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Austin Powers 4 (I thought that was the Love Guru) After Mike Myers disappeared from acting in a live action movie for years and his failure with the Love Guru, I thought this guy would go back into hiding again. But, slash film is reporting that Mike Myers is working on Austin Powers 4. Part three was really not that funny and I can’t see the next being that good. I’ve been wrong before. This is probably a better question than (What does God need with a starship?) Does the world really need another Austin Powers movie? Didn’t we already get one in spirit with the Love Guru? Then again, this might be interesting if they do take the movie in another direction, as Myers has stated.

Okay, this is just dumb… I never thought of Obama as a male version of Paris Hilton When you compare Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, your campaign has run out of ideas. Are they saying that Obama is a white chick that sings usually bad pop songs and goes to jail for drunk driving? What the hell? Attack someone on the issues, fine. But compare them to a chick who makes multiple sex tapes and a girl that attacks people with her car, I don’t think so. This sounds like an idea from some college student. Even some Republicans from McCain's own circle are attacking this latest move . John Weaver had this to say about the ads ((With the release today of a McCain television ad blasting Obama for celebrity preening while gas prices rise, and a memo that accuses Obama of putting his own aggrandizement before the country, Weaver said he's had "enough." The ad's premise, he said, is "childish.")) Here's the best part, the H...

Two girls killed in a Hit and Run near U of L. (( A four and five year old and one of their mothers were walking near the University of Louisville when they were struck by a car and left for dead. )) I realized this was the same area I received my traffic ticket last year and this is my walking route every other day. So, I walked through the area yesterday and saw the huge shrine of toys, dolls, and teddy bears on the corner where these little girls were hit. It was probably one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. Besides the hundreds of things left for the little girls there were pictures left on the telephone poll and a few roses here and there. I’m a guy that doesn’t show my emotions that much, except for anger, but the sight of this shrine of toys just really got to me. I was really shaken up from seeing how much people care about these little girls, despite the fact they didn’t know them. It pretty much stayed with me the rest of my walk through the city. ...

Delicatessen (1991) What do you get when you mix an organized group of cannibals and an ex-clown in a post-apocalyptic period? I’m not even sure, but I enjoyed the movie. But, it is certainly one of the strangest films I’ve ever seen. After some type of apocalyptic ‘happening’ in France, a group of cannibals live together in an apartment building, and the Butcher runs the cannibal group and the building. Every few weeks, the Butcher puts out an ad for “help wanted” for his building in a newspaper. Here’s the catch, the person that takes the job ends up becoming food for the people in the apartment building. Well, the next person (victim) is an out-of-work clown performer, minus his make-up and pet monkey. He comes in thinking everything is on the up and up. This movie is part comedy and part horror mixed in with a strange love story. The movie is subtitles only with no dubbing, which I prefer dubbing because I like to see the performances of the actors inste...

Funny Hayden Panettiere pictures at Comic Con You better believe she can't stand it there. With that many out of shape geeks dressed in tight stupid outfits, you better believe the funk level was through the roof. I bet one of these guys even thought, “She'll dig me and give me her phone number when she sees me in this Flash outfit.” I really feel bad for all the booth babes that have to endure all the close photos with these guys, brushing up their sweaty arms. You know these girls want to be in the club talking to the good-looking douche bag that won't respect them in the morning, instead of grinning in the photo with the guy that has the signed Frank Miller poster. Brand new rule: Fanboys, going without a shower for a week will not get you laid with the booth babes dressed as Wonder Woman and Lara Croft.

The only reason to Watch those Scooby-Doo movies... Random Stuff ~ Punisher War Zone director pushed off the movie ? While I still think they should have never rebooted the Punisher series, I’m open to watching another movie with the Punisher name (on DVD). But, news is coming out from Harry Knowles that Lionsgate has forced director Lexi Alexander off the movie. And, I can see the studio pushing her around given that she only has a few movies under her belt. This is not looking good folks, it's starting to smell like another Ghost Rider. ~ We've come a long way racially, but now I read this story and this just sets us back a bit. Three white teenagers beat an illegal immigrant to death. The dead guy was Mexican and 25. They said racist things while the beat him to his death. These three are now going to be surrounded by minorities now in prison. That's not exactly what I call a smooth move there, folks. ~Whoa, hold on. There's going to be a Scooby...

