Movies

Tue - March 11, 2008

Incredible Hulk Teaser

That's got to be the worst job title ever: "Incredible Hulk Teaser". Dude, you don't eat yellow snow, you don't piss into the wind, you don't mess with Joe Ferrari, and you don't tease the Incredible Hulk.

Posted at 07:46 PM

Mon - March 10, 2008

10,000 B.C.

See the person in the bear outfit? That's 10,000 B.C. See the old man 10,000 B.C. was just fellating in a haunted hotel room? That's not the audience.

10,000 B.C. combines the basic plot of Conan the Barbarian with a little bit of Moses and a little bit of Stargate (starring Kurt Russell, James Spader and French Stewart), throws in the true story of man-tiger friendship that is He-Man, and then takes a very long pause to make sure that everyone can appreciate how stupid it is, laugh at it and get bored before getting around to some action. And then it takes another very long pause...

Posted at 07:30 PM

Tue - February 12, 2008

Catching Up - Movies

Sunday night I almost watched The Golden Compass on the "internet", but only the first 15 minutes worked. So I went to Blockbuster (Now with no late fees! Just letters from collection agencies!) but they did not have it on digital versatile disc as I had hoped. So I rented and watched The Jerk. It was swell. It was rated R, but was without nakedness and decapitations. I think naming his dog Shithead must have earned the R-rating.

Posted at 07:44 PM

Mon - October 22, 2007

I just learned something

The girl above (in Napoleon Dynamite) is the girl with the map of the world tattoo in Waterworld:

Posted at 07:16 PM

Mon - July 30, 2007

Fun Movie Fact of the Day

Spaceballs was released twenty years ago last month. Star Wars was released in 1977, so it's been exactly twice as long since Spaceballs as the amount of time between the two movies. I think I will celebrate by microwaving another burrito.

Posted at 08:43 PM

Sun - June 3, 2007

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers

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Here's the list of movies involved.

(via Blowing Smoke)

Posted at 06:51 PM

Sat - June 2, 2007

THE 100 SCARIEST MOVIE SCENES

It's easy to talk about scary movies, but we wanted to highlight the individual scary scenes that really stick out. Some films aren't scary by design, but happen to have creepy and shocking moments that deserve special recognition.

#61 is my favorite.

(via Gorilla Mask)

Posted at 12:07 AM

Fri - June 1, 2007

Knocked Up

Here's an interesting promotional gimmick:

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And here's a deleted scene:

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Both scenes contain dirty words and Katherine Heigl.

(via Honest Abe)

Posted at 11:15 PM

Sat - May 19, 2007

Transformers

Hey look. The Transformers trailer.

Posted at 12:39 AM

Sun - May 13, 2007

Attack of the Clones: Suspiciously Similar Movie Showdown

Tombstone vs. Wyatt Earp, Antz vs. A Bug's Life, etc. Cracked takes a look at movies that came out within a year of each other and look like clones.

Posted at 01:56 PM

Sat - December 16, 2006

Have no fear...

... Underdog is here (or at least will be next summer).

Posted at 10:29 AM

Sun - December 10, 2006

Notes on the First Draft of The Nativity Story

The Nativity Story is now in theaters (in time for Christmas, coincidentally). Cracked.com was able to get ahold of studio notes on the first draft of the script. Looks like it was almost a much different film. Could the Three Wisemen have been a fiddler, a butcher and a bodybuilder?

Posted at 03:52 PM

Thu - December 7, 2006

Movies I Have Yet to Watch But Intend To

I've been meaning to do this for a while. I always find myself saying, "No, I've never seen that movie. I've been meaning to..." Below are some movies I haven't seen. I know I must be missing a few that come up in conversation all the time, so if you can think of any I need to add to my To Do list, say so in comments. (Comments have recently been cleverly redubbed "Blah".)

Aging

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Alien (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Tron (1982)
The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Kids (1995)
Trainspotting (1996)
~~Boogie Nights~~ ~~(1997)~~ -- watched 12/27/06
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Very Bad Things (1998)
Memento (2000)

And here are some newer ones I plan to see someday:

Newer

Lost in Translation (2003)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Walk the Line (2005)
Beerfest (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Fountain (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Idiocracy (2006)
300 (2007)

12/8/06 update: Just added a few with help from Carlo's handy movie list.
12/16/06 update: Forgot about Strange Brew.
12/27/06 update: Forgot about Alien.
1/16/07 update: Added Idiocracy.

Posted at 07:17 PM

Mon - November 13, 2006

What's Real In Borat?

Salon takes a look at who thought what was going on during the filming of Borat. (Spoilers, obviously.) The guy from the rodeo really shouldn't have tried to explain himself.

Posted at 06:34 PM

Sat - November 4, 2006

Borat

Just saw Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan last night. I would say it's like Easy Rider meets Jackass meets This is Spinal Tap meets The Blair Witch Project. This is a movie you should see if only so you know what in the world everyone is talking about for the next few months. It's painful funny, and it's sick and twisted. [Spoiler Alert: Highlight the following to read text] Plus it's got more T-bagging than any other movie I've seen in the theater. As Jim Treacher says, "It's amazing that this got an R rating, so go now before they change their minds."

Posted at 09:27 AM

Fri - October 27, 2006

The Prestige

Coby calls it "a magical bitch-slap." Sundaresh calls it "bullshit." The Prestige stars David Bowie and Andy Serkis. Go see it before people start ruining some of the surprises for you. (For instance, I was surprised when one of the magicians turned out to be an alien from the future and the other one turned out to be a boat salesman. (You have to read between the lines.)) In conclusion, I give it three thumbs up and a shiny star.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Thu - October 26, 2006

Pan's Labyrinth

If the penguin movie sucks, this one probably won't: Pan's Labyrinth looks to contain less celebrity penguin and more ass-kickery.

(via Ghost of a Flea)

Posted at 09:13 PM

Farce Of The Penguins

Well this one looks like it could suck more than a little. It's a Bob Saget film, featuring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Applegate, Lewis Black, and so on. What in the world.

(via Gorilla Mask)

Posted at 09:02 PM

Mon - July 10, 2006

Name The Movie

(This post really only exists because I couldn't figure out another way to put the image that I just captured onto the "internet".)

Update: Here's a trickier one: