With Marvel’s new Avenger’s movie out, audiences are going blockbuster movie crazy, what with the dazzling shots and expensive special fx. For most no-budget independent moviemakers it would be an expensive feat to duplicate, but for Patrick A. Prejusa all he needs is a camera, a computer, some orange juice bottles, and a roll of duct tape.

Patrick is making his own blockbuster movie called REDD, an ambitious sci-fi / action / adventure project featuring what looks like expensive special fx. REDD uses no-budget tricks like building monsters out of cardboard and duct tape, space ships from orange juice bottles and coffee cans, and various other tricks to produce cinematic quality fx.

No stranger to no-budget filmmaking, Patrick was responsible for the 2006 movie Monster Cops: The Midnight Special, a film that B-Independent said was “An absolute blast!” and HorrorTalk spouted was “Laugh out loud funny!”. It was there he learned how to think outside the box and create affordable effects pieces on a shoestring budget. In addition to the movie, he has put numerous webisodes online and has produced ads and viral videos for some big name brands.

While the ultimate goal is to finish REDD, another goal is to raise money for various cancer charities. Patrick’s mother-in-law passed away from cancer in 2006. His mother is a cancer survivor. So combining the want to do something good with his passion for moviemaking only made sense, so a portion of every DVD sold will go to the American Cancer Society as well as other cancer charities that need support.

REDD is currently running a Kickstarter campaign and looks to finish filming in time for screenings this Fall.

The sole purpose of the latest clip from Prometheus seems to be to show off the movie’s titular spaceship.  It looks great and all, but I have my fingers crossed in the hope that this movie isn’t just an hour and a half of special effects.

I’m loving this new storyline, but that costume is a major downgrade from the Tobey Maguire version. It looks cartoonish. That’s not going to stop me from buying a ticket, though.

I want to like Sucker Punch so much, but every trailer makes me more nervous than the next. Pleeease be more like The Matrix than Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

To celebrate the 83rd Academy Awards last Sunday, YouTube user MoPapparani spliced together this video of Hollywood’s 150 most popular movie catch phrases end-to-end.

