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Blog Entries by Dan Persons from 08/2012

Mighty Movie Podcast: Anne Émond on Nuit #1

| Posted 08.02.2012

Nuit #1 begins with its main characters, Clara (Catherine de Léan) and Nikolai (Dimitri Storoge), engaged in a superficial but strenuous bout of sex, having just met each other at a rave and retreated to Nikolai's sparsely appointed apartment.

Mighty Movie Podcast: The Creator of Ren and Stimpy Wants You to Admire His Cans

| Posted 08.03.2012

John was one of the guys responsible for the rebirth of truly anarchic, funny cartoons with Ren and Stimpy.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Total Recall

| Posted 08.06.2012

What is reality? What is identity? How long can a soul survive when one's perceptions and one's self are subject to electronic editing at a moment's whim? These and many other fascinating questions are raised and almost immediately dropped in Total Recall.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: The Bourne Legacy

| Posted 08.13.2012

The actual Bourne legacy is that what was always intended to be a trilogy was so successful that it compelled Universal to find some way to continue the franchise without star Matt Damon.

Mighty Movie Podcast: ParaNorman Directors Sam Fell & Chris Butler

| Posted 08.17.2012

At this point, it stands as my favorite animated film of the year, and I was excited to get a chance to talk with its directors, Sam Fell and Chris Butler.

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: ParaNorman

| Posted 08.20.2012

With an onslaught of mouldering zombies, voluble spirits, and malevolent storm fronts, plus a production that pushes the artistic boundaries of stop-motion in terms of scope and character performance, the film has no shortage of ambition. But is that enough?

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: The Apparition

| Posted 08.27.2012

One week after ParaNorman took a more light-hearted, but still pretty scary, look at the situation, it's back to the 'burbs for The Apparition.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Flying Swords of Dragon Gate Director Tsui Hark

| Posted 08.31.2012

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate is the first Tsui Hark film to be shot in Imax 3D, starring Jet Li. Okay, stop salivating and sit back down, we've got work to do.