That banned Snickers commercial with Mr. T (Banned in the UK) ____________________________________________ Okay, as a human race we become too sensitive. I’m usually the one that sides on the reasons why words can be hurtful as well as images. But, this is just stupid. We’ve become so sensitive that we’re looking for things that aren’t even there. Snickers pulled their ads because gay groups feel the ad was unsettling. Link to story ((A new MR. T candy bar ad has been pulled from British TV screens after upsetting gay groups. The actor shoots Snickers bars at a speed walker in the `Get Some Nuts' commercial, yelling, "You are a disgrace to the man race. It's time to run like a real man.")) Now, I might be wrong, but nowhere in the ad does it say the dude is a homosexual. It’s just a wimpy guy speed walking. Is the gay rights group saying that homosexuals walk this way? Isn’t it stereotyping to even assume the guy is gay because he’s walki...

The people over at Cinema Blend have a very convincing argument over the “Five Reasons No One Cares About The New X-Files Movie ”. When I heard about the announcement of a new X-Files movie, I was somewhat happy because I really enjoyed the first film. I thought the first movie was better than most people thought, despite its many plot holes. I wasn’t a huge fan of the TV show, and I only caught a handful of episodes from the 9 seasons on TV. I noticed the marketing for this movie wasn't very strong. This usually means the movie didn't test well and the studio is just dumping the film out there. Or, the studio merely doesn’t know how to market the movie at all. I also think this movie is better suited for a Fall or Winter release. Now, the reviews are starting to come in and it's not looking good for Scully and Mulder. (( Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes here )) Here are two issues I think the movie has going against it as well. 1. No Rob Bowman this ti...

Random Junk ~ Old Fart Robert Novak hits a Pedestrian and continues to drive : Yeah, this conservative columnist nearly took down the Bush White House unintentionally, but he also hit a guy on the street too. I guess at 77 you can use the 'I'm too old to notice' speech after being arrested. I'm guessing he had his left turn blinker on too. ~ I’m a huge fan of the anime series Cowboy Bebop series and have to wonder if it is a good idea to make a live action version of the show. Plus, FOX is going to make this movie. Wasn't this the same studio that wanted to avoid marketing movies as sci-fi like Meet Dave? ~ Here’s the song to Launch Base Zone Act 1 : After realizing that Michael Jackson worked on the Sonic 3 soundtrack, I’m pretty sure this track was written by him. It's a very cool track. Btw, I didn't know they left the Green Hill Zone song unchanged in Super Smash Brothers.

I'm not a big fan of Wendy Williams but I have to agree with her, Omarosa is a D-list person. Check out the video of Wendy and Omarosa squaring off . They keep talking over each other. It starts to go downhill when Omarosa attacks Wendy. You can check out the news report here . However, my problem is this; why even have her on your show? Has she ever done anything worthwhile? Don't help her promote her book. If we all ignore her, she'll disappear like Kato Kaelin . I can't say really like either one of them, but Omarosa gives professional black women a bad name. (here's a response ) You have to wonder if Omarosa did this as a stunt to promote her stupid book. It certainly seems that way. If Jenna Jameson can 'write' a book, then I guess she can too. Here 's another video link if the other one is deleted . It's like Jason vs. Freddy. No matter who wins, we all lose.

Good folks at over at the agony booth went into a discussion of Cop Rock and that song “Let's be careful out there.” I personally can't believe there was a Network Head that green-lit this thing. I can see Steven Bochco pitching this thing like this, “It's Hill Street Blues, but with musical numbers.” Keep in mind, this was broadcast in 1990, when the term Metro-sexual wasn't invented yet. This was when musical weren't considered cool (except for movies about a talking/singing plant that ate people, and two white guys dressed in black on a mission from God.) Yes, the idea was stupid and it failed. So, what made the creators think 2007 was the year to bring this concept up again in the form of Viva Laughlin ? I'm sorry but watching Wolverine prance around in a flashy suit and sing badly won't get you viewers . My question is this, is Viva Laughlin worst than Cop Rock? Holy crap I hope someone was fired over this mess. There will be...

The Direction Just like in the first film, Christopher Nolan knows how to film sweeping and spinning grand shots. This film takes it up a few points with the grand shots. One shot has Batman standing above the cityscape of Hong Kong as the camera spins around. The action in this follow up is definitely sharper and an improvement over the first movie. It appears that he took the criticism of the first film to heart and pulled the camera out a bit to show us a better view of the action. One good example of this is at the beginning with Batman fighting The Scarecrow ’s men. Yet, there is room for improvement on Nolan’s part. Sometimes the action doesn’t seem to make sense because the angles and edits. Sometimes you have to let the action scenes play out. Then again, Burton’s action scenes weren’t that outstanding either. Nolan seems to really like the street chases a bit, because this is where he seems to have improved a great deal since the last film. The str...

