Monthly Archives: February 2011

So, I’ll be gone forever. The reason is that I’ll be spending all my time looking at pictures on This Is Not Porn.

It’s pretty amazing. You should go to there.

It’s just awesome photos of famous people. Like:

Cary Grant and a cast member going over some script ideas.

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Katherine Hepburn skateboarding.

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An erudite Bruce Lee.

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And Akira Kurosawa and Francis Ford Coppola being Akira Kurosawa and Francis Ford Coppola in the same room.

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Yet, it offers so much more than that.

It also raises huge questions about life. Like:

With legs like these, why didn’t Einstein get into modeling?

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Was Alfred Hitchcock related to this koala?

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Why is James Dean about to punch Rock Hudson in the penis?

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What’s the deal with this doll, anyway?

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Or, just… why?

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If all that weren’t enough… how about Ernest Hemingway kicking a fucking can!

Alright, it’s time for another ascent to genre heaven with more ‘Another Day, Another Movie.’ For the uninitiated, ADAM is when I (in an awesome use of my time and energy) pick a theme, genre, etc., and then watch one movie in that category every day for at least a week, or as long as a month.

I’ve got three genres on their way before October’s Scary(ish) Moviefest 2011, and I was hoping for some suggestions from all of you out there in the internets. Here are the films I have planned for each upcoming genre so far, without much in the way of research.

Samurai Films:

I’ve already watched a bunch of samurai movies, first as part of the Western edition of Another Day, Another Movie, then because I fell in love with Kurosawa. It’s time to devote a few weeks of my life entirely to samurai films.

I’ve seen a bunch of these before. Obviously, there is a ton of Kurosawa. So far, I’ve got:
1. Seven Samurai
2. Yojimbo
3. Sanjuro
4. Ran
5. Throne of Blood
6. 47 Ronin
7. Harikari
8. Twilight Samurai
9. The Hidden Blade
10. The Last Samurai (Yes, I’m including The Last Samurai, sue me)
11. Samurai Rebellion
12. Love and Honor
13. Kill!
14. The Hidden Fortress
15. The Sword of Doom
16. Samurai Assassin

Kung Fu Films

I want to show China some love too, not just immerse myself in Japan. Thus, I also want to do a Kung Fu moviefest as well.

So far:
1. Enter The Dragon
2. Hero
3. Kung Fu Hustle
4. Kung Fu Panda
5. Shaolin Soccer
6. Game of Death
7. The Blade
8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9. Ip Man & Ip Man 2
10. The Prodigal Son
11. Drunken Master
12. Fist of Fury
13. Iron Monkey
14. Supercop
15. The Shaolin Temple
16. The Legend of Drunken Master
17. 36th Chamber of Wu-Tang

Post-Apocalypse Films

In an entirely unrelated sub-genre, I also want to do post-apocalypse cinema. So far:
1. Children of Men
2. Mad Max
3. The Road Warrior
4. Beyond Thunderdome
5. Quiet Earth
6. On the Beach
7. 9
8. Logan’s Run
9. I Am Legend
10. The Road
11. Wall*E
12. The Dark Hour
13. The Omega Man
14. La Jetée
15. A Boy and His Dog
16. Wizards
17. Escape from New York
18. Day of the Triffids
19. Idiocracy
20. Time of the Wolf

Help with even more titles, along with other thoughts, would be GREATLY appreciated!

So, this is actually a video game trailer. Even if you hate video games, you need to watch it anyway. It’s that good. As written on Cinematical, you can just watch it as a short (3 minutes) zombie film.

Dead Island is a zombie game. It will take place on a resort island in Papua New Guinea.

Warnings: well, it’s a zombie game, so that’s what you can expect. Not scary, but there is some gore. The trailer is also sad, not funny or action-packed like most zombie related content. Then again, if it was just action packed you probably wouldn’t be able to call it a short film.

Seriously though, watch it.

I’ve been waiting forever for Brian or Emily to deliver on their promised Nerd Virgins posts, so that I could bust this photo out:

Instead, I’ll have to use it to call them out for their absence. It worked to get a non-music list out of Brian, hopefully it will work again. Emily promised a Batman post, and Brian promised a few more Lost posts, along with, perhaps, a video game post and a Harry Potter post.

We’re stiiiill waiting.

I’ve shared spam trying to work its way into our comments before, because it’s often really hilarious. This one might be my new favorite:

The following time I learn a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I imply, I do know it was my choice to read, however I truly thought youd have one thing fascinating to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you possibly can repair if you werent too busy in search of attention.

This has come twice, word for word, on two different posts. The link is to get people to visit an online poker site. For one, I love that they are trying to slip it through as a genuine post by bashing the blogs they are spamming. Then again, it makes sense that they would be frustrated. I hate being disappointed when I learn a blog, so annoying when that happens!

when I discover that an artist I adore, loves another artist I adore.

Neil Gaiman posted the video for Josh Ritter’s song “The Curse” yesterday on his blog.

Here’s what he said:

“I really like Josh Ritter. “Girl in the War” was one of my favourite songs of 2006. And [“The Curse” is] an excellent video, and so appropriate for Valentine’s Day. A dance of loneliness and eternal life, performed by heartbreaking marionettes. Perfect.”

Perfect, indeed.

Our newest contributor just so happens to be celebrating the day she was born, today.

Happy Birthday! And once again, welcome to the club.

I was bored and decided to sift through some of the movies I have. These three stood out, just because they are next to each other. It occurred to me that they’re some of my favorite movies and people have never seen them or  heard of them. I thought it’d be a cool post, and a way to educate you on my love of cheesy “horror” movies.

If you like Zombies, comedy, blood, guts, slithering things, and explosions, then check this out. I promise you won’t be too disappointed. The tag line alone, is enough to make you want to see it.
Night of the Creeps is a movie about alien brain parasites that take over people by entering their mouths and turn them into zombies. Gross right? But amazing.
It stars Jason Lively and the superb Tom Atkins. This movie is so cheesy and silly, but I think that’s what makes it so stellar. The lines that Tom Atkins has to say in this movie are so over the top and ridiculous, it’s hard not to laugh. It has a 1950’s drive-in horror movie feel to it and that’s one of the reasons I liked it so much.

My Best Friend is a Vampire is a movie that I saw all the time as a kid, and I loved it.
It stars a young Robert Sean Leonard as a boy who is seduced by an older woman, during the rendezvous she turns him into a vampire and the insanity ensues. He slowly transforms into a vampire, establishes a taste for raw steak and gets followed by what you’d call a Watcher. It’s got some really funny moments and just a really great 80’s teen comedy feel to it.
I’ll be forever grateful for being introduced to Timbuk 3’s “”Future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades” through the movie’s kick ass montage.

If you’re not going to watch any of the other movies I mentioned, watch this.  This movie is hands-down, one of my ALL time favorite movies. I’ve been watching this movie since I was 8 years old, and I have yet to get sick of it. I’ll never grow up.
This movie came out in 1987, and was shown constantly on HBO the next year.
The movie takes place in a small town, where this group of boys are big into monsters. They go toe to toe with Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein’s Monster over an amulet that could end the world. The main character’s little sister is also a key character and has one of the greatest lines in the movie.
The movie has action, comedy, monsters, and one of my favorite movie montages of all time. Do you see a pattern here? If you’re looking for a reason to watch it, think of it as Goonies with the Universal Monsters.
The DVD finally came out in 2007, and it’s one of the best 2 disc DVD’s I’ve ever bought. Amazing behind the scenes stuff,commentary, and interviews with the cast.
Sadly,they are working on a script to remake it, not needed, but what can ya do.