THE ATHLETIC NERD

The Post: 2013 Kick Off Edition

January 20, 2013 at 9:38 am

Have you watched a short film today?

The Post is back in 2013 with more short films, more trailers, more features, more documentaries and more great content from around the web. The last few editions of the post were based on themes like Middle Earth Week. It’s been a few months since I focus on the independent side of things.

A new year begins:

CABBIT

An animated short film by Soogie.

Click here for more on the film.

ARK

An animated short film directed by Grzegorz Jonkajtys

PROJECT ZOMBIE

“Project Zombie is the world’s first HTML5-based choose-your-own-adventure interactive zombie movie. Created by Matt K. Firpo. Prepare yourself, the story is in your hands.”

Click here for more on the project.

LOCKED IN A ROOM

A trailer for an upcoming feature film from At Risk Entertainment.

NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE

An upcoming indie horror film written and directed by Jason Christopher. The film is set for release on Red Box, Amazon and On Demand this February through Image Entertainment.

WOLVERINE FAN FILM ‘LOGAN’

Directed by André Hedetoft & Andreas Climent.

Click here for more on the film.

THE HITCHHIKER

A short film featuring Stephen Tobolosky written and directed by Ben Shelton.

MORE FROM AROUND THE WEB

WEBSITE | FilmBundle | A different way to distribute independent films

WEBSITE | scoreAscore | Connecting Music & Media

WEBSITE | Aniboom | Animation Starts Here

SHORT FILM PITCH | It’s A Man’s World | Trailer | Indiegogo

FEATURE | Wild Girl Waltz from Levrock Pictures

SHORT FILM | Cantharsis from Wingless Films

VIDEO | Be Brave in 2013 (A collection of film clips edited by Hans Vercauter.)

SHORT FILM PITCH | The Wingmen from Production2x.

DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE?

Email me at jason@17west.ca and be sure to include links to your project/website. (Note: I don’t review submissions)

Check out The Post archives here.

The Athletic Nerd’s 2012 Recap

January 16, 2013 at 7:31 am

ANOTHER YEAR OF MOVIES, SCREENWRITING & INDEPENDENT FILM

Here is a collection of 9 recap articles covering short films, screenwriting, the best & worst movies of 2012, 2013 movie previews and more. So here is my movie recap… Recap.

THE BEST | The Top 5 Movies of 2012

THE WORST | The Bottom 3: The Worst Movies of 2012

THE MOMENT | All Time Best: 2012 Movie Moment

THE TRAILER | All Time Best: Best Movie Trailer 2012

SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS | Top 10 Summer Movies 2013

SCREENWRITING | My 2013 Screenwriting Challenge

SHORT FILMS | The Post 2012 Short Film Award

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES | Top 10 Movies I Missed In 2012

THE REVIEWS | The Athletic Nerd’s 2012 Movie Review Round Up

2013 PREVIEW | 44 Movies To Look Forward To In 2013

Thanks for reading! Bring on 2013!

44 Movies To Look Forward To In 2013

January 14, 2013 at 8:08 am

44 Movies To Look Forward To In 2013 | 2013 Movie Preview

A NEW YEAR BEGINS. A GREAT YEAR FOR MOVIES!

Movie sites world wide are posting lists of movies they can’t wait to see in 2013. Last year I realized that, if I did the same, my list would be identical to many film fans out there. I decided to try something different. So I collected lists from around the web and devised a scoring method to rank the movies mentioned in the lists.

It’s simple. For this year’s movie preview I used 16 lists from big sites as well as smaller blogs. These articles had to rank 2013 movies from 10-1. I gave 10 points to every movie that was given the top spot, 9 points for second down to 1 point for 10th place rankings. Total points were sorted and the result was 44 movies to look forward to in 2013!

