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10 Things About The Making of The Shining That You Didn’t Know
We know there are crazy, freaky Shining fans out there that know anything and everything there is to know about Stanley Kubrick's much-celebrated adaptation of Stephen King's novel. If you're one of those people, consider this list to be a refresher course. For the rest of you, read carefully, you might learn something.
The Lost Boys Were Originally Supposed To Be… Well, Boys
But do you realize just how close one of your favorite movies came to never existing? Yeah, really close.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula: An Exercise in Multiple Cinematic Personalities
Bram Stoker's Dracula: a sumptuous horror masterpiece or a beautiful hot mess? It's both, isn't it?
Full Release: Movies
This week's new movies include horse drama Secretariat, Wes Craven's My Soul To Take, Edward Norton in Stone and the latest Katherine Heigl rom-com Life As We Know It.
Just Another Reason Why I Can’t Stand Best Buy
I feel bad for poor (and uninformed) gamer's parents right about now.
Full Release: Music
This week we have a mixed bag of releases for you music fans out there. We've got your hip-hop pop; your redneck country; your hipster indie rock; and a R&B diva trying to stage a comeback. Let's get to it.
Full Release: DVD/Blu-Ray
This week's new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray disc include the Karate Kid remake, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake, and two original gross-out horrors: Splice and The Human Centipede.
Worst of Netflix: Horror Movie Lightning Round
This week's Worst of Netflix runs through a lightning round of movies so horrible even our intrepid reviewer couldn't finish them.
The Social Network Review
David Fincher's The Social Network tells the tale of the early days of Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg. Did we Like it?
Full Release: Movies
This week's new movies include a double-shot of horror with Case 39 and Let Me In, as well as The Social Network.
Full Release: Music
This week sees new albums from Soundgarden, Kenny Chesney and Gucci Mane. Check our short reviews.
Full Release: DVD/Blu-Ray
This week's new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray include Iron Man 2, ski lift thriller Frozen, Get Him To The Greek and more.
You Again Review
Sometimes you walk into a movie screening with low expectations only to leave two hours later thinking, "Wow, how wrong could I have been? That was a great film!" This was not one of those times.
Full Release: Movies
This week's new movies include the long-awaited Wall Street sequel, perplexing owl-athon Legend of the Guardians, Kristen Bell rom-com You Again and documentary Catfish. Check our short reviews.
Metroid: The Very Best That Fandom Has To Offer, Part 5
Now that we've seen plenty of examples of Metroid fandom, time to at long last to hear some of the game's legendary music.
New Michael Jackson Game Looks, Not Surprisingly, Horrible
Despite all his weirdness, the gloved one certainly deserves better than this.
Full Release: Music
This week's new albums include a solo joint from System Of A Down's Serj, a new Maroon 5 and more.
Full Release: DVD/Blu-Ray
This week's new DVD/Blu-Ray releases are headlined by Robin Hood, but there's some other good stuff in there too.
Metroid: Two Reasons Why I Still Love My Game Boy Advance
It's the kind of sequel that needed to happen, along with the kind of remake that no one else had been able to do. It's Metroids Fusion and Zero Missions!
Easy A Review
Is Easy A, a comedy about a girl who fakes losing her virginity, better than the sum of it's parts? Read our review.
Full Release: Movies
This week's new movies include The Town, Easy A, Devil and more. Check our quick reviews.
Tokyo Game Show: It’s Like A Dream Come True
The Tokyo Game Show has just kicked off, and relax! Nothing to fear: they're still making some awesome games over there.
The Bittersweet Melody: The Teen Comedy’s Greatest Hits
Issued in droves every year for the past 25 years, teen comedies are like new cars, perennially issued with the latest gadgets and gizmos to allure the consumer's eye.
Russell Crowe Will Be RZA’s Man With the Iron Fist
Wu-Tang Clan member RZA has managed to get Russell Crowe to sign on to the rapper's feature film directing debut, The Man With the Iron Fist.
Your Pit Crew Dude In Wave Race Hates Your Guts
For you Wave Race: Blue Storm fans out there... all six of you left... here's a recently discovered code to add a little sass to the proceedings.
Full Release: DVD/Blu-Ray
This week's new releases on DVD and Blu-Ray disk include Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time, Letters to Juliet and Just Wright. Check our quick reviews.
Full Release: Music
New albums from Linkin Park, Trey Songz, Robert Plant, Weezer and more. Check our short reviews.
The Hangover 2 In Moscow?
In an interview with Zach Galifanakis, he let slip his ideal location for The Hangover 2- the mean streets of Moscow.
Metroid: The Very Best That Fandom Has To Offer, Part 4
Easily the best Samus cosplayer out there is back at it again, this time rocking the Zero Suit look.
Street Fighter High School: The Musical
It's the World Warriors... in high school... all singing and dancing and stuff. Guest starring Psylocke?!
