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'THE FUZZ' A Black Comedy Puppet Show About Cops, Sex and Jellybeans

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I will admit that I have a liking to obscene puppet shows that tread on all that is sweet and safe a'la Sesame Street (Let's just say that I have watched Greg the Bunny more times than is necessary).

And this new "Puppet Drama" from Yahoo Screens, The Fuzz, looks pretty promising, what with all the violence and drug dealing going on (it's kind of a cross between Donnie Brasco and The Muppets Take Meth- which I'm not sure is an actual Muppet movie or a dream I had once while hopped up on NyQuil, whatever).

Here's the breakdown: The Fuzz tells the story of Herbie, a rookie puppet cop, who sets out to prove himself to his fellow human officers by trying to clean up Puppet Town’s criminal Jellybean drug trade. The only way he can stem the jellybean scourge is to stop Rainbow Brown, the dangerous puppet drug dealer, who will stop at nothing to become the most powerful criminal in the city. With only his hapless human partner, Officer Sanchez, on his side, Herbie goes deep into a world filled with evil puppets, jellybean drug deals, puppet racism, and romance.

Sounds good to me.

 The Fuzz will be released this summer (trailer below)
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My Top 5: Movie Political Assassinations

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BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!

That was the cry of the soothsayer in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. It's also been the cry of anyone foreseeing a political downfall of any kind.


It's interesting, then, that the Ides of March is actually a celebration of war. It's a day to commemorate the God of War, Mars, complete with military parades.

Here are my five favorite films about political assassinations, real or imagined.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Written by George Axelrod/George Frankenheimer (uncredited)
Based on a book by Richard Condon


The Manchurian Candidate is the grandaddy of all political conspiracy films. Frankenheimer's film (and Condon's novel) was, in a way, the soothsayer of the real world, telling us that a great assassination (JFK's) would soon be considered one of the great conspiracies of all time.

Ben Marco (Frank Sinatra in one of his best roles) is a Korean War veteran with honors. Lately, he's been plagued by crazy dreams that he finds out others from his platoon are also having. Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), Marco's sergeant, seems to be going even further down the rabbit hole of these dreams. But what happened in Korea stays in Korea…or did it follow them home. And what does Shaw's horrible mother (Angela Lansbury) have to do with all of it?

Definitely one of the most paranoid films of all time, The Manchurian Candidate is a political thriller that shows us just how "in control" we really are…or how much others can control us.

Contrary to popular belief, the movie wasn't pulled from theatres because of the JFK assassination, but JFK did help get it made when he personally called one of the producers on behalf of his friend Sinatra to tell him that it was ok to make the film. Nearly three decades later, Kennedy would get his own paranoid conspiracy theory movie...


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WTF FRIDAY: Man Is In A Long-Term Relationship With 15 Inflatable Pool Toys...And You Are Still Single

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Relationships are a tricky business. I mean, we are all looking for that special someone out there who can make all our dreams come true on some Utopian level that doesn't exist and when we realize this, we spend our remaining years together, tormenting each other until there is nothing left of us but a husk of a human being.

Now that is real love.

But for some people, human contact doesn't quite live up to our expectations, not the way that a pool toy can (what with the squeaking and it's pliable nature).

Take Mark, for instance, a 20 year-old college student who has 15 blow-up pool toys who make him very happy and....oh god, just watch it will you?
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Marvel Comics Silver Age DisContinuity 007 Incredible Hulk #2

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One of the greatest guides to the concept of continuity in a specific series is The DisContinuity Guide: The Unofficial Doctor Who Companion by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, first put out in 1995.

From my point of view the genius of this work is in the way the authors peel back the layers of a complex text like Doctor Who, and start back at the beginning, when we didn't know anything about the series or what it would eventually evolve into.

This allows us to see the ways in which the universe was expanded, sometimes carefully, often times not. We get to see undeveloped themes and the earliest examples of new themes.

Like an evolutionary biologist studying our small, brown furred burrowing human ancestors, we get a look at the way things were without the baggage of the way things are.

Marvel Comics Silver Age DisContinuity 007 

Incredible Hulk 002

Title(s):
The Terror of the Toad Men 
Part 1 "Enter... the Toad Men"

Part 2 "Prisoners of the Toad Men!"
Part 3 "Bruce Banner, Wanted for Treason!"
Part 4 "Hulk Runs Amok!"
Part 5 "The End of the Hulk?"

Publication Date / On Sale Date :
July 1962 / May 1, 1962

Writer / Artist:
Writer: Stan Lee
Artists: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko

Sources:
Alien Invasion paranoia, Skrulls from Fantastic Four 002, magnets, Boris Karloff,

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GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Reads to Kids...Oh, This Will Definitely Get Them to Sleep

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...and then the young boy is ripped to pieces...

Having no kids, thanks to a womb that chews up sperm and then spits it out, I have no knowledge of what "Story Time at Bed" entails except to say that it involves hyperactive youngsters hell bent on never sleeping and their poor, exhausted parents wishing they had used a condom (judging by my friends who look as if they will never know what's it's like to sleep in past 4am).

