Movies - "Grindhouse" Split on DVD

Via: FilmWad

"Lets be honest, Grindhouse just didn't get treated the way it should have. It did poorly it's opening weekend, and the Weinsteins freaked, pulled out their Freddy Kruger gloves and started cutting the hell out of anything that got in their way. What we ended up with was the two films split from their original context, robbing them of their intended purpose (the, ahem, GRINDHOUSE experience) and making the experience of viewing the films less enjoyable.

Many thought the Weinsteins would fix this problem on DVD, but alas, 'twill not be the case. Reports are coming out that The Weinstein Co. and Genius Entertainment will distribute the films separately starting with Tarantino's Death Proof on September 18th. Surely this'll be the bloated extended cut of the film, which isn't entirely a bad thing. No word on Rodriguez's Planet Terror, but expect it to drop within the following month.

Also to expect? The fact that both these DVDs will have one featurette and a trailer and will cost over twenty dollars. Three months after the release of Planet Terror Weinstein will release a statement about pleasing the fans and then release the inevitable stacked DVD with both films in their original formats. God. Damn. Double. Dips. "

Fucking WOW. This really sucks for the people who missed the film as the full "double feature" in theaters, and it still sucks for people who were planning on buying Grindhouse on DVD, expecting it to be both movies. Now I wasn't getting my hopes up for a 'holy shit' edition DVD for the first release, but I was atleast hoping for it to be both movies played back-to-back with the trailers included. It's nice that they're probably going to be decking out the individual DVD releases with extras as well as the extended, and maybe "restored", versions of the film atleast (*crosses fingers*), which means I'll probably end up buying them even if I have to double-dip later on for a better 'definitive' DVD. If it's nearly bare-bones, without the extended and restored versions of the films, there's really no reason at all to purchase it, but surely Rodriguez and Tarantino won't disappoint.

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Video - Automated Phone Sex

Another absolutely hilarious video from FunnyOrDie.com, enjoy.

Music - Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' on Theremin - Video

This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world's collective consciousness. It's amazing that not everyone knows what a theremin is. It was the first electronic musical instrument and it was invented in 1919. Are Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse from Gnarls Barkley really theremin players? There's only one way to find out!

Fucking awesome. If you don't know what a theremin is, look it up. All you need to know is that it's a "touchless" instrument and is extremly hard to play; atleast to make it sound good. This video is impressive, and the fact that Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" is a fucking awesome song adds to it.

Music - The Cribs "Men's Needs" Video

"Men's Needs" is the first single from The Cribs's third album Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever, which was released on 14th May 2007. This video was banned from MTV2 due to the graphic violence because it was "too shocking for a daytime audience", which is some BS. Anyway, enjoy the video below, the song itself kicks major ass. (be sure to check two seconds before the end of the video for a surprise)

The Cribs - "Men's Needs" (Black Box Version)

The alternate "cleaner" version of this video can be found here. It features the girl wearing a bathing suit and doesn't include the "graphic" scenes and such.

Movies - "The Invasion" Trailer Released

"The long overdue trailer for the upcoming sci-fi film "The Invasion" has been released. In the movie, a Washington psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

The trailer shows Kidman fighting for her life and the life of her child, who has become infected. While everyone around her seems to want to harm her, at the same time it seems to be a quick and pleasant "transformation" to become one of them and get even closer to the end of the world.

Kidman is joined by two "Casino Royale" stars, Daniel Craig and Jeffrey Wright. "The Invasion" hits theaters on August 17th."

Tons of new movie trailers seem to be pouring in lately, I haven't even posted all the ones I came across, just some of the ones I felt were more appealing and worth watching. This trailer really pulled me in when I heard Sigur Rós's "Untitled #8" (a.k.a. "Popplagið", which means "The Pop Song") from their untitled album "( )". Such a great band that has had their music featured in other great films like "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" and "Vanilla Sky".

I've heard some mix things about this latest Invasion of the Bodysnatches remake, including that it was supposedly (depending on what sources you read) so troubled that Joel Silver brought The Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix fame) in to re-write and re-shoot a big chunk of the film. I'm personally excited for the movie, any trailer with Sigur Rós in it gets my thumbs up (the last one being Children of Men), I sure hope the movie doesn't suck. Enjoy the trailer below.



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Movies - Amazing "I Am Legend" Trailer

"The trailer for the Will Smith's sci-fi thriller "I Am Legend" has been released. In it, we see humanity fighting for survival, which results in Robert Neville (Smith) becoming the last person on earth. What he quickly finds out is that he might be the last person on earth, but he is not alone.

After the plague has swept the planet and left only one survivor, it also created the living dead vampires, who are strengthless, but press on Neville from every side, with one mission... to destroy him.

Directed by Francis Lawrence (Constantine), the film hits theaters on December 14th."

Very cool trailer that has the same atmosphere that the opening of "28 Days Later" did with the abandoned city and such, only difference is that this film looks to be using CGI. I was a huge fan of films like "28 Days Later" that captured the feeling of being alone and "Vanilla Sky" with the scene where he's running around the empty Times Square; this trailer brought back some memories of those scenes in a very simple way without giving a whole lot away. It's hard to judge if this movie will be good or not on a trailer, but I'm hoping it won't disappoint.

Click here to check out the trailer in QuickTime over at Apple Movie Trailers [QT:iPod:S:M:L:480p:720p:1080p].

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Movies - Intense "Vantage Point" Trailer

"The trailer for the suspenseful film "Vantage Point" has been released. In it, we see lots of intense action and lots of intense screaming as the two Secret Service agents (Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox) scramble to put a puzzle together and figure out who shot the President. Here is a more detailed plot synopsis:

Thomas Barnes (Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Fox), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video taping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home. Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver) an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It's only as we follow each person's perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed.
The film hits theaters on February 15th, 2008."

