Entries Tagged as 'General'

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The 14 Best ’70s Guitar Solos

Between Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the guitar solo is experiencing a renaissance. (Or at least appreciation of the guitar solo is experiencing a renaissance)…read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Why TV Just Won’t Die

Those who predict the imminent death of TV might have to wait awhile. There’s still a vast swath of land — commonly known as “Middle America” — where broadcast television works just fine, thanks.read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Hendrix’s burnt guitar - guess how much?

One of Jimi Hendrix’s favourite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year… and the bidding is expected to be hot.
read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The Daily Show Satires About Satire

In light of The New Yorker’s Satiregate, The Daily Show got meta on satire’s ass last night.read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The Daily Show Satires About Satire

In light of The New Yorker’s Satiregate, The Daily Show got meta on satire’s ass last night.read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The 9 Best ‘Last Roles’

While some actors spend their final days doing bad voice-over work or Japanese TV spots, others go out in a blaze of glory. Here are some of the more memorable final bows.read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

20 Things We Can Learn From Batman

‘Dark Knight’ Dogma: Everything We Need To Know We Can Learn From Batman! 20 life lessons from the Caped Crusader.read more | digg story

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

20 Everyday Items If They Were Designed for Batman

What the objects you use everyday might look like if Wayne Industries designed them.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Cute Girl: “You Know, I’m Really Just a Geek Inside” [COMIC]

You can’t have it all sometimes… read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Every Frame of The Big Lebowski, in one still image (PIC)

Inspired by Cinema Redux, I used Thumber to output this lovely fingerprint of The Big Lebowski. There’s a much larger version of this (25 MB or so) that I’m considering making a 24 x 36 poster out of. Would anyone be interested if I do? read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The Dark Knight HBO First Look

The HBO First Look of The Dark Knight, which talks about how the film was made and all that good stuff is now online.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Hellboy overpowers Hancock in United States

Hellboy II: The Golden Army has become the latest superhero movie to top the North American box office chart. The movie, which sees the return of actor Ron Perlman as the red-skinned hero, took $35.9m on its opening weekend.It nudged fellow superhero film Hancock into second place with $33m.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

‘Dark Knight’ Director Speaks His Mind at Industry Screening

I was fortunate enough to be invited to an advance industry screening of ‘The Dark Knight’ filled with the powerful men and women of Hollywood who make things happen behind the scenes.I’m sure none of them expected director Chris Nolan to stand up in front of them and say, for lack of better words, […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Radiohead - House of Cards video is online

It’s been released, the one made using lasers. You can download the code and play around with it yourself.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

How The Dark Knight Went IMAX

I’ve said it before, and ’ll say it again - You haven’t seen The Dark Knight, unless you’ve seen it in IMAX. OVer 20 minutes of the film was shot with 70mm IMAX cameras, and the result is a cinematic experience like you’ve never seen before. But how did this all come together?read more | […]

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Leaked Feature Trailer for The Spirit!!!

A leaked version of the Feature Trailer for The Spirit that is due in theaters on December 25, 2008.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

HBO Gives an Extended ‘First Look’ at The Dark Knight!

15 minute special from HBO gives new behind the scenes and actual footage from the film. July 18th is almost here! $150 million opening week?read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

How Did Heath Ledger’s Death Affect TDK’s Marketing?

‘The thing that is most appropriate is to get it out there so that as many people can see it as [possible],’ producer says of late actor’s performance.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The Best On-Screen Portrayal of ‘Batman’ Characters

I’ll take a look at the Batmans of the last 60 or so years, as well as a random assortment of villains and heroes that joined Batman along the way.read more | digg story

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The 25 Sexiest Daily Show Moments

If you like fake news and getting wicked horny, then this is for you. Porn stars, nut-cams, Stephen Colbert deep-throating a banana, and much more.read more | digg story