But perhaps if the little shits got read to by Game of Thrones and Santa impersonator George R. R. Martin, they might settle down and listen as Jack gets eviscerated by wild animals or to the menu offerings that disappear down the gullet of the gluttonous Little Miss Muffet before falling gently into the ether of dreams. 

Or, they will be up all night screaming in fear...what do I know?
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Crazy Uncle Rich’s Movie Nook Presents KUNG FU THEATER

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When I was a teenager living in Connecticut, my favorite television was Kung Fu Theater.

It came on around noon on Sundays, and I would harass my parents about leaving church early enough that I could get home and watch. Yes, Crazy Uncle Rich watched TV before VCRs and DVRs.

Back in November, Big Mike Leeder (The Man from Hong Kong) wrote a series of articles about kung-fu movies that inspired The Man with the Iron Fist.

They, in turn, inspired me to watch a bunch of kung-fu movies (some from the RZA’s inspirations, and some from my Netflix recommendations).

Mixed results follow!

Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)


Less a kung-fu movie than an action movie layered over historic events, this is about Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and his work to make China a democracy. I rented it because it stars the awesome Donnie Yen, but I was disappointed.

While it offers some interesting insight into how much the democracy movement meant in China in 1905, the characterizations are weak, the action isn’t fast or furious enough, and I know that it would all end in tears in a few decades, when the Communists took over.



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Win a $50 iTunes Gift Card From Our Friends at BIG FISH GAMES

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I'm video game challenged.  In both skill and attention span, I just can't do it.  Simple stuff like Pac-Man and Tetris can certainly hold my attention, but Halo?  I literally played for ten minutes before realizing that I, a. sucked, b. was bored and c. trying to understand the point.

Which is why, I prefer mobile gaming. Nothing too complicated, nothing too involved. An entertaining distraction for ten minutes before I feel the need to check imdb to see if Joyce Hauser is working on anything.

Big Fish is the world's largest producer of casual games, bringing engaging entertainment to everyone, anywhere, on any device. The company has a catalog of 3,000+ unique PC games and more than 300 mobile games, with offerings for Android and iOS devices. Most recently, Big Fish released "Match Up!" the first real-time tournament game platform built for casual game mechanics on mobile devices. Millions of consumers play Big Fish mobile and PC games, and many are active members of the Big Fish community.


Match-Up!is available in Big Fish's collection of iPad and iPhone games.Fetchthe game will be available March 21 and to celebrate the folks at Big Fish are sponsoring a giveaway for a $50 iTunes giftcard!


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Infographic - The Hobbit: The Company of Characters


Explore The HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and Win a BLU/DVD Combo!

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From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Tolkien’s epic adventure follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an amazing quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Sorcerers.

After the jump, check out an amazing app which will allow you to download The Hobbit Handbook plus several other great features plus find out how to win a DVD/Blu Combo pack!


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ARCHER: "The Honeymooners" S4E9 (recap)

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By Ryan McLelland
WARNING: I'm going to tell you everything that happened in the episode. If you don't want to know then stop reading. OR ELSE!  And I'm going to use everyday Archer speak which means I assume you've seen the show. If you haven't seen the show stop reading spoilers on the current episode and go buy the first season on DVD. Or Blu-Ray. Or download it on iTunes. Netflix. You get the point.

North Koreans! Platinum Cards! Miss this week's episode? Now you'll find out with every single spoiler-filled moment!


Episode 9: THE HONEYMOONERS sees Archer and Lana posing undercover as a married couple. They can't exactly afford the Honeymoon Suite that Archer wants to get into to secure their undercover identities.


It's okay, Archer can afford it.

 Rather, Malory can … since Archer stole her Black Titanium card to pay for the expenses.


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MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT Wants Your Vote (And Will Give You 25% Off in Exchange and a Contest)

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Our friends at Mill Creek Entertainment have been nominated in several categories for the Home Media Awards.

Mill Creek Entertainment is the industry’s leading provider of value DVD compilations. Offering a tremendous range of content including contemporary and classic feature film and television, kid's animation, documentary, special interest and fitness at competitive prices, they need your vote!

We're also offering a 25% off discount for FOG! readersHERE.  Enter code MCDB2V6 at checkout.

We hope you will participate and vote for Mill Creek in the following categories and enter our giveaway!

After the jump find out how to enter to win a prize package as well as a complete list of the nominated discs.  You can vote HERE through April 9th



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IN SEARCH OF...THE COMPLETE SERIES (DVD review)

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The late Seventies through the early Eighties was a pretty remarkable time to grow up.  It was the last time that science was synonymous with cool and adventure.  With In Search Of, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, Carl Sagan's Cosmos and episodes of The Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau, you'd be hard pressed not to get enthusiastic about the world around you.  Wild Kingdom, Cosmos and The Underwater World did a great job educating and entertaining, but In Search Of did something else; it scared us, it excited us and it taught millions of young viewers to question the world around them.  It's a historical precursor to The History Channel, Animal Planet, etc.


