I already hate this movie

From cinemablend, When I saw the title G-Force, I figured it would be a generic kind of espionage movie, in which Jamie Foxx or Colin Farrell or some such gets trained in the ways of saving the world. But it turns out, it's worse than that. G-Force is a movie in which guinea pigs are trained for espionage, and it looks likely to be the Space Chimps of summer 2009.

Go ahead, say I'm being unfair. But check out the photo gallery posted at USA Today's website. Does this really look like the kind of animation that kids are clamoring for? I mean, yeah, I guess it works if you really need another movie in which CGI animals do what humans normally do, but isn't there a little more imagination involved in making a kids movie?

Now you can have a copy of Batman’s Shakespeare Bust

From slashfilm, On the old Batman television show, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson would be in the library in stately Wayne Manor when the unmarked red phone would ring looking for Batman’s help. Bruce would tilt the head back of a bust of William Shakespeare to find a hidden remote control which he would use to open a hidden door the the book shelves which house Batpoles which lead to the Batcave. While I don’t ever expect to have a Batcave of my own, I would love to build a hidden door into my future home. And what would be better to hide the remote key in but the same Shakespeare bust used in the tv series? Featured in WIRED Magazine’s “Top 100 Gifts”, The Shakespeare Statuette with Hidden Remote Control can be used to switch a door, lights, music, — anything that works on electricity

“An industrial-style pilot light shows when power is being fed to the remote power outlet. 16 Gauge wire, 1625 watts maximum, indoor use only. Components are UL approved. The antique bronze-color “Bard of Avon” is about 20 inches tall and about 12 inches wide at the shoulders.” … “BatPhone in photo above is not included.”

New Years Resolutions

Has anyone been planning any New Years Resolutions? I never make them because since I’m not a very disciplined person I typically don’t follow them for too long, but when I did make them it was always to quit smoking. Though of course I was always lighting up a moment after the clock struck midnight. Unlike past years, this year I’ve decided to make and keep some. They mostly revolve around vanity. I think it’s because I’m turning 30 next year, which the thought of makes me want to punch myself in the face and set my hair on fire.

Here are some of mine:

# 1, which surprisingly I’ve already accomplished, is to start wearing contact lenses. I have worn glasses for most of my life and I have always despised them, but I have never considered getting contacts because I have a huge phobia of touching my eye, and I have never done so until last week when I went to the eye doctor. I thought maybe after I touched my eye once it would get better, but it hasn’t. It’s actually worse than I thought it would be, and it doesn’t help that I’m really bad at inserting and removing the lenses. The first time I had to take them out it took me an hour. You can only imagine how many times I had to stick my finger in my eye in that amount of time. I think it was one of the grossest experiences of my life. The second problem is that since I’m not used to wearing contacts they make me extremely sleepy, almost like I took a sleeping pill, and they give me headaches. I imagine this will eventually pass. The weirdest thing of all is that I discovered that I actually never entirely knew what I looked like. I’ve had poor vision my whole life, and have only seen myself with glasses, without but blurry, or in pictures, which are never completely accurate. When I look in the mirror now I don’t exactly recognize myself and it’s been freaking me out a bit. Overall, I’m happy that I don’t have to wear glasses anymore.

# 2 (which is a popular one) my lazy ass is going to the gym a lot, and unlike past years when I’ve only said it, I’m actually going to do it this year. This resolution was inspired while watching a young Farah Fawcett who appeared on an episode of the Partridge Family. I watched it with JPX and he’s been laughing ever since I told him.

# 3 Finish writing the play I’ve been working on for years. I’m constantly rewriting it, which I do with everything I write, but this one has annoyed me the most, and I have barely touched it at all this year.

I have few more vanity ones, but I will not bore you with them; instead, I’m much more interested to hear what others resolutions are.   

Gross: EBay bidders scramble to snag Scarlett's snot rag

NEW YORK (AP) — How snotty: Scarlett Johansson blew her nose on a tissue, and now the tissue is being sold on eBay.
Johansson appeared on NBC's Tonight show Wednesday to promote her new movie, The Spirit. The actress said she'd caught a cold from co-star Samuel L. Jackson, and felt her illness had value because it had been passed down from one celebrity to another.

Host Jay Leno then handed her a tissue, and Johansson announced she would sell it on eBay to raise money for the hunger relief charity USA Harvest. She blew twice, depositing some lipstick and mucus.

As of Thursday morning, the dirty tissue had snagged more than 60 bids, with the highest bidder putting up $2,050. The online auction ends Monday.

