The staff at the College Humor website put together a video of every reference to popular culture in Quentin Tarantino’s movies. The five-minute video includes Tarantino characters referring to well-known pop culture icons as Elvis Presley as well as some less-known references. The references are in chronological order by the person or thing being referenced. Note the time dial in the lower right hand corner indicating the relevant era. Check it out.
What is your favorite pop culture reference in a Quentin Tarantino film? Leave your two cents in the comments.
In the following short video of less than six minutes entitled “2012: The Cinescape,” Matt Shapiro put together clips that summarize the year in movies. Although others make similar montages, many consider Shapiro’s annual movie montages to be among the best. Check it out.
What was your favorite movie of 2012? Leave your two cents in the comments.
As the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and the President are going down to the wire trying to avoid the dreaded “fiscal cliff,” here is a reminder how some folks can work together to overcome cliffs. In this video, Mandy Patinkin (who played Inigo Montoya) gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Cliffs of Insanity scene from Director Rob Reiner’s classic The Princess Bride (1987). In the video, Patinkin describes how the wonderful André the Giant helped Wallace Shawn overcome his fears.
If these guys can overcome the Cliffs of Insanity, I hope our politicians can handle a little Cliffs of Fiscal. What is your favorite scene from The Princess Bride? Leave your two cents in the comments.
The new full trailer for Man of Steel (2013) has been released. From the trailer, you can see that the latest Superman movie takes us back to the origin story. Some have compared the look of the trailer to Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011), but the music with the images make me think of Gladiator (2000), which starred Russell Crowe who just happens to play Jor-El in Man of Steel. Check it out.
Man of Steel is directed by Zack Snider and stars Henry Cavill as Superman and Clark Kent. Others in the movie include Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Kevin Kostner as Jonathan Kent. General Zod from Superman II (1980) returns in this film and is played by Michael Shannon. Man of Steel is scheduled to be released on June 14, 2013, so you only have six months to wait for yet another reboot of a film about a classic superhero.
Will you see Man of Steel? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Many know of Frank William Abagnale, Jr. because he was played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Director Steven Spielberg’s movie Catch Me If You Can (2002), which also starred Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, and Christopher Walken. As portrayed in the film, Abagnale was on the run from the FBI in the 1960s, after he started as a young man passing bad checks and impersonating people around the country. Later, Abagnale went on to work for the FBI.
You can see what the real person looked like, as well as test yourself on whether you can spot him, by watching this 1977 episode of To Tell the Truth. For those who do not remember the television show, the premise is that someone of note appears on the show with two imposters. A panel of celebrities ask the three people questions and then try to determine who is the real person.
The twist with Abagnale’s episode was that he was an imposter who was playing himself for once. Can you figure out which one is him?
How long did it take you to figure out which man was Frank William Abagnale Jr.? Leave your two cents in the comments.
