Jenna Jameson, the Michael Jordon of porn!

Well, I missed Zombie Strippers in the theaters so to the Netflix queue I go!

I’m not sure Zombie Strippers is the path to The Duchess kind of mainstream. Evil Dead kind of mainstream, most certainly. But I think Jenna kind of embraces that B movie mentality. Not every movie has to be an Oscar winner. Movies can be silly fun. Strangely, Zombie Strippers is still probably a step up from anything Troma. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jenna get hacked to pieces in a horror film that actually opens in a Regal or AMC within a year or so.

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This is an updated version of a previous Black Dynamite spot sent over by AZM Ally Mike Dent. Thank you Black Dynamite. Thank you for setting young Barry straight. This movie is going to kick all sorts of exploitation ass!

[Via Black Dynamite]

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Angry Zen Minion Bart Bacon sent over a bunch of trailers for the Winter 2008-2009 movie season and aside from that third Underpants flick, they actually look quite good. So let’s dive in with some snap judgments.

Gran Torino - Silly Chinese gang bangers, don’t fuck with Harry Callahan!

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans - Well, at least there are no UV bullets.

Push - *ahem* KANEEEEEDAAAAAAAA!!

Sunshine Cleaning - Only Amy Adams could make bloody crime scene clean-up endearing.

Hank and Mike - Debaucherous drunk Easter Bunnies ftw?

Filth and Wisdom - Ballet dancer turned stripper? Anorexic Pharmacist? S&M handlebar mustache man? Anyone surprised that this is Madonna’s directoral debut?

Overall, seems like a pretty entertaining bunch of flicks. I’m interested to see Dakota Fanning kick some ass as a telepath. Clint Eastwood is the only man alive who can say “Get off my lawn” and not induce fits of uncontrolled laughter. And I think Amy Adams is the only one who can make blood and guts and brain bits lovable.

Not so sure about the bunnies.

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AZM Ally Kensei Dave sent along this article about an upcoming book, Clive Young’s Homemade Hollywood, detailing the plight of fan filmmaker and aspiring director Sandy Collora.

At ComicCon 2003, Collora premiered Batman: Dead End (shown above), a reinterpretation of Batman he produced, filmed, and directed for $30,000. The film was met with much geek love and it seemed Hollywood was warming up to what he had to offer. He planned to kick things up a notch and return to ComicCon 2004 with a World’s Finest fan film featuring Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman that was sure to win him a real Hollywood deal. Unfortunately, ComicCon was not interested. ComicCon issued a statement that they were discontinuing their fan film track as of ComicCon 2004 at the request of Warner Brothers. Seems they had a change of heart after the geek success of Dead End. Collora was shut out of ComicCon and Hollywood seemingly forgot all about him.

But like any good dreamer, Collora ain’t taking shit from nobody! He’s back on the wagon shooting an indy sci fi/horror pic in Mexico called Hunter Prey. Damn straight!

Looking forward to reading the juicy details in Homemade Hollywood. Should serve as inspiration and warning for all us budding indy creators.

[Via io9]

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“Bruce Campbell is the greatest actor of his generation!”

DAMN STRAIGHT!

Angry Zen Minion James-Paul sent along this trailer for Bruce Campbell’s latest masterpiece, My Name Is Bruce.

Pure. Fucking. Genius.

The man himself, Bruce Campbell, is taking the film on tour. He’ll be in Baltimore November 14 and Washington, D.C. November 15. If you can’t make it to a screening, it comes out on DVD January 2009. Can’t friggin wait!

[Via My Name Is Bruce]

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“… it’s a tribute to my EGO!”

AZM Ally Kensei Dave sent along this little video interview with Frank Miller on the origin of his Spirit movie. There’s a touch of arrogance in the way Miller talks about his relationship with Will Eisner. It’s clear he’s approaching this project as if he had Eisner’s blessing. And yet every bit of this film is devoid of anything remotely resembling Eisner’s Spirit, both literally and figuratively. This is not Will Eisner’s Spirit. This is Frank Miller’s Spirit. His last statement pretty much says it all, “This movie is not a tribute to Will Eisner. It’s a tribute to the Spirit.”

