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It's Ok to laugh at M. Night's Escalation

Audiences in movie theaters that have watched the opening to Universal's Devil trailer had an unexpected reaction when the block of text came up with "From the mind of M. Night Shyamalan" on the screen...they laughed at the screen. That's not a good reaction if you're selling a scary movie.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Matrix

And so it begins: the mashup crossbreed trailers for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The first of what will be many has the voice track from the Scott Pilgrim movie trailer playing over imagery from The Matrix trilogy -- and for the most part, it works.

Frank Miller directs again, and this time it's for a real stinker

Frank Miller is back directing again.

If you watch one music video about Ray Bradbury, make it this one

Maybe if Lady Gaga and Katy Perry wrote songs about golden age science fiction authors I'd like them more.

Star Wars rap proclaims public enemy Obi-Wan

Two days from today, Spike TV and Atom Films will be announcing the winners of their Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge when Celebration V gets underway. My money is on this animated film to win top prize, or at least get its makers a recording contract with Def Jam Records.

From 1952, The Avengers movie

Did the creators of Final Cut and Photoshop know that they would be ushering in a whole new wave of fan-made content? One of my favorite ideas to emerge from the fan-pro circuit is the idea of a "premake" trailer: what would a much-loved geek movie look like had it been made a generation or two ago? We've seen trailers done for The Empire Strikes Back and Ghostbusters that were pretty slick. Now, from the same mind that brought you those two gems comes the latest premake trailer, one done for the upcoming 2012 movie The Avengers.

Oh no they didn't, you're thinking. Oh hell yeah, I'm saying.

Fan film: The Shadow Strikes

It was only last week the rumor was heard that Quentin Tarantino was talking to 20th Century Fox about making his version of The Shadow. Now if you're at all familiar with Tarantino's past work then you know he's not the kind of filmmaker to shy away from uncomfortable scenes or heroes that do questionable acts in the pursuit of their version of justice; from the gangsters in Reservoir Dogs to how Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames' characters kiss and make up in Pulp Fiction, Quentin's shown us moments of extreme violence and acts of cruel barbarism. It certainly helps that he's also delivered gripping, good crime drama too and not cruelty solely for shock value.

So, entertaining the idea of a guy like Quentin Tarantino getting his hands on a pulp anti-hero like The Shadow, someone who often disposed of criminals by his own hands, what kind of dark hero could we expect Quentin to deliver?

Perhaps something like this version of the character.

What would the crew of Firefly look like on Star Trek?

They'd look a lot like this.

Now, can we get one showing what William Shatner looks like as Captain Tightpants?

Monkey business for a t-shirt business

The Chop Shop has a new movie themed t-shirt design that's been added to their collection. These guys are the ones that created a t-shirt featuring the silhouettes of 50 robots from the silver screen and television, an article of clothing that I'm proud to say I possess and even wear occasionally.

The 10 best Inception mashup trailers

Q: What's the latest craze to strike the internet video mash-up community?

A: BRAAAAAAHHMMMMM (that's supposed to be the sound of loud horn from Hans Zimmer score to Inception)

Lando Calrissian is the Blackstar Warrior

In the 12 years since Kevin Rubio's Troops launched the Star Wars fan film craze there's been many subsequent short films set in that galaxy far, far away. Most of them have been done as dramas/adventures, with a few comedies thrown in for good measure. But even with all of the Star Wars fan films that have been made to date, you're telling me that no one has thought up a blacksploitation fan film starring the coolest cat this side of Bespin, Lando Calrissian?

Comic-Con 2010 Sunday line-up

The Sunday schedule for the 2010 Comic-Con at San Diego has now been released. As was the case with the prior three days breakdown reports, I'm focusing on film/TV/DVD related events, screenings and panels only.

Read the Thursday, July 22, 2010 schedule.

Read the Friday, July 23, 2010 schedule.

Read the Saturday, July 24, 2010 schedule.

Comic-Con 2010 Saturday line-up

The Saturday schedule for the 2010 Comic-Con at San Diego is now released. As was the case with the Thursday and Friday breakdown reports, I'm focusing on film/TV/DVD related events, screenings and panels.

Read the Thursday, July 22, 2010 schedule.

Read the Friday, July 23, 2010 schedule.

Comic-Con 2010 Friday line-up

Friday's schedule has just gone up for the 2010 Comic-Con at San Diego. As was the case with yesterday's breakdown, I'm focusing on film/TV/DVD related events, screenings and panels.

Read about Thursday's line-up of events.

The Pro gets a short show

If any given talent working in comic books today were to attempt to write a book about a low-class street whore that gets superpowers, that person needed to be Garth Ennis. Of course, Ennis did wind up writing that book. Called The Pro, it was released eight years ago as a one-shot. Now its inker, Jimmy Palmiotti, has created a short animated film setting up the origins of the world's first superhero hooker and how tough it is for a working girl to earn a living, both as a streetwalker and as a crime-fighting caped crusader.