mumblecore n.— «I think that there are a bunch of us coming up now who have many of the same influences, and the same anti-influences, i.e. some of the crummier aspects of the indie scene that we’d all like to bury. My new film...
noddy n. a reaction shot of an interviewer that is recorded and inserted into video or film to disguise edits or to give the impression that an interviewer is listening to an interviewee. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sneak into town v. phr.— «Scarier than anything in “Captivity” was the drive to Danvers I had to go through to see it. The new horror film, a wan, derivative entry in the torture-porn cycle, didn’t screen for critics and is...
Territory handshake n.— «In the film Australia, being filmed at Darwin’s Stokes Hill Wharf, screen veteran Bill Hunter’s character welcomes Nicole Kidman’s English aristocrat to the Territory with a pat on the bum. The cheeky pat, dubbed...
pillarboxed adj.— «Most people will watch a feature film letterboxed but if, in the future, you fork out the money for a 16:9 set Im sure you would be dissapointed if the picture was “pillarboxed.” The 14:9 is not squashed per...
Bubba Gump effect n.— «Those numbers might not be startling, but experts warn there is an uneven distribution of the wealth taken from the seas. Fishers whose boats were spared by the storms are able to catch more of what’s out there...