It usually takes a couple episodes to get fully entrenched in a TV series’ season. You get an idea of where storylines are going to go, which characters are going to play significant roles and what to look forward to. Most of TV is only an episode or two in, with the exception of “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” - the first 15 minutes last night was the funniest shit on TV so far this Fall - and “Entourage.”
Last week, after all the premieres throughout the week, I was still looking forward to “Entourage” on Sunday. Now the plot is really moving - E is wheelin’ and dealin’, and Ari is trying his hardest to get Vince some work.
We don’t want to spoil anything for people without HBO or the Internet, but this season is all about the prospects of “Smoke Jumpers.” And the fellas over at iBored put together a pretty tight movie poster for the film… of course, with “Entourage” nothing is certain, but we can at least hope. Tune in Sunday night to see what comes up next!
Paul Newman passed away over the weekend at the age of 83 after losing a battle with cancer. Newman was a 10-time Academy Award nominee and he stared in my all time favorite movie Cool Hand Luke
As a tribute I thought I would throw up one of the great scenes from Cool Hand Luke where Newman’s character says he can eat 50 eggs in an hour. The clip is a little long at just over 9 minutes but it’s definitely worth watching.
Apparently there are some people that don’t like Will Ferrell. Well, you know we do. The funniest part actually comes at the end when Will Ferrell asks a question to someone off-camera. Hilarious.
Unless you are dating a girl from Tatooine, you better have a huge “lightsaber” to pull these off. Can you imagine the scenario? It’s the fourth date, you bring the girl home after dinner and drinks. Things are progressing nicely, clothes are off, so you pause for a second to get prepared. And the next thing she sees is C-3PO making his way towards her Royal Starship….
Universal is releasing this limited edition Big Lebowski DVD to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the movie. The Amazon product page doesn’t mention anything about somebody coming over and pissing on your rug but the movie does come in that sweet ass bowling ball case.
If you don’t already own The Big Lebowski quit doing yourself a disservice and pick it up. Even if you do own the movie the bowling ball case by itself is probably worth the $23.99. If you’ve made the jump to Blu-ray you will either have to dig out your dusty old DVD player or just wait until Universal tries to slang this classic for a fifth time in Blu-ray.
Is you don’t talk about the penis song. Check out Brad Pitt and Edward Norton playing a couple of acoustic guitars and singing the penis song. Apparently it was filmed for a Fight Club trailer that was never released. Hit the “Read More” link for all the lyrics just in case you want to memorize the song instead of actually working this afternoon.
When I saw Batman: The Dark Knight, on the Sunday evening of its opening weekend I was definitely tired. My weekend had already involved some binge drinking and bad decisions - we even hit up a Sunday afternoon happy hour after our softball game. Was I at the top of my game for the 7:30 p.m. showing? No. Could I have fallen asleep at a moments notice? Yes. Was I about to fall asleep during The Dark Knight? Fuck no!
Well, Rory Gibson did. The staff-writer at Australia’s Courier-Mail, who’s in charge of writing about beer (yes, now I hate him even more) fell asleep during his viewing of the summer blockbuster. The only complaint about the film that I’ve heard is how much the tone of Christian Bale’s voice changes when he’s Batman. Anyway…water under the bridge. But Gibson goes off, stating that the film is “too long”, “too boring,” and the plot is “so convoluted it could only have been written by a dyslexic 12-year-old dosed up on Ritalin.” Then closes with, “Trust me, life is too short to waste time with this appalling movie.”
I would like to use Rory Gibson to make that pencil disappear.
One movie two cock related billboards. Seriously Hancock has to have set some kind of record. There was this billboard in London and now this one in Portland. I understand this guy is trying to be efficient and climb the ladder the fewest number of times but how do you not see this coming?
I think everyone saw and loved those rap lyric graphs that made the email arounds about six months ago. Well know GraphJam lets cube warriors like you and me to create our own pop culture inspired graphs. The site is full of funny graphs that were made and submitted by readers and they even have a page with instructions on how to make your own graph and upload it.
