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The 'SHARKNADO' Franchise Spawns A Perfume By Tara Reid...Because Of Course It Would

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All SyFy flicks are an exercise in stupidity (I can say that with immunity since my husband worked on the special effects for the film Mammoth, much to his chagrin) but when Sharknado came out, the public immediately embraced its idiocy simply because it was a movie about a tornado of sharks starring pretty much every actor who needed a job so they could continue paying their screen actors guild dues.

Of course the success of the first film gave way to a second film (and probably a 3rd and 4th) but it also spawned something completely unexpected, a perfume by Tara Reid called Shark, which would make perfect sense if it sported the scent of chum.

Unfortunately, it doesn't.

Instead it is (taken from Tara Reid's website):
...a light and refreshing perfume perfect for day-to-day wear. It also incorporates a plethora of "lavender" colored flowers, which is Tara’s favorite color, making them a true fit for Shark by Tara. Shark by Tara perfume is a complex scent with three different levels of notes that embrace our fresh, light, and fun feel. Our top-level note is clad with iced mint, violet and lemon, while our middle note is complete with jasmine, tuberose and muguet. The last dry note is cool blue rose, amber and musk.
If you are interested in wearing Shark, it'll set you back $24.95...or, you could save the money now and invest it in the Criterion Collection Sharknado that will undoubtedly come out in the near future.

Source: PSFK


Sir David Attenborough Observes Fangirls In Their Natural Environment

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Sir David Attenborough tracks down the most dangerous animal known to man...the teenage fangirl. Get ready for some extraordinary shots of these volatile creates in their natural habitat.

Video after the break.

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Could VOD Destroy The Availability of Independent Film?

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I live in a city of roughly 200,000 people — real small town America.

There are a lot of movies we simply don’t get. One such recent example is Snowpiercer where the closest theater to me that’s showing it is over 100 miles away — about an hour and half drive.

The recent growth of simultaneous video on demand (VOD) release would appear to be a godsend.

No longer do I have to choose between driving three hours vs. waiting however many months it takes for the Blu-ray release.

I can watch the movie at home at the same time it is playing in theaters.


And this is what I did with Snowpiercer.

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MST3K: Best Bot Bits

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Some MST3K fans tend to focus on who was best.

Joel or Mike?

Crow or Tom?

It’s like asking someone what their all-time favorite movie is. How does one even begin to decide?

In my personal case, I couldn’t begin to chose one over another. So, instead I’ve decided to celebrate all the bots. Not any single one in specific because that’s just tomfoolery.


Oh, shoot, does that mean I have to make a Crow pun now?

I remember I met someone at a convention once who noticed that I had made an MST3K joke (Pretty sure it was a Rowsdower and beer reference). They said, “Oh, Mystery Science Theater! I love that show. But, I always fast forward through the host segments, so I can get to the movie quicker.”

I’m pretty sure I looked something like this:


If you purposefully skip through host segments, you’re missing out on one of the most darling, funny, charming, hysterical, and/or awkward things you may ever witness in your short, precious life.

So, in turn, I present to you the best of the bots from some of our very favorite host segments.

I dare you not to enjoy these. Yeah, you heard me, DARE.

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KICKSTARTER KORNER: 'DEER EDITOR' with Writer Ryan K. Lindsay

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Since we profiled his weird and wonderful Monkeybrain book Headspace back in March, Australian writer Ryan K. Lindsay has become one of our favorite independent comic creators.

Other books of note you may be interest in are a run with My Little Pony: Rainbow Dash, and his own books Fatherhood and Ghost Town.

Ryan joins us today to promote his Kickstarter for Deer Editor #1about an investigative journalist deer, stalking the streets for clues and justice.


This equine-noir story, like the rest, starts with the first trot.

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Boston Cinegeeks! Win Passes For SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

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Co-directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez reunite to bring Miller's visually stunning "Sin City" graphic novels back to the screen in 3D in FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR. In a town where justice doesn't prevail, the desperate want vengeance and ruthless murderers find themselves with vigilantes on their heels. Their paths cross when they converge on Sin City’s famous Kadie's Club Pecos.

The film opens with fan-favorite “Just Another Saturday Night,” when Marv (Mickey Rourke) finds himself in the center of carnage as he tries to remember the events leading up to it.

