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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Episode 4 - Christmas Special




Welcome to our Cinemasters Christmas Special. We take on the gargantuan task of covering 9 movies in the hour and a half of time we had to record on Christmas Eve. After plenty of technical difficulties we managed to squeak by in and hour. So hit play up top and away we go!

For my thoughts on the Hobbit take a look at my blog.
For Rudy Schuepbach's thoughts on Bunraku keep reading:

Watching a netflix movie that was suggested because I watched Lockout. A movie named "Bunraku". The title hints at a japanese puppet theater. What it actually is, is a hyper stylized action movie.
The aesthetic uses a lot of Japanese and Wild West fusion, with heavy color saturation, and extreme lines. Our two heroes are literally (as in, they say this in the movie) a cowboy in a world with no guns, and a samurai without his sword.

I was drawn in by the visuals immediately, and though there were some slow moments in the story, the battles with the bad guy's generals, "The Killers", and other action sequences are actually really cool. There are some lines and dialogue that are trite and stereotypical, but if you're coming to this movie as a vehicle for action and fight scenes, it's exactly what you're here for.

Bottom line: Equal parts Cowboy Bebop/Samurai Champloo, set in a visually stunning popup book background, worth a watch. Don't come looking to be changed, or moved, but if you're into anime, and want to know it's live action potential? This is as close as I've seen, including the actual attempts (i.e. Last Airbender, Dragon Ball, and Matrix Revolutions). Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman. I'm surprised, and happy.


I was drawn in by the visuals immediately, and though there were some slow moments in the story, the battles with the bad guy's generals, "The Killers", and other action sequences are actually really cool. There are some lines and dialogue that are trite and stereotypical, but if you're coming to this movie as a vehicle for action and fight scenes, it's exactly what you're here for.

Bottom line: Equal parts Cowboy Bebop/Samurai Champloo, set in a visually stunning popup book background, worth a watch. Don't come looking to be changed, or moved, but if you're into anime, and want to know it's live action potential? This is as close as I've seen, including the actual attempts (i.e. Last Airbender, Dragon Ball, and Matrix Revolutions). Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman. I'm surprised, and happy.

Thanks to Rudy for that. During my browsing of the internets the last few days I came across the
Home Alone Drinking Game which I will definitely be partaking in next year. So yeah. Thanks again for listening. Check out our other podcasts on the right hand side and feel free to donate to help offset the cost of the podcasting.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Episode 3 - 2012 Movie Game Pt. 2




Part 2 of the 2 part Movie Game 2012 episode! Rudy, Jacob, and I talk movies of this year in our movie game. There are so many that we had to split it up into 2 episodes! This first half takes us from Expendables 2 to the Dark Knight Rises with stops at The Amazing Spiderman, Looper, Lawless and many in between. Join us on our adventure through movies that have come out this year! Also I'd like to throw a shout out to Emily Allcock for the Cinemasters graphic we have up top!

As always you can find us here (good job!), or on Facebook or email us at thecinemasters@gmail.com. Feel free to donate over on the right side to help with the hosting costs. Also check out our other podcasts, links to the right. Thanks!

P.S. Special thanks to Edie Liao for the fantastic logo directly above.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Episode 2 - 2012 Movie Game Pt. 1





Part 1 of the 2 part Movie Game 2012 episode! Rudy, Jacob, and I talk movies of this year in our movie game. There are so many that we had to split it up into 2 episodes! This first half takes us from Cabin in the Woods to Expendables 2 with stops at Avengers, Argo, Hunger Games and many in between. Join us on our adventure through movies that have come out this year! Also I'd like to throw a shout out to Emily Allcock for the lovely graphic we have up top!

As always you can find us here (good job!), or on facebook or email us at thecinemasters@gmail.com
Feel free to donate over on the right side to help with the hosting costs. Thanks!

P.S. Special thanks to Edie Liao for the fantastic logo above.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Episode 1 - Halloween


Sorry about that folks. I was waiting for the program to finish converting the podcast when I passed out last night and had to post this morning. But I also had to go to work so didn't have time to put up some notes. Really I just wanted to post pics of the awesome convertabong and a link to a sweet list of the references in Cabin in the Woods. 







Also here's the trailer for the intense new Evil Dead!


And you should definitely check out the Evil Dead Musical! Hilarious and fun and great music!


Monday, October 22, 2012

The Cinemasters!


The long awaited (by long awaited I mean that I have been thinking about and hoping to do a movie review podcast for several months) Cinemasters podcast is getting it's start. Formatting is still under construction but here's a bit of a preview so check it out and let us know your thoughts and keep looking for episode 1!