Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'jamesbond'
August 28, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. America, in the person of San Francisco native Craig Billmeier, AKA Hot Lixx Hulahan, has won the Air Guitar World Championships. We are swelling with patriotic pride. Our sister site LAist reports on a woman who continued Twittering even while having a baby. That's dedication. Looks like no Preacher on HBO after all. The new head of HBO felt the adaptation was just......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"August 25, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. NME profiles an American teen who quit school to work on perfecting his Guitar Hero game. His skills have already netted him prizes, and he hopes to go professional eventually. Oh, and don't worry—his parents have hired him a tutor so he can continue his education. (Via Ross) On September 1st, you can go into any participating Chik-Fil-A wearing a sports......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"August 22, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Supposedly Abbie Cornish will star with Jake Gyllenhaal in a film about a private expedition to the moon to create a Lunar colony. Which could be a bit awkward, as Cornish is Jake's current girlfriend Reese Witherspoon's ex-husband Ryan Phillippe's current girlfriend. We don't know about you, but this Phillyist's head is spinning. The release of Quantum of Solace has been pushed back......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"August 18, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Yesterday was the 26th anniversary of the release of the compact disc. The Listening Post at Wired celebrates by wishing for no more happy returns. (Via Jill) Also celebrated by Wired recently was the 10th birthday of the iMac. (Via Jill) Apparently Daniel Radcliffe is getting naked again—and this time it's for Harry Potter. Wha?! Also, Radcliffe revealed recently that he......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"August 8, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Apparently McDonalds franchisees have been complaining about having to advertise for the dollar menu, their point being that it makes little sense to pay extra to publicize something that brings in less revenue. So McDonalds is considering changing things, starting with the double cheeseburger. Specifically, they're thinking about either making it more expensive, or taking the cheese off. If they go with the......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"July 1, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Guillermo Del Toro dropped some more hints about what we can expect from the one or two Hobbit movies he's going to direct. Check out Pixar's first short film. More pics from Scorsese's upcoming film, Ashecliffe. An upcoming film version of King Lear is set to star Anthony Hopkins as the titular king and Naomi Watts, Keira Knightley,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"June 30, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Cinematical's review of Hellboy II is encouragingly positive. You can check out the new, third trailer for the film right here (via). Two Greek mythology movies are on their way and are likely to end up fighting it out at the box office. One is a remake of Clash of the Titans, to be directed by Louis Leterrier and written by......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 4, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. "Astronomers have sighted the smallest extrasolar planet yet orbiting a normal star—a distant world just three times the size of our own." (Via Sarah) Won't somebody please think of the ninjas? Warren Ellis is on a roll lately. He's got links to a couple of fascinating articles, one about new evidence that suggests that Machu Picchu was actually discovered forty years......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"May 15, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Beware, you Mr. Pinks out there who have been stiffing the wait staff! There is in fact an online database of lousy tippers at LousyTippers.com. (Via Sarah) Friends, you might want to swing by your local Dunkin Donuts and/or McDonalds today; apparently, they're both giving away free samples. (Via Sarah) This Phillyist doesn't care for reality TV, but we have to admit MTV's......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"March 10, 2008
Suits, it seems, once a mainstay of American corporate culture, are fast on the road to disappearance, only ever seen, really, at weddings, funerals, and the occasional court date. On the one hand, I'm not really going to complain about the ever-increasing popularity of blue jeans. On the other, this makes me a little sad. Few things are sexier than a man (helloooo, James Bond) or woman (Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct, even before she......
Continue Reading "Monday Manners: Dress for Success"February 14, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Hey, it's Valentine's Day! Or, as we're going to call it from now on, Horny Werewolf Day! To celebrate the day, we offer you links to geeky valentines of the naughty, mean, and sweet varieties (via), as well as some super-nerdy comic book valentines from Chris Sims (definitely check out all of them, as the last one is seriously hilarious, and seriously wrong).......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"February 11, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Some sad news this morning: the actor Roy Scheider, whom most of us remember from his role in Jaws, has passed away. It still doesn't appear to be officially official, but the WGA strike is pretty much over now. Whew! Thank God. Now get back to work, people!!! We need our bread and circuses! The English-language trailer for Forbidden Kingdom is......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"February 8, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The first teaser trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be shown in front of The Spiderwick Chronicles when it gets released next weekend. Of course it'll hit the web shortly afterward. According to Page Six, Woody Allen's upcoming film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, features not only a threesome amongst Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, and Javier Bardem, but also......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"February 7, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Even though Will Arnett's performance as the voice of K.I.T.T. in the upcoming Knight Rider TV movie was already done and in the can, he's now been replaced with Val Kilmer due to a conflict of interest: Arnett has done voicework on GMC truck commercials for over a decade, and K.I.T.T. is a Ford Mustang. This sounds like a joke, but it's apparently......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"February 4, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Nerd World has published excepts from the tax fraud and conspiracy trial of Wesley Snipes. Don't worry, they're not real. But they are hilarious. An interesting concept gadget: the inflatable mouse. Joe Johnston is officially the new director on The Wolfman. With that job filled again, the movie should be able to keep on schedule Video of an immersive desktop VR......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"February 4, 2008