1. “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!”
– BEETLEJUICE
– Lydia, summoning Beetlejuice
2. “It’s showtime!”
– BEETLEJUICE
– Beetlejuice, being summoned.
3. “They’re heeeere!”
– POLTERGEIST
– Carol Anne Freeling, notifying her parents of the spirits present
4. “Hey you guys!”
– THE GOONIES
– Sloth, calling the attention of the children he’s about to save
5. “Good morning, Vietnam!”
– GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM
– Adrian Cronauer’s greeting on his radio show
6. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill
. bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one
. of ‘em, not one stinkin’ dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell,
. the whole hill. Smelled like … victory.”
– APOCALYPSE NOW
– Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, describing the feeling war brings
7. “Say ‘hello’ to my little friend!”
– SCARFACE
– Tony Montana, shouting his battle cry before an ambush
8. “I’m your Huckleberry.”
– TOMBSTONE
– Doc Holiday, volunteering to participate in a stand-off
9. “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
– THE PRINCESS BRIDE
– Inigo Montoya, to the 6-fingered man, before his final battle with him
10. “Heeeeere’s Johnny!”
– THE SHINING
– Jack Torrance, maniacally calling to his wife with the intent to kill
11. “Khaaaaan!”
– STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN
– Capt. Kirk, screaming out of frustration
12. “Bueller….Bueller…Bueller?”
– FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF
– Economics Teacher, taking class attendance
13. “They call me Mr. Tibbs!”
– IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
– Virgil Tibbs, saying what they call him at home
14. “Bond…James Bond.”
– GOLDFINGER
– James Bond, introducing himself
15. “A martini…shaken, not stirred.”
– GOLDFINGER
– James Bond, ordering his signature drink
16. “Shall…we…play…a…game?”
– WARGAMES
– the computer system WOPR, asking its user to play a game with it
17. “Alrighty then!”
– ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE
– Ace Ventura, acknowledging a confirmation
18. “The numbers all go to 11!”
– THIS IS SPINAL TAP
– Nigel Tufnel, showing off the power of his guitar amps
19. “To infinity…and beyond!”
– TOY STORY
– Buzz Lightyear, professing his aspiration for further exploration
20. “Well, la-de-da.”
– ANNIE HALL
– Annie Hall, reacting to her boyfriend in a conversation
21. “Yeah baby, yeah!”
– AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
– Austin Powers, conversing with his partner, Mrs. Kensington
22. “I know kung fu.”
– THE MATRIX
– Neo, announcing his newly acquired knowledge
23. “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
– THEY LIVE
– Nada, announcing his intentions at a city bank
24. “Who are you?” – “Your worst nightmare.”
– RAMBO III
– John Rambo, angrily introducing himself to a Russian commander
25. “I know you are, but what am I?”
– PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
– Pee Wee, arguing with Francis Buxton
26. “Surely, you can’t be serious.” – “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley.”
– AIRPLANE!
– Stryker, reacting to a request to land a plane (pilots incapacitated)
27. “Dammit, man, I’m a DOCTOR, not a – ”
– STAR TREK
– Leonard “Bones” McCoy, in a discussion about future technology
28. “I pity the fool.”
– ROCKY III
– Clubber Lang, in an interview prior to fighting Rocky Balboa
29. “You talkin’ to me?”
– TAXI DRIVER
– Travis Bickle, practicing a confrontation in the mirror
30. “You’ve gotta ask yourself a question: do I feel lucky? …well, do ya, punk?!?”
– DIRTY HARRY
– Harry, speaking to a criminal suspect before arresting him
31. “WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION, NUMBNUTS?!?”
– FULL METAL JACKET
– Gny. Sgt. Hartman to Pvt. Pyle, demanding he disarm
32. “There can be only one.”
– HIGHLANDER
– Connor McLeod, after finally defeating The Kurgan
33. “Aw, crap.”
– HELLBOY
– Hellboy, expressing his feeling about his new obligation to fight
34. “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
– LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
– Gandalf, taking a stand against the pursuing Balrog
35. “THIS IS SPARTA!”
– 300
– King Leonidas, to a Persian messenger, kicking him into the “Pit of Death”
36. “Of course, you know, this means WAR!”
– A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
– Otis Driftwood, to a representative of New York after a misunderstanding
37. “Houston, we have a problem.”
– APOLLO 13
– Jim Lovell, informing Mission Control about a troublesome situation
38. “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”
– THE WIZARD OF OZ
– Dorothy, Tinman, and Scarecrow, afraid of the dangers of the woods
39. “Warriors, come out to play-ee-ay!”
– THE WARRIORS
– Luther, taunting the Warriors, a gang accused of murder
40. “I must break you.”
