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June 1, 2008 - June 7, 2008 Archives

  • June 6, 2008
    Lionsgate has sent over the appropriately generic poster to the intensely unlikeable romantic-comedy My Best Friend's Girl. Only I think they made a mistake. Instead of using a photograph of Dane Cook, it appears that they've taken a picture of Matthew Perry, placed it impossib... / Continue →
  • June 6, 2008
    Earlier this week, news came that Ben Kingsley had joined the cast of Jerry Bruckheimer's attempt at making Prince of Persia: The Game into Prince of Persia: The Universally-Panned Movie, but it was unclear exactly which role the actor would later regret taking. Variety has now... / Continue →
  • June 6, 2008
    Remember the strange, possibly brilliant trailer to Visioneers, starring the funny and thickly-bearded Zach Galifianakis as a man fearing his impending spontaneous explosion? Well, regardless, there's a new clip for the film at Cinematical just begging to be watched. As a warni... / Continue →
  • June 6, 2008
    Transformers 2 has its subtitle: Revenge of the Fallen. It subtly implies that those giant robots that were defeated in the first film will be seeking revenge, and that Michael Bay has heard of Star Wars titles. I can't help but wish a more Fast and the Furious-style naming co... / Continue →
  • June 6, 2008
    Comcast has hit some dire straits. How can they compete against the powerhouse of advertising that is the IO Digital Cable Reggaeton Commercial, an ad that continues to resonate even now that it's been usurped by a far less catchy replacement? With Batman shit, of course! The c... / Continue →
  • June 6, 2008
    "For the girls of ZETA house college life was no party, until Shelley showed up." Apparently you become a much more popular fixture in the college party scene if you take in a nude model as a boarder. Who woulda thought? The House Bunny Poster [IMPA]... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    Sure, you know Corey Feldman's Edgar Frog character, but do you know the new vampires of Lost Boys 2: The Tribe's vampire tribe? I know you don't. So let me introduce you to them through biographies I've invented based entirely on these photos. Trey (above) - A sensitive artis... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    Think all the bullet-bending, car-flipping, fly wing-shooting stuff James McAvoy does in the Wanted trailers was cool? Wait till you see the mad shit this guy does with a loom! You haven't lived until you see textile manufacture in bullet time. More (un-!)Wanted photos here.... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    Gonzo is a new film by Taxi to the Dark Side's torture documentarian, Alex Gibney, that explores the life and works of gonzo journalist and every first year creative writing major's favorite author, Hunter S. Thompson. Narrated by Johnny Depp and featuring interviews with write... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    In the We Network game show-titled new comedy Bride Wars, Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson discover they've scheduled their weddings for the exact same day. I know, right? So the two do what any logical people who have the brain of a sitcom would do: engage in some kind of elabora... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    The sequel to the best movie of all movies released last year (according to MTV, so it's true) is currently shooting, a process that involves dressing a Pennsylvania town like it's China, helicopters, and blowing things up so that later, using computers, it will appear as if th... / Continue →
  • June 5, 2008
    "Here's what I'm thinking for the poster: just a 'W'. Clean, simple, elegant. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe it should also have a pronunciation key, so everyone knows how funny it is how Bush pronounces 'W'--make it sort of like a dictionary entry. While we're at i... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    Frenetic director and Madonna's better half, Guy Ritchie, is working on a new take on Sherlock Holmes for Warner Bros.--but this won't be your grandpa's Sherlock! Working from a script based on an upcoming comic, the Snatch director's take will reportedly reinvent the character... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    I'm pretty sure the point of these X-Files trailers to get everyone in the audience screaming, "Look in the snow! Would you just look in the goddamn snow already? Whatever it is, I promise you it's in the snow." Only then we'll find out it's not in the snow, and we'll realize w... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    Do you have some apprehensions about Pixar's latest, WALL-E? Fear that one adorable robot isn't enough to quench your insatiable desire for a post-apocalyptic future full of cute automatons? Worry not! This newest trailer will introduce you to many other charming droids in the ... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    Attention Hindus: it's OK to enjoy bland comedy! Self-help icon Deepak Chopra has gone on the record to speak out on the outcry against the film, saying everyone should lighten up and enjoy the rehashing of old jokes--and it has nothing to do with Mike Myers endorsing his books... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    Many lazy Chariots of Fire parodies have been made over the years, but I'm pretty sure none have ever had such a nonexistent payoff as this one. Are we supposed to think the dog was just running joyfully along the beach, totally within the limits of his acceptable behavior? Ut!... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    It's nice to see some of the classic Get Smart gags have still made it into this updated version. Like the old To An Onlooker, It Looks Like He's Having Sex With A Man Even Though He Isn't gag, and the the old This Man Almost Died In A Gruesome Car Accident That Would Have Deca... / Continue →
