It’s two for the price of one today in “The Origins Project” with Castor and Red from “Anomalous Material.” Over the past few months, I’ve watched (with envy) as their site has grown into an enormous community. They use the subtitle “Where Movie Lovers Show Up To Mingle” to describe their site [...]
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American Revolutionaries on Ovation
Just a quick heads-up for all of you out there who are lucky enough to receive Ovation via your cable or satellite provider: This July, Ovation, the only multi-platform network devoted to art and contemporary culture, will celebrate some of America’s most revolutionary cinematic talents with a month-long programming event — “American Revolutionaries: The Directors.”
How the World Might End: Societal Collapse
Societal collapse has occurred numerous times in History, the most well-known being the Mayan civilization abrupt extinction and the Roman empire slow crumbling. The most important prerequisite of societal collapse is severe internal or external turmoil caused by economic, cultural or social issues at the heart of that society.
HSX Basics of Trading
The prices of a stock fluctuates based on supply and demand. For example, if everyone wants to buy stocks of Inception, its price will tend to rise. On the other hand, if no one wants it, the price will move lower. A simple analogy would be selling an item on Ebay: If you are selling something that a lot of people want (a Twilight t-shirt) there will be a lot of bidding and price will move up [...]
Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX)
Recently, we asked you, dear readers, whether you would be interested in joining a Hollywood Stock Exchange league. A lot of you asked what HSX is so let me give a quick explanation of the game. Rather than rehash what the website says, I will just copy/paste the FAQ
What’s Your Twitter User Name?
Many Anomalous Material readers are already following our Twitter account but I would like to give everyone who visits this site the opportunity to connect with his or her fellow readers. In the comments below, please share your Twitter user name. Leave a link to make it easier for us to quickly follow as many [...]
Greatest Comedy of All-Time Tournament
Ever get in an argument with a friend, or even better a complete stranger, about which is better of two certain movies? Do you go for just laughs? A well rounded movie that made you smile and laugh? Dark humor? Everyone has there preference, and that’s one of the more enjoyable things about movies is hearing everybody’s perspective on a movie. But every once in a while, people reach a consensus that helps establish one or two movies that rise above the rest.
Anomalous Material Update and The Lammy’s!
The movie blogging community has been abuzz with the equivalent of our award season. You may have noticed the new banner on the right sidebar but I am humbled to say that Anomalous Material received the most nominations, a total of 8!
The Top 100 Movies of the Decade
I have now expanded the Top 100 to a Top 125 as well as fairly significantly shuffled some movies around as I was growing unsatisfied with the list after seeing more movies from last decade. Please take a look and let me know what you think!
Since All The Cool Kids Are Doing It…
Anomalous Material has yet again been tagged in a meme, this time by Univarn from Life in Equinox. For any newcomers to the meme game, once a person tags you (dang you, Univarn!!), you must reply to the same seven questions with answers of your own. And if you don’t, giant Graboids will burst through your floor and demolish you. And since I don’t have Kevin Bacon at my disposal, I think I’ll just answer the questions.