“The Long, Bad Night” tells the tale of Johnny, a cocky young gambler (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) on a winning streak taking his chances with the biggest bastard of them all, Senator Roark (Powers Boothe).

The central story, Miller’s critically acclaimed "A Dame To Kill For," has Dwight McCarthy (Josh Brolin) facing his final confrontation with the woman of his dreams and his nightmares, Ava Lord (Eva Green). “Nancy’s Last Dance" follows Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) in the wake of John Hartigan’s (Bruce Willis) death. On a downward spiral filled with grief, she will stop at nothing to get revenge.

For your chance to attend the advanced screening of SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR on Wednesday, August 20th at 7:00pm at Regal Fenway, go to www.gofobo.com/RSVP and enter the code FOG4A76.


SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR opens wide August 22

For more details visit sincity-2.com and facebook.com/sincitymovie and follow @dimensionfilms






THROWBACK THURSDAY: Mattel Mork & Mindy Dolls Commercial

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There's been a lot of remembrances for Robin Williams over the last few days and I have refrained because I have a lot of mixed feelings over his death. I have a friend who lost a husband to suicide due to depression and I have seen first hand what kind of devastation that does to a family, but I have also seen the horrific agony that depression can do to a person and why the choice to end their life might seem appealing, not for them mind you, but to ease the pain of those around them (which is how a person in that darkness thinks). So, yes, I've been completely torn on how to deal with the contradictory feelings of all of this.

But Williams has been a part of my life since I was a kid in the 70s and he was one of the first celebrity grown-ups who ever made me laugh, so perhaps what's most important is to look back at the one role that made me connect with him in the first place and remember how much joy a stupid sitcom about an alien who slept upside down in an armoire could bring to a five year-old.

After the break is a commercial for the Mork and Mindy Dolls I had...and to Robin, I'm angry that you left the way you did but I'm thankful for the chance to have known you.

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WTF CRAFT: Make Horrifying Shrunken Apple Heads That Will Traumatize Your Children

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With fall approaching and school starting (or has already started depending upon where you live) your children will most likely become sad and lethargic as they fondly remember those summer days of sleeping in and playing all day without a care in the world.

To counteract the impending depression and bitterness that Core Curriculum brings to a child (and their parents) here's a fun project that will remind them that the coming cool days of fall does not have to be devastating, but filled with the smell of rotting apples which resemble shrunken heads.

All you need are a few apples that no one eats anyway, an imagination, a razor or Xacto knife (you might want to help small kids with this project otherwise they will just run around slicing their siblings into ribbons like a serial killer) and about a week.

It's the perfect way to spend some quality, albeit, gross, time with your offspring while teaching them about the science of oxidation and decay.

After the break is a pictorial about how this project will progress.

Have Fun!

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The 50 SHADES OF GREY Movie Trailer Re-Made With Kittehs

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I will not be watching the movie version of the mom porn epic 50 Shades of Grey because I believe that the trauma I will experience in a movie theater surrounded by a bunch of horny soccer moms will land me a mental hospital indefinitely (note to the editor-in-chief: If you value my contribution to this site you will ask someone else to review this movie).

But I will, however, watch the movie trailer re-made with kittehs because it is adorable and less upsetting then a poorly done/researched BDSM flick co-starring Don Johnson and Melanie Griffiths daughter.

Cuteness after the break.

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Top 10 Stealth Games

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Lurking in the shadows, moving from cover to cover and silently sneaking around; stealth games can make you feel like a seasoned ninja, an expert espionage operative or lethal assassin...or Batman.

And who doesn't want to be as awesome as Batman?!

Here's my top list of stealth games in no particular order:


1. The Metal Gear Solid series


When someone utters the word 'stealth', my immediate thought is Metal Gear Solid. Hideo Kojima's insanely bizarre story aside, Metal Gear Solid was one of the first stealth based games where the gameplay was influenced by environmental factors.

Not only could you hide in your surroundings but you could also outwit enemies by hiding in cardboard boxes because no one, not even a fully trained guard being paid thousands to safeguard stolen armaments or military technology would think to look inside a cardboard box, least of all one which seemingly moves from one place to the next...nope, not even those guys.

Hiding in boxes and making fools of highly trained operatives isn't the only use of the games environment, stashing bodies and creating makeshift an item and weapons cache...cardboard boxes are essentially a ninja multi-tool.