– ROCKY IV
– Ivan Drago, to Rocky Balboa, while touching gloves
41. “Shit just got real.”
– BAD BOYS II
– Marcus Burnett, to Mike Lowrey, realizing the danger they’re in
42. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take this anymore!”
– NETWORK
– Howard Beale, broadcasting to the nation, to get mad and scream
43. “It’s clobberin’ time!”
– FANTASTIC FOUR
– The Thing, before fighting Dr. Doom
44. “Here comes the pain!”
– CARLITO’S WAY
– Carlito ‘Charlie’ Brigante, to enemies before entering a room
45. “HULK SMASH!”
– THE INCREDIBLE HULK
– Bruce Banner, as the Hulk, before hitting the ground
46. “Go ahead, make my day.”
– SUDDEN IMPACT
– Harry Callahan, to a small-time restaurant robber
47. “Time to nut up or shut up.”
– ZOMBIELAND
– “Tallahassee,” to “Columbus,” preparing to encounter zombies
48. “Resistance is futile.”
– STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
– The Borg, to the USS Enterprise crew, informing them of the impending invasion
49. “Get off my plane.”
– AIR FORCE ONE
– President Marshall, to Egor Korshunov, before throwing him off the cargo bay
50. “Get away from her, you BITCH!!!”
– ALIENS
– Ellen Ripley, to the Alien queen, rescuing Newt
51. “Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!”
– PLANET OF THE APES
– Taylor, telling a gorilla to unhand him
52. “Run, Forrest, run!”
– FORREST GUMP
– Jenny, to Forrest, running from school bullies
53. “I’ll be back.”
– THE TERMINATOR
– Terminator, to a police front desk clerk before breaking in
54. “I’m too old for this shit.”
– LETHAL WEAPON
– Sgt Roger Murtaugh, reacting to his new partner, Riggs
55. “Thank you for your cooperation.”
– ROBOCOP
– Robocop, to convenience store owners, after stopping a criminal
56. “Loser!”
– ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE
– Ace, to himself, after his landlord leaves
57. “Ding-dong, the witch is dead!”
– THE WIZARD OF OZ
– The Munchkins, celebrating the Wicked Witch’s death
58. “I want my two dollars!”
– BETTER OFF DEAD
– Paperboy Johnny, to Lane Meyer, insisting he pay for his newspaper subscription
59. “SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!”
– JERRY MAGUIRE
– Jerry, to Rod Tidwell, obeying him in order to stay his agent
60. “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”
– WALL STREET
– Gordon Gekko, to a seminar crowd, on how to be successful
61. “Very nice, how much?”
– BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT
. GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
– Borat, to a random woman, asking for a price for sex.
62. “One MILLION dollars!”
– AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
– Dr. Evil, to his crew, declaring the asking price for holding the world for ransom
63. “I’ll buy that for a dollar!”
– ROBOCOP
– Bixby Snyder, to the camera, on the thought of having two women
64. “Excellent!”
– BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
– Bill & Ted, reacting to the King’s command to take them to the iron maiden
65. “Bogus.”
– BILL & TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
– Bill & Ted, reacting to the King’s command to execute them
66. “The horror…..the horror.”
– APOCALYPSE NOW
– Col. Kurtz, saying his final words before dying
67. “You can’t handle the truth!”
– A FEW GOOD MEN
– Col. Fessep to Lt. Jr. Grade Kaffee on ordering a Code Red
68. “YES, they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell!”
– A TIME TO KILL
– Carl Lee Hailey, on whether child rapists deserve to die
69. “Damn you. Goddamn you all to hell!”
– PLANET OF THE APES
– Taylor, to the dead men of history, in reaction to the reason for why things are
70. “Snap out of it!”
– MOONSTRUCK
– Loretta to Ronny after saying he’s in love with her
71. “Why so serious?”
– THE DARK KNIGHT
– The Joker, telling a story of his father
72. “We’re on a mission from God.”
– THE BLUES BROTHERS
– Elwood Blues, explaining why they need Mr. Fabulous
73. “Shaa, and monkeys might fly out of my butt!”
– WAYNE’S WORLD
– Wayne, reacting to hosting Wayne’s World for a living
74. “As if!”
– CLUELESS
– Cher, after pushing off a guy who was trying to hold onto her
75. “I sell drugs to the community!”
– BLACK DYNAMITE
– Chocolate Giddy-Up, identifying himself as one Black Dynamite’s at war with
76. “You’re a disease, and I’m the cure.”
– COBRA
– Marion Cobretti, to a grocery store robber, before disabling him
77. “Yipee kayaye, motherfucker!”
– DIE HARD
– John McClane, spewing out a phrase after Hans Gruber predicts him doing it
78. “Hoo-ah!”
– SCENT OF A WOMAN
– Lt. Col. Frank Slade, after Charlie Simms tells him about his scholarship
79. “Cowabunga!”
– TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: SECRET OF THE OOZE
– All 4 turtles, celebrating their final victory in the end
80. “I feel the need…the need for speed.”
– TOP GUN
– Maverick, preparing for flight
