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LOGORAMA (2009) (**1/2)

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:01am

Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain, known collectively as H5, are the creative force behind this interesting short, which was nominated for 2010 Oscar. In a world made completely out of corporate logos, Ronald McDonald goes on a violent crime spree through the streets of a city much like Los Angeles. Michelin Man Mike and Michelin Man Mitch are cops who set out to stop his bloody rampage.

That description highlights the potential of the premise. That's why the resulting film is a bit disappointing. For all intents and purposes, the film takes a standard action/disaster flick plot with all the requisite adult humor and casts corporate icons as the characters. In the end, the film works as a satire of Hollywood films more than the corporatization of America, which the logos seem to suggest.

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As I sat at the abyss of the cyberland, I received the bad news. My computer’s hard drive was corrupted.

 Now after a week later and a brand new Gateway, I am back from the abyss. Buoyed by 4 gigs of memory and a 500 gig hard drive I am almost to my pre-crash status. Miss my itunes!

I lost a week’s work and I had hoped to catch up on my blog and my Winter Wonderland Tour.

The Tour picked up at Bloomfield College in where else Bloomfield, New Jersey.  It was like coming home.

I taught an animation master class to a group of enthusiastic students. We covered dynamic posing, line of action, thumbnails, center of gravity, balance/counter balance and weight. It lasted three hours and we had a fun time exploring some of animations fundamentals.

Next up …the first ever Savannah International Film Festival…

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This Weekend’s Film Festival – Fashion Week

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 12:01am

Welcome to the final weekly This Weekend's Film Festival. When I started this column is 2007, I threw together playlists of films I had already reviewed. As time went by, I began watching films specifically for the column. Sometimes the full five films were reviewed specifically to be featured in this column. It has been a time consuming adventure. It is time I no longer have thanks to a new baby on the way and other creative endeavors I want to focus more attention to. The archives of this column will still live on and a special edition may pop up from time to time. Hopefully this move will allow me more freedom to catch up with new home entertainment releases and classics that I haven't seen before. I'm also starting a new less-time-consuming column on weekly Blu-ray and DVD releases, which can be found in the Blu-ray Screening Room starting next week.

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Production Profile: 'Colorful Crayon'

In a fairy-tale village inside a colorful picture-book, there lives Dingding the naughty crayon, Panny the exploration girl, Sead the believable cook, and charming Pow. When everybody is asleep at night, there unfolds a wonderful story of five friends within a picture-book. What kind of adventures will five friends face today?

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Production Profile: 'Bolts & Blip'

Lock 'n' Load and set your sights on a new adventure! This animated series is set in the year 2080. Thanks to a genius scientist Dr. Tommy, the Earth is at peace. He created the Moon C.R.A.T.E.R Project, the wackiest intergalactic sports circuit, where Robots, known as the Lunar League, settled Earth’s disputes.

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Production Profile: 'The Land of Dinosaurs '

An international team of top paleontologists set out to the Gobi Desert, a so-called dinosaur graveyard, for a 40-day fossil expedition. With Professor Lee Yung-nam, a notable dinosaur expert, leading the team of 13 top paleontologists from seven countries including America, Japan, and Canada, the members brave sand storms and try to unveil the secrets of dinosaurs that flourished on the Asian continent.

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Production Profile: 'Masterpieces On The Road'

From Vincent van Gogh to Claude Monet to Gustav Klimt to Jungsun to Jang Seung-Up, Masterpieces on the Road offers a glimpse at 26 legendary artists’ life and their arts. You will hear a story never told and discover pieces never seen. By examining meaningful events in their lives, you will get to know more real side of the artists.

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Production Profile: 'Noodle Road'

Noodles are an essential part of our dining lifestyle. We will reveal the civilization and history behind a single bowl of noodles! When and where were the first noodles made? Who lived off of the noodle dishes and why is the noodle referred to as the first fast food? What relation did the noodle have with the Silk Road that connected the east and the west?

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Production Profile: ' Pororo the Little Penguin '

Far, far away, unknown and untouched by human civilization, lays a peaceful land covered in snow and ice. In this white land, deep inside a small secluded forest, is a tiny village inhabited by little animals. No-one knows how they came to live on the island but they naturally came to live together in the village situated in the little valley where the sunshine is warmest and the cold wind is the least harsh.

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