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For more info on Buzzjack Film Club go here: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=123079 Vote in the poll which film you would most like to watch/discuss this month, the maximum time i'll keep this open is until the 5th but like last time i'll probaly wait until the amount of people i consider are taking part have voted, then leave it for 1 day over that, and keep it open even longer if we have a draw, but i'll update on when i think i'll be closing it. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) suggested by: Severin genre: crime thriller Rotten Tomatoes: 87% IMDB: 7.6/10 Metacritic: 81/100 Synopsis: Tom Stall is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who's wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result. QBerc2JwN4I Murder By Numbers (Barbet Schroeder, 2002) suggested by: Regina Flowers genre: psychological thriller Rotten Tomatoes: 31% IMDB: 5.1/10 Synopsis: The body of a young woman is found in a ditch in the woods of the small California coastal town of San Benito. Cassie Mayweather, the seasoned homicide detective and tenacious crime scene specialist is assigned to the case with her new partner uncover. They discover a trail of shrewdly concealed evidence that links two brilliant young men to the murder. Through the investigation, the detective discovers dark secrets in the teenagers' past that explain how the two could be capable of such cold calculated crimes. RDEAL9vbpM0 Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam, 1979) suggested by: Chris. genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 100% IMDB: 7/10 Synopsis: It's 1964 and Jimmy is stuck being a gofer at a cigarette-hawking ad agency, living in a lower middle class Brit walkup with seemingly dead-headed... It's 1964 and Jimmy is stuck being a gofer at a cigarette-hawking ad agency, living in a lower middle class Brit walkup with seemingly dead-headed parents that don't understand him, Jimmy lives to be a Mod: zooming through London streets on his Vespa; popping blues, bought or nicked; endlessly grooving - to The Who on TV, or in the local dance club, or at a gate-crashed private party; pursuing the just-out-of-reach Steph and idolizing the super-cool, super-blond top Mod Ace Face. DYlSjawXzko The Kite Runner (Marc Forster, 2007) suggested by: JamesP genre: Drama Rotten Tomatoes: 66% IMDB: 7.8/10 Metacritic: 61/100 Synopsis: Spanning from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign, an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, an unlikely friendship develops between Amir, the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman, and Hassan, a servant to Amir and his father. During a kite-flying tournament, an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever. As an adult haunted by the childhood betrayal, Amir seeks redemption by returning to his war-torn native land to make peace with himself and reconcile his cowardice. HW7aGiuKZaU Transamerica (Duncan Tucker, 2005) suggested by: JAM123 genre: comedy-drama Rotten Tomatoes: 76% IMDB: 7.6/10 Synopsis: Bree is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to take the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be -- until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17-year-old son. Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him that will challenge and change both their lives and bring them closer to the truth of their connection. 4a7HXgYou-8

wtevz. mods close/merge/whatever plz.

Alkaline Trio - Burn Reel Big Fish - The Fire

OM_-eFLJkSE I know nothing about this, and don't even know when it starts (febuary some time?) but looks really good just by that trailer.

most likely. whenever i can be arsed really. most likely saturday.

Nine Inch Nails - Burn Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In A Fire just have those two on repeat.

this. it's clear Nolan has pissed someone off because they missed him a few years ago for his amazing work on The Dark Knight. the fact Cameron can win best director and Nolan not even get nominated makes me question the awards a lot.

yes. anyone can join, just watch the film once it's been picked and then discuss it ^_^

got it jam. 5/5 films now, thanks for the fast response. i'll probaly start the poll at the weekend.

4/5 films already. only room for one more. i was planning to do the poll starting on feb 1st, but i might start it a few days before (maybe this weekend).

I shall now be taking suggestions for February's film. Due to not making us watch too similar a film month a month, i have a few boundries i already mentioned in the first post, must not be: genre: romantic comedy directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet suggested by: Jester So if you have a film to suggest, PM me the title, as last time, only 5 films allowed so PM me asap if you want to suggest a film.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross f*** YEAH.

just so people know, me an matt have appeared to have made the gaming forum 'humongously successful' enough for it to stay. woo etc.

Goodfellas and The Dark Knight would make my top 50 easily, nice to see Vertigo getting a mention, I actually wrote an essay on it for Media studies once, i keep meaning to watch Brick.

Kevin Smith caused a bit of an uproar at Sundance last night and is going to be distributing the film himself, http://viewaskew.com/redstate/theredstatement.html Glad to see such a profilic director and someone i am a big fan of to fight against vertical integration in the film industry, good to see someone as known as him trying to make a change and getting more young filmmakers out there, can't wait to see how SModcast Pictures turns out.

Ooh. definatly will be interested in this. Didnt know you had studied film (i have to, infact it's probaly what i miss most about college).