81. “If you build it, he will come.”
– FIELD OF DREAMS
– A whispering voice, encouraging to Ray Kinsella to build a baseball field
82. “You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”
– THE ITALIAN JOB
– Charlie Croker, telling Left-Ear about how much explosive he should have used
83. “Machete don’t text.”
– MACHETE
– Machete, explaining why he didn’t text Sartana Rivera
84. “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
– JAWS
– Martin Brody to Robert Shaw, warning of the shark’s size
85. “Badges? We don’t have no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have
. to show you any stinking badges!”
– THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
– Gold Hat, reacting to Dobbs prompting him to prove they are policemen
86. “I am your father.”
– STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
– Darth Vader, revealing his true past to his son, Luke Skywalker
87. “I see dead people.”
– THE SIXTH SENSE
– Cole Sear, revealing his secret to Dr. Malcom Crowe
88. “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
– THE WIZARD OF OZ
– Dorothy, to her dog, realizing where they are
89. “…and this one time, at band camp…”
– AMERICAN PIE
– Michelle, to Jim, about a rather personal moment
90. “HOLY SCHNIKES!!!”
– TOMMY BOY
– Tommy Callahan, screaming at accidentally disrupting the cows’ sleep
91. “Great scott!”
– BACK TO THE FUTURE
– Doc Brown, expressing his shock that Marty’s back FROM the future
92. “INCONCEIVABLE!!!”
– THE PRINCESS BRIDE
– Vizzini, reacting in disbelief
93. “My momma always said,
. ‘Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get.”‘
– FORREST GUMP
– Forrest, telling someone at a bus stop his mother’s musings
94. “It’s alive! It’s alive! IT’S ALIVE!!!”
– FRANKENSTEIN
– Henry Frankenstein, reacting to his creation coming alive
95. “Gooble gobble, gooble gobble. We accept her! We accept her!
. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble. One of us! One of us!”
– FREAKS
– The “Freaks” of the circus chanting their acceptance of a friend
96. “Alright, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.”
– SUNSET BOULEVARD
– Norma Desmond, telling the director she’s ready
97. “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”
– SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
– Hannibal Lecter, telling Clarice Starling what he did to a census taker
98. “THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!”
– THE EXORCIST
– Father Merrin and Father Damien Karras to a possessed Regan
99. “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
– THE GODFATHER
– Don Corleone, to Johnny Fontane, about his plans for a Hollywood director
100. “Soylent Green is people!”
– SOYLENT GREEN
– Detective Thorn, to a surrounding crowd, about the secret of soylent green
101. “I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!”
– THE GODFATHER PART II
– Michael Corleone, to Fredo, about his betrayal to the Corleon family
102. “You don’t understand! I coulda had class! I coulda been a contender. I coulda
. been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.”
– ON THE WATERFRONT
– Terry Malloy, to his brother Charley, on what could have been without fixing fights
103. “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.”
– CASABLANCA
– Rick Blaine, to Ilsa Lund, cheering her up while breaking up
104. “Never give up, never surrender!”
– GALAXY QUEST
– Commander Peter Taggart, refusing to buckle under enormous pressure
105. “Goonies never say die!”
– THE GOONIES
– Mikey Walsh, to Andy Charmichael, on never giving up
106. “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take…OUR FREEDOM!”
– BRAVEHEART
– William Wallace, to his army, before going into battle
107. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
– GONE WITH THE WIND
– Rhett Butler, to Scarlett, answering her question of where to go, what to do
108. “Oh, behave!”
– AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
– Austin Powers, responding to a naughty comment by Felicity Shagwell
109. “What do you mean, I’m funny?”
– GOODFELLAS
– Tommy DeVito, to Henry Hill, on Tommy’s behaviour
110. “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”
– THE GODFATHER PART III
– Michael Corleone, commenting on the impossibility to escape from mob life
111. “They’re back!”
– POLTERGEIST 2
– Carol Anne Freeling, informing her parents of the spirits’ return
112. “E.T. phone home.”
– E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
– E.T., the alien, declaring his desire to make contact with his native alien race
113. “There’s no place like home.”
– THE WIZARD OF OZ
– Dorothy, performing the ritual of returning back to her home from Oz
114. “Yo, Adrian!”
– ROCKY
– Rocky Balboa, giving a “shout out” to his then girlfriend, Adrian Pennino
115. “Schwing!”
– WAYNE’S WORLD 2
– Garth, acknowledging an attractive woman’s presence
