Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I’ve always enjoyed magic. There for a while I thought Harry Houdini was the coolest guy who ever escaped from a straight-jacket. [That honor goes to John Beatty since… but I digress]. Now my favorite magicians merge magic and comedy. Chipper Lowell does just that.
Something cool and unexpected happened during this interview with Sylvester Stallone. Well played, marketing department!
Are you in the mood for a witty little film noir about a tough guy in love with an English teacher? If so, check out Double Negative.
Harry Knowles at AICN recently announced that AICN is going to present and run the Famous Monsters of Filmland.com website. This is especially exciting news because Harry has a passion for horror films. He also has a huge fan base that he can attract to the site.
I love horror/monster movies and when I was a kid Famous Monsters of Filmland was always a fun read. But up until Harry’s announcement, I wasn’t even aware that there was a Famous Monsters website.
In other monster news, /Film posted a report that Tim Burton is developing a 3D film called Monsterpocalypse. Tim Burton and the title alone make it worth a look.
If you’re a fan of Eric Powell’s The Goon (or even if you’re not) you’ll want to check out this trailer of what we can expect when a big screen adaptation hits. And keep in mind that when The Goon hits, he hits HARD.
LOL. Don’t you love it? Be sure to share it with any idiots you know!
If you’ve got 3 minutes and 33 seconds to spare, you might want to check out a really cool video showcasing some talented young folks and their ability to create a realistic looking war scene using cardboard weapons. That’s right, the pistols, machine guns, rifles, grenades and tank are all made of cardboard. The special effects sell it.
Before you click over, the violence is bloody and intense… just remember — it’s a cardboard war. Click here to view the battle.
Thanks to Neatorama for the original link.
If you have a few minutes to spare why not take a tour of The Three Stooges Museum?
Thanks to Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine for the link.
I know that many ZONErs are fans of movies, comic books, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Conan the Barbarian. So I just had to link to a video short called Conan the Barbarian: The Musical.
Thanks to Miss Cellania for the link.
If you’re a fan of those Brisk Iced Tea commercials (you know, the ones with Bruce Lee, Rocky Balboa, Frank Sinatra, Babe Ruth, Elvis, Bruce Willis, and others) then you owe it to yourself to check out UFC’s Chuck Liddell and Little Chuck in Way of the Brisk.
Did you ever wonder what you’d look like as a character in Avatar? Well, wonder no more. McDonald’s has made it possible for you to see yourself as one of James Cameron’s Na’vi.
Man, switching from human to Na’vi did wonders for my diet!
This once was a funny clip of Lewis Black‘s “outrage” at Glenn Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s embedded here. Sadly that clip is no longer available.
Thanks an a tip of der has to Mark Evanier for the original clip.
That’s the partial cover to Bullet in the Head #2 published by Dynamite. I’d actually meant to post about the series sooner, but it’s still not to late to get on board — the first issue won’t be out until June. Bullet in the Head was first published in France back in 2004. It went on to win “Best Story” at the Prix Saint-Michel comics awards. In 2009 the film rights were optioned by Warner Bros.
So, what’s Bullet in the Head about you ask? [And I’m glad you did.] Bullet in the Head is a crime noir about a pair of buddy cops, a pair of buddy hitmen, some femme fatales and a ever-increasing body count. Written by Matz, with art by Colin Wilson, the series is geared toward mature audiences.
You can read more about the series and see the first two covers here.
I like paradoxes. You know, a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction. Perhaps the simplest paradox is…
This statement is false.
If the statement is false, then it is in fact a true statement thus making it false. Huh? Exactly.
Another paradox…
God is all powerful and can do anything. God could even create a rock so heavy that he couldn’t lift it.
If God couldn’t lift the rock, he isn’t all powerful… and if he couldn’t create the rock, then he isn’t all powerful. But suppose God could create a rock so heavy he couldn’t lift it… then the fact that God couldn’t lift it would mean he wasn’t all powerful. And if he could lift such a rock would mean that he wasn’t powerful enough to create a rock he couldn’t lift.
There are also a lot of movies [The Terminator, Back to the Future, 12 Monkeys, etc.] that involve time travel paradoxes. So, I’m pretty familiar with a lot of different types of paradoxes. I’d never heard of the Pinocchio paradox until I stumbled across it at Neatorama. I got a kick out of it. I hope you did as well.
If the title [Hellboy in Mexico (Or a Drunken Blure] doesn’t suck you in, and the Corben cover doesn’t do the trick, then maybe the Dark Horse Comics summary will…
During the 1950s, Hellboy caravans across Mexico with a trio of vampire-killing luchadores, finding the undead; evil turkeys; a terrible bat god; and a little too much tequila.
Reuniting Mike Mignola and Richard Corben, the creative team behind the Eisner Award-winning miniseries Hellboy: The Crooked Man!
There’s also a variant Mignola cover. Make sure you let your local comic shop know you want a copy because this one shot is sure to go fast!
