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Apparently, on Sunday JJ Abrams dropped the third Cloverfield movie straight onto Netflix, entirely by surprise. Kind of a neat stunt but it couldn't...

But don't tell him I said he wasn't cool.

Apparently he caused the death of literally 11% of the world's population in military conquests, resulting...

I finally got around to seeing it last night at the cheap theater. It was an excellent movie, surprised it didn't do better at the box office....

Caught it on Netflix. Anyone else seen it?

My comments:

It was interesting--I especially liked the beginning where it blended typical orc and elf...

Very well done:

A chick Dr.

:BlowChunks:

Done, over and finished.

Jesus christ. A chick. OhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygodOhmygod

Not...

:D

@HaggardHawks

MOXIE, meaning ‘courage’ or ‘spirit’, derives from the name of the Moxie soft drinks company, founded in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the...

It's garbage, don't bother. A fucking love story about two fucking antisocial Emo kids. Sorry, not interested.

Actually contains rock and roll in the lyric but not rock and roll just yet.

#1 on the rhythm and blues chart.

I'll be adding to the collection...

Are they all as trite and boring as the trailers?

Damn. Trailer gives me chills.

or both?

Going Places is an upcoming American crime comedy film written, directed by, and starring John Turturro, acting as both a remake of the...

Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship of the Ring (Consisting of Frodo, Gandalf, Thorin, Legolas, and Aragorn) go on a quest to destroy the Ring of Power...

I love it! :coolspecs:

... Like Hitler, Jeanneret wanted to be an artist, and, as with Hitler, the world would have been a better place if he...

Covering yes, but sure as Hell not totally copying . :coolspecs:

Another Mark Steyn history of a song.

Blueberry Hill

...

Which brings us to...

Interactive data viz! :hyper:

Surprised I had not seen this before.

--J.D.

Saw the trailer while watching IT.

My god, haven't they learned yet to leave him alone? :D

Supervillain lairs need a reminder posted.

1. Do not...

I have seen some of The Homesman. I survived. This, though ... this is bad with nothing redeeming about it. It is not like Plan 9, so bad it's good ....

I haven't seen the most recent episode yet, but I did watch the first two (the first two episodes were released on the first week). So far, I'm not...

No more nudes! Yes, really.
They are moving in a new direction. I guess their old model was kind of obsolete anyway. Too vanilla. But still too sexy...

I hate Jerry.

But even Jerry should have known better.

Here is the story of this legendary, never seen film: Jerry Lewis starred and directed this...

Ten minutes into it and it be t3h aw3s0m3.

Sort of a Korean-financed by USA!USA!USA!-with Some Japanese Bastards Thrown in horror film. Very...

Came across this interesting question and answers/discussion on the history behind garden gnomes.

Bram Stoker's relative Dacre writes first authorised prequel to Dracula

The great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker is writing the first authorised...

It's good.

For the non-weebs, just watch it, give it a chance.

まじだぜー

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and DC are in the early stages of another Batman Universe spinoff movie, this one telling the origin story of the signature...

Interesting history. :coolspecs:

Fun show when things actually happen.

But good lord are 'Things happenng' few and far between. THe damned show could have been condensed into a good...

The League of Gentlemen is to return to BBC Two for three special new episodes.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the comedy, which began on...

Trying to track down a short scifi story, I read it in an anthologized collection, you know one of those best short scifi of 2003 or whatever, but I...

Just reread 3001: Milking Space Odessey.

It had been a while since I read Clarke, maybe decades, and he has not aged well. He has a thinness to his...

I don't mean the random nut thrown into a plot just because they are funny or whatever. I like really good portrayals of lunacy. Here are a few....

Mindy Kaling Confirms Pregnancy Rumors

But doesn't say who the father is

Mindy Kaling has confirmed pregnancy rumors and says she's excited to...

Mark Steyn's Glen Campbell obit.

Wichita Lineman

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Playing the melody along with Sinatra, he started to notice the way the singer pushed...

Got a liberal, gay, erudite pal down here, actually my oldest friend, if you can believe it. Was at his home a while back and saw this on a table:...

I see where SyFy is doing this one, starts next Monday I bleeve.

I shall report back after the first episode and let you know.

Should be good...

Watched it in IMAX.

I thought it was a good film overall and did a good job of portraying the hopelessness and chaos of war. The airplanes scenes...

Subject line is a quote from Mark Steyn in this article:

Light My Fire

It was 50 years ago today-ish that Sgt Pepper was going on about how it...

Before he commanded the starship USS Enterprise, William Shatner was the lead actor in Incubus, a low-budget, black-and-white horror film directed by...

Next week, the film version of The Dark Tower comes out.

In the books, The Man in Black says that he is known by many other names, one of which is...

Bad film reviews are always more fun to read than good ones. Somehow, writing a bad review brings out the wit in even the dryest film reviewer. I...

New TV series. Haven't seen it.

The pitch:

:lol:

So, Game of Thrones is winding down. There is to be no Doctor Who this year, The Blacklist has wrapped for the year, the new season of Deadbeat was...

If there are any of you out there, like me...

The current lineup of Styx has some fine musicians, I wish them well... but if it's their original...

I mean, other than Brave Sir Robin's. His was obviously the most magnificent and valiant retreat of all time.

Anyway, they made a movie about...