Who knew?!


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THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL: Late Night's Original Rock N' Roll Show Comes To DVD!

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LATE NIGHT'S ORIGINAL ROCK N' ROLL SHOW IS BACK!

Burt Sugarman's Groundbreaking Late Night Variety Show, Featuring Live Performances from the Biggest Stars of the Time Will Be Available from StarVista Entertainment/Time Life in Three Configurations: the 11-Disc COLLECTOR'S EDITION ($99.95), Containing almost Ten Hours of Live Music -- Nearly Five Hours of Bonus Features and a 32-page Collector's Book, a 6-Disc Retail Set with 96 Complete Performances ($59.95) and a single-DVD ($12.95)

Artists Featured include Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Gordon Lightfoot, Heart, Helen Reddy, Jim Croce, John Denver, KC and the Sunshine Band, LaBelle, Linda Ronstadt, Marvin Gaye, Captain & Tennille, Peter Frampton, REO Speedwagon, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Village People and Many More!


THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION WILL BE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE AT MIDNIGHTSPECIALDVDS.COM -- RETAIL RELEASES DROP SEPTEMBER 9th!


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BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM (review)

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Review by Steven Scott
Batman: Assault on Arkham is the latest DC Comics animated movie to hit direct to video and is one of their most unique entries so far.

Unlike many of the recent offerings, which have relied on adapting popular graphic novels from DC’s back catalog (sometimes painstakingly faithful, as was the case with Batman: Year One), Assault on Arkham tells an original story, albeit, set in the world of the successful Arkham series of video games.

As with previous animated DC movies that use the art style of books as a guide, Assault is informed by the look of the Arkham game series with the character designs closely modeled after their pixelated counterparts and the set design replicated to a T.

For those familiar with the games, the scenes in Arkham will conjure up memories of exploring the cellblocks of the infamous asylum.


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EDGE OF TOMORROW Arrives on Blu-ray 3D Combo, Blu-ray Combo, DVD, and Digital HD on 10/7

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Blu-ray and Digital HD include over 90 minutes of adrenaline-pumping special features!

“Smart, exciting and unexpected.”  
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times 

“Exuberantly clever; hugely entertaining.
— Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

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THE GIVER (review)

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Review by Elizabeth Robbins
Produced by Jeff Bridges, Neil Koenigsberg, Nikki Silver
Screenplay by Michael Mitnick, Robert B. Weide
Based on The Giver by Lois Lowry
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites,
Alexander Skarsgård, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes, 
Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, 
Jordan Nicholas Smal, Saige Fernandes


Brave New World for the tween crowd.

The Giver is the story of Jonas (Brenton Thwaites, Maleficent), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal world.

There is no war, no famine, and no disease. There is also no free choice. Everyone has there place predetermined on graduating high school.  Jonas is chosen to be the new Receiver, the keeper of all the previous generations' memories which he receives from the Giver (Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski, True Grit).


Jonas sees his world through new eyes and discovers the price of this "perfect" world.

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WTF FRIDAY: Cyriak's 'Malfunction' May Cause Your Brain To Bleed

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Surreal animator Cyriak sinks deeper into WTF with his animation Malfunction, which, for some reason, marries 1950s Golden Age propaganda with terrible, horrible monstrous visuals.

Not even Cyriak himself knows why this animation exists:
I've no idea what this video is. It crawled out from some dark corner of my computer after evolving from the virtual maggots that feast on rotting film footage.
There is no comfort in watching this, but by god, if you're at work, you probably should (it'll blow out your cognitive functions and make the doldrums of office life easier to deal with).

Video after the break.

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BATMAN: 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Debuts November 11 in New Diamond Luxe Packaging

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Celebrating 75 Years of Caped Crusader Entertainment
In 1989, director Tim Burton breathed new life into one of the most complex and intriguing characters in popular culture. Burton cast off the 1960s camp depiction of the Dark Knight and launched for Warner Bros. one of the most popular comic book film series ever. Batman was the top-grossing movie that year and subsequently became a global phenomenon.

