Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Darkest Hour
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 12% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: Chris Gorak
Written By: Jon Spaihts
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella and Rachael Taylor
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Synopsis:The Darkest Hour is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects. (Source)
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Trailer of the Day: The Hunger Games – Catching Fire
Katniss and Peeta are dethroned from their respective victory riches and are put back into the arena for the most climatic and menacing of the Hunger Games, known as the Quarter Quell. – IMDb
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The Daily Nerdgasm: They Made A Live-Action Gatchaman Movie!
Whatever name by which you are familiar with this property, and there have been many, (Gatchaman, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, G-Force, Battle of the Planets, G-Force: Guardians of Space, Eagle Riders) the awesomeness still stands. So my nerdgasm was quite explosive when I found out that a live-action movie had been made and was to be released (sadly only in Japan) in August.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Sightseers
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Ben Wheatley
Written By: Amy Jump, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram
Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis:Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way – on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina’s led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see – the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn’t take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina’s meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris’s dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him the wrong way, over a very jagged edge. (Source)
Gangsta Grannies
“Time to move into a home…a funeral home, cocksucker!”
And that last Meemaw was so awesome flubbing those lines. She is a genuine star.
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The Daily Nerdgasm: Faster, Empire! Strike! Strike!
Ever wonder what STAR WARS would be like if it were done by camp maestro Russ Meyer (the mind behind FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!)? Well thanks to stand-up comedian, writer, actor and all around awesome dude Patton Oswalt commissioning some custom toys from Sillof’s Workshop that curiosity can be satisfied. We have Meyer-ized (and gender swapped) versions of all of the major STAR WARS characters with Obi-Wan Kenobi becoming tough as nails farmer Ole Betty Kentworthy; Luke Skywalker becoming Lucy the farmhand; Princess Leia is now Leo, Lucy’s himbo of a brother; Han Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian becoming an … Continue reading The Daily Nerdgasm: Faster, Empire! Strike! Strike!
Rule 63 Cosplay of the Week: The Rocketeer
This week’s gender swapped bit of cosplay is a Bettie Page inspired take on The Rocketeer by Riddle with photography by Andrew Michael Phillips. Click onward to see her in all her glory.
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Trailer of the Day: Elysium
Set in the year 2159, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. – IMDb
Iron Man 3, The Mandarin And Why This Instance of Color Blind Casting Irks Me
The main villain in the upcoming third Iron Man movie is The Mandarin. Now I am sure that with a name like The Mandarin it automatically makes you think of casting Sir Ben Kingsley in the role, right? Who else would you even think of casting aside from Kingsley?
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: It’s A Disaster
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Todd Berger
Written By: Todd Berger
Starring: David Cross, America Ferrera, Rachel Boston, Laura Adkin, Kevin M. Brennan and Julia Stiles
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Synopsis:Eight friends meet for their monthly “couples brunch.” But what starts as an impromptu therapy session / airing of domestic grievances takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people become increasingly unhinged to hilarious, surprising, and revealing results. (Source)
Anyone Else Plan On Going ‘Under The Dome’ This Summer?
CBS is going to run an adaptation of the 2009 Stephen King novel that details the happenings in the small town of Chester’s Mill after the entire town gets encased in an impenetrable, invisible dome.
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Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate The Greatness Of Aquaman
Now I know most people have a very low opinion of Aquaman based off of how useless he was made to be in the old SUPER-FRIENDS cartoon but that was a poor representation of what is really one of the coolest super-heroes around.
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