At the MTV Movie Awards last night Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen) ended up on Eminem (so to speak).
However, like the Pamela Anderson thing at the end of Borat this looks like a carefully planned mishap.
The AP also did a report of the awards.
(US viewers can watch the official video here and an AP report of the whole night is here)
A clever mashup of Transformers and The Terminator films.
Terminator Salvation opens in the UK on June 3rd
> The now infamous Christian Bale rant on the set of Terminator Salvation
> More on Transformers at Wikipedia
Cracked has come up with an amusing flowchart that ‘explains’ director Ron Howard’s ‘formula’ for making films.
As they say:
Luke McKinney has posted a complex but handy flow chart to let you identify which Star Trek movie is which.
(Click on the image above or here for a larger version)
Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spock) went on Saturday Night Live this weekend to address fan concerns over the new Star Trek movie.
> The Onion report on what fans think of the new film
> Reviews of Star Trek at Metacritic
Tom Hanks was recently on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, talking about Angels and Demons.
> Tom Hanks at the IMDb
> Angels and Demons official website
The Onion have a new video report on what Star Trek fans think of the new film.
Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film As ‘Fun, Watchable’
> Star Trek at the IMDb
> Official site
When films go straight-to-DVD, you might be forgiven for thinking they are cheesy Steven Seagal thrillers or low budget nonsense featuring actors you’ve never heard of.
But then there are films like Tip Toes.
This is a feature starring Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Matthew McConaughey and Peter Dinklage and is listed on the IMDb as being a 2003 film.
According to it’s DVD cover, it was also an official selection at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival (!).
Aside from the fact that the trailer plays like a warped update of Freaks, the voiceover appears to be taking the piss and the whole thing has the feel of some kind of acid-drenched hoax.
What exactly happened here people?
[Link via Graham Linehan and Videogum]
> Tip Toes at the IMDb and Wikipedia
> DVD Verdict with more info
Julia Roberts recently paid tribute to Tom Hanks at a special gala evening thrown for the actor at the Lincoln Center in New York.
The video here appears to be shot off a phone but bear with it because it is actually pretty funny – mainly because Julia swears a lot.
[Link via Defamer]
> Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts at the IMDb
> Lincoln Center film site
A spoof of Twilight which replaces Kristen Stewart with a cheeseburger.
It was created by The UCB Midnight Show
> The original Twilight trailer
> More on the film at Wikipedia
> My Twilight interview with Robert Pattinson
The Muppets meet Ocean’s Eleven in this mashup created by Kat Reilly.
Hugh Jackman was on The Jonathan Ross Show last night talking about the new Wolverine film.
Here it is in two parts:
> Hugh Jackman at the IMDb
> Official site for Wolverine
The Onion News report on a hot new video game that ‘consists solely of shooting people point-blank in the face’.
Charlie Brooker on Screenwipe with an amusing take on US news, especially Fox News.
> The now legendary Bill O’Reilly ‘We’ll do it live!’ remixes
> Stephen Colbert on Fox News’ Glen Beck
An amusing video from College Humor about comment flame wars set to We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel.
The original video from 1989 is here:
> More on the song at Wikipedia
> Find out more about flaming at Answers.com
The late, great US comedian Bill Hicks on Easter.
> More on Bill Hicks at Wikipedia
> Guardian story on the possible biopic with Russell Crowe in the lead role
The above photo of the poster for Crank 2 was taken by Twitter user rionharmon.
I might be wrong, but I actually think the tagline its quite fitting for the ridiculous, over-the-top nature of the Crank movies.
> Crank 2 at the IMDb
> A UK viral site for the film with a rather rude URL
Billy Bob Thornton was recently on the CBC Radio One program Q, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi.
He was there in a musical capacity with his band The Boxmasters and what followed was a now-legendary appearence to rank alongside George Best on Wogan, Sigur Ros on NPR, Oliver Reed on After Dark and James Brown on CNN.
Best bit: when asked about his musical tastes and influences as a child, he starts going on about ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland’.
Later Thornton complained that Canadian audiences wouldn’t get up and move, saying that Canadians were like mashed potatoes without gravy, which perhaps isn’t the best way of boosting his Canadian record sales.
> Billy Bob Thornton at Wikipedia
> Official site for the Q show on CBC
The red band trailer for Bruno is now here.
It is released in the UK and US on July 10th.
> Bruno at the IMDb
> Find out more about the character at Wikipedia
Hollywood stars have a long tradition of filming commercials for Japanese TV but these spots Nicolas Cage cut for Sankyo are really quite something.
For those who don’t know, Sankyo is a maker of Pachinko – a Japanese pin ball/slot machine game.
> Nicolas Cage at the IMDb
> A 2007 Washington Post article on Hollywood stars doing Japanese TV ads
The writers of South Park have had some thoughts on the recent bailouts.
> Interesting Rolling Stone article by Matt Taibi on the bailout
> More on the global economic crisis at Wikipedia
Here is Jonathan Ross persuading Vin Diesel to inhale helium.
> Vin Diesel at the IMDb
> The Jonathan Ross Show at the BBC
A scene from The Silence of the Lambs done as a musical in lego.
The animation is by Pete Levin and the music and lyrics are from Silence the Musical.
This is what happens when someone very clever puts the audio from The Dark Knight to the images of Toy Story 2.
[Link via Buzzfeed]
A short Rocketboom video explaining the whole Boxxy meme.
Know Your Meme: Boxxy from Rocketboom on Vimeo.
> Blog post on the Boxxy story
> The Guardian’s Bobbie Johnson on the affair
This dust up between Jon Stewart and CNBC was too good not to post.
A cartoon review of Watchmen by Kyle Cummings that is pretty dead on.
This death scene from Hard Ticket To Hawaii must rank amongst the worst in film history.
[Link via Buzzfeed]
Peanuts meets Watchmen by Evan Shaner.
Yes, that is the real David Lynch on Twitter.
Or, as he puts it, ‘the Twitter page’.
Salon have done an interesting mashup of different actors and their reactions to not winning an Oscar.
Although not included here, Samuel L Jackson’s reaction to losing to Martin Landau in 1995 (he clearly mouthed ‘sh*t!’) has to be the most refreshingly honest.
I thought the Christian Bale meltdown meme had run its course but this Family Guy mashup is expertly done.
[Link via In Contention]
Comedy Central‘s fake news host Stephen Colbert predicts this year’s Oscar winners.
Joaquin Phoenix recently made a strange appearance on Letterman, which has led to people questioning whether it was real or a hoax.
I’m definitely thinking it was the latter.
The Onion report on Sony’s latest ‘box thing’.
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A strange tape from April 1971 of Richard Nixon discussing Archie Bunker, CBS and homosexuality.
In comes from the middle of a discussion with his aides HR Haldeman and John Ehrlichman on how they should shape their public relations in regard to what the ‘average man’ cares about.
They talk about the new television show All in the Family and the recent episode Nixon had seen, which leads to a larger and more surreal discussion.
Probably the highlight of last night’s BAFTAs was Mickey Rourke’s acceptance speech.
Spacesick is a design blog that has done a marvellous series that features features cult movies reimagined as vintage paperback covers.
Highlander, Face/Off and Ghostbusters are excellent but you should also check out more at his blog and Flickr account.
> Spacesick design blog
> 70 Years of Penguin design at NotCot
[Link via GrainEdit]
Miranda July explains how buttons are ‘made’.
[Link via /Film]