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December 2, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. More end of year lists! How we love them. First up is Mr. Skin's Top 20 Celebrity Nude Scenes of 2008 (via; it's actually mostly safe for work, as there's no actual nudity on the page, but keep in mind the language is rather... florid—plus there's multiple ads for Playboy). Then we have the most popular movie trailers......

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December 1, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Thanksgiving 2008 is already a fast-fading memory, but we can't resist linking to Cinematical's last "Movies We're Thankful for" Thanksgiving post, because it highlights a great film that we truly love: The Thin Man. Oh, and Download Squad had a similar thing going on; check out this list of apps they're thankful for. And finally, Underwire's 20 Worst Film and TV......

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November 26, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. A more concise edition of Joystiq's Black Friday shopping guide. It's the 2008 Good Gift Games guide from Matthew Baldwin. (Via) In honor of the holiday, Cinematical picks seven Terrific Turkeys of the Aughts, which in this case refers to bad movies, not birds. Cinematical is also continuing its holiday-appropriate series, "Movies We're Thankful for," with paeans to Anchorman and Dirty......

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November 25, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. This is pretty funny—one or more people covered a poster for Twilight in the NYC subway with spoilers for the rest of the series. And a penis drawing. For more Twilight hilarity, check out this rejected screenplay (via). And finally, in all seriousness, it is kind of neat that the film had the best opening weekend ever for......

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November 24, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. We've posted a lot of insane links about bacon here, but this might just be the pinnacle. (Via Bob) Ten unconventional winter holiday movies, selected by GeekDad. Underwire reviews Stephen Colbert's Christmas special. According to a recent poll, the internet is now the most trusted news medium. Which slightly disturbs us (what part of the internet are you relying on, exactly?),......

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November 21, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. For those who want to know what this whole Watchmen thing is about, but don't feel like reading the whole book, here's the condensed version. And those who have read the book will find this image of a cute little Rorschach particularly twisted and disturbing... and funny! Do you get irritated by people constantly asking you questions they could easily get the answer......

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November 20, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Apparently there's an artist who goes around making bizarre, fake roadside attractions, including one that commemorates the Union's plan to use dinosaurs against the South in the Civil War. Awesome! Our old friend Toren Atkinson dug up a bunch of fun movie rumors: Frank Miller might direct an adaptation of his own graphic novel, Hard Boiled; Djimon Hounsou will star in and produce......

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November 19, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Cinematical included a lot of interesting nuggets in this post. The writers of Captain America have been chosen; Miley Cyrus could be up for an Oscar; South Park might come to an end with another movie; and Ennio Morricone may be working on the score for Quentin Tarantino's irritatingly spelled Inglourious Basterds. A lengthy interview with Spike Jonze on Where the......

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November 18, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. A movie called War Monkeys is on the way, about "two guys trapped underground with a gang of furious, military-trained rhesus monkeys who are mega-smart and weapon-trained." Wow. It's also described as like "Quentin Tarantino's Gremlins." The director, Kevin Munroe, goes on to say: "It's real horror with real scary elements. You've got real monsters here with the......

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November 17, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Go and watch this ASAP. It's a bootleg video of the Star Trek trailer, and we don't know how long it's going to be available. For more on Star Trek, check out Sci Fi Wire's interesting interview with the new Kirk, Chris Pine. More on John Boorman's Wizard of Oz! It will supposedly be serious and faithful to the novel. Also,......

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November 14, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. "For the first time, astronomers have taken a visual image of a multiple-planet solar system beyond our own." Very exciting. DARPA's finally going to get us our flying cars! New Watchmen trailer! We still have misgivings, but we have to admit, it looks really, really good. Game|Life takes a look at the long lines for Wrath of the Lich King, and then gives......

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November 13, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Sarah Palin has said whether she runs for office again is dependent on God. So 23/6 is providing us with some handy prayers to try to keep her in Alaska. (Via Sarah) Get Your War On explains what a Barack Obama presidency will really mean. Truly hilarious. We are especially amused by the part about the "special mustache." (Via) We still can't quite......

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November 12, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Get a first look at the new Enterprise! Actually it's the old Enterprise. But you know what we mean. (Via) We're sure you all remember the Sarah Palin porn spoof, Nailin' Paylin. Well, now a Florida-based porn director named Cezar Capone wants to do it with the real thing! He's willing to pay Palin $2 million to appear in an adult......

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November 11, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Google fixed that crazy bug with Android that we mentioned yesterday. Barack Obama may be our favorite president ever! Amongst a list of 50 facts you might not know about him (via, via) are these items: he collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics; he has read every Harry Potter book; his favorite book is Moby-Dick; Casablanca is......

