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05.16.08 by ScottC @ 2:59 pm
Women Behind Bars. Shirley Fields (Lina Romay) is serving a six year sentence for shooting her cheating boyfriend. But no one seriously believes that. Shirley's boyfriend had just stolen a fortune in uncut diamonds. With him dead, Shirley is the only one who knows where they are. Now everyone, from the prison warden to the insurance company is trying everything to make her talk. Will she fall victim to their sadistic schemes, or does Shirley have a plan of her own. Yes, it's everything you expect from the Women-In-Prison genre: lesbian seduction, abusive prison staff, sexual torture, and bad, bad, women. Along with the film, the DVD contains an interview with the director Franco. Click here to buy it from Amazon. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.16.08 by Widge @ 6:30 am  After enjoying the post-apocalyptic and informative Life After People, I was eager to crack open The World Without Us, which I understood to be the same idea just more in depth, being, as it was, a book and not a homogenized TV special. And I hit the audiobook because I don't have time to read actual books these days, sadly. Even more sad, I couldn't make it past Disc 6. That's why this isn't a review--because I couldn't finish it. It was too goddamn depressing. The book was billed as a look at what would happen to the planet if we were to suddenly all vanish in some unspecified cataclysm, leaving all of our stuff behind. Instead, the book should be called The World Would Be Better Off Without Us. It's the literary equivalent of somebody trying to talk someone else into jumping off a cliff. Because yes, there's some information about what would happen after us, but it's surrounded and hemmed in by long, drawn out accounts of all the crap we're doing to the planet. How pretty much everything is killing something somewhere and will be doing so for thousands of years after we're gone. And more importantly, how we're fucked and there's nothing we can do to save life on the planet. Except vanish, apparently. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.14.08 by Widge @ 11:51 pm  Paul and Storm, those professional jesters of rawk, have taken the immortal "Dejected Arrr" pirate from the song "The Captain's Wife's Lament," and slapped the image on shirts and other gear. This as they had promised/threatened to do. To check out the array of bits, then go here. (And they may have shows in your area, so check their giglist here.) For those who aren't familiar with "Lament," I nabbed the best version I could and it's embedded below. Enjoy. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.14.08 by Widge @ 9:02 pm  Okay, so ThinkGeek is selling the officially licensed Indiana Jones hat. Why is this hat different from other hats that might look and feel a lot like it? ThinkGeek sez: There are other licensed hats out there, but they are only wool felt. This one is 100% fur felt - just like the real 'hero' hat - because you deserve to be the hero.
Of course, as everybody knows, we don't need another hero. But you could use another wicked hat. To buy yours, go here. After all, you can thumb your nose at all those wool felt hatters on opening night of Crystal Skull. In fact, feel free to call them that. I'd like "wool felt hatters" to enter the vocabulary as a derogatory term. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.14.08 by Widge @ 12:09 am  Well, this sucks. Comics Reporter informs us that Gene Colan's liver has failed. This, as you might could figure out on your own, is Very Goddamn Bad. Colan was the artist for scads of classic comics, including Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, and Tales of Suspense. If you've read comics, you've seen and know Colan's work. He's inescapable. And damn good. If you want to help out, there's various ways to do so. First, they need money because you can imagine the medical costs are extensive. There's auctions running for some of his artwork to raise money. Or if nothing else, a get well card can be sent to the address you can find at this blog. More info about Gene can be found at Mark Evanier's place. Found via Uncle Bear. (Left off the bloody hat-tip...I blame the opiates.) Categorized as: Headsup
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05.12.08 by Widge @ 11:18 pm  Iron Man, which made us all believe that a millionaire genius playboy could come back from near death, grow a conscience and build a badass suit of armor, is the #1 film in the country for the second weekend running. Robert Downey Jr. manages to do what all of the Marvel Comics creative staff couldn't manage: remind us that Tony Stark is supposed to be a likeable asshole, as opposed to just an asshole. Hear that, Marvel? $342 million worldwide take means the likeable asshole wins. Anyway, part of what makes the film kick so much ass is how cool the gear is. Adi Granov, who worked with Uncle Warren with his run on the character, has posted some of his concept work for the film. Phil Saunders has done the same with his stuff. Found via Comics2Film. For more Adi Granov, knock yourself out. For more Phil Saunders, here ya go. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.12.08 by Widge @ 4:05 am  Causing many to partake in a pygmy victory dance, Nikki Finke reports that the American version of Spaced--which we discussed previously and feared the script of the pilot previously as well--is DOA. Fox said no thanks to the pilot. So rejoice in the style of your choosing. Wright and Pegg will be, we're certain. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.08.08 by Widge @ 11:38 pm  Okay, so this is fascinating. At first I was going to give this news a pass, since when you see Bollywood Spider-Man it could mean anything. Would it be on a level with Italian Spider-Man or Japanese Spider-Man? No...it's apparently an entirely different kind of flying...altogether. How do we know this? Shahrukh Khan is going to be Spider-Man. Shahrukh Khan is a huge freaking Bollywood star. I mean huge. And no pun intended, but apparently io9 makes mention of the fact that this Spider-Man will fly. However, as I read the Hindustan Times article, they keep saying this is along the lines of Spider-Man rather than actually being Spider-Man. But basically they're inspired by the box office performance of the Spider-Man flicks--and the fact that the Bollywood superhero flick Krrish, as I understand it, did well. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.08.08 by Widge @ 10:00 pm  In what is surely a sign that the apocalypse is nigh, many of us now have an opportunity to see Tom Waits perform live twice in this lifetime. Needcoffee irregular Damien sent us the word and a quick gander over at the keeper of all Waitsian lore, The Eyeball Kid, both confirms it and gives us dates. It looks like the press release states the following troubling news: As on his last tour, Waits' U.S. booking agent and longtime tour director, Stuart Ross, has spent a great deal of effort to fight ticket scalpers. Along with Ticketmaster, he has worked out a plan he believes will make sure every fan pays face value (plus normal service and handling fees) for the tickets purchased for the "Glitter and Doom" tour.
If it's anything like the plan for the last tour, it's a Will Call Clusterfuck that had everyone standing out in the parking lot until almost an hour into when the show was supposed to start. Perhaps it worked better elsewhere, but in Atlanta it was a hot, tiring pain in the ass. So make sure that you check out the official website and maybe even call the venue beforehand to find out how to pay less in wasted time than you might have in "face value." For $67 - $87, I'd prefer not to be on my feet for an hour in the heat when the whole point was getting assigned seats so I could be sure and have a nice sit down. Also, if you have more than two people who want to see the show, good luck sitting together. Because tickets are limited to two per person. Maybe this tour is setup to allow you to take the other family member you couldn't bring with you last time. Sadly, I think I might have to sit this one out. Categorized as: Headsup
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05.08.08 by Widge @ 11:04 am  Viper tells us The Middleman--the ABC Family TV series based on the Chazzie-nominated comic--hits Monday, June 16th. Everyone I talk to is positively aghast that they find they have a reason to watch ABC Family. They'll get over it. The site for the show is here. The Middleblog with lots of pics is here. Also, bear in mind that the collected Middleman is hitting soon (watch here for details) plus Viper has a ubermongo edition of Dead@17, the "Compendium," which features all that axe-wielding undead schoolgirl goodness that you love in one big book. $20? Nice. Find it here. Categorized as: Headsup
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