Ugh.

So it’s pretty clear that I think this movie is a crock of shit, even if it features Chesty Johansson who I quite like in pretty much everything. The question is, does Miller owe it to Eisner to portray the Spirit as originally conceived or is he doing things right by taking the concept and making it his own? Can a modern interpretation of the Spirit stay faithful to Eisner’s original or must it be bloodied up to make it relevant with a contemporary audience? Pure shit or absolute genius?

[Via Yahoo Movies]

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Lego Shellhead from Arvo

AZM Ally Greg writes in to confirm that we have official word that Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 and The Avengers are go. John Favreau will return to direct the Iron sequels and executive produce The Avengers with Robert Downey Jr. signed on to reprise his role as Tony Stark. Terrance Howard is officially out (boo). Don Cheadle is officially in as Jim Rhodes (glimmer of hope?).

We also have a tentative lineup for the Avengers. We’ll see Shellhead, Captain America, Hulk, Wasp, Giant Man, Hawkeye, and Thor assemble for great ass kickings. Besides Iron Man, none of the other Avengers have been cast. According to AZM Ally Kensei Dave, Daniel Craig was approached to wield Mjolnir. Interesting choice. I think he’d make a great Donald Blake and he has a decent enough build that I think he’d pull off a pretty decent God of Thunder (and Rock and Roll!). Sadly, we’ll never know. Craig declined. And though Ed Norton played a fairly decent Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk, his future as big green is questionable. Apparently there was some dispute with Marvel over the final cut of the movie so we might get a new Bruce.

Iron Man 2 is slated for a 2010 release with The Avengers to quickly follow in 2011. I’m a little mixed here. Terrance Howard is getting shafted. Boo! And Ed Norton really should be brought back. Very curious to see who gets tapped to play Steve Rogers. A good Steve makes The Avengers all worth it. A meh Steve makes for a meh team. We’ll see. Please don’t fuck it up, Marvel.

[Via The Hollywood Reporter and IESB]

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Angry Zen Minion Ted O’Hanlan sent along this trailer for Ryuhei Kitamura’s latest, The Midnight Meat Train. Yes. That Kitamura. Versus (meh), Godzilla Final Wars (geek hurray!) Kitamura. The Kitamura who we all expected to make mindless kitschy B genre flicks for the rest of his career has kicked things up a few notches. If this review of The Midnight Meat Train is any indication, we may have a horror/terror/torture porn flick on our hands that redefines the genre.

This one seems to be getting a bit more love than Repo. There’s a midnight showing at the E Street Cinema in D.C. that I might just have to drag a bunch of people along with me to check out.

[Via Cinematical]

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I find it more and more difficult to hate Paris Hilton the more I see of her in Repo, The Genetic Opera. In this clip, sent over from AZM Ally Kensei Dave, we get a deeper look at Hilton’s character, Amber Sweet. The bad news, sounds like Hilton will actually sing in this movie. But the little bits of “Zydrate Anatomy” we get throughout this clip sound freaking awesome. So who knows.

Repo drops in select theaters next Friday. They’re also going on a road tour with select dates in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Orlando. Dammit! No DC love! Ah well.

[Via REPO! The Genetic Opera]

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AZM Ally Greg sends over the juicy rumor that the 11th Doctor may be Paterson Joseph, pictured above as The Emperor Jones. Joseph appeared in the first season on a few episodes, but since I’ve only seen the Donna Noble season all the way through, I missed Joseph’s episodes. It’ll probably seem a bit racist on my part to get excited about a casting change based entirely on race, but I’ll say it. This is bloody fucking brilliant! And honestly, Paterson Joseph as the Doctor can’t possibly be as terrible as Colin Baker as the Doctor. Blech. Who are you shouting at all the bloody time, Colin?!

All we need are some Asian companions and we’re all set!

[Via Sci Fi Wire and Lying in the Gutters]

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