116. “Hey Stella! HEY STELLA!!!”
– A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
– Stanley Kowalski, calling to his wife, Stella Kowalski
117. “You…complete me.”
– JERRY MAGUIRE
– Jerry Maguire, to Dorothy Boyd, expressing his love for her
118. “You had me at ‘hello’.”
– JERRY MAGUIRE
– Dorothy Boyd, to Jerry Maguire, reciprocating Jerry’s love
119. “I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.”
– WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?
– Jessica Rabbit, to Eddie Valiant, on how hard it is to be a sultry, cartoon woman
120. “Why don’t you come up sometime, and see me?”
– SHE DONE HIM WRONG
– Lady Lou, hitting on a well-dressed man in a uniform
121. “Ssssssssssssmokin’!”
– THE MASK
– “The Mask,” greeting the night with an expression of excitement
122. “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me!”
– THE GRADUATE
– Ben Braddock, calling Mrs. Robinson out on plying her wiles
123. “I’ll have what she’s having.”
– WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
– A female restaurant patron, to a server, asking for whatever Sally Albright ate
124. “My precious!”
– THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
– Gollum, answering Faramir’s question, “What did they steal?”, referring to the ring
125. “It’s a trap!”
– STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI
– Admiral Ackbar, after realizing that the claim the 2nd Death Star is operational
126. “Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off.”
– THE KARATE KID
– Mr. Miyagi, teaching Daniel LaRusso that his manual labor translates to karate
127. “SON OF A – … That’s gonna leave a mark.”
– TOMMY BOY
– Tommy Callahan III, after a mast hits him upside the head
128. “My bad!”
– CLUELESS
– Cher Horowitz, after her Jeep almost collides with a bicyclist
129. “Is it safe?”
– THE MARATHON MAN
– Dr. Szell, to Thomas “Babe” Levy, as he drills into his teeth without anesthetic
130. “Yes, sensei!”
– THE KARATE KID
– A karate class, to John Kreese, confirming they understand his instruction
131. “Hey! I’m walking here! I’m walking here!”
– MIDNIGHT COWBOY
– Ratso, angrily responding to a taxi driver honking his horn
132. “Sounds like SOMEBODY’S got a case of the Mondays!”
– OFFICE SPACE
– A female temp, on Peter Gibbons’ upset feeling
133. “Uhh….yeah.”
– OFFICE SPACE
– Bill Lumbergh, transitioning into another topic of conversation
134. “Forget about it.”
– DONNIE BRASCO
– Donnie Brasco and “Lefty” Ruggiero, having small-talk before a job
135. “In this country, you gotta make the money first.
. Then, when you get the money, you get the power.
. Then when you get the power, THEN you get the woman!”
– SCARFACE
– Tony Montana, to Manny Ribera, on how to attract women
136. “I’m the king of the world!”
– TITANIC
– Jack Dawson, expressing excitement at the front end of the Titanic
137. “Hakuna Matata!”
– THE LION KING
– Timon, Pumbaa, and Simba, singing their care-free mantra
138. “Toga, toga, toga toga!”
– ANIMAL HOUSE
– Bluto and Otter, to their fraternity brothers, encouraging them to hold a toga party
139. “Feed me, Seymour!”
– LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
– Audrey II, to Seymour Krelborn, asking him for more food, asking for blood
140. “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”
– 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
– HAL, to Dave Bowman, declining to open the spaceship’s pod bay doors
141. “Rosebud.”
– CITIZEN KANE
– Charles Foster Kane’s last words before dying
142. “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!”
– THE WIZARD OF OZ
– The Wizard, to Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tinman
. upon discovering he’s not a big, scary figure, but a man hiding behind a curtain
143. “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.”
– CHINATOWN
– Walsh, to J.J. Gittes, discouraging him from causing any more trouble
144. “Live long and prosper.”
– STAR TREK
– Spock, to the Vulcan Science Academy, expressing his farewell
145. “May the Force be with you.”
– STAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE
– Jan Dodonna, to the Rebels, wishing them luck before attacking the Death Star
146. “Hasta la vista…baby.”
– TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
– The Terminator, to T-1000, before shattering his liquid nitrogen frozen body
147. “That’ll do, Pig.”
– BABE
– Farmer Hogget, to his sheep-pig, Babe, after winning a sheepdog contest
148. “It’s over, Johnny.”
– FIRST BLOOD
– Col. Trautman, to John Rambo, telling him his war in a small town is over
149. “After all, tomorrow is another day.”
– GONE WITH THE WIND
– Scarlett O’Hara to herself, convinced she can get Rhett Butler back
150. “In case I don’t see ya…good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.”
– THE TRUMAN SHOW
– Truman Burbank, saying his final goodbye before leaving his life’s TV studio