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November 10, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Oops! The actual shipping version of the Android OS has a rather awkward bug: Anything you type on the keyboard, in any application, is simultaneously sent to a command line shell and executed as the root user. That means if you type "reboot," the phone will reboot. D'oh! Click through for the interim solution. We expect a patch of some sort......

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November 7, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. A great parody image of the presidential and vice presidential candidates as heroes and villains from Batman (via). In other hilarious political news, now that the campaign is over, aides from the Palin and McCain camps are taking shots at one another, and all kinds of nasty dirt about Palin is coming out. Bah ha ha ha! Harry Knowles has a source who......

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November 6, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Sad news: author Michael Crichton died Tuesday of cancer at age 66. Cinematical celebrates his work by picking seven films that were either made by him, or were based on his work. Sci Fi Wire takes a similar tack and picks his best hits and worst misses. You may have seen the vaguely amusing, Risky Business-style commercial for Guitar Hero: World Tour starring......

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November 5, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Pretty much every website we read has something to say about the election. Threat Level on Wired says the internet had a big part in Obama's win (or maybe it was the movies). Cinematical looks back at the seven most memorable campaigners. Check out the Obama for Pizzamerica (via Sarah), and tiny Obama faces sculpted using nanolithography. Play Super Obama World.......

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November 4, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Wired has a couple of fun, presidential photo galleries up for Election Day: A Century of Presidents and Casting the Ballot in Elections Gone By. They've also got a fun story to scare the crap out of you: "optical-scan machines made by Election Systems & Software failed recent pre-election tests in a Michigan county, producing different tallies for......

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October 31, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Cinematical has a lot of interesting items here, including: the news that that Ghostbusters game really will be published by Atari; more pics from Sherlock Holmes; and Brandon Routh says DC has a Brainiac storyline in mind for Superman that he's excited about. More Hollywood director attack ads! A new five minute long trailer for The Day the Earth Stood Still. (Via) A......

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October 30, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Check out this Simpsons parody of the Mad Men opening credits. Apparently it's a leaked clip from the upcoming Halloween special. (Via Sarah) We posted a rumor a while back that they might have changed the ending of Watchmen for the film; now comes the news that Warner Brothers is actually testing multiple alternate endings, with the idea that the one from the......

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October 29, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. It's official: Jon Favreau will direct Iron Man 2 and executive produce The Avengers, and Robert Downey Jr. will reprise his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in both films. Meanwhile, rumor has it that Christian Bale will play Dr. Strange. We like the idea, but we find it hard to believe Warner Brothers/DC Comics would let that happen. Batman in a......

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October 28, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cinematical did a big long interview with Kevin Smith, but it's so long it's being posted in pieces. This piece is about the title of Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Christopher Nolan talked about Batman in an interview recently. He says he'd do a sequel to Dark Knight, but only if the story was right. Some interesting......

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October 27, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. An amazing compilation of parodies of that infamous picture of McCain grimacing and apparently attempting to grope Obama. (Via) The best reason yet to vote this Election Day: it'll get you free ice cream. (Via Sarah) Some fun Halloween links: ten epic Halloween costumes (via Sarah); a sound board, cut-out mask, and spooky wallpapers from Angry Alien; Sci Fi Wire suggests......

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October 23, 2008

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Cinematical's fourth annual costume contest has begun! Check out this awesome Predator pumpkin. Oh, and there are a few other cool things at that link, including a poster for Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, a fake "bootleg" trailer for The Flash, and the final, real trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Cool image of Heath Ledger from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.......

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October 22, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Pretty cool stop-motion animated chess match. (Via Sarah) A new candidate—a new Palin, in fact—has entered the race for president, and we fully support him (via); the five best places to follow presidential polls; beware the Cylons; how Terry Tate, Office Linebacker feels about Palin and voting in the election; a simple quiz to determine whether you are a "real" American......

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October 20, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Woo hoo! Good news for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles! Fox has picked up the show for a full season, ordering the back nine episodes of the second season. In honor of the recent release of Max Payne, Time picks the top 10 worst video game movies. (Via Sarah) Early reviews of Quantum of Solace are in, and they're quite positive.......

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October 20, 2008

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Modern Marvels (Mon, 8PM-9PM, History) The marvel in question this time is projectile accuracy, which is explored in many of its forms, including LAPD sharp shooters, Army snipers, the Phoenix Mars Lander, and pool experts. Scream Queens (Mon, 10PM-11PM, VH1) Another reality competition show, this one following ten aspiring actresses competing for a role in Saw VI. In this first episode, the women size each other up,......

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October 17, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Mental_floss points out (with examples!) that the most horrifying monster of all is the bunny rabbit. (Via Sarah) Epicenter at Wired picks the best movies to watch when the economy is going to hell. Check out a very creepy red band trailer for Let the Right One In, a vampire romanc