What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. TCM 31 Days of Oscar (All week) TCM is celebrating the Oscars by playing Oscar-winning films pretty much all day, every day this month. It's a great way to catch up on some classic films you've never gotten around to watching. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Mon, 9PM-10PM, Fox) John becomes separated from his mother and Cameron, and discovers the future may be even more bleak than......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"January 30, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Friends, today is International Delete Your MySpace Account Day! Woo hoo! This Phillyist just took part by deleting his account, and he's feeling free and easy. Dude. Cheeseburger in a can. (Via Jason) Harvey Weinstein wants another Rambo movie, and already has an idea for a plot wherein the character would return to the United States. Yet more G.I. Joe casting......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"January 29, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Sam Raimi will executive produce a new syndicated, live-action weekly series titled Wizard's First Rule, which is based on Terry Goodkind's fantasy book series The Sword of Truth. Cooper Lawrence, the author who criticized Mass Effect on a now infamous Fox News segment, has finally actually seen the game and is admitting she made a mistake, and that......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"January 14, 2008
What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Mon, 9PM-10PM, Fox) - The second part of this new show's much-anticipated two-night premiere. You can bet this Phillyist will be watching, because part one was pretty freaking cool. Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (Mon, 8PM-9:30PM, TCM) - Great filmmaker Martin Scorsese narrates a profile of great filmmaker Val Lewton. Lewton was known for making extremely artful,......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"January 11, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. The perfect Valentine's Day gift for that gamer you have a thing for: Chocolate Miis! (Via Sarah) Comic book fans are so pissed about the recent change Marvel made to Spider-Man - using a deal with the devil to erase Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane Watson - that even USA Today heard about it. For the record, we think it's stupid, too.......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"January 4, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. CES 2008 is a few days away, but the announcements and rumors are already pouring out. Netflix is partnering with LG to create a set-top box through which they'll be able to deliver movies and other programming directly to your TV (via Sarah). Meanwhile, rumor is that Microsoft will have a big Xbox-related announcement that might also have something to do with Netflix.......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"December 10, 2007
What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Paranormal State (Mon, 10PM-11PM, A&E) - The debut of a new reality show featuring members of Penn State University's Paranormal Research Society investigating reports of paranormal phenomena. During this hour, they seem to be playing two episodes, one about a boy who can supposedly see dead people, and another about a supposedly haunted house where murders were committed. Independent Lens (Tue, 10PM-11:30PM, WHYY) - It's another Penn......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"November 19, 2007
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. Are you a meanderthal? Not sure? Check the urban dictionary, and beware! Apparently the word could soon be heading to the real dictionary. (Via Jill) Uh oh - looks like the upper ups at Warner Bros. demanded some last minute changes to the ending of I Am Legend. That's rarely good news... Supposedly The Movie Blog got their hands on some......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"May 3, 2007
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Pulp Muppets. We bet you can guess what it is based on the name. Our favorite part is that Eric Stoltz is already a muppet. (Via) The nominees for the 2007 MTV Movie Awards were recently announced, and you can vote for your picks right here. Although how you can pick anything decent out of the crappy lists of nominees, we're not sure.........
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"March 27, 2007
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Check out this very funny clip that starts with a news conference where the Empire tries to spin the events of Return of the Jedi, and then gets even better, revealing that the Emperor has had to look for work at a temp agency. (Via) So what's really in a Chicken McNugget, anyway? It turns out, a lot......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"February 28, 2007
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. We were kind of hoping they wouldn't make Harrison Ford do too many ridiculous stunts in the next Indy movie, but he at least seems to think they're going to put him through his paces; he's supposedly working out on treadmills for three hours a day and has switched to a high protein diet just to get ready for the filming.......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"January 18, 2007
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. First of all, the news that swept across the geek-iverse like an awesome-storm yesterday: one of the greatest fantasy sagas of all time, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, is going to be adapted into an HBO TV series, with each season covering one novel (there are four books so far, with the fifth on its slow way......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"January 14, 2007
We don't know about you, but it's friggin cold out there. Well, not for some of you. It seems as though places that are supposed to be cold are warm and places that are supposed to be warm are cold. Or maybe that's just us. Either way, we're freezing. Austinist said goodbye to their co-editor (sell-out) and played rumor monger on the SXSW lineup. And when dozens of dead birds littered downtown Austin, it's......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse"November 16, 2006
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Sure, a random internet poll doesn't mean all that much, and maybe Joystiq readers are all just Nintendo fan boys (although we don't think so), but these numbers still seem pretty telling to us. The Wii and Xbox 360 have strong support, with the highest percentage of voters saying they either already own the console, or plan to buy it soon. But the......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"June 23, 2006
This weekend in Mandell Theater at Drexel University, on Saturday evening and then again on Sunday afternoon, what looks to be just about the coolest show ever is going to be performed. First of all, it's called Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon! Let us repeat that: Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon! We challenge you to come up with a cooler title. The show itself makes use of narration, "high-energy martial arts choreography," and "a......
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