Tim Burton’s vision and Michael Keaton’s performance as the Caped Crusader combine perfectly to capture Gotham City’s sinister atmosphere and Batman’s brooding nature. Jack Nicholson stars in a memorable performance as the maniacal Joker and Kim Basinger is Vicki Vale, the beautiful and resourceful photojournalist desired by both men. Featuring songs by Prince and a score by Danny Elfman, Batman won the 1990 Oscar® for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Anton Furst and Peter Young).

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Dungeons & Dragons: A Short Documentary About Girls Playing D & D For The First Time

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Whenever people talk about the game Dungeons and Dragons, the picture that everyone has in the heads is a bunch of nerdy boys in a basement smelling like burnt onions. But why is that? Is D and D inherently male? And why wouldn't girls be attracted to a world where they can slay evil monsters? It seems ridiculous to think that as geek culture gets appropriated by the mainstream that there are still some nerdy things that girls are seemingly left out of, including the grandfather of doritude, D and D.

Director Meredith Jacobson wondered about this as well, and put together a mini-documentary about a group of 9-11 year-old boys giving some girls a chance to geek out with them. The result of which will hopefully tear down some level of sexism for the male young 'uns.

So watch the doc after the break and, if you have or know some nerdy girls, maybe play D and D with them, you never know how awesome it might be.

(For the record, I played D and D when I was a teen with a group of dudes and it was super sweet...and, it didn't hurt that my reputation for bloodlust was what ultimately made each of them crush on me hard, so there)

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Marvel Artist DON HECK Gets His Due In New TwoMorrows Hardcover Release

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In 2010, TwoMorrows Publishing produced a biography of Vince Colletta, the controversial, much-maligned, but highly prolific inker of comics in the 1960s and 1970s. While many readers were initially skeptical of the idea of giving Colletta his own book, The Thin Black Line: Vince Colletta garnered rave reviews for finally documenting the compelling life and career of a pivotal comics artist, about whom little was known publicly.

TwoMorrows is at it again with their new biography, Don Heck: A Work of Art, which is officially shipping this week. Like with Colletta, fans have had a love/hate relationship with Don Heck (1929-1995), the original artist of Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and key early Avengers issues. In this full-color hardcover, Heck finally gets his due, thanks to author John Coates, who tirelessly researched the artist's background and career. It documents how he joined Atlas/Marvel Comics in 1954, and along with industry giants Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, and Dick Ayers, became an integral player in “The Marvel Age of Comics”, drawing The X-Men, Spider-Man, Nick Fury—Agent of SHIELD, Daredevil, The Defenders, Ghost Rider, and most of Marvel's other major characters. Also covered is how he became regular artist on top-tier 1970s DC Comics titles such as Teen Titans, The Flash, Justice League of America, Wonder Woman, as well as putting in time at Dell, Gold Key, and as “ghost” artist on Lee Falk’s The Phantom newspaper strip.

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LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES: Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy

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I absolutely love all TV movies that attempt to tell the story of real life celebrities. They are filled with horrible impersonations, overacting and a level of horribleness that just makes my heart soar with undiluted happiness. In fact, I often pray to the TV gods that there will come a day when that glorious time-suck Netflix collects all of these types of movies under the banner "Got Two Hours To Kill?" so that I never have to leave my house ever again.

And this offering, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy, does not disappoint. The movie attempts to give the viewer an inside look at how the sitcom Mork and Mindy made Robin Williams into a star (while leaving poor Pam Dawber behind).

It's a crazy terrible movie that is as wonderful as you hope it is.

It stars Chris Diamantopoulos (The Office) as Robin Williams and Erinn Hayes (Guys With Kids) as Pam Dawber.

Watch it after the break.

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Catching Comets is Impossible, Or I Cry Foul on THE LITTLE PRINCE

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I wanted The Little Prince to be cool.

It was, after all, about a young monarch from a distant world traveling the galaxy in search of adventure.  When put like that, it kind of has a Star Wars feel to it, you know? But while that is the basic premise of the show, it was nowhere near being that cool.

At least to 8-year-old me.




The Little Prince was this naïve kid from outer space. He lived all by himself on a tiny little planet where his only company was a half girl half flower... thing, and some bird who would occasionally fly in from space.

Yes, in case you weren’t aware, space is evidently chock full of migratory birds. And they can talk.  

Alas, the titular Little Prince got awfully lonely on his tiny little planet all by himself so he would regularly venture out into space to meet new people.

There was, however, one problem.

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