Welcome to the Internet Welcome back yourpopfiltrites! And to those of you who are just having your first internet experience you came to the right place! I’m going to show you all the fun the internet has to offer! All of it. Big Internet News: Crazy Amy’s Bakery The internet has changed everything [...]
Welcome to the Internet Well hello again yourpopfiltramps! I’d like to introduce you to our shiny new feature article: Welcome to the Internet, where I do the web surfing so you can do the couch surfing! Every other week or so I’ll be dumping the newest and best silly shit the internet has to [...]
Welcome back stalwart readers. Had a bit of a hiatus there, huh? I know you all miss my semi-meta rantings and ravings on the subject of movies and movie-makers so this installment will be the most meta yet! If you already like my criticism of film as a general art form wait until you hear [...]
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE GIRL, INTERRUPTED VS KING KONG (2005) Both of these movies might as well be called Kung Fu Pandering. In one corner, we have King Kong, the only other Peter Jackson movie the world had seen, [...]
HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? In which we tell you about awesome things that you must look into and enjoy. Solve All 55 Lego Puzzles! In celebration of its 55th birthday the good people at Lego have commissioned 55 visual puzzles from the creative agency Brad. The minimalist posters are each meant to [...]
Welcome back Yourpopfiltroids. This time we’re tackling an issue I’ve long put off but deserves treatment nonetheless. Politics find their way into movies far too often, no matter what your philosophy dictates. Politics Humans are political animals. We can’t really do much of anything without some level of “politics” becoming involved. From “How do [...]
Hope everyone enjoyed The Academy Awards! Big surprise with <insert controversial award pic later>, huh?! And of course the writing awards went to <insert Original Screenplay> and <insert Adapted Screenplay>, as expected/bit of a surprise there/holy crap, really? Silver Linings Playbook?!? Writing a movie is tough and all the writers of those films nominated deserve [...]
I hope everyone enjoyed the Grammys last night (as mandated by the MPAA). Award shows are funny aren’t they? All that pageantry and pizazz just to hand out some heavy, strangely shaped objects. There’s never any skits and relatively little joking when they give out medals after a marathon. But maybe that’s because you know [...]
It’s been a while yourpopfilterites (and -ettes). But I’m back… for now at least. And what better way to get back in the mix than a new installment of “Movies Are Silly!”! If you’re unfamiliar feel free to peruse some of the older articles, this one will still be here when you get back, probably. [...]
THE POP FILTER TOP 40 TV THEME SONGS In which we finally fucking get to 10-1. 10. THE MUPPET SHOW Sometimes the point of a theme song can be to introduce you to the characters, or to the premise of the show. Sometimes it can be nothing more than shit that plays just so the [...]
I MISS MY MTV TAKE A WALK – PASSION PIT What if you could see the world throught the eyes of the bounciest ball of all time? What if that world was full of CGI clouds and real footage of city streets? What if that view was accompanied by some rad fucking music? What if [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE STRANDED ON A LIFEBOAT Goodbye Sky Harbor – Jimmy Eat World This song was chosen for one reason and one reason only: it is 16 minutes long. I have never actually had the patience to sit through the whole thing but with a 16 minute song, something new and interesting will [...]
Welcome back! In this installment we give film-makers a break and go after a different group that gives them shit: the MPAA. Film Ratings Everyone knows how the rating system works for movies. From G to NC-17 a letter/number combination lets you know what you’re getting into as a potential audience member. If it’s [...]
TRAILER TRASH In which we pre-review movies based solely on the trailers with 100% accuracy Ice Age 4: Continental Drift AKA: You thought this series was extinct… you were WRONG! REVIEW: Though the cast is only half composed of actual actors they manage to pull off this adventure tail (or should I say tale?) of [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE AMERICA- FUCK YEAH! 99 Problems – Danger Mouse This song is AMERICA! A DJ (Danger Mouse) took some of the best work of people that are more talented than he is (The Beatles and Jay-Z) and made something artistic out of it. This song encapsulates the American spirit of making pre-existing [...]
There Will Be Tears / Why Are They British? Welcome back humble readers. I hope you enjoyed reading nerdy rants about science and technology in movies but now we’re going to switch gears… twice! There Will Be Tears Everyone knows movies will make you laugh and cry, but have you ever wondered why? (Yeah, that [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE LAZY SUNDAY The Shankill Butchers – The Decemberists Yes, this song is creepy and yes this song is mellow. This mellow creepiness, however is what makes it perfect for a lazy Sunday. I have a hard time sitting around and not doing anything all day, so this song would relax [...]
Movie Science (part 3) Thus far we’ve discussed microscopes, space and faster-than-light travel. What a journey! And it’s not over yet, oh no. This time we’ll be delving into the murky depths of genetics and evolution: two related topics but not necessarily the same thing. But try telling film-makers that. This installment will be more [...]
I MISS MY MTV HEADBANGER’S BALL CLUTCH – ELECTRIC WORRY I know this isn’t the headbangingest song off all time, but come on. This is hillbilly headbanging at its finest. And any time a song wants to include the lyrics “bang, bang, bang, bang, vamonos, vamonos” it is officially fine with me. Sure, the lead [...]
THE POP FILTER MIXTAPE LAST PARTY WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS YOU’LL NEVER SEE AGAIN ABC – The Jackson 5 If I’m really never going to see these people again and I’m partying with them, I’m probably really good friends with them. The last thing I’m going to want to do is be reminded about [...]
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