1. Unofficial Film-Related Music Video of the Moment - One of my favorite tracks of the year, “Lofticries” by Purity Ring, gets the unofficial music video treatment from Vimeo user David Dean Burkhart, who utilized footage from the cult 1970’s Swedish film Thriller: A Cruel Picture, whose main character was the inspiration for Uma Thurman’s character in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill films. So much awesome.

    - James

  2. The RotCast Episode #120 - Thor: I’m OK With That

    Intro & Listener Email Challenge

    • This Week: What short story, book, tv show, video game etc would you like to see made into film? What would be your fantasy creative team? Hear our answers, then send us an email at james@filmrot.com with your picks and we’ll read and discuss it on the next show!

    News & Trailers

    Review & Discussion

    • Thor

    Miscellaneous Media That We Have Consumed

    • Dave: How TV Ruined Your Life (TV), Survivor (TV)
    • James: Lucky (Doc), Julia’s Eyes, Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (Listener Recommendation), No Strings Attached, Django, Drive Angry

    Full Runtime: 2hr 15min 40sec

    DOWNLOAD MP3 - ROTCAST ARCHIVE - SUBSCRIBE: iTunes / RSS

    Follow us on Twitter @FilmRot and @FilmRotDave!

    THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

    Segment #1 (Intro & News)
    1. Ali Love - Smoke & Mirrors (FuntCase Remix)
    2. Cookie Monsta - Blurgh!
    3. DJ Fresh - Louder (Flux Pavilion & Doctor P remix)
    4. Flux Pavilion - Haunt You
    5. Cookie Monsta - Bubble Trouble
    6. Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Produce & Destroy Dubstep Remix)
    7. Slum Dogz - In The Hood
    8. Funtcase - Matress Punch
    9. Roksonix - 2 Bad
    10. Vaski - Just Like That VIP
    11. Chapel Club - All The Eastern Girls (Flux Pavilion Remix)
    12. SBTRKT - Wildfire
    13. Metric - Collect Call (Imij Remix)
    14. Flux Pavilion - Got 2 Know VIP
    15. Dillon Francis - Take Me High
    16. Mikey B - The Nemesis

    Segment #2 (Thor Review & Discussion)
    1. Patrick Doyle - Thor OST

    Segment #3 (What We Watched)
    1. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
    2. Butch Clancy - Band Of Horses- The Funeral (Butch Clancy Remix) V.2
    3. High Highs - Flowers Bloom
    4. Jakwob - Right Beside You
    5. Skrillex - Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites (The 14th Minute Remix)
    6. TWR72 - summer of 91 (acid version)
    7. Nero - Me & You

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  3. The RotCast Episode #119 - Justifiable Reluctance

    Intro & News

    Review & Discussion

    • Saw
    • Dear Zachary (Doc)

    Miscellaneous Media That We Have Consumed

    • Dave: Toy Story 3, The Princess and the Pony, Dr. Who (TV)
    • James: Red Riding 1983: In the Year of Our Lord, American: The Bill Hicks Story (Doc), Beastie Boys: Fight for Your Right (Revisited), Derren Brown: Miracles For Sale (TV), Megamind, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Just Go With It

    Full Runtime: 2hr 27min 1sec

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    Agree or disagree with something we said on the show? Have a movie recommendation? Send us an email at james@filmrot.com and we’ll read & discuss it on the next show! Don’t forget to include your URL if you want a plug!

    Follow us on Twitter @FilmRot and @FilmRotDave!

    THIS WEEK’S MUZAC

    Segment #1 (Intro & News)
    1. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
    2. Xavier Naidoo - Dieser Weg (Instrumental)
    3. Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock : The Journey (Instrumental)
    4. Lil Jon And The East Side Boyz - What U Gon Do Feat. Lil Scrapp
    5. Mary J Blige - Instrumental
    6. Mobb Deep - Favorite Rapper (instrumental)
    7. Ying Yang Twins - Wait (Instrumental)
    8. Toten Hosen - Nur zu Besuch (instrumental)
    9. Sonny Black und Saad - Wenn meine Freunde kommen (Instrumental)
    10. Jedi Mind Tricks - Animal Rap (Arturo Gatti Instrumental)
    11. Josh Martinez - Rip Rap Instrumental
    12. Kanye West - Guerilla Mansoon Rap
    13. Beatnuts Ft. Rahzel - Confused Rappers (Instrumental)
    14. Heltah Skeltah - Place To Be (Instrumental)
    15. Dokken - Train
    16. Kool G Rap And DJ Polo - On The Run (Instrumental Al Capone)
    17. The Sex Pistols - Nofeelings (Instrumental)

    Segment #2 (Saw Review & Discussion)
    1. SAW OST - Charlie Clouser

    Segment #3 (Dear Zachary Review & Discussion)
    1. R.E.M. - Pilgrimage
    2. Futurecop! - Starworshipper (Owl Vision Remix)
    3. Radiohead VS Dave Brubeck - Five Step (Overdub Bootleg)
    4. Kanye West - All Of The Lights (Inside Out Boy Dubstep Remix)
    5. Arcade Fire - Black Mirror (KNIGHT STALKER Remix)
    6. Retrotation - Classical Divine à la Dubstep
    7. Darude - Sandstorm (Vaski Remix)
    8. Dragonette - Volcano (Zeds Dead Remix)

    Segment #4 (What We Watched)
    1. CKY - Fisherman’s Wharf Pt. 2 (Bonus Track)
    2. Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust
    3. Vivian Girls - John I’m Only Dancing
    4. The Cure - Young Americans
    5. The Sea and Cake - Sound and Vision
    6. The White Stripes - Moonage Daydream
    7. Dramarama - Candidate
    8. Tegan & Sara - Rebel Rebel (featuring Grace Nocturnal) (Bowie)
    9. Arcade Fire - Five Years
    10. Beck - Diamond Dogs
    11. Mates of State - Starmam

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  4. Django Unchained - AKA the title of Quentin Tarantino’s next film, a follow-up to the 1966 spaghetti western classic Django, which was unceremoniously revealed today via twitter. More details over at HitFix. - James

    Django Unchained - AKA the title of Quentin Tarantino’s next film, a follow-up to the 1966 spaghetti western classic Django, which was unceremoniously revealed today via twitter. More details over at HitFix.

