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- The Geek Beat: See Why It Definitely Ain't Easy Being Green
- Today in Movie Culture: 'Leprechaun' Recut as a Romantic Comedy, 'The Boondock Saints' Action Figures and More
- Giveaway: A 'Top Five' Poster Signed by Chris Rock and Friends
- The Robot From 'Ex Machina' Took to Tinder to Lure in Men at SXSW
- Watch: VHS Gets a Big Bump From Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Kimmel
- New VOD and Streaming Movies, Plus: Beam Home Matthew McConaughey in 'Interstellar' Weeks Before Disc
- Movie News: 'Beauty and the Beast' Finds Its Teapot; Eddie Murphy to Play Richard Pryor's Father
| The Geek Beat: See Why It Definitely Ain't Easy Being Green Posted: 17 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT With this being the week of St. Patrick's Day, it seemed appropriate to come up with some sort of theme for this week's column that fell in line with the spirit of the emerald-hued holiday. At this point, most of the Irish superheroes are a known commodity (yes, even Banshee), and one can only do so many retrospectives on the Leprechaun franchise before you start to feel the way the way that little monster looks. In pondering some of the potential subjects for this week's column though, one observation kept popping up: The green icons of geek cinema have had a rough time of it. In fact, the hard times of Hollywood's “green” heroes (and villains) are so prevalent that eventually it became clear that this phenomenon just might merit its own... Read More  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2015 11:00 PM PDT Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for mostly St. Patrick's Day movie culture: In honor of the holiday, here's a recut trailer for Leprechaun as a Jennifer Aniston rom-com titled St. Patrick's Day (via Reddit): And here's an Honest Trailer for Leprechaun: And here's all the Leprechaun movies compiled and attempted to be explained in chronological order (via Reddit): Also in honor of the holiday, The Telegraph compiled a supercut of the worst Irish accents in movies (via Criticwire): Also in honor of the holiday, ReAction Figures just unveiled these The Boondocks Saints toys (via Topless Robot): Watch Get Hard stars Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Giveaway: A 'Top Five' Poster Signed by Chris Rock and Friends Posted: 17 Mar 2015 08:40 PM PDT Today Top Five, Chris Rock's latest project as a writer, director and star is available on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD. And to help throw a bit of a spotlight on this great comedy about a comedian trying to navigating fame, his career, and his private life, we've got a small handful of prizes to giveaway to some lucky readers. The top prize is not only a copy of the movie, but a poster signed by Rock and a selection of other cast from the movie. We don't know exactly who else has signed it, but considering how fantastic the entire cast is, we're gonna guess you'll be happy with any combination of these names (or more): Rosario Dawson J.B. Smoove Gabrielle Union Cedric the Entertainer Anders Holm Jay Pharoah Tracy Morgan Leslie Jones Luiz... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Robot From 'Ex Machina' Took to Tinder to Lure in Men at SXSW Posted: 17 Mar 2015 07:00 PM PDT Imagine you meet a girl on the internet, you strike up a nice acquaintance, you feel like you're falling in love, she seems interested, you try to meet her, maybe enlisting the help of those guys from Catfish, and when you find her she's actually a sexy robot. Okay, that doesn't sound as bad as it should, especially given that she has artificial intelligence and looks like Swedish actress Alicia Vikander. But what if it turns out you don't have any chance with Vikander and the whole thing is a marketing gimmick for a new movie she's in? That's the case for a stunt promoting Ex Machina, possibly only in Austin and only during SXSW, where the movie had its U.S. premiere last weekend. Specifically, users of the matchmaking app Tinder have been finding... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch: VHS Gets a Big Bump From Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Kimmel Posted: 17 Mar 2015 06:00 PM PDT "Quit streaming. Start dreaming." Is there a better celebrity endorsement than Matthew McConaughey for a small video store still stocked full of VHS tapes? He's always been a good symbol for retro and nostalgic material. Didn't he encourage you to listen to Aerosmith more through his character in Dazed and Confused? Now let him tell you why you ought to visit Vulcan Video in Austin for the great selection, service and free parking! McConaughey joined Jimmy Kimmel, who is taping his talk show from Austin all this week for SXSW, in producing three hilarious commercials for the indie family-run shop as a tribute to old tech during a convention of new tech. They meet Bryan Connolly and Kristen Ellison, managers for the two-location business and soon-to-be-wed... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2015 04:00 PM PDT Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Annie (family musical; Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz; rated PG) Top Five (comedy; Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson; rated R) Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson-directed impenetrable ice; Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro; rated R) Song of the Sea (animated; voices: Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan; rated PG) Tracers (action; Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos; available 3/20... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Movie News: 'Beauty and the Beast' Finds Its Teapot; Eddie Murphy to Play Richard Pryor's Father Posted: 17 Mar 2015 02:30 PM PDT Beauty and the Beast: Another update on Disney's live-action remake of their 1991 animated Best Picture nominee, as a release date for Beauty and the Beast has been set for St. Patrick's Day (March 17), 2017. Also, joining the cast are Emma Thompson, who'll play Mrs. Potts, the teapot, and Kevin Kline, who will play Belle's father. Finally, the movie has been confirmed as a musical, with new versions of songs from the original plus new tunes by Tim Rice and Alan Menken, who will also compose the score. Menken won Oscars for his score and for his and Howard Ashman's song "Beauty and the Beast" from the original. [Variety] Richard Pryor Biopic: Eddie Murphy was once considered for the part of his old friend Richard Pryor in a biopic... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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