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Random Goodness: Spider-Man dance battles Superman

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I what will most certainly go down in history as the most successful Marvel/DC crossover, this video will lets us judge for ourselves who would win in a battle between Superman & Spider-Man. My vote? It has to go Spider-Man, no doubt. I mean the move he does to start off his second round was the coup de grace and essentially out the Man Of Steel in a Kryptonite body bag. Am I wrong? [via Videogum]

Red band Cop Out trailer tries to convince us this movie ain’t gonna suck

(Red band trailer means NSFW) I will go see this movie on opening weekend and when I do, I’m hoping that I’ll leave the theater with a few laughs expunged and a smile on my face. To expect greatness would be much, especially after seeing the first trailer and now this red band trailer. There are some aight lines in there but for every good one, there were 2 not so good ones. Either way, I’ll give Kevin Smith the benefit of the doubt and peep it out. So where are you on this movie? You straight out decide it’s a no-go from these early previews or are you already putting this on your early Oscar list for 2011?

Random Goodness: Spider-Man by Wes Anderson

After Spider-Man 4 was shit canned by the studio and a reboot for the series was in order, a few names were tossed around as to whom would be taking over the director’s chair from Sam Raimi. The studio finally settled on Marc Webb, director of (500) Days Of Summer but among the directors whom were speculated was Wes Anderson. Now to see Anderson take on the life of Peter Parker might have been an interesting prospect and thankfully, these guys have decided to shoot themselves a trailer of what such a project would of looked like. Well done, boys! [Via Slash Film]

The Last Airbender Super Bowl spot appears

I know nothing of the source material where the movies comes from besides my buddy’s constant rants about how amazing the anime series is but this spot looks pretty good. Special effects look clean, stylized action sequences from M. Night are enticing and I think this movie just made it onto my list of movies to watch out for in 2010. So are you sold on this yet?

Would you buy a Chevy Volt?

So we’ve been excited for the Chevy Volt here for a while now and as we get closer & closer to actually seeing these things on the road, GM has been releasing more info on how the car will work, including this little instructional video on how exactly the car’s battery & recharging system work. So I know I won’t be in the market for a car for at least another 2 years (hopefully by then the second generation Volt will be out) but I’m interested in seeing how many people are seriously considering purchasing one of these when it drops later this year. I mean the Toyota Prius seems to be the favorite hybrid car right now and I wonder where those sales are going to be after the release of this car. I think the big question lies with the final price tag on this car. The rumors say anywhere between $35,000 to $45,000 but that’s before government tax incentives. So what do you think? Are you looking at picking one of these up or you holding out for jet packs? Comment away!

International red band Kick-Ass trailer hits

(Red band trailer means NSFW) Man, it seem like they’re releasing new trailers for this film every other week nowadays and I’m hoping that they don’t saturate the airwaves with too much of this stuff. Yeah, I know. The irony of a fanboy asking for less stuff to be on the internet doesn’t escape me but I really hope that the film is a success. On a side note, I wonder if Hit-Girl will become a best selling Halloween costume this year.

Dem Trailers: The Losers

Okay, so it looks like a total rip-off of the A-Team, right? But it’s cool because of this one single fact: Idris Elba plays a character named “Roque.” I’m looking forward to seeing how it’s pronounced and this extra long trailer (which probably means we’ve just seen all the cool parts of the film) doesn’t refer to him by name once. But I’ll pay the price of admission to hear that. Oh, and to see Zoe Saldana get all “teh sex” and whatnot. So what do you guys think? Is The Comedian action star/leading man material? Let us know.

Dem Trailers: Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps

Gordon Gekko makes his triumphant return from a prison stint… apparently. Okay, honestly I’ve never seen the original Wall Street so I’m totally new to this universe but the trailer really drew me in and kinda mad me wanna check out the original. Oliver Stone returns to helm the sequel and lately he’s been a “meh” streak but I have to say, the cast looks pretty damn good. Except, of course, for Shia. But if you’ve seen the original, are you looking forward to this? Let us know!

brodiemash’s top 5 most influential movies of the decade

The decade that ran from 2000 to 2010 was a pivotal one for me as a filmmaker. Many people talk about being influenced by films from their childhood but I honestly can’t say that very many movies from mine have had similar effects. But the films from this last decade have had every little thing to do with me growing into a filmmaker. So for me, these are the most influential films for me in the past decade, and although the first four I cannot rank, I do have a favorite of the decade, which is that last one on this list:

Scratch (2001)
As soon as I finished watching this documentary, I went into my room and started writing. Now, I know that the film has nothing to do with writing but what it did to to see these people dedicate themselves to a craft and focus until they were on top of their game really inspired me. Anytime I’ve been lazy and not keeping up to a satisfactory level of being productive, I throw this film on and I immediately receive a swift kick in the ass and I think sometimes, we all need one of those.

The Fall (2008)
When I was a child, my sister told me the greatest story I’ve ever heard. She was reading from a book as I sat on her lap. After wards, I went back to read the story again and went to the page where she was reading from and it was an ornate picture with the words “Look at this picture and create your own story.” I was crushed to learn that I would never here that story again and to this day it haunts me. Take what you will from that story but Tarsem’s film served as reminder of how a child’s imagination can take something mundane and turn it into something fantastic! Plus the visuals & the use of Figlio Perduto in the trailer did it for me ;) Read more…

Dem Trailers: Exit Through The Gift Shop

Banksy isn’t exactly a household name but the unseen street artist loves taking things that are part of popular culture, such as Paris Hilton and Disneyland, and add his own flare and that’s what he’s known for. So with Sundance popping off this week, a secret film was announced for the festival today that kind of came out of nowhere. Exit Through The Gift Shop is billed as a Banksy film but the official line on the movie is that it’s “the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.” Yeah, not sure what that means and honestly, the trailer does nothing to explain what the film is about but the interest for me is to see if anything is revealed about the underground artist, which I highly doubt. So what do you think of this trailer? Are you at all interested in this film?

Dem Trailers: I’m Here

Okay, Spike Jonze’ last movie divided audiences (including this guy) but as far as the dude’s talent, I cannot possibly oversell this guy. His ideas and his method of projecting those thoughts onto film are amazing! So with Sundance starting up this week, his newest short film will debut there and today we’ve received the trailer for his robot love story I’m Here and it looks amazing. Now I know that these kinda of stories aren’t everyone’s bag but I love seeing this dude’s juxtaposition between reality & fantasy. Hopefully we won’t have to wait to long to see the full feature very soon. So what do you guys think of this computer love story?