The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on August 4, 2012

Typically, these shorts come to my attention on Twitter either randomly or directly from feeds I follow. As I was watching many a short one day to make these posts I noticed many of them cam from Short of the Week. They really do have great stuff and post great...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on August 3, 2012

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a better film than its predecessor. This was something I rather anticipated, however, I don’t believe its to the detriment of this installment that it is second. There is not too much shorthand used and the narrative is accessible enough that that...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on August 1, 2012

You never know what you’re going to get when you purchase a book that ties into the release of a film that purports to be a diary or some other kind of making of chronicle. Some I flip through are quite flimsy (like alleged shooting scripts with too many photos...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 31, 2012

Recently, while scrolling through Twitter I noticed quite a few people posting that the National Film Preservation Board is allowing the general public to suggest titles to be entered to the National Film Registry for the first time. You can read the pertinent details here. The only thing I found...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 29, 2012

I did a post like this for the Vancouver games a little more than two years ago and I shall unearth it again at some point at least on Letterboxd because that was certainly a lot more fun and in many cases weirder. However, the variety that is provided by...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 28, 2012

A film actually bereft of dialogue that beautifully captures not only a ghost town but communicates a longing that is beyond words. Through the old man’s attempt a past that is forever lost is communicated and an impact is created in three minutes that many features cannot accomplish.   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 28, 2012

I did a post like this for the Vancouver games a little more than two years ago and I shall unearth it again at some point at least on Letterboxd because that was certainly a lot more fun and in many cases weirder. However, the variety that is provided by...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 27, 2012

I did a post like this for the Vancouver games a little more than two years ago and I shall unearth it again at some point at least on Letterboxd because that was certainly a lot more fun and in many cases weirder. However, the variety that is provided by...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 26, 2012

Shortly after writing about the drive-in experience I made my first trip of the season. The drive-in I frequent does double-features and usually the fit of the bill and whether or not I’ve seen the movies ends up being the deciding factor. This time in the family-friendly block there were...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 25, 2012

In this series of posts I tend to discuss comic book characters and my unique relationship with them since my fairly recent return to reading them again and I usually find a way to connect them back to movies somehow. However, since I decided that my posts may be a...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 24, 2012

Not too long ago I was finally missing hockey enough that I decided I should watch Goon (For my rating, which will be omitted from this commentary, please go here). I had the conflicting emotions going in of having high hopes but also being somewhat guarded. As I have discussed...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 15, 2012

There isn’t too much I can personally say about The Complete Greed that hasn’t already been said by those cited on the back cover of the book, namely: The New Yorker, Fritz Lang, Take One, Sight & Sound, Maurice Bessy (at the time director of The Cannes Film Festival), Henri...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 14, 2012

With The Dark Knight Rises coming out next weekend I thought it appropriate to finally check out and post this short. In just three minutes you get a pre-cursor a glimpse of the brilliance of Chris Nolan. Its seemingly minimalist in story and set, but as per usual, his story...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 11, 2012

Another way, perhaps the more interactive and most definitely the most enjoyable way, to have your own short film festival is to have a friend or two (or many) over to watch a series of movies all in a row, and all of which you know are likely to be...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 10, 2012

Don’t You Recognize Me will be a sporadically posted theme wherein I briefly highlight an early role of a now well-known actor. Typically, it will be one where I didn’t immediately make the connection, hence the title. Society has become a bit more instantaneous in the internet age, very   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 8, 2012

It’s not exactly new, but any chance for an additional short should be taken. It’s also funny to note that not only does Spielberg appear in this Saturday Night Live skit as himself, in a rather Hitchockian way but it’s also one of the running gags. Not to mention that...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 7, 2012

This past Sunday I detailed some films both that I had seen and not yet seen based on what their location was in honor of Canada Day. In that post I also detailed my difficulty in locating films for certain localities, most notably the Yukon. Well, sure enough one of...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 6, 2012

Much in the way computers, be them Apple or PC, can liberate you from zone restrictions for a country-specific film festival the same can be true if you’re building a festival around an actor and they happen to be a foreign performer. The focus of this film festival, which will...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 2, 2012

I recall once that Roger Ebert tweeted a link and added to it something to the extent of “See this is why I don’t do lists.” I got his point. It was a completist’s one, meaning how can you legitimately make such and such a list claiming it’s ever or...   read more

The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on July 1, 2012

As I knew Canada Day was coming up, I wanted to write a post wherein I took a trip cinematically around Canada; considering the fact that I know the geography of Canada better than most countries I have never lived in. As I started trying to pick films by province...   read more