XTRA | My top 10 summer movies of 2013

Before I get to the big list, here are my sources:

YAHOO | 2013 Preview: 25 most anticpated movies

/FILM | Angie’s 10 most anticipated films of 2013

DEN OF GEEK | The top 25 must see movies of 2013

HEAVY | The top 20 most anticipated films of 2013

MOVIE FANATIC | Top 13 movie moments of 2013

MOVIE-MORON | Top 30 best new movies of 2013

TECH REPUBLIC | The 10 must see geek movies of 2013

RORCHACH REVIEWS | My top 10 most anticipated films for 2013

TOP TEN BEST FILMS | 10 most anticipated action adventure

MOVIE INSIDER | 2013 most anticipated movies

CLASSIC BLANCA | Top 10 most anticipated movies of 2013

SHOW WATCHER | 10 most anticipated movies of 2013

BEST GEEK BLOG EVER | Top 10 anticipated 2013

WHAT CULTURE | 15 most anticipated films of 2013

SPILL | Ten most anticipated movies of 2013

DUKE FRUKEM | Most anticipated movies of 2013

THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2013
THE RANKINGS

44. UNTITLED DIABLO CODY PROJECT (1 POINT)

43. CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE (1 POINT)

42. NYMPHOMANIAC (1 POINT)

41. THE HEAR (2 POINTS)

40. ENDER’S GAME (2 POINTS)

39. NOW YOU SEE ME (2 POINTS)

38. OLD BOY (3 POINTS)

37. SCARY MOVIE 5 (3 POINTS)

36. A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (3 POINTS)

35. OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (3 POINTS)

34. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (3 POINTS)

33. THE GREAT GATSBY (5 POINTS)

32. TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE (5 POINTS)

31. THE LAST STAND (5 POINTS)

30. PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS (6 POINTS)

29. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (7 POINTS)

28. THE EVIL DEAD (7 POINTS)

27. ONLY GOD FORGIVES (8 POINTS)

26. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (9 POINTS)

25. WORLD WAR Z (9 POINTS)

24. LOWLIFE (NIGHTINGALE) (9 POINTS)

23. STOKER (10 POINTS)

22. THE WORLD’S END (10 POINTS)

21. GANGSTER SQUAD (11 POINTS)

20. G.I. JOE: RETALIATION (12 POINTS)

19. ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (13 POINTS)

18. FAST AND FURIOUS 6 (14 POINTS)

17. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (16 POINTS)

16. AFTER EARTH (16 POINTS)

15. KICK ASS 2 (18 POINTS)

14. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (20 POINTS)

13. SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR (20 POINTS)

12. THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (22 POINTS)

11. THE LONE RANGER (23 POINTS)

THE TOP 10 MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2013

10. OBLIVION (24 POINTS)

9. THE WOLVERINE (31 POINTS)

8. THOR: THE DARK WORLD (31 POINTS)

7. THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (43 POINTS)

6. GRAVITY (45 POINTS)

5. ELYSIUM (45 POINTS)

4. PACIFIC RIM (67 POINTS)

3. MAN OF STEEL (85 POINTS

2. IRON MAN 3 (107 POINTS)

1. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (110 POINTS)

What movie are you looking forward to the most?

Click here for more Movie Countdowns.

The Top 5 Movies of 2012

January 13, 2013 at 9:58 am

MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2012

2012 is over and I’ve finally caught up enough to make my ‘best of’ picks. There are some movies I regret missing but overall, I saw more than 30 movies released in 2012.

Before I mention my top 5, I wanted to acknowledge some awesome movies that just missed the cut.

ARGO | Review

LIFE OF PI | Review

DJANGO UNCHAINED | Review

SINISTER | Review

TED | Review

Click here for a complete list of all my 2012 reviews.

THE TOP 5 MOVIES OF 2012

5. SKYFALL

Click here for my review.

Skyfall narrowly edged out Django Unchained purely because of the nostalgia it brought back to the Bond franchise. Casino Royale is one of my favorite movies period but Skyfall felt like a better reboot. Classic James Bond movie.

4. LOOPER

Click here for my review.

I was blown away by Looper’s style and originality.

3. ZERO DARK THIRTY

Click here for my review.

A smart and fascinating look behind the scenes of one of the most important events in recent memory.

2. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Click here for my review.

The end of an era. Though the film didn’t rise above The Dark Knight, it still wrapped up a legendary film series I’ll cherish forever.

1. THE AVENGERS

Click here for my review.

I saw The Avengers 3 times in 7 days. Two of those were matinee viewings before work… By myself. I absolutely adored The Avengers. It was, by far, the most fun I had in theaters in 2012.