http://like-neon.com All the taste with none of the calories. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/yeah-sure-lets-talk-about-the-oscars/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/yeah-sure-lets-talk-about-the-oscars/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:47:45 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=415 the Academy Awards are not about recognizing the most excellent films of the year. The Academy Awards are an industry promotional vehicle, and are set up in such a way that excellence in filmmaking generally has very little to do with who is nominated or wins. I'm not saying this because I am a bitter cynic, I'm saying it because it's true.]]> http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/yeah-sure-lets-talk-about-the-oscars/feed/ 8 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/make-dated-special-effects-look-even-worse-hurrah/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/make-dated-special-effects-look-even-worse-hurrah/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:09 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=410 thinks that 3D is the wave of the future. Is this 1952? Maybe more aptly, didn't he learn anything from the virtual reality debacle of the 90s?]]> http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/03/make-dated-special-effects-look-even-worse-hurrah/feed/ 3 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/02/jesus-christ-its-the-oscars-get-in-the-car/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/02/jesus-christ-its-the-oscars-get-in-the-car/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:50:22 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=337 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/02/jesus-christ-its-the-oscars-get-in-the-car/feed/ 10 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/griffiths-stereotyped-tolerance/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/griffiths-stereotyped-tolerance/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:01:55 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=327 Broken Blossoms, a silent-era film about a Chinese immigrant who falls tragically in love with an abused London waif. I'd never seen the film before, and while I stand by my rating and review as posted yesterday to Filmikaze, I've also had to complete a critical analysis of the depiction of race, gender and class within the film, and feel it's fair to offer that here as a sort of companion piece to the review.]]> http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/griffiths-stereotyped-tolerance/feed/ 0 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/sweep-the-leg/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/sweep-the-leg/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:54:14 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=313 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2010/01/sweep-the-leg/feed/ 3 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/the-pointless-battle-against-media-piracy/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/the-pointless-battle-against-media-piracy/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:47:19 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=176 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/the-pointless-battle-against-media-piracy/feed/ 12 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/no-tower-for-abrams/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/no-tower-for-abrams/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=133 Dark Tower series to the big screen.]]> http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/11/no-tower-for-abrams/feed/ 1 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/knowing-what-makes-a-good-action-movie-is-half-the-battle/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/knowing-what-makes-a-good-action-movie-is-half-the-battle/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:09:59 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=80 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/knowing-what-makes-a-good-action-movie-is-half-the-battle/feed/ 4 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/the-hindsight-of-breakfast-at-tiffanys/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/the-hindsight-of-breakfast-at-tiffanys/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:19:35 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=63 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/the-hindsight-of-breakfast-at-tiffanys/feed/ 0 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/i-asked-for-a-car-i-got-a-computer/ http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/i-asked-for-a-car-i-got-a-computer/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:13:27 +0000 Anita http://like-neon.com/?p=36 http://like-neon.com/index.php/2009/08/i-asked-for-a-car-i-got-a-computer/feed/ 0