
Frank Capra is basically a facist.
Hmmm.
> Check out more videos of The Reel Geezers on YouTube
> Lorenzo Semple Jnr and Marcia Nasatir at the IMDb
The full video of the 2nd presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain from C-Span.
> Official site for the debates
> More on the election at C-Span
In this scene from The Killers, maverick actor and director John Cassavettes punches future US president Ronald Regan.
> The Killers at the IMDb
> Find out more about John Cassavettes and Ronald Regan at Wikipedia
Watch out for the monkey driving the car (pause at 0.36) and the security bulldog (0.52), which is possibly one of my favourite Aardman characters ever.
> Aardman YouTube channel
> Find out more about Creature Comforts at Wikipedia
The Daily Video: Head of Skate
Matt Damon’s fears of a ‘really bad Disney movie’ have been turned into this spoof trailer.
One of the most startling scenes from The Parallax View.
> The Parallax View at the IMDb
> Find out more about this sequence at DVD Talk
Francois Truffaut pays tribute to Alfred Hitchcock at an AFI bash in 1979.
> Listen to the Hitchcock-Truffaut tapes
> Senses of Cinema profile on Truffaut
> Find out more about Hitchcock at Wikipedia
The final Film… show Barry Norman did for the BBC back in 1998.
> Barry Norman at Wikipedia
> Listen to our recent interview with Barry about United Artists
Director Ridley Scott gives a Searchlab Lecture courtesy of Fox Searchlight in which he talks in depth about about his career and films.
I think it is from 2003, and you can watch the other three parts below:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
> Ridley Scott at the IMDb
> More Fox Searchlab Lectures
Lethal Weapon 2 was released in the UK on this day (September 15th) back in 1989.
For some reason it has always stuck in my head as a date to remember and I’m not sure why exactly.
1989 was a special year for me as it was when I first got into seeing films in a big way – even now I can remember quite clearly what was released that year – and when I saw the trailer for this sequel it seemed to embody the excitment and magic of going to cinema.
Perhaps part of why I remember the release so well is that it was a 15 certificate and I regret not sneaking in as a 12 year old, but I just didn’t have the courage to try (even though I had already done so before then).
> Lethal Weapon 2 at the IMDb
> Find out more about the films of 1989 at Wikipedia
Claudette Colbert was born on this date in 1903, so above is an AFI tribute to her work as an actress.
> Find out more about Claudette Colbert at Wikipedia
> It Happened One Night at the IMDb
Matt Damon discusses Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
This is the 1980 short documentary directed by Les Blank which shows director Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed his 1978 film Gates of Heaven.
> Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe at the IMDb
> Find out more about Werner Herzog and Errol Morris at Wikipedia
A sweded version of John Carpenter‘s The Thing.
> The Thing at the IMDb
> More sweded films
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was recently at the Republican National Convention.
The great Al Matthews describes his no nonsense approach to weapons on the set of Aliens:
> Find out more about Al Matthews at Wikipedia
> Official site for Al
> Aliens at the IMDb
With the 2008 Republican National Convention in full swing, why don’t we cast our mind back to the theme of their 2004 hook up in New York.
In case you forgot, it involved the numbers 9 and 11.
The new Guy Ritchie film Rocknrolla is out this week which sees the director return to the Cockney Gangster genre.
But do you remember this Fast Show sketch from 2000 which parodied Lock, Stock… and Snatch…?
> Guy Ritchie at the IMDb
> Find out more about The Fast Show at Wikipedia
This Good Morning America interview from 1984 reunites Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller and writer William Peter Blatty for a discussion of The Exorcist, which had been released 10 years before this aired.
> The Exorcist at the IMDb
> Find out more about the film at Wikipedia
> Captain Howdy – Exorcist fansite
Brian Eno discusses why he loves Stanely Kubrick‘s Barry Lyndon.
(I think this was from some TV show in the mid-90s)
> Barry Lyndon at the IMDb
> Find out more about Brian Eno at Wikipedia
Jack Nicholson being interviewed on a golf course by Gary Garver of The Howard Stern Show.
> Jack Nicholson at the IMDb
> Gary Garver’s official website
> The Howard Stern Show at Wikipedia
A sweded version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
> Terminator 2: Judgement Day at the IMDb
> More about Sweded Movies
I never thought I’d see the day when Brett Ratner (director of the Rush Hour movies and X-Men 3) would be compared to Michaelangelo (the Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor behind The Sistine Chapel Ceiling and Statue of David) but today is that day.
> Brett Ratner and Conrad Palmisano at the IMDb
> Find out more about Michaelangelo at Wikipedia
A candid interview (in two parts) with Richard Burton from 1977, in which he discusses his alcoholism and acting career.
> Richard Burton at the IMDb
> Find out more about Richard Burton at Wikipedia
An early appearance for Russell Crowe in the Australian TV show Neighbours before he became famous.
> Russell Crowe at the IMDb
> Find out more about Neighbours at Wikipedia
Liquid Generation have done this compilation of 25 gruesome horror movie deaths. Can you name them all?
(Warning: You may not want to eat whilst watching some of these)
[Link via Digg]
> Discuss more horror movie deaths at Movie Forums
> Cracked with a list of bad horror films you should see