Steven Spielberg was listening to Earth, Wind & Fire blare from his car stereo and watching his rear-view mirror vibrate when he thought up the idea for the iconic water ripples scene in Jurassic Park. The effect proved difficult to create, but was ultimately achieved by strumming a guitar under the dashboard. Source
This unedited photo of a strange cloud over Madeira island has been dubbed ‘The Hand of God’. Meteorologists say it’s not an uncommon formation, but this one was enhanced by the light of the rising sun and really good timing.
Your smallest jeans pocket is meant for a watch. Cowboys used to attach watches to their waistcoats with a chain, but they would fall out and get broken - so Levi’s added a tiny watch pocket for protection. Source
IT’S FUCKING TUESDAY. DID YOU KNOW A GROUP OF HIPPOS IS CALLED A POD, HERD, DALE, OR BLOAT?
WORDS OF WISDOM OF THE FUCKING DAY:
DON’T STOP WHEN YOU ARE TIRED. STOP WHEN YOU ARE DONE.
PERSON OF THE FUCKING DAY:
MOTHERFUCKER GAVE HIMSELF ULCERS SO HE COULD CURE THAT SHIT. more>>
EDUCATE YOUR IGNORANT ASS:
A GODDAMN GOOGLE SEARCH CHEAT SHEET. more>>
FUCKING MIND-BLOWING BOOK OF THE DAY:
WHY PEOPLE GET PISSED OFF. more>>
USEFUL SHIT OF THE GODDAMN DAY:
HANDS FREE, ASSHOLES. more>>
WEBSITE OF THE FUCKING DAY:
MAKE BITCHIN’ BAR CHARTS. more>>
AWESOME-AS-SHIT VIDEO OF THE DAY:
BULLSHIT ABOUT JUICE CLEANSES. more>>
SWEET-ASS PICTURE OF THE DAY:
MOTHERFUCKING LEAVENWORTH. more>>
Apocalypse is weird. He’s arguably the X-Men’s most powerful foe, but he’s not the most famous; he has a generic name, hard-to-defined powers, and his motives change a lot. And now he’s also going to be the big bad of the next X-Men film! Here’s a helpful primer before Apocalypse (the movie and the character) arrive this May.
Cheetos. Not even once.
Those little balls of fried corn fluff covered in orange powder are so addictive, you’ll never know what hit you until it’s too late. Then you’ll need an intervention from those who love you, and if you've truly hit rock bottom, you might be ready for a serious stint in rehab. And although you may recover, you’ll never be the same. This is the latest from Jim Benton at Tumblr. -via Geeks Are Sexy
A stranger would immediately rescue you because he knows that you're in pain and empathizes with your suffering.
A friend knows that can wait a little while. Opportunities like this one don't come around often. Get this one on Facebook immediately.
The Lonely Island first launched their careers via Saturday Night Live way back in 2005, and now the trio are going to have a Saturday night sketch show of their own. Entertainment Weekly reports that Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone are teaming up with Paul Scheer of The League, Human Giant, and … More »
Vocal Bernie Sanders supporter Killer Mike makes an appearance in Triumph The Insult Comic Dog's new election special for Hulu. In the quick segment, Triumph ribs Mike about Sanders' low polling numbers among the African-American community on the red carpet for one of the democratic debates. "I hope black dogs are voting for … More »
Deadpool’s enduring popularity baffles and gratifies. Without a movie or a TV show to raise his profile, just how has Deadpool become so popular? There’s really no good answer other than that he’s built a fan base the “old fashioned” way: gradually, and by word of mouth.
Anticipation for Deadpool is high. There’s still resistance to the character among a certain strain of old-school comics fans, but those readers appear to be outnumbered. Fox has made the bold decision to allow the movie to go forward with an R rating, confirming that the character’s mega-violence will not be compromised. In the context of a market where superhero media of all types is micromanaged by multi-billion dollar conglomerates, Deadpool is a genuine anomaly. Deadpool can legitimately boast of being a product of popular demand: this movie literally wouldn’t exist if lots of people didn’t like him—really, really like him, as Sally Field might say.
CoreyYeeeeees.
CoreyLove these.
This was excellent.
Just last month, we called your attention to a countdown of what CineFix believed were the Top 10 Opening Shots of All Time. But every movie that starts with an iconic shot must also come to an end, and now we have a list of what CineFix thinks are the Top 10 Closing Shots of All Time. The closing shot of any film can be even more important than the opening shot as it’s the last impression the film gives you before you leave the theater. So let’s see if you agree with these picks for the best closing shots in cinema.
Here’s the video countdown for the Top 10 Closing Shots of All Time from CineFix:
If you happen to be somewhere you can’t watch the video, here’s the list of movies:
Fight Club and Inception are no-brainers when it comes to the best closing shots in more recent memory. And it’s no coincidence that The Searchers ended up on this list after also being on the list for the Top 10 Opening Shots of All Time, mostly because the opening and closing shots mirror each other, basically as bookends.
