Beetlejuice + Hair Gel = the Joker

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The Dark Knight

Chrithtian Bale: okay.
Gyllenhaal: casting mistake.
Ledger: OUTSTANDING!

THE BEST Batman film.
It actually had a plot.
Two and a half hours.

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Wanted

Like “The Matrix” but
without the Matrix. And the
good guys are all d!cks.

Jolie was like “Aaaagh!“
and her car went “Errrrrrrrtt!” and her
gun went “Psshhhiiiiw!” . . . Kick Ass!

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We covered the unbelievably talented Adam Pesapane back in September with his stop-action films “Kaboom!”, “Game Over”, and “Human Skateboard”. Now, PES is back with an all new film, “Western Spaghetti.” Check it:

(via Notcot, via Shape&Colour)

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))<>((

This obscure emoticon ))<>(( just may be the funniest thing out there, ever. And I’ve made it my new life’s goal to tell everyone about it.

In short, Allison sees this ThreadPit t-shirt and says:
“I know where this is from, you have to see the movie!”

And she shows me the video clip from “Me and You and Everyone We Know” and it all made sense and I was laughing so hard I peed (NSFW):

Spread the word.
Back and forth, forever.
))<>((

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The Wall Street Journal reports: Hasbro Games is taking its products to Hollywood with the intent of making feature films based on their acclaimed boardgames - such as Monopoly, Ouija, and Candy Land.

Casting Suggestion: Monopoly’s Rich Uncle Pennybags should be played by Wilford Brimley. And yes, this also counts as a Blogadilla Look-Alike.

Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Bonus Round: A Monopoly themed Reebok Reverse Jam Mid, coming out in late August 2008.

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The only detail about the 2007 Wes Anderson film “The Darjeeling Limited” that I didn’t like: the absence of products and movie-related schwag.

I still want a Hotel Chevalier bathrobe, dammit.

Finally - Threadpit has released this cool Darjeeling Limited t-shirt.

I already bought one. I love the design and bright colors.

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Cool free Indiana Jones Icons, from IconFactory.

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Limited edition, coming in August, available at EntertainmentEarth.

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The movie War, Inc. finally came to a theater in my neighborhood.

Two words: “kick” and “ass.”

I loved it.

Brand Hauser (John Cusak) is an assassin on a mission in the war-torn mythle-eastern nation of Turaqistan. Hauser is posing as the producer of an arms convention, promoting Tamerlane military industries - the very corporation currently occupying the nation of Turaqistan. At the convention, Hauser meets journalist Natalie Hegalhuzen (Marisa Tomei) and obnoxious middle eastern pop star Yonica Babyyeah (Hilary Duff) . . . and all hell breaks loose in this Douglas Coupland-esque world.

War, Inc. has several of the best qualities of Cusak’s previous assassin dark comedy Grosse Pointe Blank - clever dialogue, a great soundtrack (that does not yet exist on iTunes, dammit), and several stellar fight/action scenes worthy of Martin Blank. This film also smelled heavily of Douglas Coupland and Naomi Klein’s “Baghdad Year Zero” (both of which are good smells).

Locate a showing at a theater near you.

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It goes without saying that Wal*Mart can be the dumping ground for slightly off items.

I was in Wal*Mart today - searching unsuccessfully for red velvet Twinkies - and I come across this: a mustacheod Indiana Jones action figure. Perhaps it is just a mistake, or perhaps a rare limited edition reflecting a scene from the recent movie that only appears in the director’s cut. Either way, he looks like the lost member of the Village People or actor Sam Elliott. How much do you think an Indiana Jones with mustache would go for on eBay?

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Finally! Lebowskifest is coming to San Francisco Sept 5-6th, 2008!

Tickets go on sale June 27th, 10AM PST.

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Surprisingly good,
Fantastic animation,
Jack Black gets an A

A cast of all-stars
Kung-Fu Panda: Big surprise
Go out and see this.

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Death Race - an upcoming remake of the 1975 film Death Race 2000 (starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone). Given that it’s already 2008, they decided to ditch the “2000” part in the new title.

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“I feel like a refugee from the Island of Dr. Moreau.”

- Brand Hauser (John Cusak), in War, Inc.

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The Happening

Mark Wahlberg stars while
Shyamalan gets preachy
with gross suicides.

Is it phones?!? Is it
trees!?! Is it crowds?!? Is it bees!?!
What (the hell) is this disease?!?

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The Incredible Hulk: Part Deux

Double dose of Hulk,
But don’t wait around, there is
Not a tag ending

Bruce Banner is back
Better than the last Hulk film
Norton’s Grade: B Plus

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As some of you may know: when I’m not engrossed in Blogadilla, I’m a Mesoamerican Archaeology professor (really, no joke). So, I’m all for anything that gets kids intrigued with archaeology . . . even if it’s total bullsh!t.

Stores have been pimping Indiana Jones stuff for almost a month now and I thought it would be time to do yet another round-up of some of the more interesting items.

Of course Hasbro has released a huge line of Indiana Jones action figures, complete with awesome Raiders of the Lost Ark ‘Chachapoyan Idol’ Temple Playset and both young and elderly Indiana Jones figures.

Some cool touches: each action figure comes with a treasure/artifact and with 6 proof of purchase stickers, you can send away for the crystal alien skeleton (which is not available in stores).

And I broke down and bought a box of Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies (you won, you marketing bastards) for the awesome Indiana Jones light-up spoon - which broadens children’s horizons, teaching them about the ancient Mesoamerican art of luminous spoonery.

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

[I just finished reading it (and yes, I know this book has been out a while)]:

By title alone, you are probably thinking one of two things:
a). “Cool! Zombie fiction!“
b). “Dear God . . . Zombie fiction?!?“

Here’s the catch: it’s not so much about zombies, it’s about how different societies would react to a global pandemic. However, the pandemic in this story happens to be the reanimated dead. And author Max Brooks didn’t get lazy about it either - he did his homework, he left no technical detail to chance. The only real fiction is the zombie part: no Deus ex machina, no laser guns invented to save humanity.

Topically, Brooks found a fascinating subject, flush with interesting questions:
“How would China or Canada react to a pandemic?”
“What is the best way to stop a pandemic from spreading across the globe?”
“What would happen to the average person when their town/city is overrun?”
“What would our government do?”
“How would we rebuild?”

Brooks also chose the perfect format for this type of story - the story is told through interviews (dozens and dozens of interviews) with different people around the world who were at significant events/moments during the spread of the disease and/or the subsequent war.

Bonus Round: It’s already on its way to being a feature film in 2010.

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And speaking of Indiana Jones - no home is safe from looters and grave robbers without the ancient Mesoamerican booby trap kit: one idol drops plastic spiders on unwary looters, the other shoots darts from its eyes.

Bonus Round: The Chachapoyan Fertility Idol pencil cup and the Ark of the Covenant business card holder.

Super-Mega Bonus Round: The Crystal Skull Adventure Projector (man I wish I was making this one up).

All of these can be found at The Indiana Jones Shop.

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