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In: Algorithms| Movies| New Features| Research
27 May 2009Dr. Dolittle is probably not the first movie that comes to mind when you think of an action-packed movie. But to some people (i.e. our moms who once fed and may still feed us), Dr. Dolittle certainly could be considered an action-packed comedy.
Understanding how most people interpret films is one of the hardest challenges for [...]
In: Movies
13 May 2009Hi all,
For those of you who happen to be strolling around Palo Alto from May 21st to the 23rd, go check out the 2009 Stanford Student Film Festival, presented by the Stanford Film Society! The event is free and open to the public, and will start at 8:00 pm each night in Cubberley Auditorium (on [...]
In: Movies
6 May 2009On the eve of one of the biggest events in geekdom, behold, we present our list of the most anticipated films for Spring 2009. We’ll be first in line for the premier of Star Trek, decked out with our Vulcan ears and Start Fleet uni’s.
Star Trek
May 8, 2009
Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his trusted team [...]
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15 Apr 2009So, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) recently released a list called “Most Influential Classic Movies.” There are some flicks that you’ve probably heard of, such as Star Wars and Gone with the Wind, and some you’ve probably never seen, like Battleship Potemkin. It’s damn near impossible to limit the movie influence universe to just 15 movies, [...]
In: Movies| Posters| Procrastination| Tangential
2 Apr 2009One of the most glorious aspects of modern web life is the ingenuity of bored fools with computers. While the rest of the proletariat toils on factory lines, these do-nothings sit on their fat tooshie-wooshies giggling in ecstacy at their latest photoshop mashups. And for that, we bow to them.
What follows is some of our [...]
In 2008 you had to live under a rock to miss noticing that the world seems to love comic book movies like a fat kid loves cake. As 2009 ramps up, all the major studios have major comic book adaptations in the works. It seems that they’re going to keep making these films, especially those [...]
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