Archive for January, 2007

New storyboards

Posted in ART on January 30th, 2007

I have new storyboards up in the Gallery section. Thanks to my brother Michael for taking over the coloring for me. Wonder Twin powers activate!!
These are for our upcoming short film “Under Observation”. -Tony

Comic Mayhem Mashup

Posted in Movie Reviews, Podcasts on January 25th, 2007

The Amherst Lane crew is at it again with another podcast investigating the history of the comic book movie. Relive the memories as we dissect the success and failures of these two colliding monolithic genres.

length: 10 min. 14 sec.

Tony’s Top Movies of 2006

Posted in Movie Reviews on January 25th, 2007

I didn’t watch as many movies as I would have liked this year. I’m sure some really amazing pieces of cinema didn’t make on my list. Here are my top fifteen movies without the five best. Just as Rene said in his post, you’ll have to wait for the podcast for those. And, since I’m a punk, I’m going to one-up Rene. I’m adding a little comment of why these movies are on my list.

6. Beerfest-
The funniest movie I’ve seen in a long time. (I love you Broken Lizard)

7.V for Vendetta-
It’s easy these days to miss the message of a story when you we have such amazing special effects. This one got it right. (Even if Alan Moore hates everything about Hollywood, it doesn’t stop him from letting them make the movies.)

8. Little miss sunshine-
Just watch this one. That little girl is precious.

9. Lady in the Water-
Not M. Night’s best movie, but it still made my top 15

10. Slither
Nathan Fillion is my new Bruce Campbell.

11. Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
THE D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12. The Descent
Rene and I cringed through half of this movie together. One of the only scary movies I enjoyed last year.

13. Nacho Libre
I can’t get enough Jack Black in stretchy pants!!

14. superman returns
Everyone who knows me, knows I’m an Uber Dork for superhero movies. X-3 made me want to cry. At least Bryan Singer brought back our beloved boy in blue. Superman was not the best superhero movie I’ve seen, but I definitely see good things in the future for this franchise.

15. An Inconveniant Truth
I’m not sure how scientifically proven Al’s information is, but he throws one hell of a slide show. I guess politics sucks all the fun out of the room, because he’s actually kind of funny in this movie.

-Tony-

Rene’s top 15 films of 2006

Posted in Movie Reviews on January 24th, 2007

Hey everybody, the following list is not going to contain the top 5 of the year for me, because we are planning on doing a podcast with our Top 5 films of the year 2006. So here they are in descending order.

15. Slither
14. Little Miss Sunshine
13. The Fountain
12. Half Nelson
11. Casino Royale
10. The Departed
9. Miami Vice
8. Stranger Than Fiction
7. Brick
6. Borat

Stay tuned for our Top 5 Films of the year on the podcast.

-Rene-

New pictures

Posted in ART on January 22nd, 2007

Hey guys, I’ve got some new pics in the gallery. (chupa-thingy, Alchemist, and Stone Golem). I figured I would let everyone see what I’ve been working on. I did the Stone Golem when we got iced in, nothing to do but draw and drink booze.