The Dumb Are Mostly Intrigued By The Drum

This film has already wrapped up production in November, so why the hell is "The Fresh Prince" standing in Times Square with a production crew, in his Hancock gear 7 weeks from the films released date? Could this be the sign of a crap-tacular film to come? Quite possibly. WTF is Spike Lee doing?? Rumor has it that Hancock failed to get a "PG-13" rating from the MPAA after two submissions, each time coming away with an "R". The fact that it currently holds an R-rating makes me want to see it even more. Peter Berg tells the New York Times: “We had statutory rape up until three weeks ago.” Wanna see Hancock bust a super-hero load?? If that isn't enough, wait till you read the rest of the article here. Ferfuxsake! -partymarty

Well if Samuel L. Jackson isn't the busiest dude in the business, I don't know who is. Seriously. If he's not starring in a movie as a cop terrorizing his neighbors, or Nick Fury-ing up some Iron Man credits, he's popping up in yet another movie I'm itching to spend my dollar bills on. Exclusive pics of Sam Jack as Octopus, The Spirit's nemesis in the Eisner/Miller comic/movie, drops via Comic Con Magazine. The Spirit was also given a new release date a few weeks ago bieng moved up from early 2009 to Christmas Day 08'. -partymarty

Warner Bros. drops two new Dark Knight TV spots during the season finale of Survivor yesterday. You can haz the both of them right here thanks to Moviebox.net.
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So while I was all jazzed up to be overwhelmed and see this amazing comeback to a storied franchise, I sat for about 93 seconds and waited....something is going to happen...something...but no. Maybe they're just saving all the exciting bits for the flim, huh? Much fun as wandering around in the snow is with 50 of your best friends standing in a straight line...

If having Kevin Smith on your Myspace friends list doesn't cry out "FANBOY!", I don't know what does. Above, direct from Smith's Myspace Blog, is an exclusive pic from the new Zack and Miri film that's currently in the works with the first official test screening coming this Tuesday. Smith also claims to have a teaser ready to post up upon his arrival from his trip back east after getting his poker fix on at the Jersey "Stash" May 15th. He claims to have five seats left so if you're interested in throwin down some cards with him, email donkey@viewaskew.com. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see what kind of madness you get when you mix Seth Rogen and the View Askewniverse. I'm guessing this teaser will be online in about a week and a half from today, but, you can find out by periodically checking out quickstopentertainment.com.

The playas over at 1Up.com have the world exclusive first video of actual game play from what will undoubtedly be the Xbox 360's biggest winter game release, Gears Of War 2. So why am I still talking? I don't know, go up there and hit play, dammit!

Well, if you needed something to look forward to on Monday (besides returning to work, of course) word comes that a new trailer for the X-Files sequel (1st official trailer) is to drop. Don't know when but as soon as it does, come back here to get all the info. Still can't get over that I Want To Believe subtitle but whatever....

Run, don't walk. Check it out over at Yahoo! here in HD. Also, scope out the poster down after this. Enjoy!

Word comes from Variety (via Joystiq) that the oft rumored Bioshock movie is finally moving ahead and with a big name in the likes of Gore Verbinski (Pirates Of The Caribbean, The Ring) at the helm. According the the article, Verbinski is aiming for an R-rating on the film. Guess we'll be witnessing some little girl harvestin' going on the big screen when this film is finally released. You guys have any suggestions for casting?

Aintitcoolnews has posted 2 early reviews for the upcoming summer blockbuster, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and *surprise, surprise* they aren't very positive. Now, I haven't gone through and read the reviews thoroughly myself (I'm trying to stay spoiler-free here) but the headlines for the posts speak for themselves. Interested in seeing what these guys had to say? Head on over here for the first one and here for the second one but beware: there's bound to be spoilers in there. So will this affect my plans to go see it? Nope, I'll take it as a sign to lower my expectations and that'll probably let me enjoy the film even more....hopefully.

Not as cool as Mighty Muggs (yes...yes they are) but man, these figures look pretty cool. The new (the released a Wolverine already) Upper Deck Subcasts are for pre-order over at Sideshow Collectibles for $75 and you can go here to check out Iron Man and here for Spiderman. C'mon....you know you got an extra $75 laying around!

The Rocker
Hmm...this trailer didn't get a laugh outta me. Not even close. But it's got Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) in the starring role (doesn't he look like Jack Black in some of those shots?) and I'm sure many of those fans will go see it strictly for that but I'm not sure if dude is willing to carry an entire movie. Check out the trailer here and judge for yourself.

