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Darko’s Gone South
Richard Kelly has spent approximately 143 years working on Southland Tales. Or so it seems.
His eagerly-anticipated follow-up to his unexpected cult hit Donnie Darko was completely demolished when it was shown incomplete at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. To his credit, Kelly didn’t give up on his sophomore effort and crawl into a fetal position under his coffee table. Instead, he kept working on it for two more years.
Now comes the first trailer for Southland Tales.
Raping Bears
I recently watched the original Bad News Bears, and afterwards decided to do a little research into what ever happened to the iconic kids who starred in the 1976 hit.
What I found disturbed me tremendously.
Boring-Wulf
Here is The Rec’s exclusive preview of Robert Zemeckis’ upcoming adaptation of the classic poem Beowulf. BEWARE: SPOILERS AHEAD!!
P.S. Someone Kill Me
A trailer has been released for Richard LaGravanese’s P.S. I Love You. How does Gerard Butler go from the mighty Leonidas in 300 to this? After the jump, prepare to claw your own eyes out.
Letters From the Hole - Episode 6: Return of the Juice
I’m out mutha fuckas. $125,000? Fuck dat. I’m the Juice mutha fuckas. I’ll pay $12,000 and you’ll let me out or I’ll kill some white bitches in this mutha fucka.
How the fuck do you steal your own shit? If its mine I didn’t steal it right? Fuck this bullshit. The man is out to get the fuckin Juice that’s all there is to it. I didn’t do shit so I’m out of this mutha fucka.
I gettin A.C. on the fuckin line and we gone. Mutha fucka better hit the fuckin gas this time though. And I ain’t usin’ no fuckin white Bronco neither. I’m getting me somethin’ that fuckin moves, like a white Corvette or a white Porche. Man I love white bitches.
So fuck all you all. The Juice didn’t do shit wrong. Except maybe kill some white bitch a while back. This is a fuckin set up. I’m outta this mutha fucka.
Death to white bitches,
The Juice
MEGA ‘FUCKING’ DETH - A Concert Review
Last night Megadeth brought their United Abominations tour to St. Louis (actually Pops in Sauget, IL).
After many lineup changes and a couple sub par albums (Risk, Cryptic Writings) the band has been making it’s way back atop the metal scene. The band is out to promote their latest and eleventh album United Abominations. The band’s return to old school thrash, a return that began with The World Needs A Hero, then The System Had Failed has now hit full circle.
Robert Jordan is Dead
The beloved author and mastermind of the Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan, passed away September the 16th.
Concert Review - Megadeth
My ears are still ringing and I’m sure Eric’s ass still hurts. We both had the privilege of seeing one of the granddaddies of metal in a small personal club last night. Megadeth is the brain child guitar great and former Metallica member Dave Mustaine.
Aggressive, political, and loud are the best ways to describe any of their albums from Killing is my Business and Business is Good through their latest United Abominations. Their live shows are no different. After seeing the original lineup in the early 90’s, I know first hand what Megadeth is about. The new lineup(only Mustaine remains) doesn’t lose much of the original sound. Still political, as show in a new tracks like Washington is Next, Megadeth is sticking with what they know. The mid to late eighties, when they first came on the scene, were times of relative peace. Just imagine what they are writing about now. Read more
A View From Space
Come back, Rosie. And bring back Meredith and Star Jones, too. Hell, we might even give Debbie Matenopoulos another shot.
The recently revamped lineup of The View gave us a sneak preview of the scintillating, brain-melting conversations that will bend the time/space coordinates of morning talk shows. It’s hard to believe that this conversation took place.
New hostess Sherri Shepherd decided to try and take Rosie’s brand of ratings-baiting controversy to a whole new level of Twilight Zone weirdness. What she said on today’s show wouldn’t be any stranger if Rod Serling dug himself up from his grave, pulled his rotting pants down, and recited this out of his pee-hole.
Van Halen Is Ready To Bore You
That picture above of David Lee Roth in full concert mode is exactly what you won’t see on the Van Halen tour, which is set to begin its fall plundering of millions of pocketbooks.
A one minute video has leaked online from their final warm up concert prior to starting the tour proper. Check out the “brilliance” after the jump.
Don’t Screw With John Kerry!
A University of Florida student was tasered at a John Kerry speech after “unruly behavior.” Hang in there and watch the whole thing, cuz its crazy at the end. Check it out, after the jump.
Music Biz Gets Nailed
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has been a provocateur for years. Most of the time his antics are showy, artistic displays. But for once, Reznor says the right thing at the right time.
That’s One Big Prince!
Sure, the new poster for Prince Caspian makes him look dead sexy. Afterall, who doesn’t love a young man with a sword and a horn? But will Caspian really deliver on the big screen? I just hope they don’t make the blatant mistake that The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe made…
Time To Get Real
Outside of the venerable Daily Show with Jon Stewart, few shows on television attack difficult and pressing issues with as much wit and intelligence as Real Time With Bill Maher. And I’m not just saying that because Maher loves our favorite Presidential candidate, Ron Paul.
On a weekly basis since 2003, Maher has been lascerating all manner of current events. And unlike most shows of this sort, Maher’s has only gotten stronger and more invigorating over the years. Just check out this absolutely brilliant and hilarious closing monologue from last Friday’s episode:
Revisiting Classics: Casablanca
Tonight I watched Casablanca. I had not seen this highly honored film since I was a child. In revisiting this film, I find several things which amaze me.
No Sign Of Special Effects
As the old Hollywood adage goes: “The best special effects are the ones you never see.”
Of course, we live in an age of total and obvious CGI immersion at the theater. Occasionally an effect astounds, but they almost always reveal themselves easily as illusions.
But with Zodiac, director David Fincher showed that effects can seamlessly and invisibly integrate into a film, making it another useful tool in telling a realistic story. Check out this amazing highlight reel of special effects from the film that you never knew were there:
Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
O.J. Simpson has had some terrible luck. He is a great actor, yet his acting career was short. He did a great job in Naked Gun, but he was overshadowed by Leslie Nielsen. This was the first time he ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. If he had only been in a movie with a lesser actor.
Monday Night Metal
It’s Monday, the weekend is over, and works sucks. I think it time to release our frustrations. On Monday’s, I will bring you a dose of Heavy Fucking Metal. I will play all types of metal, from old shit to new shit, well known to obscure.
3:10 To Yuma - Ray’s Review
Stories set in the Old West have a certain resonance. Not only do they harken back to a freer, harsher time in American history; the best also utilize American archetypes to tell a broader story of the human spirit.
After a considerable drought, the western makes a high-profile reappearance in James Mangold’s remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford classic 3:10 To Yuma.
3:10 To Yuma - Chris’ Review
The Western is genre that has been losing ground for quite a while in these days of special effects blockbusters and indie flicks. The last great one? Probably Tombstone and Unforgiven before that. Why is this? It was the first and most important genre for American filmmakers staring with 1903’s The Great Train Robbery. It is a genre that stood the test of time through John Ford and Clint Eastwood. For some reason over the last twenty years is has fallen out of favor and this is a real shame.
This year 3:10 to Yuma and and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford will attempt to resurrect the Western in modern cinema. Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film of the same name, revolves around a poor rancher agreeing to escort an infamous killer and bank robber to the train that will take him to trial. The rancher Dan Evans(Christian Bale) sings on to bring the very dangerous Ben Wade(Russell Crowe) to justice in order to pay accumulating debts. Read more