    - James

  5. Sam Jack Sunday - Sam I Am on Inside the Actor’s Studio circa 2002, describing Quentin Tarantino’s directing style.

  6. Everything Is A Remix takes on KILL BILL - Editor Robert Grigsby Wilson of the excellent Everything is a Remix put together an exhaustive visual comparison showing the influences Quentin Tarantino carefully cultivated for his Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2.

    As film-fans we all know a full list of influences has been widely available for years - but to the best of my knowledge this is the first video comparison. Impressive.

  7. Makes Reservoir Dogs Look Like...

    eatthekimono:

    It has come to my attention that the re-imagining of Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs as small furry entities and children’s interests is a stupidly common comparison tool used by journalists, bloggers and tweeters alike.

    I bought two films this week, both front covers of which have references to the film as their only review. Man Bites Dog “makes Reservoir Dogs look like muzzled mongrels” - The Guardian. Similarly, in Takeshi Kitano’s Brother, “there is enough gore to make Reservoir Dogs look like chihuahuas” - also by The Guardian. 

    Exploring this coincidence on the world wide web proves the dying imagination of the human race:

    Gridoon writes that Ichi The Killer’s violence “makes Reservoir Dogs look like Snow White”. Elsewhere, it “makes Reservoir Dogs look like a CBBC special”.

    TubridyTweets tweets that Kickass “makes Reservoir Dogs look like The Little Mermaid”

    The Independent thinks that Bank Holiday DIY leads to the use of industrial language that “makes Reservoir Dogs look like Lassie”. Also noteworthy is The Independent’s take on the Premier League “which, as we all know, makes Reservoir Dogs look like Crystal Tipps & Alastair.” Sure, we all know that.

    The story of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is so killerific that it “makes Reservoir Dogs look like The Teletubbies”

    Whose Line is it Anyway apparently “makes Reservoir Dogs look like 101 Dalmations”

    Kill Bill 2 “makes Reservoir Dogs look like Hello Kitty”

    Bri and Rob G’s Couriers 02: Dirtbike Manifesto “makes Reservoir Dogs look like a trip to Six Flags”

    Bitch Slap “makes Reservoir Dogs look like it was written by a homosexual four year old”

    Once I get around to watching Man Bites Dog and Brother, I’m sure they will make Reservoir Dogs look like a 1992 American crime film directed by Tarantino.

  8. Fan-Favorites Remixed as Classic Sci-Fi Film Posters - Artist Sean Hartter excellently  “what-ifs” twenty fan-favorites into a series of classic sci-fi poster creations.  Also, a Cronenberg take on TRON? Sign me up! [via wired]

    Fan-Favorites Remixed as Classic Sci-Fi Film Posters - Artist Sean Hartter excellently  “what-ifs” twenty fan-favorites into a series of classic sci-fi poster creations. 

    Also, a Cronenberg take on TRON? Sign me up!

    [via wired]

  9. My Best Friend’s Birthday - From 1987, a 36 minute black and white comedy shot on 16mm film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, 8 years before Reservoir Dogs.

    Also, its awful.

  10. Tarantino’s Favorite Shot - Also, feet. [via juliasegal]

    Tarantino’s Favorite Shot - Also, feet.

    [via juliasegal]

  11. Quentin Tarantino -vs- The Coen Brothers - Two of my favorite things, mashed-up. Long, but delightful.

    [via randomaccessmemory]

  12. Link Blowout #69

    Quentin Tarantino, Spellchecked - Is this why QT can’t play Brainy Smurf? NYMag spell checks his aptly named Inglourious Basterds script, finds many errors, acts like anyone should care.

    Star Wars Sound Effects Quiz - I scored 70%, can you beat me?

    Trailer: Cemetery Junction - Written and directed by both Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, and without the distracting high-concept that dragged The Invention of Lying into the dirt, this is one to watch for.

    Tremorz - A Flash game based on the movie Tremors. Still unplayable on the iPhone and iPad.

    Tina Fey And Steve Carell Interview Each Other - Probably more entertaining than Date Night, the movie they are promoting.

    Researchers Say Twitter Algorithm Can Predict Movie Profits - They claim 97.3% accuracy, kicking the pants off of traditional survey-based “tracking” reports. File this one under: No Shite, Sherlock.

    Lists of the Day

    [Real-life Russell via fyeahpixarmovies]

  13. The Inlgourious Sound of Music - I would watch this. [via tomathy, thatgeeklover, fuckyeahchristophwaltz, and interwar]

    The Inlgourious Sound of Music - I would watch this.

    [via tomathy, thatgeeklover, fuckyeahchristophwaltz, and interwar]

  14. Quentin Tarantino Sells Phones - For the Japanese phone company SoftBank Corp. Ka-ching!