Sometimes, combining things work out well. Reese's cups ( Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate ) worked out well. Then there are other combos that never seemed to pan out well...like sporks. ______________________________________ Sporks There are many inventions that are completely useless. However probably one of the worst of the bunch has to be the spork . While feeding my dog, I noticed the contents from can dog food was a mushy solid and fork would have not done justice to scooping out half a can, so I grabbed a spoon or at least I thought it was spoon. I realized I picked up a spork. I rose it up to my eye level and thought, “This has to be the stupidest invention ever.” Someone in the grand stupidity of things thought, “I know people have a hard time switching from a fork to a spoon. Let's combine a spoon and fork, and that can save people 1.2 seconds between switching between the two.” This inventor has to be a C student. Fork+Spoon=Spork=profit ...

Glow lights and laser beams make a rave right? Random Things ~While walking along the streets of Louisville at night, I heard a woman yelling as loud as she could. She kept saying, “G-damn it!” every few seconds. She crossed the street and kept yelling the same thing repeatedly. I tried my best to distance myself from this crazy woman just in case God felt like punishing her; I didn’t want to become collateral damage. Just in case…hey I’m agnostic. ~ Here's funny spoof on Myspace and Dane Cook : It's like Tom from Myspace tries to convince this guy into logging into myspace again. Tila Tequila even shows up. As a planet, we have come to this. ~ This is the first Strong Bad e mail I watch and I was hooked. It was the techno email from Silent J. I always make fun of techno and this video pretty much sums up how I feel about it. Here's a DDR remixed, and I like it. Who knew you could remix this to DBZ ? BTW, the system is down! ~Speaking of techno, there...

The Joker enjoys watching 10 Things I Hate About You for the 27 th time in his jail cell. ____________________________________________________ I like that they chose Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent. Eckhart just brings an honorable drive to character of the DA of Gotham. While there are some problems toward the end with Two-Face, I enjoyed the Harvey Dent as the hero both Gordon and Batman want to become. So if you look closely at the movie, you will discover that Aaron Eckhart is the main star of the movie. I personally would have gone is a slightly different direction with Two-Face, but I like how he became the character and Harvey Dent is just a cool character. And there is a shocker that surprised me involving Two-Face’s origins and it’s a nice twist in the plot. The character of Rachel Dawes had to be recast when Katie Holmes left over a ‘scheduling conflict’. And, I’m glad that brought in Maggie Gyllenhaal , because she improved upon the role and actually ...

Angry Goat Vs. Little Kid Yeah, I know it's a little mean to watch a goat just go into a fast break and knock down a little kid, but I got a chuckle out of this one. You can tell the kid wasn't hurt, just a bruised ego. As the guy in the comment section stated, it looks like the male goat attacked another goat and caught the kid by accident. I think the goat was angry with the other goat for hogging all the food.

The Dark Knight Part 1 of 3 Alfred Pennyworth : You crossed the line first, sir. You hammered them. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand. Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. That pretty much sums up this movie. I was a big fan of Batman Begins. So, I had faith going into this movie that director Christopher Nolan wouldn’t turn the follow up into another self-indulgent film like Tim Burton did with Batman Returns. Instead of repeating the missteps of Burton and his ego, Nolan created a sequel that improves upon the stronger elements of the first film and goes further. Nolan takes us deeper into what happens when you take someone good and an idealist twist it upon itself. The Dark Knight is a darker movie, but it doesn’t have the dark cynical tone of Tim Burton’s second film. Goyer and the Nolan brothers ha...

Yeah, I saw The Dark Knight and really enjoyed it, under some of the worst moving-going experiences ever. This isn’t a review of the movie; I have to watch it again because some dumbass pretty much ruined my night. I’m so pissed off that I almost went to the counter and asked for my money back And, it should have been a good time too. I was able to get a ticket into a digital projector theater and found a good seat. Well, the theater was packed. And for the most part, the audience behaved themselves. Except for two, a mother and her baby, the baby proceeded to cry throughout the entire 2 hrs and 30 mins of the film. She took a crying baby into a very harsh PG-13 movie at 9:30 PM on a Saturday night! That baby didn’t want to be there and he made sure everyone else in the theater felt the same way. The mother only took her child outside only once! Then she brought the baby back in, where he continued to cry. I was surprised no one got up and said somet...