Whether you come away from 2010 remembering Tron Legacy as a worthy sequel or a big let down, no one will ever forget the jaw-dropping visuals that director Joseph Kosinski and the Digital Domain team delivered. Visual News offers this exhilarating eight-minute making-of featurette. It covers everything from the lightcycles to the amazing digital environments that make the movie so amazing to watch in IMAX 3D.

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Just received this press release about the upcoming indie film Grave Encounters from Twin Engine Films. It looks like a film version of Syfy’s Ghost Hunters, with a Blair Witch Project twist. In fact, 1 min 45 secs in you can see that they quite explicitly pay homage to the conclusion of the Blair Witch Project.

Synopsis: “Lance Preston and the crew of “Grave Encounters”, a ghost-hunting reality television show, are shooting an episode inside the abandoned Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, where unexplained phenomena has been reported for years.

All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night and begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera.

They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted – it is alive – and it has no intention of ever letting them leave. They find themselves lost in a labyrinth maze of endless hallways and corridors, terrorized by the ghosts of the former patients.

They soon begin to question their own sanity, slipping deeper and deeper into the depths of madness, ultimately discovering the truth behind the hospital’s dark past…and taping what turns out to be their final episode.”

Check out the website of the film’s production company, Darclight Films.

35mm is an animated short by Pascal Monaco that contains 35 minimalist movie representations. Can you spot them all?

This Your Highness trailer features butt-sex jokes, dragons, and a medieval thong! It’s almost enough to make me forgive Natalie Portman for Revenge of the Sith. Almost.

It’s kind of like a raunchy American version of The Black Adder.

Relativity Media and Universal have released the teaser trailer for Battle: Los Angeles, a big budget alien invasion movie due out in March. If it looks a lot like this weekend’s release, Skyline, it’s not a coincidence. Skyline directors Greg and Colin Strause are the heads of Hydraulx, the visual effects house that did the effects for Battle: Los Angeles. After the Straus siblings had a chance to look under the hood of the film, they quietly produced Skyline and slated it for release four months before Battlefield. The entire incident is the subject of a reportedly bitter falling out between the two films’ studios.

Personally, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. I could watch aliens destroy Earth all day. It just doesn’t get old. In fact, there ought to be a cable channel devoted to rampant mass destruction 24/7. I mean other than Fox News.

“For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world – Buenos Aires, Seoul, France, Germany, China. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world’s great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they’ve ever encountered before.”

The Electric Grandmother is an excellent 1982 made-for-TV movie based on Ray Bradbury’s short story “I Sing the Body Electric!” My teacher showed us this movie in third grade using an actual film projector, and I haven’t been able to find it since. Now it’s online at YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. Watch it while you can! You can bet it’ll be down by this time next week.

The first theatrical trailer for Skyline really didn’t do it for me, but this one looks like an amazing mix of Independence Day and War of the Worlds. At least, amazing in terms of visuals. I’m still withholding judgment, as a lot of recent Hollywood invasion movies has bombed at the box office lately, and the actual plot behind the film sounds suspiciously like Cloverfield. You know the one. Aliens land, people run, people run some more.

Still, just from the visuals in this trailer, I can already tell that I’m definitely going to see this one at some point. The question is whether I’ll pop for a ten dollar ticket or wait to Red Box it.

Carfeul Harry, he doesn’t have a nose! It’s funny, because you never stop to consider how ridiculously over-dramatic trailers are until someone draws your attention to it.

The trailer for Matt Reeves’ Let Me In remake was released this weekend. Reeves directed episodes of “Felicity” as well as J.J. Abrams’ monster movie Cloverfield. The mix is an odd one, but fitting, given the subject matter. The film will be released nationwide October 1st, making this the first Halloween season in recent memory to feature a good, solid horror movie in theaters.