Star Wars Hoth LEGO Diorama

From slashfilm, Mark Borlase created a 5 foot by 10 foot Star Wars Hoth diorama using LEGO. The display took over 4 years and $3000 to create, and consists of over 55,000 pieces, 50 real LED lights and a remote controled mechanism which deploys troops from the AT-ATs. All the lights are controlled by 1-9v train regulator and the doors are controlled by a second 9v regulator. The diorama won the recent Star Wars LEGO creation challenge and will be featured in the official LEGO magazine. The photos below show the Sick bay with custom medical droid and bacta tank, a complete interior view of Echo base. You can see Chewie is doing some last minute welding work on the Millennium Falcon, as well as a custom gantry for the mechanics to work on the X-wings, complete with overhead and runway lighting.

Go here to see you can do with $3000 worth of Legos!

Horrorthon 2009

From moviesonline, Director Sean Cain’s X-mas themed “Zombie Night” has a creature outbreak trapping L.A.P.D. Officer Frank Talbot with his angry former partner and soon to be ex-wife. This tragic love triangle is being fast tracked for an early 2009 U.S. theatrical release in anticipation of its DVD worldwide release later that year.

The 20 Most Ridiculous Batman Comics Ever Released

"And that concludes our presentation of the Batcave. Any questions? Yes, you the kid in the back."

"So your bat-cave is right under Bruce Wayne's house?"

"You betcha!"

"And the only entrance is through a staircase connected to Bruce Wayne's house, right?"

"Right again!"

"So...so you are Bruce Wayne, then?"

"Ah- Oh. Well, that's an interesting question with a pretty --HOLY SHIT SMOKE BOMB! " ::Batman throws smoke bomb and runs off::

See full list here

A Judge Dredd remake?

It's very early days but it could just be that a Judge Dredd film has being green lit and will start development.

I loved the idea of a Judge Dredd film, although I've always hoped for a Rogue Trooper film over anything else, and the casting of Sylvester Stallone was just inspired. That said, it turned out terrible. Will a new version fare any better?

The word comes through the 2000AD forums and AICN and simply states:

“Together with DNA Films, the movie production company behind such great sci-fi movies such as Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, Judge Dredd will go into production in 2009.

Jason Kingsley, CEO and Creative Director said, ‘We can’t give away too many details at this point, but we’re looking forward to working with DNA Films to bring Judge Dredd back to the big screen.’”

That's it, but for me what the interesting part is what the 2000AD Forum members start talking about, potential casting. Let's run through a few suggestions that they come out with:

Jason Statham or Ron Perlman.

I'm sure you guys can come up with even more, but I think Jason Statham is a perfect choice for the role, perhaps Ron Perlman is just too associated with another big fantasy character to pull it off. Statham really does look the part though, the square jaw, the muscular frame, the voice.

The conversation there also leaps onto the fact that the production company here was behind 28 Weeks Later and Sunshine. There's a lot of excitement behind that fact, but in reality the production company can often do little more than arrange things behind the scenes, their involvement in the creative side is often very limited. However the past two films do indicate something, there's potential.

Could it be as big as the previous Judge Dredd? Not on paper I think, and not up to the point of people seeing the film, after that point I reckon that the film can be much, much better than the original, don't you think?

'My Bloody Valentine 3D' is Definitely in Three Dimensions

From iwatchstuff, My Bloody Valentine 3D has a new trailer, and the marketing team is still aggressively pushing the three-dimensionality just as much as the film's lack of content. Look at how this pick axe flying OUT OF THE SCREEN! That's both the gimmick and the plot:

See trailer here

Where is Miko?

Drunk Lennon recording grabs $30K at auction

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Maybe it wasn't John Lennon's best musical effort, but a tape of an apparently inebriated Lennon warbling a cover of Lloyd Price's "Just Because" brought a sobering $30,000 at auction Sunday in Los Angeles.

Bonhams and Butterfields auction house spokeswoman Margaret Barrett said Lennon had apparently had one too many when he got behind the mic in the 1973 recording session.

"It was six minutes, 16 seconds, and John singing very drunk and with John ad-libbing his own lyrics into the song -- so it's actually a fun song to listen to," Barrett said.

Described in the auction catalogue as "One standard orange-colored cassette tape with audio of Lennon in fall of 1973 singing the Lloyd Price song 'Just Because,' " the never-before-heard-in-public cassette was given to the former owner personally by Lennon, the auction house said.

That former owner was not identified, nor was Sunday's buyer -- for whom another Fab Four classic -- "Money" -- now might have new meaning.