Archive for May, 2008

Prince vs. Radiohead: The battle over copyright

A couple of friends of mine went to Coachella last month and they mentioned that Prince had done a cover of Radiohead’s hit song Creep. I knew that eventually that would hit the internets and we’d all get a chance to listen to it. Well, apparently the videos went up but were quickly pulled by Prince. Radiohead heard about the performance and were happy that the guy performed it but were upset that he had asked You Tube to pull the video since they owned the song. So the big question now is who’s got the right to what when it comes down to copyright and ownership. Hmmmm….I think Prince is gonna lose this one (wadda jackass, IMO. He’s the one making money off of others!). Check out the full story over here at CNN and let us know what you think.

RZA drops new video from his upcoming album

You Can’t Stop Me Now is the title of this joint off RZA’s upcoming album, Digisnacks. And the timing couldn’t be any better. It’s like RZA drops this little gem a day before the Fresno Blogger Olympics in my honor to destroy all. Now it’s on like Voltron. Yeah, I’m still gonna suck but it’s good to draw on some inspiration, right? Gotta keep positive. If you dig the video, check out the behind the scenes vid for some insight into the making of the video.

Zack & Miri Make A Porno teaser is here to start your weekend right….or wrong, depending on your prudeness

So a glimpse of the film is here….and it’s very R-rated so bewarned as it is NSFW. Kevin Smith has said that not a single frame of this teaser will be in the final movie but rather it serves as an introduction to the film, as to not spoil too much for the audience. I could only imagine this is how casting for a porno goes like. Word is that a full trailer should be attached to the upcoming Judd Apatow comedy Pineapple Express. Until then, enjoy! Also, check out Quickstop Entertainment for Quicktime and other versions of the teaser for your consumption.

Burn After Reading trailer drops on iTunes

And it’s a red band at that! The Coen Brothers follow up No Country For Old Men with this little film starring George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich & Brad Pitt. Enough babbling, go here to check it out!

The Wackness goes viral, dampers my excitement for release

Hmmm…I hope this is going somewhere but here it is for your consumption.

Did you miss the Fresno Filmmakers Forum Mixer last Thurs.?

Fresnocentric bloggers over at Fresnocentric.com have posted up a wonderful write up on last Thursdays mixer which happened over at Full Circle Brewery (damn, I fell in love with those Russian Stouts; 11% is A-okay in my book!). Also included are some video clips for your entertainment. We met a lot of cool people and I hope that many more of you guys can make it out to the next one, which is tentatively planned for June or July. Check out the story here!

Zero Puncuation: The World Ends With You Review

Watchmen to be a 4 1/2 hour, R-Rated awesome-fest

Slashfilm has posted this excellent story in which they document the latest news in the upcoming Watchmen film from director Zack Snyder. The news that it turned out to be this 4-hour long superhero epic shouldn’t be a surprise, but now we’ll have to see what the studio will do with it. The fact that they will be releasing The Black Freighter as an animated feature on DVD around the same time the film drops in theaters is a positive note but any sane studio would balk at releasing such a high risk film with no major stars, no mainstream bankability and risk a high priced box office bomb. I certainly hope that both the studio and the fans put faith in the project and release the film and support it. I’m not a hardcore fan of the graphic novel, but to see how passionate the filmmaker is to get the story on the big screen inspires me and we all need to support that kind of drive. Check out the article for all types of new info. (That picture up there comes from Aintitcoolnews)

Dem Reviews: Indiana Jones-TKOTCS

Let’s make this spoiler free and simple, huh?

Rank of Indy movies for me
1. Last Crusade
2. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
3. Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
4. Temple Of Doom

So you can take that for what it’s worth. Didn’t see any Fresno in the film (all that for nothing?) but Eagle Field made it in there for a whole 3 seconds or so (w00t! w00t!). It’s good clean fun for the whole family and I didn’t want to hurt Shia by the end of it….okay, I did, but those are personal reasons. And you know how old people run? Their gait is just a bit different from that of a younger person. Well, Indy kinda had that gait as he ran around and deep down, it made me a bit sad. Don’t get me wrong, he’s still Indy…just a little, well…..old. I feel old just watching him. There were some amazing shots in the film and although it had it’s short comings, it was still over all and enjoyable flick.

Indiana Jones: TKOTCS – 3 Stars (out of 5)

3 new The Incredible Hulk clips are smash-tastic!

The last is unfortunately not embeddable yet so you have to go over to Yahoo! here to check it out. Man, I love surprises and this film is setting up to be exactly just that!

Russian Wanted trailer must break you

Coming over from Filmz.ru (via slashfilm.com) is this beautiful trailer. Why can’t we get stuff like this over here? Anyways, beware as there are bloody head shots, a sex scene and some outright crazy gun violence jam packed into this little extended trailer. Are you cool with that? I knew you would be. Go over here to check it out. (and those keys and tooth flying through the air up there spell out “Fuck You” in Russian)