An inconvenient truth...



Doug: So anyways, I was standing there waiting to use the pay phone.

Steve: Yeah, he was, seriously.

Doug: And this guy who was on the phone, turns around and tips his hat like this.

Steve: And who do you think that guy was?

Doug: Emilio Estevez.

Steve: The Mighty Duck man, I swear to God, I was there.

Doug: Of course you were, you were the one who yelled the Breakfast Clubber's name.

Steve: I was like, "EMILIOOOO."

Rocky Bocky Soda Crocky

Who's the best of all time? That's the question posed by a virtual boxing game, in 'Rocky Balboa' (written and directed by Stallone), that gives the crown to a computer generated Rocky. Of course it's not good enough that virtual Rocky took the title, so old Rocky starts training to come back and see if he's really the best. Only he's 60.

The thing is, Rocky's already proven he's the best. He beat Clubber, Apollo, and ended the Cold War. Coming back to the ring for him now is like watching Jerry Rice on the Seahawks. So why am I so freakin' excited for this to come out? I think it's the music. Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah Bah...

Here's the really bad part: This new 'Rocky' has apparently spawned a new Rambo, also being directed by Sly himself. No, seriously. It's going to be called 'Rambo IV: In the Serpent's Eye.' I swear.

At this point, I'm fully expecting to see 'Rocky VII: Rocky Dances with the Stars' by next Christmas.

Snoop-a-Loop



Snoop has been gracious enough to bring horror back to the hood, and if 'Hood of Horror' is anywhere near as good as Snoop's first horror installment, 'Bones,' I think we're all in for a special treat. Plus with a cast that includes Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Brande Roderick (Playboy), and Tayshaun Prince (the NBA?), it's no wonder the Oscar buzz in Hollywood is at an all-time high (Snoop also might have been at an all-time high when he put together this movie).

At any rate, I'm definitely seeing this...next Halloween when it's on TBS.

Have I seen this movie before?



Tony Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Denzel Washington... this is starting to sound awfully familiar.

But who cares? Scott and Bruckheimer have cracked the code (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, etc). That's how I know I'm going to like this movie so much. That and lines like "They found a way to fold space back onto itself."

See one... or see them all!




Last weekend, my girlfriend bought a book lamp so she could read her book on a bus ride from New York City to Washington DC. She bought it in a RadioShack near Madison Square Park in Manhattan. It cost less than five dollars and came in three varieties: purple, green and yellow. The packaging included some instructions about how to clip the light onto your book and a suggestion to collect each different color book lamp.

This trailer is like a tricolor book lamp variety pack. RadioShack was lucky enough to sell a single book lamp that day, just as the studio that's distributing these eight too-horrifying-to-release horror movies (also known as: not-very-good) will be lucky to pack a theater for a single one of these horrorfests. Let alone eight.

Good luck, After Dark Films. Good luck.