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BOSTON Cinegeeks We've Giving Away Tickets To THE HOST!

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What if everything you love was taken from you in the blink of an eye? "The Host" is the next epic love story from the creator of the "Twilight Saga," worldwide bestselling author, Stephenie Meyer. When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about — Jared (Max Irons), Ian (Jake Abel), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury) and her Uncle Jeb (William Hurt), proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world.
THE HOST is an Open Road film and will open nationwide on Friday, March 29th, 2013. THE HOST has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for the following reasons: Some sensuality and violence.


And we're giving away screening passes to see it at a local Boston theater on Tuesday, March 26 at 7pm.

To claim passes, click on the gofobo link below while supplies last!


For more about THE HOST visit:
TWITTER: @TheHostFilm


GIRLS: "Together" S2E10 (review)

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By Caitlyn Thompson
Girls has been an unapologetic television series.  The characters haven’t been particularly nice or caring, but rather, selfish and panicked.  Nevertheless, my affection for them grew (despite my intense frustration) as their fate unfolded through mostly awkward laughs and several strong heartbreaking moments revealed very late this season.

I found myself emotional and heart-wrenched during this finale. It’s difficult to watch characters fall apart but within that exposition there are very relatable actions and reactions. It really resonates.


The show has gone full circle. The characters are relatively in the same place they were at start of the series, although a bit damaged and so wiser.

Hannah (Lena Dunham) is safely in Adam (Adam Driver)’s arms, emotionally honest this time. The power dynamic between Marnie (Allison Williams) and Charlie (Christopher Abbott) has completely shifted but they are genuinely in love again. Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) is single and empowered, no longer crippled by her self-conscious virgin status. And Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is off being independent and detached.

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THE WALKING DEAD: "Prey" S3E14 (recap/review)

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By  Kate McKendry
Flashing back into Andrea (Laurie Holden) and Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) time together in the woods, eating at night around a fire with Michonne’s walkers chained to the trees.

Andrea asks Michonne how she found them, discovering that Michonne clearly knew them.

Upset and angry, Michonne says, “They weren’t human to begin with” and storms off.

The scene fades into current time, with the Governor (David Morrissey) attaching chains to poles, setting up some sort of torture or containment area. He pulls on the chains to test their strength, getting immense pleasure from the sick thoughts and fantasies running through his head. 




Outside, Martinez (Jose Pabloe Cantillo) loads up a jeep with weapons. Milton questions why they’re taking everything and Andrea questions the deal that was made. Milton (Dallas Roberts) says that it’s probably just a precaution – trying more to convince himself than anyone else. 

Inside one of the buildings at Woodbury, we begin to see the sadistic side of the Governor that we haven’t seen in a few weeks.


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WELCOME TO STRANGE OAKS, Where There's a Child For Every Witch's Taste

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If you like quasi-commercials aimed at witches who enjoy eating children, then you're going to love this animated short by Headless Productions that features a whole lot of child killing in the most adorable fashion.

Yes, it's probably going to piss a few people off by it's blatant disregard of reality (during my teenage Wicca phase I was specifically told that witches don't eat children by the high priestess- I was kinda disappointed) but the amazing animated style should win them over in the end (I mean, who can resist such cuteness?). 

And, if you happen to be a parent to a little horror, then I suggest that you show them this video and tell them if they don't start behaving, you're taking them to Strange Oaks.

That should shut them up for a few minutes.
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TURN AN EMPTY PIZZA BOX Into A Laptop Stand (Who Says Gluttony Has No Rewards?)

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Pizza boxes may contain the food of the Gods, but unfortunately they are a little unwieldy when it comes to disposing of them. So why not take that deliciously stained thing and make something practical out of it (it's called Upcycling and the Crafty Hipsters love it).

It's fairly simple and requires nothing more than a stapler, a pencil, a ruler and a bone folder (which scores the box for easy folding) and less than an hour of your time (thanks Ilya Andreev for designing this, some of us like simplicity).
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Damning with Faint Praise: VIVA RIVA!

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Riva returns to his hometown of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He’s been away for 10 years. Some things are still the same.

Riva’s friends and family are still his friends and family. Kinshasa still needs gas. That’s a good thing for Riva, since he’s come in the dead of night with a truckload of stolen gasoline.

Beyond that, though, Riva is a stranger in a dangerous land.


Verdict
The Congolese Scarface


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GAME OF THRONES, 1995-Style

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It's hard to believe that 1995 is now retro (I guess that me taking Ecstasy and dancing to Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex while inappropriately touching strangers is now considered The Good Ole Days) but it's fun to see how shows like The Game of Thrones would have looked had they been made back in those days of yore on a pay channel and then, subsequently, recorded on a VHS tape for limited prosperity.

God I miss the 90's...
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