One of the more surprising picks is Gangs of New York, especially since it’s not exactly Martin Scorsese’s best movie. But the time lapse of New York with the graveyard in the foreground is quite a powerful shot, showing the change not just in the city’s landscape, but in its personality when compared to the gritty history we just saw unfold in the film.
As for the top pick, it’s hard to argue with an iconic shot as the one that ends Casablanca. That’s just pure film history right there.
The post VOTD: Are These the 10 Best Closing Shots of All Time? appeared first on /Film.
CoreyOne of the movies I am most excited for this year.
A24 is on a roll. A day after they release a new trailer for The Witch, an early frontrunner for one of the best films of 2016, they go ahead and reveal the first full trailer for Green Room, another early frontrunner for one of the year’s top films. After making the festival rounds for much of last year, the latest film from director Jeremy Saulnier is a few months away from a theatrical release and this is something you’re going to want to see as soon as possible – you’ll kick yourself when it becomes one of your favorite movies if you wait too long to see it.
You can watch the new Green Room trailer below.
Green Room is built on an intimate, razor sharp premise: a struggling punk band agrees to take a gig at an isolated venue, learning too late that the operation is a cog in the local white supremacist machine. When they witness a murder, these young and thoroughly incompetent musicians lock themselves in the green room and participate in a brutal, bloody siege with deadly killers who will casually see them dead to hide the evidence. Oh, and Patrick Stewart (yes, that Patrick Stewart) is terrifying and magnificent as the skinhead lead villain of the film.
And while this may be a red band trailer, it’s worth noting that this preview really doesn’t even touch on how nasty this movie really gets. This is not an experience for the squeamish or the easily disturbed. Which means you really should drag your squeamish and easily disturbed friends to go see it.
Although Stewart grabs all of the headlines for his against-type casting, the ensemble is wonderful all-around, with Anton Yelchin doing fine work as the throughly outmatched protagonist and Imogen Poots solidifying herself as an actress to watch as a scene-stealing mystery woman. However, it’s Saulnier regular Macon Blair who gets the real standout performance, once again proving himself to be one of the most promising and unheralded actors out there right now.
Speaking of “promising and unheralded,” Green Room is Jeremy Saulnier’s third feature film and it’s about time we recognize that he’s the real deal. His Murder Party is a hilarious, black comedic delight and Blue Ruin is one of the most lean and mean and emotionally engaging thrillers in recent years. Green Room falls about halfway between the two of them: it’s a crowd-pleasing splatter flick and a morally complex thriller that forces you to confront its violence and the impact is has on its wide range of characters. Why Saulnier isn’t turning down major Hollywood gigs left and right is a mystery.
Here’s the official synopsis:
GREEN ROOM is a brilliantly crafted and wickedly fun horror-thriller starring Patrick Stewart as a diabolical club owner who squares off against an unsuspecting but resilient young punk band. Down on their luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems merely to be a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren’t meant to see. Now trapped backstage, they must face off against the club’s depraved owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise. But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain’t Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life-or-death showdown. Intense, emotional, and ingeniously twisted, Green Room is genre filmmaking at its best and most original. Saulnier continues to build his reputation as one of the most exciting and distinctive directors working today, with a movie that’s completely different from his previous, highly acclaimed Blue Ruin, but which is just as risk-taking and even more full of twists. The entire cast deliver first-rate performances, but Patrick Stewart gives a transformative and brilliantly devious turn as Darcy-elegant yet lethal, droll yet terrifying, Stewart makes the film simply unforgettable.
Green Room opens in limited release on April 15, 2016 before going wide on April 29, 2016.
The post ‘Green Room’ Red Band Trailer: This is the Punks Versus Neo-Nazis Thriller You’re Looking For appeared first on /Film.
CoreyGood.
Lord.
AMAZING
In a flashback from the classic “Much Apu About Nothing” episode of The Simpsons, adenoidal genius Professor John Frink describes the awesome, UNIVAC-style computer he has created: “Sure, the Frinkiac 7 looks impressive–Don’t touch it!–But I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive only the five richest kings in Europe will own them.” What the professor could not have predicted is that, in 2016, there would be a Frinkiac search engine capable of matching Simpsons quotes with the appropriate screencaps, drawing from the first 15 seasons of the long-running animated series. Just type in, let’s say, “oyster Lucy” or “cider town” and let the Frinkiac do its thing.
For anyone wondering how this miracle of technology came about, Brian Barrett has a nice write-up about the Frinkiac over at Wired, and one of the search ...
IT’S FUCKING TUESDAY. DID YOU KNOW ENGLAND’S KING GEORGE I WAS GERMAN?
