At the Cinema

[flippyshark]

What a great picture. Looking at it, I realize I didn't think they had hair dryers back in 1927. for some reason, I think of it as a forties or fifties thing, but there you go.

Hottest robot ever.

[Tref]

Official Toy Story 3 poster

[CoasterMatt]

Dead Hooker In A Trunk - trailer 2 (NSFW - or the squeamish)

This movie ROCKS!!

[innerSpaceman]

I tried to watch the streaming Metropolis, but ran out of patience. I would be able to deal with it on a big screen with a live orchestra!!!


.....buuuut, I'm also gonna just wait for it to be on DVD. In fact, I was going to attend a handful of the TCM Festival films. Some good ones were playing in the Chinese, and it's always fun to see a great classic in that most classic of venues. And "Cleopatra" at The Egyptian was almost too funny to pass up.

In the end though, I couldn't see shelling out $$ to see movies I could just pop in the DVD of.


Boring. Le sigh.

[flippyshark]

This is cool. Roger Ebert has posted the entire screenplay he wrote for Russ Meyer for a never-to-be film starring the Sex Pistols, Who Killed Bambi?. I haven't had time to read it yet, but it should be fun to picture in my head.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Who Killed Bambi?

Godzilla

[Tref]

Red-band trailer for MACHETE with a special message to Arizona (NSFW)

[Tref]

The above trailer for Machete makes the news ...

But before the trailer even begins, the battle-scarred title character stares out from the screen as he tells viewers that what's about to unfold — an immigration-laced slasher grindhouse flick — is about the current border battle in Arizona.

In the trailer for the film, the title character is hired to assassinate an anti-immigration U.S. senator played by Robert De Niro. Protesters are seen waving nationalist signs as the senator speaks to a charged-up rally: "We are at war," he booms. "Every time an illegal dances across our border, it is an act of aggression against this sovereign state — an overt act of terrorism."

The trailer was released Wednesday, just 24 hours after an envelope filled with a still-undetermined white powder was sent to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, temporarily closing the State Capitol in Phoenix. The powder spilled out when a staffer opened it Tuesday morning, sending Hazmat teams scrambling through the governor's offices ...

... Some outspoken critics of illegal immigration took umbrage at the movie trailer and its swipe at Arizona, which is the entry point for one-third of all illegal immigrants in the U.S.
"It's pretty ugly out there," said former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, a staunch advocate of tougher immigration laws. "Half the time that's the way all of us are depicted: corrupt, no good, racist."

...Tancredo, who argued that the film should not be distributed at all, said he wasn't worried the movie would incite any violence, but that its political message was clear.
"I think it is a true reflection of exactly who these people are and what they think about America," he said.

To read the whole story, click here


(Pic related ... it's Machete)

[mousepod]

So very cool. I look forward to reading it.

[€uroMeinke]

Awesome - and of course Julien Temple picked up the work which ultimately became the Great Rock n Roll Swinlde. At the Filmex screening Julien told the story of who really killed Bambi (i.e. the dead deer in the cover art)

Spoiler:

Apparently Russ Meyer got frustrated with his crew and shot "Bambi" when no one else on set wanted to do it