  • June 4, 2008
    Hmm. I wonder if there's a chance the characters will reprise their performance of "I Like to Move It." Because that was really charming and not at all annoying, and I'd like to see it again and again. 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa' Poster Premiere [Cinematical]... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    Of all the ludicrous things seen in this trailer--cars flipping and landing, bullets curving with special bullet mind control, Angelina Jolie not within arm-reach of a child--the most unbelievable and insulting is that we're supposed to swallow that a Google search for "Wesley ... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    Want to know the probable ending to Terminator: Salvation long before its release? Want to be horribly disappointed in something beyond your control? Then look under the cut!... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    Hancock may be getting billed as an action-comedy about a drunk, homeless superhero, but it also has a dramatic, poignant side. So when Will Smith visited Ellen last week, he brought a dinner scene clip sure to make those dance-happy ladies in the audience personally hand him a... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    This new X-Files: I Want to Believe trailer is, sadly for non-Russian-speakers, dubbed in Russian. Luckily, it also communicates itself in a far more universal language: grotesque eye bleeding. See it below the cut, compliments of Kyle.... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    This blood-filled ad for an Auckland channel's screening of Kill Bill! Congratulations. Kudos also go out to the runner-up, New York channel My9's subway ads for Everybody Loves Raymond. It's hard to tell in this small representation (sorry, it's the best I could find), but if ... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    Sir Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina have joined Jerry Bruckheimer's Prince of Persia video game adaptation, adding some unexpected credibility to the project that was already cleverly being referred to as "Prince of Turdsia" (by me). Alfred Molina will join Jake Gyllenhaal, Gem... / Continue →
  • June 3, 2008
    /Film has a set of 17 new photos from Paul W.S. Anderson's remake of Death Race. Or it may be the new Gone in 60 Seconds 2028. Or The Fast and the Post-Apocalyptic. It doesn't matter, really, because give or take a Diesel or a Cage, we're talking about the exact same awful film... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    /Film has eight new shots from Pixar's WALL-E, including the above image of the eponymous character adorably shuttling a black market kidney to parts unknown. Godspeed, WALL-E.... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    There are few plot holes that can't be filled with enough giant robots. Thus, Transformers 2 screenwriter Robert Orci has made a comment on Don Murphy's message board that hints that there may be more Transformers in the next film. Like twenty: I'd love and think we could almo... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    Things to take away from this trailer to the Dolemite and Human Tornado sequel, Dolemite Explosion: - Dolemite is his name. - F***in' up motherf***ers remains his game of choice. - Dolemite! Get Dolemite! (Essentially, someone should get Dolemite.) - Dolemite is (rightfully... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    According to AICN, there's currently a new Incredible Hulk trailer being handed out as a promotion at Best Buy. But don't worry, you don't need to leave the house to obtain it--it's on YouTube! This trailer really makes up for the lack of any painfully-long, nearly-laughable, n... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    In an event long-predicted by the Bible, the flagrant sinning of Hollywood was finally punished this weekend when a just but merciless God emptied his wrath onto Universal Studios Hollywood, with a three-alarm fire overtaking the Universal Video Vault, Back to the Future sets, ... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    Last night, the stars gathered in L.A. to celebrate such cinematic achievements as Will Smith fighting vampires and a couple guys fighting in Never Back Down, a movie that existed at such a high frequency that those over 18 never heard of it. It was the MTV Movie Awards, still... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    Empire has scored an exclusive new poster to Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Expect to see this image posted UK theaters, and on the cover of the Harlequin romance adaptation, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman's Lust. New Hellboy II Poster [Empire]... / Continue →
  • June 2, 2008
    1. Sex and the City - $55.7 million--and they're spending it all on shoes! Here we go again! 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $46 million, a drop in profit that reflects just how frightened the Indiana Jones fans were of the Sex and the City fans. 3. Th... / Continue →