Pink-shirt Pizza guy beats the toppings off would-be robber . I hate to say this, but sometimes life really is stranger than fiction. This story starts as a simple robbery in a Pizza joint and then becomes a twisted family affair. But, let’s backtrack a bit. The guy comes into the store dressed in a wig and glasses showing a fake gun. (Something tells me people aren’t going to take you seriously when your gun has Ages 2 and Up on the side.) He slaps Pink-shirt guy and Pink-shirt guy goes off on him. He beats him so hard that you will notice that the metal table in the video is bent. And the robber’s limp body slides off the table, out cold. As his disguise falls off, a female co-worker discovers that the getting the crap beat out of him is her father! Her father came in to her place of work and was going to rob it. WTF? Well, he wakes up from his beatdown and runs for his get-away truck, where the female co-worker’s mother and husband were waiting for her fa...

You all, Everybody (Really creepy version) Yeah, that wasn’t Dominic Monaghan ’s voice. This strange clip comes from the Lost videogame Via Domus. The writers have said the game doesn’t fit into the normal continuity of the show, but it does foreshadow the time travel aspects of the fourth season. Here are few more clips What happens when you enter 77 The Ending to videogame with the time travel ending . Not Pushing the Button The Smoke Monster! The Smoke Monster chasing you

Six Reasons Why I Hate Drillbit Taylor I like Owen Wilson, sure he plays the same role in every movie, but he does a good job with that role. Who else are you going to get to play the burnt out slacker? Matthew McConaughey can't play every slacker role by himself. However, Drillbit Taylor simply isn’t a good movie and his hippie character is wearing a bit thin in this overly long comedy. Instead of writing a regular review, I decided to give you six reasons I hated the movie. (Yeah, I know Owen has had a tough year, but this movie is bad.) 6. Owen Wilson playing Dupree again: It’s the same character from You, Me and Dupree . Except now, he just manipulates some kids instead of his best friend. I mean they should have just named the character Dupree and made it a sequel to that movie. Let’s call it Dupree and The Kids . 5. Superbad II just PG-13 : The folks over at The Movie Blog made a good point about the movie being a copy of Superbad, and ...

Sure, he's on something in this picture. Dear World, Can we keep Andy Dick in jail for good? I mean what has he done for society? Andy Dick was arrested at a parking for doing some nasty things , yet the news is very vague as to what happened though. Did he grope a man or woman in the parking lot? WTF happen? Then again, this is Andy Dick and do you really want to know what happen? ((The comedian Andy Dick was arrested early this morning in Murrieta on suspicion of drug possession and misdemeanor sexual battery, authorities said. )) I mean the guy isn't really funny and he simply can't keep himself clean. Plus, he keeps having relapses and causing damage. I think he needs to show up on Dr. Drew's reality show. Anyway, check out his mugshot will ya. He certainly needs to stop making movies. Update: It appears he allegedly grabbed a girl , who happen to be 17 years old, and showed her boobs at the restaurant! Uh, that's certainly not on the menu at ...

Hellboy II In this sequel, the action is more complex with a lot of Kung Fu and wire effects, which work and fit into Hellboy’s world. The editing is snappier with only a few slow moments here and there. Sci-fi man Ron Perlman is born to play Hellboy. I’m not sure where the character ends and the actor begins. Hellboy is a blue-collar character that will beat the crap out of someone because they don’t give him the right answer, but loves cats and protects babies. Selma Blair and Perlman make an interesting couple too. Luke Goss totally kicks major ass with his Martial Arts. Goss plays the main bad guy Prince Nuada , and I think he does a great job. The guy is evil, but he does it because he sees the fantasy world being taken over by the Human world and he wants to use the Golden Army to destroy it. He even tries to convince Hellboy to join his cause. And, the Golden Army is amazing. It’s probably some of the best CGI work in the film. The scene with ...

Remember Driving around on one of these ? I'm kid from the 80's and I grew up in an interesting time. Mayren did a throwback post about those crazy but cool Trapper Keeper folder holders. It's strange when items seem to thrust us back to our childhood and teenager days. We seem to look back at how simpler it was. Well, I decided to recall my own throwback thing. It's called the Spree Scooters. Back in the 80's in my end of town, all the cool kids that could afford a scooter, got a lot of tail. The Spree Scooters had a slick appearance to them, hell they almost look like a cousin to the Knight Rider car. ( Of course not to be confused with the candy Spree .) Looking at them today, I can't help but think that they look rather ugly. I remember the girls would drive around on the pink ones. Today, all the cool people that rode on the scooters have been replaced with skinny emo guys with tight pants and bad haircuts. If you're real lucky, yo...