WORDS OF WISDOM OF THE FUCKING DAY:
TOUGH TIMES NEVER LAST. TOUGH PEOPLE DO.
PERSON OF THE FUCKING DAY:
THE MEXICAN MAYOR WHO WAS KIDNAPPED AND ASSASSINATED BY DRUG TRAFFICKING ASSHOLES. more>>
EDUCATE YOUR IGNORANT ASS:
SIMPLIFY YOUR FUCKING LIFE. more>>
FUCKING MIND-BLOWING BOOK OF THE DAY:
HOW TO TALK TO CRAZY BASTARDS. more>>
USEFUL SHIT OF THE GODDAMN DAY:
FAKE IT ‘TIL YOU FUCKING MAKE IT. more>>
WEBSITE OF THE FUCKING DAY:
SEARCH FOR NETFLIX MOVIES AROUND THE FUCKING WORLD. more>>
AWESOME-AS-SHIT VIDEO OF THE DAY:
PANIC ATTACKS EXPLAINED AND SHIT. more>>
SWEET-ASS PICTURE OF THE DAY:
MR. MOTHERFUCKING ALLIGATOR. more>>
CoreyLots of good stuff.
Is there anyway the movies of 2016 could live up to 2015? 2015 had Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Terminator and The Avengers. 2016 has Batman, Superman, Deadpool and even more Star Wars. But that’s just the beginning of what’s a super exciting year at the movies.
There are some aspects of the human mind that will forever remain a mystery, and a few of those aspects pertain to how our brains perform when we're intoxicated.
Someone who's sharp as a razor when sober may fall apart after only a few drinks, becoming a mindless, drooling husk of a human, and yet sometimes people who are normally a bit mindless become MacGyver when they're drunk.
These drunk geniuses know every hungover person needs food badly, every toilet needs arm rests and that bicycle of theirs could really use a handy pizza slice holder, for those long rides home from the bar.
See 19 Pictures That Prove Drunk You Is An Actual Genius at BuzzFeed
CoreyThis will take a while, but is so good.
Vulture has a mega-post with a timeline of comedy history. The title is a bit hyperbolic, because the 100 jokes are limited to the United States in the last 110 years. However, it does include visual gags, one-liners, full skits, movie scenes, standup, long-running jokes, and more, with commentary. There are tons of classics that will make you laugh no matter how many times you’ve heard them, and others you may vaguely remember and will be glad to see again.
“When I’m Good I’m Very Good … But When I’m Bad, I’m Better” -Mae West, 1933
“I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I’m so indebted to her for.” -W.C. Fields, 1941
“Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it’s known at my house, Passover.” -Bob Hope, 1968
“Dave’s not here.” -Tommy Chong, 1971
“These go to 11.” -Christopher Guest, 1984
There are a lot of videos. You can read through them in order, or use the timeline to jump around and find your favorites. Some are NSFW, but the description should indicate the subject before you play a sound clip or video. This list could keep you busy for days.
(Image credit: Giacomo Gambineri)
Two best friends fulfill “a lifelong dream” of sneaking into a movie theater as one large person. It’s not about saving the money on the ticket; it’s to see if they can get away with it. Of course they did. Movie theater employees aren’t paid enough to risk a confrontation, or even care.
This was much easier when I was young. We had drive-in theaters, and huge trunks in our big American cars. -via reddit
(Photo: Bavaria Filmstadt)
Bavaria Films is a movie production company in Germany. Like Universal Studios has its own line of theme parks and resorts, so does Bavaria Films have its own fun park available to the public.
The 1984 children's fantasy film The NeverEnding Story has become among the company's most treasured classics with an enduring fanbase. Many props from the film are there, including the Southern Oracle and Morla. You can even ride Falkor, the luck dragon from the story.
Deadpool and Ryan Reynolds seem to have a handle on this internet thing. Today’s entries in their continued campaign to rule online include a helpful infographic and a Hyundai commercial.
First up is that recently released infographic with Deadpool helpfully separating the heroes from the douchebags:
There might something else going on with this image, as well. But that’s hardly a concern of the film’s star, who also features in this newly released Hyundai ad. It will air during the Superbowl and one imagines many people — including Reynolds himself — wish to live in the world it illustrates … one with collision-prevention breaking.
Click here to view the embedded video.
And while not all men may look like Reynolds, his domination of the internet, with the help of a certain mutant, will continue.
Deadpool, of course, comes to theaters on February 12th.
Deadpool Releases Infographic; Ryan Reynolds Stars In Super Bowl Commercial
CoreyOh man I can't wait for this kid to get it.
Martin Shkreli wants you to hate him. He is, as Tom referred to him last week, a "smug human parasite." IN CASE you are wondering why, here's a basic rundown: The pharma bro rose to fame last year when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, announced that they would be raising the price of the … More »
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