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The Avengers: Sweded, the coverage continues…

For any new visitors, welcome to Dumb Drum, stick around! And thanks to those out there who’ve been watching our videos all along, we’re much appreciative. The coverage on our sweded version of The Avengers trailer has been crazy. Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2, producer of The Avengers, tweeted it out. Tom Hiddleston, actor who plays Loki in The Avengers and Thor, tweeted as well. CNN contacted us on Monday to record a Q&A for their Geek Out blog. Locally, yesterday we were on KSEE24 talking about Swede Fest 8 coming up next Saturday, November 5 at 5pm at Full Circle in Fresno, peep that out below. We’ve also been listening to our commenters on YouTube and across the web who wanted a side-by-side comparison with the actual Avengers trailer, so check that out after the break and on our YouTube channel. Enjoy and thanks again for everyone’s support. We’re working on more videos, so subscribe on YouTube and stay tuned! (credit goes to Gamma Squad for that awesome compilation pic above)

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Win tickets to an advance screening of TOWER HEIST

WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL

Who’s up for some advance screening goodness?! DumbDrum.com just scored tickets to a sneak preview of the new action comedy TOWER HEIST, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, and we want to hook you up! To enter the contest to win tickets, just leave a comment on this post and tell us about your favorite heist movie!

The screening will take place Tuesday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at Sierra Vista 16 in Clovis. You have until Sunday, October 30 at Midnight to leave a comment. Winners will be contacted by email so use a real one! Check out the trailer below and the synopsis after the break.

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The Avengers are here to remind you: Swede Fest entries due in two weeks

UPDATE! Looks like our little swede is getting some attention! Thanks to First Showing for being the first one to link it, also check out: The Hollywood Reporter, MTV Splash Page, Slash Film, Aint It Cool News, Buzz Feed, Attack of the Show, Nerdist, Laughing Squid, Bleeding Cool.

Last week the internets were graced with the theatrical trailer for Marvel’s The Avengers, a movie we’ve been looking forward to here at Dumb Drum for quite some time. So what better way to celebrate than to swedeeeeeee it! That’s just what we did. Check it out above and remember that your sweded films are due in just under two weeks by Tuesday, November 1 at 11:59 p.m. Shoot us an email when you’re ready to submit and we’ll make arrangements to collect. In the mean time, why don’t you help us spread our Avengers swede and get the word out about Swede Fest 8 going down Saturday, November 5 at 5pm at Full Circle Brewing Co in downtown Fresno. Special thanks to Chloë Tatro, Brandon Carrera, John Rios, Travis Sheridan, Tommy Brand, and Andrew Toschi for helping out.

Win tickets to The Lord of the Rings in Concert coming to the Save Mart Center on Friday, October 21

WINNER HAS BEEN CONTACTED! If you didn’t win, Groupon has tix for 52% off today only. Should be a nerdtastic good time, don’t want to miss it!

Nerds of the Central Valley rejoice! We were blessed last year with Star Wars in Concert and this year on Friday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. we shall receive another treat… The Lord of the Rings in Concert at the Save Mart Center. This musical extravaganza features all our favorite cues from Howard Shore‘s Academy Award winning score to The Fellowship of the Ring performed live on-stage with over 200 musicians, which includes the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale, and Phoenix Boys Choir, conducted by Maestro Ludwig Wicki. But not only can we bask in the awesomeness of the LOTR music, we get to watch scenes from the film shown on a huge 60-foot screen in uncompressed HD using two 20K lumen projectors. I think I just heard some nerd’s head explode.

Now I can hear you already… “Hey Dumb Drum guys, how dare you tell us how awesome this event will be and not offer us a chance to win tickets?” Well fortunately for you I have a time machine, heard your complaints in the future, and have come back to indeed offer two tickets to one lucky person to the concert (by the way, would love a Back To The Future in Concert). OK, off topic.

SO HOW DO YOU WIN? Just leave a comment below and make your argument for which Lord of the Rings movie is your favorite? Don’t just give us the title, elaborate! The deadline to enter is Monday, October 17 at 12 Noon. Please use a real email address when you comment, that’s how we’ll contact the winner. Good luck! Read more…

Random Goodness: ‘Insane Office Escape’ is insane

Remember that crazy POV sequence in the teaser trailer for the new Spider-Man reboot? Well this video is just like that… only longer, cooler, and with 100% less computer-generated imagery. Not to mention guns and fist fights. It’s a pretty awesome little sequence directed by Russian musician Ilya Naishuller and actually serves as a music video for his band Biting Elbows. Can you imagine an entire feature-length movie in POV, could you sit through it without hurling? Let us know in the comments.

TONIGHT: 2011 Frebby Awards

What the heck are the Frebbys? Psh, that’s easy! Fresno + Webby = Frebby. It’s an annual awards show that honors the best of Fresno’s web scene. It’s all going down tonight at 7 p.m. at Fulton 55 in Downtown Fresno. A couple Dumb Drum staples (Swede Fest and Cross Streets) have been nominated and are among the judge’s Top 20 picks. Will we win the big one (and I mean big one, have you seen the size of this freaking statue)? Well if you have $15 burning a hole in your pocket you can come out and see the best of what’s going on with Fresno’s web scene. More info and tickets at the Frebbys official site.

TONIGHT: Reel Pride kicks off 22 years

The Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival starts tonight at the Tower Theatre and goes until Sunday. It’s the one of the largest and oldest gay and lesbian film festivals in the USA and it’s right here in Fresno. You can view the full schedule here, but tonight at 7:30pm the festival kicks off the indie comedy “Dirty Girl,” which screened at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Peep the trailer out above. Tickets are $20.00 and that also gets you into the after party at Tower Lounge. There’s five days of films, so if you can make it out tonight try to see something before Sunday rolls around. Support our local film scene!