Today at Flavorpill, we marveled at the irony of the head of the Galactic Empire ringing the opening bell at the Stock Exchange. We loved the recycling initiative at Worn Again, but decided that recycled vintage leather might be more our style. We continued to follow the hardest working man in hip hop. We contemplated the obvious marketing strategy behind Blind Side fever at ABC. We debated F2K’s pick for worst song of the decade. (Do you think Joni is upset by the choice?) We wondered what endangered tiger meat tastes like, and whether it was worth it. We marveled at the incredibly filthy Hit Girl/Kick Ass trailer, and wondered if maybe they went a little too far. We vacillated between the actresses up to play the Green Lantern’s love interest before deciding on Eva Green. We were frightened by this video game-loving kid from Boston. And finally, we got an eyeful of Lady Gaga’s shoot for Vogue Japan. Huzzah.
Sony has finally unveiled the first look at director Harald Zwart’s Karate Kid remake with Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s son Jaden, and it certainly appeals more than Hilary Swank’s last sequel. A mustachioed Chan looks like he’ll make an entertaining (if drunken) replacement for Pat Morita in the iconic role of Mr. Miyagi, while Jaden plays Dre, a young boy who moves to China with his mother, played by Taraji P. Henson. Come check out the trailer after the jump and let us know what you think.
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Movie critics have always been the gatekeepers of what to see and what to avoid at the box office, or at least that’s what they want you to think. Does that mean a bad review will dash hopes for blockbuster glory? We decided to take a look at the best and worst received films this decade and see if it had any bearing on their box office returns.
Only a few films in the worst reviewed category did well, and none of them cracked the $100 million landmark. Roberto Benigni’s live-action Pinocchio, was the most expensive production in Italian film history, was especially disappointing at the American box office.
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As Jezebel noted in their roundup of the 10 Cheesiest Christmas Music Videos, holidays songs are inherently corny, especially when a sexy Santa or washed-up child star is the one doing the crooning. But does the cheese factor translate around the world? To investigate, we’ve gathered Christmas music videos from a handful of other countries. They are all very, very strange, and there is an inexplicable preponderance of “Jingle Bells.”
Tell us which one is your favorite in the comments.
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After the success of Dark Knight, everyone was wondering what director Christopher Nolan was going to do next. There were rumors that another Batman movie was already in the works, complete with Megan Fox as Catwoman. Thankfully it wasn’t true, and Nolan fans turned their attention to Inception, his latest project, which previewed this past summer during screenings of Inglourious Basterds.
And yet, the plot was still a mystery. Here’s what we know: Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the CEO of a company which has developed technology that allows you go/see into dreams and memories. Ken Wanatabe is the villain blackmailing DiCaprio’s character. Ellen Page stars plays a graduate student who works in the company and serves as DiCaprio’s sidekick. Marion Cotillard is his wife, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, an associate working at the firm.
Peep the freshly-premiered poster after the jump, and tell us what you think of Nolan’s latest.
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Fasten your seat belts, kids: Gawker.TV has put together their top 100 videos of 2009 into an intense, 3-minute rundown of the the most talked about/blogged/reblogged/tweeted/stumbled clips of the year. So what makes this different from all of the other viral video lists? It’s like a multivitamin; everything is included: from Keyboard Cat and the recent Snooki punch out to David After the Dentist. If any of those names aren’t ringing a bell, you must watch the video after the jump.
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Simply put, Ridley Scott‘s new version of Robin Hood is meant for the Braveheart crowd. If you were a fan of Kevin Reynold’s glossy take on the popular English myth back in the ’90s, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, then this decidedly R-rated update might not be your thing. If you loved Gladiator and Black Hawk Down’s quick-cut violence and hyper-realism, it should be right up your alley.
Check out the heavy metal soundtracked trailer and some stills after the jump, and let us know what you think.
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With yesterday’s announcement that everyone’s favorite New Zealand duo, Flight of the Conchords, would not be coming back for a third season on HBO, it got us thinking about other shows that didn’t stick around, much to the chagrin of fans. Whether it was poor ratings, contract disputes, or stars moving on to other projects, they were gone before the TV-viewing populace really knew what they were missing out on.
After the jump, our top ten TV shows that died too soon. They are gone, but never forgotten.
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Earlier this year the Mueseum of Moving Image‘s website, Moving Image Source, published a five-part video series produced by Matt Zoller Seitz detailing Wes Anderson and his various stylistic contributions to film. Working under the thesis that Anderson is the most influential filmmaker of the post-Boomer generation, Seitz explores his pantheon of artistic heroes. As true fans already know, Anderson’s mentors aren’t limited to cinema, but rather, a host of creative mediums. Get schooled after the jump.
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Most people improve at something the older that they get, but with emcees this is rarely the case. (There’s one exception to our sweeping generalization: LL Cool J’s Radio. We prefer Mama Said Knock You Out.) A number of factors might be at work here: loss of motivation, lack of material, the detested “selling out,” personal troubles (jail, death, etc.), loss of originality… and sometimes they just want to become a preacher. Whatever the reason, most rappers create their finest albums their first time in the studio. Don’t believe us? Ten albums that prove it’s true after the jump.
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