Chewbacca, Han Solo and R2D2 drawn as if part of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh - Boing BoingSource: http://www.boingboing.netI'm surprised I didn't catch this earlier, but James Hance has recently released a series of lovely images. Here, he re-imagines Han Solo as Christopher Robin, Chewbacca as Pooh Bear, R2D2 as Piglet, and even (this is cool) an AT-AT as Eeyore.    Wookie the Chew. Made my night.    

Shipped on 09/01/10. The film that launched a thousand journalism school students, All the President's Men chronicles how the work of reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) contributed to the public downfall of President Richard M. Nixon. The duo connected a Washington, D.C., hotel break-in with a Nixon "dirty tricks" team assigned to discredit Democratic rivals, launching a series of tense events that forced Nixon to resign.

Shipped on 08/31/10. Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) helps a redneck Southern sheriff (Rod Steiger) solve a murder in this fascinating study in racism that still strikes a resonant chord today. Steiger won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as the put-upon sheriff who comes to respect Tibbs's professionalism and ability. Norman Jewison directs this dramatic tale with a feeling for the cultural and social atmosphere of the time.

Design Crush: Monday Goodness: True Story.Source: http://www.designcrushblog.comwhen i get sad, I stop being sad and be AWESOME instead. TRUE STORY.    True story.    

author: Tom Salinsky and Deborah Frances-White name: Brett average rating: 4.50 book published: rating: 4 read at: date added: 2010/08/28 shelves: currently-reading, nonfiction review: A great introduction into the world of improv, and a great handbook for those who would like to start teaching or starting a troupe. I definitely plan to look back at this book for tips when I get more into teaching and performing.

author: Tom Salinsky and Deborah Frances-White name: Brett average rating: 4.50 book published: rating: 4 read at: date added: 2010/08/28 shelves: currently-reading, nonfiction review:

New Improv Exercise: Inner Voices « The PlaymatesSource: improvplay.wordpress.comTwo players act out a scene together. Each of these two players is followed by another player who serves as his/her inner voice. Each inner voice player should periodically whisper thoughts into the ear of his/her character player. These thoughts should be of the form “I feel X,” or “I think X,” or ...    Just wrote up a new improv exercise idea. Maybe I should try this with the Google improvisers on Monday.    

Star Wars YogaSource: http://www.youwillnotbeliev...A collection of small projects    New improv game: Blank Yoga. Improvise yoga positions with names around a theme taken from an audience suggestion.    

Trust Us, This Is All Made UpSource: trustusfilm.comTrust Us, This Is All Made Up: A Film by Alex Karpovsky    Just watched this documentary / recorded performance. I was amazed to see how these two guys acted a six-character scene by themselves. They would even take on each other's characters when needed to show an interaction between two characters which were previously played by the same actor. Deftly handled. Worth mimicking.    

Tron Legacy LITERAL Trailer ParodySource: http://www.youtube.comTron Legacy. Literally.    I missed this a few months ago. Love it.    

The PlaymatesSource: improvplay.wordpress.comNotes from improv experts and practitioners.    Some of my friends and I have started blogging together about improv. Check it out!    

smack the pony - cant live without youSource: http://www.youtube.comsmack the pony sketch    Reminds me of the neutral setting exercise we did in my BATS class this week. Simple setting, simple activity, slow pace, but bursting with humor and relationship.    

Star Wars UncutSource: http://www.starwarsuncut.comFans from around the world are joining forces to recreate the classic, Star Wars: A New Hope.    Finally! Epic.    

How to Make Justin Bieber Sound Incredible: Slow Him Down 800 PercentSource: gawker.comYou totally hate Justin Bieber, right, because you're a rebel, or whatever? That's just because you haven't listened to Bieber slowed down 800 percent. Now his new single "U Smile" is a 30-minute epic. And it sounds awesome. No, really.    -shudder- Not sure if this is creepy or beautiful.    

Geneva drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSource: en.wikipedia.orgThe Geneva drive or Maltese cross is a mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion. It is an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step. The drive wheel also has a raised ci...    Cool! I should learn some basic mechanical engineering.    

Shipped on 08/16/10. On a serene New England campus, emasculated professor George (Richard Burton) and his rancorous wife, Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), turn an evening of cocktails into an unrelenting onslaught of wrenching disclosures and bellowed epithets. Soon, the couple's guests -- junior professor Nick (George Segal) and his wife, Honey (Sandy Dennis) -- get sucked into the vortex of the warring duo's unbounded fury. Taylor nabbed an Oscar for her role.

Shipped on 08/14/10. When network news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) loses his mind on the air, his outrageous rants reach viewers at home, boost the ratings and intrigue cutthroat network executives Faye Dunaway and Robert Duvall. William Holden contrasts their avarice as an old-school TV journalist hopelessly out of step in writer Paddy Chayefsky's Oscar-winning masterpiece, which predicted today's rash of trash television and shock-laden news broadcasts.

Shipped on 08/12/10. Tired of churning out fluffy comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to write a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. When his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, he hits the road as a hobo. On his journey, Sullivan invites an out-of-work actress (Veronica Lake) to be his traveling companion, and the pair get into more trouble than they ever dreamed of.

BlackStar Warrior TrailerSource: http://www.youtube.com    Love it.    

Shipped on 08/06/10. With Henry Fonda in the title role, this biopic follows the future president through his early law career -- with the drama focusing on his defense of two brothers unjustly accused of murder -- and traces Honest Abe's budding political consciousness. Sure-handed direction, powerful performances and strong writing (the film received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay) characterize this highly fictionalized tale from John Ford.