The trailer for this film is fucking intense, filled with tension and excitement. Perhaps one of the best trailers I have seen recently, it really pulls you in and makes you hope the film is as good as the trailer. Packed with an amazing cast of actors, this is a movie to definitely look forward to. You can view the trailer by heading over to MSN Video [WMV:Embed].

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Movies - Clive Owen Signed Up for "Shoot 'Em Up" Sequels

"ESB got the chance to speak to the "Shoot 'Em Up" director Michael Davis, who revealed that Clive Owen has signed on to do two "Shoot 'Em Up" sequels.

Apparently, Davis already has a script that could easily be adapted to be a follow up to the yet-to-be released film. At this point there are no plans to do create a sequel, and Davis doesn't even know if it will be a sequel at all, or a whole new film.

No news on whether Monica Belluci or Paul Giamatti will be returning if the sequels were to happen.

"Shoot 'Em Up" revolves around a man named Mr. Smith (Owen), who delivers a woman's baby during a shootout, and is then called upon to protect the newborn from the army of gunmen. The film hits theaters on September 7th."

Wow, the film hasn't even been released yet and there's already talk of sequels. Let us hope that the first film is as good as it looks and does well at the box office. From what I have been reading, it's going to be a homage to "Sergio Leone, John Woo, and Looney Tunes," featuring scenes that involve a baby getting its umbilical cord shot off, a man being stabbed in the throat by a carrot, and more crazy scenes like that. If done right, I think this movie could be fucking awesome. I had posted the new kick-ass trailer for this movie the other day, check it out here.

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Movies - Frank Miller Confirms "Sin City 3"

"Frank Miller spoke to MTV News about all the "Sin City 2" problems and delays. "Robert [Rodriguez] and I have a script and we're all raring to go. We're aching to get started," he said.

Unfortunately, Rodriguez and Miller both have other projects which they are working on. And due to those projects, it was announced that filming of the "Sin City" sequel would have to be pushed back.

"There was just some problems above us that I don't understand... that I don't really want to understand," said Miller, adding that all these delays will eventually lead to not only "Sin City 2" coming out in theaters, but also "Sin City 3."

According to Rodriguez, the story for the third "Sin City" would concentrate on Miller's "Hell and Back," the story of a hallucinating artist named Wallace. The role that Rodriguez admits was specifically written with Johnny Depp in mind."

When Miller mentioned those 'problems', people are speculating it has to do with Grindhouse failing at the box office, which is a good guess. Despite the problems/delays, it's good news that we got some more confirmation on the fate of the Sin City movies, and even a confirmation of Sin City 3 to boot. I can't wait.

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Movies - 34 Minute Q&A with "Hostel: Part II" Director Eli Roth

Last week Hostel: Part II was screened to public for the first time and Eli Roth did a question and answer session after the showing. Slashfilm ended up recording the Q&A and posted it on their website (I don't know of any other sites that have a recording of the Q&A). I was never a huge fan of Hostel, which meant I wasn't really too excited for Hostel: Part II, however this little Q&A changed my mind, got me a bit pumped for the film, and made me respect Eli Roth even more than I already did. All these reasons compelled me to post the Q&A from slashfilm here, on top of the fact that Eli Roth is fucking hilarious and definitely has some balls. After listening to it, I have come to the conclusion that Eli Roth is the fucking man, some of his views are just awesome.

"Be warned, Roth does talk about some of the film’s plot points and twists. So if you haven’t yet seen the film, you might want to shy away. Also note that their is a brief pause where our recorder stopped for 30 seconds. Luckily we didn’t miss much."

I wish I would have read that before hand, there were some things said about Hostel II that maybe I would have rather saw for myself before hearing about it, but I do not think it will ruin the movie for you to listen to this, there was only a few scenes discussed, the majority of the Q&A is about things not related to Hostel II. So without further ado, here's the Q&A for your enjoyment:



Highlights:
0:30 Pushing the R-Rating: Dealing with the MPAA
1:30 “It’s Not Happy Feet 2, it’s Hostel: Part II”
2:00 The Bathtub scene: “It looks like she’s sexually enjoying it”
4:00 The Return of Dr. Mambo
5:00 The Troubles of Writing a Sequel
6:30 Making Bloody Horror Movies in a Post-Virgina Tech World
7:00 Tell Your Friends, Write a Review, Spread the Word
7:30 Eli’s First Horror Movie: Alien
8:30 Vomiting in Horror Movies
10:00 Filming his First Kill at 11-years-old
10:30 Thanksgiving: The Feature Film?
11:30 Grindhouse 2?
12:00 Dogma 95? Dogshit 2007!
12:40 Stephen King’s Cell
13:00 Trailer Trash: An excuse to make 25 different Thanksgivings
14:15 Hostel 1 and 2 as a Three Hour Directors Cut?
16:00 The decapitated heads in Thanksgiving came from Hostel 2
16:30 MPAA forces cuts on Thanksgiving
18:00 Will the Thanksgiving directors cut be released on DVD?
20:00 Roth talks about his career
20:30 Getting Fired for being a bad stand-in on Meet Joe Black
22:30 One scream for every guy and one scream for every girl
23:00 NO Hostel 3 Rant
23:30 Developing the Screenplay for Hostel 2
24:30 The Scariest Scene in Hostel: Two Men talking in a room
26:30 Army of Darkness as a Good Third Film
27:20 Hostel Filmmaker Cameos
29:20 The fast-track timeline
29:50 Bigger Budget = More Extras and Night Shoots
31:00 The “Wow, you’re so far from home” double meaning quotes
31:45 The Desk Clerk
32:30 The Moral of Hostel 1 and 2
33:00 The Humor influence of Asian vs. Italian Cinema

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