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Category: visuals

visuals

Hey Man, Nice Shot – 2014 Edition

They say a picture say a thousand words. Here’s twenty five thousand about the films of 2014.

Posted on December 30, 2014December 29, 2015
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Freeze Frame: THE MUPPET MOVIE

Life’s like a movie; write your own ending…

Posted on December 10, 2014June 30, 2015
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David Ehrlich’s 2014 Best in Film Video Countdown

It’s been a great year gang, and if you don’t think so, David Ehrlic would beg to differ.

Posted on December 4, 2014December 9, 2014
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Freeze Frame: TO BE OR NOT TO BE

What used to be a joke is now par for the course.

Posted on December 3, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

Watch a film a few times, and you start to notice foreshadowing that you’d never have picked up on before.

Posted on November 20, 2014June 30, 2015
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The 50th Freeze Frame: THE GODFATHER

For my fiftieth shot, I went to my favorite moment of my favorite classic.

Posted on November 6, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: 3 WOMEN

It’s amazing how much about a person can be kept hidden.

Posted on October 16, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: BRIEF ENCOUNTER

Much as I love to mine a film for a fleeting moment, sometimes it’s best to stick with iconography.

Posted on October 9, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

“Democracy” is seldom all that democratic.

Posted on October 2, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: THE NATURAL

Without heroes we’re all plain people, but we may want to be careful who we anoint as heroes.

Posted on September 25, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE

What does it mean to be a man? What did it ever mean?

Posted on July 16, 2014June 30, 2015
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Freeze Frame: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

A few things have changed since Jess and I were teenagers…but not quite everything.

Posted on July 10, 2014June 30, 2015

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