http://grismar.net Whatever Grismar is up to now Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:39:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) - [rate 4.5] I love movies by writers and directors that aren't just creating movies, but who are shaping an oeuvre - a coherent body of work that stands out from the crowd. Lynch, Cronenberg, Scorcese, Herzog and many more share this trait. Although it's ... http://grismar.net/2010/02/27/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus/ The use of Javascript to add interactive components to websites has become commonplace. Whether you use jQuery, Mootools, Yahoo UI or any of the other popular JS libraries to enhance the user interface, AJAX really helps to add fluid interaction driven by server side data, without requiring the entire page ... http://grismar.net/2010/02/11/settings-in-the-hash-part-of-a-url/ Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007) - [rate 5] (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) A celebration of life and a reflection on mortality, this movie is a powerful testament to the story-telling potential of film. Although I'm sure the book would be an equally - if not more - powerful statement ... http://grismar.net/2010/01/16/le-scaphandre-et-le-papillon/ Das Weisse Band (2009) - [rate 4] (- Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte; - A German children's tale) Interesting movie about the effect of following a specific (very strict) set of rules, particularly those of early 20th century German protestants in a small village. Under the patriarchical rule of a nobleman, a reverend and ... http://grismar.net/2010/01/02/das-weisse-band/ [caption id="attachment_103" align="alignright" width="140" caption="E-1001, N900, T101h, iPhone 3G, N95 8Gb"][/caption] I'm wondering what is causing phone manufacturers to keep inching towards the gap, but never quite closing it. What gap am I talking about? Well, the netbook/phone-gap of course. Early this year, I was very excited about Asus' plans for ... http://grismar.net/2009/09/02/close-the-gap-already/ Fear Me Not (Den Du Frygter, 2008) - [rate 3.5] I didn't score this movie as well at the festival, for a simple reason: it's not really a fantastic film. Sure enough, it's about the world as we perceive it and how our perception of it shapes our reality. But ... http://grismar.net/2009/05/15/fear-me-not/ Dante 01 (2008) - [rate 4.0] Think French mashup of Cube and the Fountain with an odd Christ-theme and you're probably pretty close to Dante 01. In a remote space station, prisoners of the worst kind volunteer to be guinea pigs for experimental drugs, to escape a death sentence. An original ... http://grismar.net/2009/05/15/dante-01/ Embodiment of Evil (2008) - [rate 2.5] You either love it or hate it, no middle ground, though loving it doesn't make it a good film. That much is safe to say about this hommage to the B-movie days of actors like Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price. The devil is ... http://grismar.net/2009/05/15/embodiment-of-evi/ Chemical Wedding (2008) - [rate 2.5] All through Chemical Wedding, I had a feeling of "for television". A TV movie, but a very good one at that. Decent actors, nice locations, a strong - if somewhat eccentric - episode of a british crime mystery series perhaps. The overall premise isn't ... http://grismar.net/2009/05/15/chemical-wedding/ Stingray Sam (2009) - [rate 3.5] Most of what's really great about Stingray Sam was already featured in American Astronaut, which was one of my favourites in a previous edition of the AFFF. Still, the movie takes this zany universe of cowboy astronauts a step further and blends in Terry ... http://grismar.net/2009/05/15/stingray-sam/