From Crazy Heart writer/director Scott Cooper comes Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale as a down-on-his luck steel mill worker, a real Springsteen-song type, who gets drawn into vigilantism after Woody Harrelson and some bad boys try to get Bale’s Iraq veteran brother played by Casey Affleck to take a dive in his underground boxing match. Much to their chagrin, Casey Affleck says PTSDEEEEZ NUTS to that idea and they retaliate by killing him, leading to an epic showdown between Bale and the bad boys. Also, Pearl Jam.
Another week another round of funny tweets, just for you! Twitter was made for a reason and this is it. This week has some great quality hilarious tweets. Enjoy!
Here are this weeks top Gif's. This gallery is just too hilarious. Enjoy a good laugh and smile with these Gif's. From funny cats to nut shots this post has it all!
After a story about a man surviving a 300 pound bear attack in Rhode Island, a local reporter gave some tips on how to avoid a bear attack. Julie Tremmel made things a little silly in this news video. Watch to find out what I mean.
Who knew you could train a fish to play soccer? This is one impressive Goldfish. Watch Span the goldfish pushes his mini soccer ball into the net. Push Your Ball-y!! Awesome!
Ah Russia, a vast expansive realm steeped in cold war history, famous for being the first nation to send a man into space yet also soaked in vodka and home to some of the most peculiar scenarios and individuals on the planet. Did we mention they build underground bunkers so you can keep partying whilst Armageddon is happening above you? Or that their most notorious criminals communicate through their own custom tattoos? And what about those magnificent landmarks in Moscow, destined to impress even the most jaded traveller? But what of the everyday occurrences of 143 individuals who call Russia home? Is there Tuesday afternoon really so different to yours and mine? Let’s face it, in uncompromising landscape spanning 17,098,242 km and inhabited by some of the most resilient individuals on the planet, you’re going to find more than a few bizarre situations. Here’s a look at just a few you might encounter should you ever go there…
By now it's no secret that Aziz Ansari is a huge fan of hip-hop, and that he's friends with guys like Jay-Z and Kanye West, even making a cameo in the video for "Otis" off of their Watch the Throne collaboration. So I guess it was only a matter of time before some bored Photoshop wizard killed a few hours of his life doing this: Photoshopping Aziz's face into a number of iconic and popular rap album covers. On the pages that follow are a few of my favorites. I think the Nicki Minaj one tickles me the most for the sheer ridiculousness of it. Aziz as Drake comes in a close second. Enjoy.
GOB Bluth's internal/external loneliness as soundtrack'd by Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" to parody the closing scene to "The Graduate" is one of the many, many Season 4 Arrested Development gems out there that deserve further appreciation, and now that we've gone beyond the binge on both GOB-centric episodes (here and here) I can finally highlight some of the internet's finest GOB-inspired parodies of the parody, mostly involving other iconic television characters who also know the darkness all too well. But first, to help us get reacquainted, here are all the instances of the gag from Season 4 in one convenient mashup. Thanks internet!
In 2008, when he was still searching for something that rhymes with “Alec Baldwin,” Kanye West filmed a pilot for HBO. Writer Larry Charles, who dresses down as Rick Rubin for Hollywood and occasionally directs movies like Borat and wrote for something called Seinfeld, explained to Coming Soon that it was Ye’s version of Curb Your Enthusiasm, which Charles also writes for. “It was really good,” he said, back in 2008, “but I think it was too hardcore for HBO. Also…HBO doesn’t have a good track record when it comes to black shows, and I felt like that may have had something to do with it also.” This was before The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency changed the TV landscape. Anyway, the show never made it to air, but footage has leaked online, in the form of an acting reel uploaded by actress Alison Quinn. It’s been on YouTube since 2008, but has only recently gone viral, thanks in no small part to Jay-Z Google’ing then tweeting “how come kanye gets to act in anchorman 2 and i don’t,” probably.
Like a lot of geeks who came up during the 90s, I was briefly pretty into Japanese giant monsters (known as kaiju in their homeland). The (ultimately disappointing) Hollywood version of Godzilla was on the way, so all the classic Toho giant monster movies were re-issued on video and available at Blockbuster, and I watched every one of them I could get my hands on. Yes, they were cheesy as hell for the most part, but there was also something undeniably appealing about them. So, needless to say, I was intrigued by the prospect of Pacific Rim — a tribute to classic kaiju movies from the guy who totally nailed Blade and Hellboy? I’m there! Unfortunately, while Pacific Rim is by no means a terrible film, it wasn’t much of a kaiju movie. Certainly not the labor-of-love tribute to giant rubber monsters I was hoping it would be. How did Pacific Rim miss the mark? Well (SPOILERS AHEAD!)…
On the heels of our X-Force discussion came a valuable and intelligent idea: Just erasing the concept of certain comic book movies from existence. This is an idea we can get behind, not least because, let's face it, there are some painful, painful comic book movies out there. And they kinda need to go. So, as a humble method of discussion, we present these five, with reasons why. We'll include YouTube clips for those who might have forgotten, and we'll limit it to movies that saw wide theatrical release. And we'll suggest some replacements.