You need to realise the correct way in an ADULT conversation is to not dismiss other peoples opinions and realise that your own opinion may not be the best, which is how you appear to act in about every thread. i don't know what bands your seeing live but tours appear to be at a high at the momment, many selling out or coming close to even for smaller bands, just look at how popular music festivals are these days. ok some of those bands didnt really shift units anyway, but thats part of the point i'm making, they arent shifting units despite being on major record labels due to labels' lack of being able to adapt to how the industry HAS changed, which is why these bands are touring, i never said bands tour for the hell of it and still make decent amounts of their music, i am saying they are touring so they can actually afford to live, infact I was talking to a singer of one band after a show last month who was saying about how he worries about money and actually said 'as long as i keep touring i'll never run out', that's one band (The Xcerts), then as I mentioned before Streetlight Manifesto constantly tour, when asked in an interview why one album took so long they replied "we were too busy, bands make nothing from record sales so we were out touring in order to pay rent", thats two bands telling me this, where as you are just assuming why should I be taking your word for it where two talented and great bands such as those are constantly touring to make money because their records don't sell enough yet they have a demand live? Another example are who I mentioned before, are Reel Big Fish, who were on a major and are now independent and they have been constantly touring for probaly their whole career, certainly since I've been a fan, infact they have done a full UK tour every year for I think the past 5 or 6 years now, so clearly they are making money off of it. Sharing music for free does give more exposure, you copy an album for one person who has never heard of a band, they listen and like it, and there you have it a band are now exposed to one more person, now imagine this was being done on the internet how many more people you are sharing the album to, that is exposing the band to many many more people, ok some may just take the album but that means they probaly wouldnt have liked it enough to buy it anyway, but the more who download there is more of those who download and then invest in a band, for example a while ago a friend was telling me about a great band called The Skints, he uploaded the album online for me and I then downloaded it, thought it was alright at first, as in, if i listened to a few tracks on youtube i would not buy the album afterwards, yet after a few listens i feel in love, i now have a ticket to see them for a second time, brought a t-shirt, brought the album and brought their lastest 7", and introduced friends to the band (exposing them more), none of which would have happened if I hadnt downloaded.

innit. if anything they are a bit worse than NME. don't start me on how bad the review is for 'The Fragile' by NIN, my bias towards NIN aside, that was just awfully written. and now they seem to bum everything released by NIN. i havent even heard this album yet but i'm certainly not going to take into account pitchfork gave it 2.4, i liked the first single but thats all i've heard, but i can't see it matching the instantness of the first album, 'To Lose My Life' and 'Death' are very good well written songs.

Watched a indie film from 1992 last night called 'In The Soup' and starred Steve Buscemi.

Yeah if they don't sell they will get dropped, thats what happened to The Futureheads, and oh look now they are independent and more successful, thats what also happened to Reel Big Fish, and oh look now they are independent and more successful, NIN's contract ended and decided to not renew, gave away albums for free, and now they are bigger than ever, most bands make a f***ing tiny amount out of record sales, Streetlight Manifesto being one of them, they actually ask fans to buy their merch and go to gigs rather than buy the CD, because if they buy the CD they will get f*** all money for it, they consantly tour, not funded by the record label i may add, just so they can survive. If bands tour for no reason apart from to promote product then how come pretty much every band who isnt massive are constantly touring in order to afford to pay rent and food, rather than to promote product. You need to wake up and realise that the music industry has changed bands no longer tour to promote product, they release music to promote tours. How is it even worse sharing it, how f***ing dare I hear a band or album I like and then share it AND GIVE THEM MORE EXPOSURE, sharing and discovering music is one of the best things about the community of music fans, why sit here and keep the music we love to ourselves? For someone who started this off by saying people who download are not "true music fans" you really are a bit of a joke of a music fan. You share the same backward views that record companies do that they don't realise that the industry has changed and instead they just sue the crap out of music fans, the people who consume their products, rather than actually work to adapt to the current way music fans want to consume music. As I said before, you need to stop sprouting $h!t because most the stuff you are saying only applies to acts that make the top ten only.

i used to have quite a few in the 90's, I had Cartoons - Toonage and The Best of the Wombles. proper epic. When I was around 13 and more into music I started getting addicted to making mixtapes. shame they have died out really, although there are a few very underground labels in america who do cassette only releases.

I just don't know how anyone can see sharing the music you love as a crime. Music is made (or should be made) to be listened to, not to limit what you listen to because you have to buy every single thing you want.

No need to come across all elitist prick in 90% of your posts. However.... illegal downloading is SHARING - end of. What is wrong with YouTube is that I want to listen to music as an album in high quality (because i'm such a music fan that poor YouTube streaming bitrate is just not good enough for me). As Grimly made the point before, bands get f*** all from record sales, i don't really need to buy all my music to just feed "the man", I'd perfer to illegally download all of a bands albums then pay to see them live and buy their merchandise so I am supporting the music I love in the most effective way. May I direct you to a brilliant pro-file sharing article by Rob Sheridan, http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2007/10/when...k-birth-of.html

but i loved the industrial element of his last album :( working with Alec Empire was clearly the best decision in his career.

Sorry but f*** you, I go to about 3 gigs a month, been to festivals every year for the last 5, first thing i do when i wake up is put music on, i listen to music all through the day, 90% of the t-shirts i own are brought from gigs, my walls are covered in pictures of bands, i have about 500 CD's and probaly around the same amount in vinyl, but yet all this is invalid because I steal a few albums a week TO DISCOVER MUSIC, yeah I'm really not a true music fan am i, and i guess neither is my dad who has been collecting music since he was my age and at the momment can't afford to buy music so downloads it, yeah after his 35 years of collecting music and travelling to record fairs he isnt a true music fan because he downloads. you really do sprout some $h!t sometimes.