The CU Independent recently had a chance to sit down with Steve Pink, director of the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine,” as he gave some insight into his directing experience.
Movies
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“The Dude abides.”
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Director Tod Browning took a chance portraying genuine human oddities — despite fears of offending public taste — and opened the door to a whole new level of horror films.
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What do a boxer, two mobsters, a diner-robbing couple and a gangster’s wife have in common? They’re all characters from 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.”
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The horror film genre has always been boring to me: the same camera angles and quick cuts to try to get us to fear what lies behind the main character.
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The noose tightens around Harold’s neck as he sways back and forth. His mother walks into the room, too preoccupied with the phone to notice.
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I once had a film professor who called all of his favorite movies that he screened for the class “gloriously gorgeous.” That phrase is the pitch-perfect description of Stanley Kubrick’s unchallenged masterpiece, 1968’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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Disney is breaking barriers with the introduction of their first African-American princess, Tiana, in the upcoming “The Princess and the Frog.” First introduced in 1937, Disney princesses have had a long standing tradition as role models for young females.
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As children, one of the fondest memories is waking up Christmas morning and unwrapping presents. For many families, there is a popular Christmas movie on in the background.
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About three things I am absolutely positive. First, that the “Twilight” series is awful. Second, there is a part of society, and I don’t know how dominant that part may be, that will thirst for my blood now that I have said that. And third, I don’t care and am still going to unconditionally and irrevocably join the multitude of people that dislike the series.