Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
With movie posters you see them, but you take them for granted. For most people they are there for the sole purpose of telling you what movie is playing at the local cinema; which is sad. Some movie posters are beautiful works of art. And there is one man who has taken that art form to a whole different level.
Posted by The Average Movie Nerd on July 25, 2013
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#MusicMonday
If you aren’t familiar with this folk rock awesomness you should be. The Irishman with the powerful voice, Glen Hansard, and the piano playing Czech with the angelic voice, Markéta Irglová, form this award winning duo. The have a wonderful sound and they are one of my all-time favorites. The Swell Season have several wonderful songs (Into The Mystic, Low Rising, Lies, Feeling the Pull, When Your Minds Made Up… to name a few) but their most famous song by far is ‘Falling Slowly’. (more…)
Posted by The Average Movie Nerd on July 8, 2013
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It’s October and the baseball post season is nearly upon us once again. In honor of that here is a great little documentary on one of the single most frustrating things in all of baseball; The knuckleball. It is a thing of beauty if done properly… but when it goes bad, it REALLY goes bad. If you love baseball you will really enjoy this. Even if you have a passing fancy with the game you should give this a look.
Posted by The Average Movie Nerd on October 2, 2012
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For a thousand years the sole occupation for the country of Japan was perfecting the art of war. The warrior who personified that perfection was the Samurai. Of those millions of Samurai there is one that stands above and beyond all others… one man who literally wrote the book on how to be and what it is to be a Samurai; Miyamoto Musashi. He was a man, who at the age of 13, in 1596 killed his first man. He was a man who was never defeated in one on one combat. A man, who was in an occupation that a 30 year old would be considered ancient, he died at the age of 61.
This documentary, that debuted on the History Channel in 2010, follows Mark Dacascos (Yes, that Mark Dacascos, the ‘Chairman’ from Iron Chef America) on a journey around Japan. He follows in the footsteps of Miyamoto Musashi to try and find the spirit of the Samurai and discover the man who wrote “The Book of Five Rings”, which contain the sacred teachings of Musashi.
‘Samurai” is endlessly fascinating and worth watching if you have any interest in Samurai or Japanese culture. It is well made and deftly executed. I know I was enthralled when I first saw it two years ago and was still spellbound re-watching it recently.
Below you will find the documentary in its entirety. Take the time and watch it.
Posted by The Average Movie Nerd on May 3, 2012
https://theaveragemovienerd.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/samurai/
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