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FILTER RESULTS ►Vote on Black Ops 2's new Personalization Packs
Two new Personalization Packs will be released for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on May 29, and starting this Thursday you'll be able to vote on which packs make the cut, Activision's Dan Amrich announced.
Voting will take place within Black...Show More Summary
'Ghostbusters 3': Dan Aykroyd Sadly Still Thinks It's Happening, Has New Plot Details
Poor Ghostbusters 3. Not only is it the sequel to a classic film (and another, crappy sequel) that absolutely no fan is asking for—it’s also a film that seems permanently trapped within its own personal rung of development hell. As we’ve noted in the past, “Bill Murray was in, then he was out, then he [...]
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek is back, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) is still flouting the rules, director J.J. Abrams is still dividing the fan base, but amazingly, inconceivably,...
Treasured items... Dan Thawley
Whilst so many publications concern themselves with fleeting scenes from the conveyor belt of fashion, A Magazine Curated By pauses before prospecting a creative's personality, propelling their whims and fancies. It is a course of clear curation. Show More Summary
Dan Brown's 'Inferno' has heat but no warmth
The latest Robert Langdon thriller from the bestselling author has a marketing juggernaut, but its protagonist has no personality, no reason to care for him. Some years ago, I was on a book reviewing panel when someone in the audience...Show More Summary
Dan Persons: Mystery Science Theater 3000's Frank Conniff: The CFQ Interview
As Mystery Science Theater 3000's TV's Frank, comedian and writer Frank Conniff became possibly the most cuddly mad scientist in history. From his debut television...
Popular! Joe Thambu’s dazzling Yoshinkan Aikido demonstration… nearly 2,000,000 views
Joe Thambu is an Australian teacher of Yoshinkan Aikido, currently ranked 7th Dan, with over 35 years experience in the art. He began his training in 1972 and was the first person to teach and disseminate Yoshinkan Aikido in Australia. He teaches out of the Aikido Shudokan school located in Melbourne… Click here to watch… Read More
Indie dev says Nintendo of Europe needs its own trumpeter of digital, like Dan Adelman
Coming from an interview on Nintendo Life with Hugo Smits... There are many smart and motivated people working over at Nintendo Europe, some I personally know. They all love innovative games and they love what is happening in the indie scene. But the problem is, according to my personal opinion, that nobody has ‘full control’. Show More Summary
Reminder on Getting Signed Human Divisions + Thoughts on Dan Brown
First thing’s first: If you wanted to get a signed copy of The Human Division and are not able to get to one of my tour dates, here’s what you do: 1. If you want it signed and personalized, order the book from one of the stores on my tour I have yet to visit […]
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Tribute to Ray Harryhausen
It is not an understatement to say that, for many who work within the industry of fantastic film and those who cover it, Ray Harryhausen...
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Alice Winocour on Augustine
Based on true events, Augustine tells the tale of the titular kitchen servant who is brought to an asylum after suffering a strange seizure that leaves her paralyzed on one side. I got to sit down with director Alice Winocour to discuss this richly realized and slyly subversive debut.
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Alice Winocour on Augustine
Let no one say that French director Alice Winocour isn't audacious. She chooses not only to make her debut film -- which she also scripted...
Dan Persons: Sightseers' Ben Wheatley: The CFQ Interview
Welcome to the banality of evil, Ben Wheatley-style: In his horror comedy Sightseers, a couple (Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who also scripted) decides to...
Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Iron Man 3
It's felled the likes of Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and the X-Men. It's a more daunting foe than Lex Luthor, Bane, and Magneto combined. It is,...
Historical photo: “Kisaburo Osawa, 9th dan — Aikido’s éminence grise,” by Stanley Pranin
On one occasion in the 1980s, I had a difficult problem to solve involving my research that was tied to some of the publishing activities of the Hombu Dojo. The person requesting historical documents from me was a top European martial artist and a higher-up in the police system of his country. I could not… Read More
Dan Persons: The Cast of Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell: The CFQ Interview
Shooting a workplace comedy set in Hell may be challenging, tedious work, but at least you get to traumatize the hotel staff. That's only one...
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Pierce Brosnan on Love Is All You Need
Pierce Brosnan sat down with us to talk about the challenges of bringing genuine consequences to a romantic role, the experience of shooting on-location in one of the most beautiful regions on Earth, and whatever happened to Thomas Crown?
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast: Pierce Brosnan on Love is All You Need
Sometimes the wedding videographers are pointing their cameras in the wrong direction. Susanne Bier's Love is All You Need takes place mostly in a villa...
Dan Persons: Martin Landau: The CFQ Interview
Every now and then, we pause in awe of the people we've had the opportunity to spend time with. Doug Trumbull, John Kricfalusi, and Paul...
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie's Temple of Bad: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
That's the big take-away from Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, an ultra-violent Hong Kong martial arts film that doesn't so much tell a story as throw buckets of gore around and hope that viewers will, Rorschach-like, synthesize meaning from the incoherent mess.
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