Something Shiny

This falls soundly into the almost-certainly-lame-but-there’s-that-teeny-tiny-chance-it’s-brilliant category. Hey, at least it’s not another sequel.

Don’t forget, Vita.MN is hosting music and movies at the Lake Harriet band shell tonight. The Honeydogs are up first followed by Waiting for Guffman. Unfortunately, they saved the worst for last, but that’s just my opinion, doesn’t mean you can’t go.

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Don’t forget, Vita.MN is hosting music and movies at the Lake Harriet band shell tonight. Dosh is up first followed by Time Bandits.

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The Mounds Theater over in Saint Paul has some fun double feature action coming up, as well as a “historical haunting tour.”

Sept. 25th: “The Screaming Skull” & “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die!”
Doors 7pm, movies start – 7.30pm

Oct. 10th: “Horror Express” & “The Werewolf Vs. Vampire Woman”
Doors 7pm, movies start – 7.30pm

Oct. 30th: “Terror From Beneath The Earth”
Doors creak open – 9pm
Movies start – 9.30pm

Featuring a vampish hostess who will introduce each movie and keep the things that go bump in the rafters at bay, terrible trivia (with WHEEL OF DOOM) and even putrescent popcorn and cadaverous concessions!

Admission is FREE, but your generous donations will be welcomed to raise funds for the Portage for Youth, a children’s non-profit based in St. Paul which provides free arts and theatre programs and works with with at-risk children.

Come dressed up in your wickedest wear if you desire, but be prepared for an evening of fun and entertainment!

Throughout October: Real Haunted Tours
Tickets $20.00

Tour the Mounds Theatre in near darkness, hear the history from it’s construction and learn some Ghosthunting 101 as well as possibly having your own close encounters with the spirits at the historic Mounds Theatre. Lights flashing, sounds and touches are often reported.

This is NOT a fake haunted house event, this is a historical haunting tour.

Visit the website for more information and to book your tickets www.RealHauntedTours.com

For more information: http://www.moundstheatre.org/

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Don’t forget, Vita.MN is hosting music and movies at the Lake Harriet band shell tonight. One for the Team are up first followed by Bottle Rocket.

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What was wrong with The Blair Witch Project? No one could figure out why, despite great horror, they continued to film the horror that fell upon them. Quarantine pretty much fixed that nag, and also doesn’t have any up-the-running-nose crying confessions. I don’t see all that many flix in the theater but I do wish I’d caught this there as I think the big screen could have really added to the mood. The last two seconds is disappointing for reasons I won’t reveal here for fear of spoiling anything for those who haven’t seen it though.

If “those who haven’t seen it” includes you, you should check it out. It’s available via Netflix’s watch instantly streaming service currently.

Oh, although if you’ve seen [rec] you’ve apparently seen Quarantine as the latter was based on the former.

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Don’t forget, Vita.MN is hosting music and movies at the Lake Harriet band shell tonight. Duluth slow-core rockers are up first followed by Jaws.

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Lazy Halloween costume wearers rejoice! Dress as Ash from the Evil Dead franchise this Halloween.

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Transformers + Juno + sorta the opposite of Buffy the Vampire Slayer + Heathers + Strangers with Candy = Jennifer’s Body? I guess we’ll find out September 18th.

The Transformers = Stars Megan Fox
Juno = Written by Diablo Cody (finally putting that evil pseudonym to work)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer = This time the high school kid is the vampire
Heathers = Luring jock to his death in the woods through suggestion of sex
Strangers with Candy = Amy Sedaris is involved somehow (hopefully not much)

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If J.J. Abrams’ vision of the future is remotely accurate, grabbing on to the edge of things you would otherwise fall off is going to be absolutely critical in a couple hundred years. Start practicing now.

Those of you who’ve seen the movie, think back at how easily (and often) Jimmy Kirk would have been foiled were it not for his mad “grabbing on to the edge of things he would otherwise fallen off of” skillz.

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So I guess The Matrix has been out for 10 years now. Frankly I never understood why it was such a big deal. Maybe because I’d already heard the classic “brain in a jar” philosophical argument? Anyway, xkcd does a pretty decent job of pointing out a few of the chinks in the film’s awesomeness armor. Click on the pic for the full strip.

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Never before have I been so impressed with the cleverness of DVD packaging. I’m not sure why this vintage Atari 2600 cover art style is so great, but it is. The Venture Brothers is generally at least good, bordering on brilliant at times. Not sure who’s responsible for packaging, the folks that work on the show, or the Adult Swim crew, but hats off to all of you.

I’m having serious impulse control issues now… But you don’t have to resist, go buy it, here, I’ll help, here’s a link… click it… I know you want to.

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I’m not sure what the hold up is on the DVD, but it seems like the geek cult favorite The IT Crowd has been on-again/off-again for a couple years for DVD distribution. For you lucky Netflix folks, it’s available now as a watch instantly title.

Well, what are you waiting for… go…

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Ah, Roku box, how do I love thee? Tonight you brought Weirdsville into my home from the fine folks at Netflix. Appropriately titled, it’s a pretty loose plot that serves to string together a series of odd events, people and places.

It’s not great and fell back on the comedy equivalent of punting (use of a midget), but it’s definitely worth checking out if you’ve got the Netflix.

The mailman brought Netherbeast Incorporated earlier today (also from Netflix).  Despite an impressive cast for something I’d never heard of before some random Netflix recommendation, it was only ok. Dave Foley, Judd Nelson, Jason Mewes, and Darrell Hammond (ok, that doesn’t really count as a plus) all have substantial roles, but surprisingly none are the lead. Basically, it’s Office Space meets Interview with a Vampire. It was a great idea, but they just couldn’t quite pull it off.

Getting back to Weirdsville, at this point is Scott Speedman’s career, he’s almost made up for being “that dreamy guy from Felicity.” Almost.

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I don’t recall whether I’d posted anything on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies back when it was making the rounds on the blogs. If I didn’t it was only because I was disappointed by the $12.95 price tag.

In a related story, apparently there is also a Pride and Predators movie in the works. It would appear that both projects are independant of one another. I don’t know if one stole the concept from the other (in addition to borrowing a good deal of content from Jane Austin), but maybe it’s just a matter of two similar media releases of similar subject matter hitting at the same time (e.g. those two volcano movies, those two asteroids-may-destroy-the-earth movies, Mall Cop and that other mall cop movie that’s about to come out…).

Stay tuned for more ways to make Victorian romance novels suck less.

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