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Trailer Watch: Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

I’m not sure how Crazy, Stupid, Love. has slipped past my radar, despite all that punctuation. It’s a romantic comedy starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson), Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon (Guiding Light), and Marisa Tomei; written by the Dan Fogelman (Tangled, Bolt, Cars); and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the writer-directors behind criminally-underseen I Love You, Phillip Morris (not to mention the writers of Bad Santa, which is one of my favorite comedies of the last twenty years).

I laughed out loud several times at the trailer, and the humor goes a little black more than once — and some early buzz seems to indicate that there’s more than just laughs to the whole movie. You can read the synopsis (or see the trailer in HD) over at iTunes Movie Trailers, but you get everything you need just by watching this:

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“Salesman Pete” by Marc Bouyer, Max Loubaresse and Anthony Vivien

Friday, May 27th, 2011

The story seems to be little more than an excuse to string together weird and/or fun things together, but the animation and character designs are fantastic. There’s an almost seamless blend of 2D and 3D animation at play here, and I can’t help wondering what this team could do with a budget. Definitely check this out when you have seven minutes to spare.

Also check out “Meet Buck” by the same trio.

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“Alma” by Rodrigo Blaas

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

“Alma,” by former Pixar employee Rodrigo Blaas, is a wonderfully creepy short from a couple of years back. Gorgeously animated and impeccably told, it wasn’t very surprising to learn that Guillermo del Toro and Dreamworks have optioned “Alma” to develop into a full-length feature, to be co-directed by Blaas and del Toro. While the resulting feature — if it should ever see the light of the silver screen — will almost undoubtedly have a more upbeat ending, I think it could work rather well, provided they keep the creepiness intact in the rest of the tale.

(Thanks to Mathew Hamilton Watts for reminding me about “Alma”!)

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“Doodlebug” by Christopher Nolan (yes, THAT one)

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

With the next Batman film in production now, and people already getting whipped into viral frenzies over it, I thought I’d point you guys towards a Christopher Nolan film that you probably haven’t seen — “Doodlebug” is a creepy short film made by Nolan while a student at university. I’m not sure you can call it a student film if the filmmaker wasn’t a film student, but whatever you call it, it’s very well done for such a small film. “Doodlebug” stars Jeremy Theobald, who also starred in Nolan’s debut feature, Following (which is worth seeing, if you’re a fan of Nolan’s).

(Thanks for the heads up, James Mclaughlin!)

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“I Met the Walrus” by Josh Raskin

Friday, May 20th, 2011

This Oscar-nominated animated short from Josh Raskin takes a half-hour 1969 interview with John Lennon conducted by the 14 year old Jerry Levitan, distills it to 5 minutes, and crazies the heck out of it. The animation illustrators and even expands on Lennon’s words delightfully, making it an absolute joy to watch.

The pen illustrations were by James Braithwaite and the computer illustration by Alex Kurina.

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