Igor
Being kinda of an Igor myself (just ask Diana) this trailer connected with me. The animation looks....good but it's nothing for Pixar to lose sleep over. Of course, what it comes down to is story and the med scientist play on the usually trite Science Fair rings good with me. Check it out over here and let us know what you think.

Parkour is awesome! Sometimes when I see these guys jumping around the landscape like I would imagine Mario would if he were a real person, I tell myself "I need to lose some pounds so I, too, can pull off cool ass shit like that." But I never do so I'll have to make due with a digital representation. A video game iteration of the sport has been attempted in the past but Mirror's Edge is the first game in which the sport has been featured. After months of speculation and very boring screenshots, the first gameplay video has been released the other day at Sony's European Playstation Days event and man.....this looks awesome. Blending some Portal-type first person gameplay along with some action sequences all running on the Unreal Engine....color me interested! Check out the trailer and keep an eye for the game when it released later this year for both the PS3 & Xbox 360.

Although I thought S3 wasn't as good as the 1st & 2nd seasons, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is still 10x better than most of the shit that's out there right now (except for that long ass title). The set will be released on Sept. 2nd so make note and then head on over to IGN.com for more info on the set and the special features that it'll come with.

Audition
A Film By Takashi Miike
Now usually I am not into whats "in" at the moment. Young kids these days like their Souljah Boy, Air Force Ones, and 5 Gum. They also love them some Asian horror movies. Well in the case of Takashi Miike's fine film, one could say it accidentally started the trend. The way I came up on this film was sort of by accident. With nothing else on the tele, I stumbled onto Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. It does not matter what number this was slotted in, what does matter is that a scary S.O.B. like Rob Zombie, confessed this was "disturbing" to watch. That's like B-Real pointing at a Marijuana Plant and telling you never to smoke it because he thinks it's too strong. You owe it to yourself to watch it, future emotional trauma aside. The movie will start like a Romantic Comedy, but don't let that fool you. Watch it all the way through.


Get More Audition Trailers at TerrorFeed.com

Check it out Audition at Netflix

Tokyo Police Club
These dudes are from Canada, can give a shit if they are making sense
when singing, and replicate arcade synthesizers from the 70's
for no apparent reason on any of their tracks. TPC has been around
for some years now, but thankfully they have not fully blown up yet.
Think of them as the equivalent of Portishead, Interpol or even
Ghostface; you know they kick ass but the rest of the world is yet to
catch on. So before your mom is talking about them in a new soda
commercial, discover them now! If you need further convincing, I ask
you to name a band with the guts to perform on Letterman with a
drum setup like the one found on the second video below (1:55).
Dude is still saving for the rest of the set.

No game review this week but rather the man fends off accusations of him "sucking" from readers and internet trolls. And the outcome? PURE GOLD!

Before we go any further, the Wu game was made in two weeks(so they say). Other wise it looks worth a try as it takes the core Wu on a mystical dungeon crawling adventure.
Props to Tales of Game studios for recognizing the Wu and creating this gem. Download The Sewer Goblet here.



Also, be sure to peep T.O.G.'s other game, Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. They say they spent over a year on this it has much more of a finished look to it. Download

So the upcoming Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is full on in productionand here is the hotness herself, Moon Bloodgood as Det. Maya Sunee. Finally a shoty worth posting from this future trainwreck of a movie. hopefully I'm wrong and It will be a campy good time, or it could even be good in the traditional sense.
Check the official blog for a few other pics, cast(Michael Clark Duncan, Kristen Kreuk- you left Smallville for this??) artwork and whotnot.

A couple of months ago, a controversy was brewing over in Mecca (aka Aintitcoolnews) concerning the Americanization of an apparently much beloved British series called Spaced which starred Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz): Fans were pissed that none of the original creators had been consulted with as far as doing the American version. That prompted me to look into the series (as it was hyped up to be very cool & funny) and I found some episodes to watch and much to my delight, the thing was great! I've never been a big fan of British TV comedies I guess cause I'm too stupid but the mix of comic book humor, video game violence and over-all witty banter rivaling that of a lost Kevin Smith script really sealed the deal for me. Fast forward a couple of months and now the American version has taken the back seat (for now) and today, the announcement of a proper US release for the series on DVD has come forward with a host of special features including commentary from director Quentin Tarantino, director Kevin Smith & screenwriter Diablo Cody among them. Check out the full story & details over here at Aintitcoolnews.com. Check out the video of one of my favorite sequences from the show. Gotta love the paintball blood he spits out towards the end.