Here are a few examples from the site. My favorite The Princess Bride inspired graph is after the jump.
All you Marty McFly wannabes, strap on your Air McFlys, grab your hoverboard, jump in your big ass Delorean and gun it to 88. If we only had a flux capacitor our childhood dreams would be complete. I guarantee this guy has all the goods.
What would your buddy love more than picking up his desk phone on a Friday afternoon and finding Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly on the line? Head over to stepbrothersduel.com and it about 30 seconds you will have a prank video and phone call all setup for your friend. Type in their name, phone number and upload a picture and about 30 seconds later you will have a custom clip starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly with your buddies picture inserted in. Email the clip to your buddy and about 5 minutes after he watches it he will receive a phone call from Will and John. Genius.
If you haven’t seen the R rated trailer or the deleted scenes from the new movie Step Brothers you either aren’t a regular reader or you must have your head in the sand. Check them out because this thing looks like it’s got the potential to be the funniest Ferrell movie since Anchorman.
It’s been almost 20 years since Back to the Future II hit theaters and gave every kid under the age of 18 a boner with the thoughts of a real working hoverboard. Shit, I might be 28 years old but if Mattel dropped a hoverboard tomorrow I would definitely buy one. Seeing as how no toy company has figured out how to make a hoverboard we will have to settle for the movie prop version. The auction states that during the course of filming both styrofoam and wooden hoverboards were used. Apparently the styrofoam boards have deteriorated over time but this wooden board was used in filming and it’s in almost perfect condition.
How much is a non-working but almost perfect hoverboard going to set you back? According to the Ebay auction you are looking at somewhere between $30K - $50K. Sure they strapped this thing to Michael J. Fox’s feet and drug him around with a crane but that is a shit ton of money for a wooden board painted neon pink.
Burgundy is coming back! Adam McKay has reported that he and Will Ferrell are currently working on the script for Anchorman 2. This time around the Channel 4 News team is going to be reporting from the 80’s.
I am stoked for some more Burgundy. I really need some fresh material to start quoting around here.
Here’s one of my favorite Burgundy clips that wasn’t in the first movie.
What has two thumbs and got to see The Dark Knight at 6:30 p.m. last night in the IMAX theater? This guy! About a month ago I posted a movie review where the reviewer started off with “I want to fuck this movie”. That is a little intense for me but I would definitely do some weird shit with The Dark Knight.
To see it on the IMAX screen was pants shitting awesome. We got into the theater about two minutes before the show started which means we ended up with third row seats. Not close enough to hurt your neck but close enough that I almost had to turn my head to see both edges of the IMAX screen.
The movie was just non-stop action. Sure there was some dialog and there is a great overall story about the struggle between heros and anti-heros but with the Joker constantly fucking shit up around Gotham things were always on the move. I know some people are already counting Heath Ledger’s Oscar votes and others are scoffing at those counters but the guy pulled off an amazing performance. He was genuinely scary as the Joker.
As with all Batman movies there were a lot of bat-gadgets, some believable and some not so believable. I don’t want to give any of the movie away but by far my favorite bat-gadget was the Sky Hook. Trust me, you’ll know it when you see it.
So is this movie going to win any awards, Ledger aside? Probably not but action movies like this generally don’t. If you loved the Michael Keaton Batman from 1989 and Batman Begins and would just as soon pretend all the ones in between never happened then you are going to love this movie.
Although the most anticipated movie the summer is being released today - Batman: The Dark Knight - maybe the most anticipated comedy of the summer will be hitting theaters next week, Step Brothers.
We already showed you the exclusive R-rated trailer, but here’s a hilarious deleted scene from the movie. John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell doing a little collectible comparison, i.e. “Show and Tell.”
Last week, after all the premieres throughout the week, I was still looking forward to “Entourage” on Sunday. Now the plot is really moving - E is wheelin’ and dealin’, and Ari is trying his hardest to get Vince some work.
