Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'movies'
July 3, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Clutch is putting out a live CD/DVD called Full Fathom Five. It's due out on August 12th on the band's own label, Weathermaker Music. You can get an MP3 download of a song off it right here. (Via Matt) Thanks probably in large part to the tireless work of The official McFLY 2015 project, Nike is finally going to put out "Air McFlys,"......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"July 3, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Screenings Under the Stars: The Bourne Ultimatum at the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd). Activities start at 6:30PM, movie around 8PM. Free You Can Has Outdoor Movies: Laughter on the Banks Summer Movie Series presents Office Space at Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut, underneath Walnut Street Bridge), 8PM. Free Srsly: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Thursday"July 2, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Want to win a trip to the San Diego Comic Con to meet the cast of Death Race, and maybe even appear in the DVD as a casualty of the race? Sure you do! Just click here and fill out the form to enter. (Via Jill) A look into Harvey Weinstein's recycle bin. Check out the very creepy red band trailer......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"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"July 1, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Hope You Like Outdoor Movies: Screening of Shawshank Redemption at Eastern State Penitentiary (2124 Fairmount), 9PM. Free (space limited, first come first served) Lady DJs: The Philly Reggae Girls will be spinning ska, reggae, rocksteady, and dancehall at Tritone (1508 South), 9PM-2AM. Free New Music Tuesdays: Acts of Violence, One with Nothing, Corner Store Espionage, The Tea Club, and Down to One at North Star Bar (2639 Poplar),......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Tuesday"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 30, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Movies + Philly: Philly @ the Movies presents 12 Monkeys at City Hall’s Dilworth Plaza (Market between 13th and 15th), 9PM. Free (bring your own lawn chairs and snacks) Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your Life!: Karaoke With DJ Sara Sherr Mondays downstairs at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 9PM - 2 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Monday"June 29, 2008
Photograph of one of the man-made waterfalls under the Brooklyn Bridge by Jake Dobkin Gothamist enjoyed watching New York City's latest big public art project--four multi-story man-made waterfalls--rise up in East River and the debate about whether it's art or folly (but they sure look pretty at night).Londonist handed out advice on how to queue for Wimbledon tickets, then embarked on a gruelling fact-finding tour of drinking-holes at the capital's main terminus rail stations.Seattlest......
Continue Reading "Week Around the Ists"June 27, 2008
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Finding Amanda In this flick by Rescue Me creator Peter Tolan, Matthew Broderick plays a gambling addict who shuttles off to Las Vegas to save his beautiful niece (played by Brittany Snow of Hairspray), a prostitute masquerading as an “exotic dancer," who also happens to be suspected of drug dependency. Given that the movie features a young hottie like Snow playing a junkie hooker, we expect......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"June 25, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Whenever Wednesday: Bardo Pond performs, and horror-film aficionado Trenton Doyle Hancock presents The Driller Killer, at the ICA (118 S 36th), 7PM & 7:30PM. $6 Local: Local singer-songwriter Jeff Kessler and Sarah Marie White at World Café Live (3025 Walnut), 9:30PM. $8 By R5: Grails, Nadja, and Serpent Throne, brought to you by the fine folks at R5, at Johnny Brenda's (1201 N Frankford), 9PM. $10 Quizzo Mania:......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Wednesday"June 24, 2008
The 2008 Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival... is quite a mouthful. So we'll be calling it PIGLFF from now on. Anyway, the festival's official website went online yesterday, and tickets went on sale, too, so it's past time to put your schedule together! You can check out a pdf of the festival program right here (the only difference between it and the Philadelphia Film Festival program is that this one spends a lot......
Continue Reading "The Gayest Film Festival of All"June 24, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Amazon.com has an exclusive preview of Beck's new album, Modern Guilt. The video is more of the lame experimental stuff Beck's been doing lately, but the music is pretty cool. PC Magazine picks the best websites for movie fans, and do a pretty good job of it; included are some of our favorites, like Rotten Tomatoes, Apple's movie......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"June 23, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. So, anybody want to pool their cash and buy Phillyist a deluxe LEGO Death Star? (Via Amy) Cinematical takes a look at the pros and cons of Netflix's recently released set-top box, the Roku. Yay! Finally a new episode of GameTrailers' Star Wars Retrospective! Spider-Man video games have generally been a disappointment, but we've gotta say this preview for Spider-Man: Web......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 23, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Further Afield: An Evening with Laurel and Hardy: A Chump at Oxford presented by The Two Tars Tent at Bryn Mawr Film Institute (824 W. Lancaster Ave), 7:30PM. $9.25 Open Mic: Free at The Fire (412 W. Girard). Sign up at 8:30PM. (21+) Sing Your Life!: Karaoke With DJ Sara Sherr Mondays upstairs at the Khyber (56 S. Second), 9PM - 2 AM. Free (21+) Got a frugal......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Monday"June 23, 2008
What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. I Love the New Millennium (Mon, 9PM-10PM, VH1) VH1 is maybe getting a little carried away with their "I Love the..." series. They didn't even let the decade end yet this time before doing their clip show about it. Still, we're sure it'll be funny. This first episode of the 8-part series, predictably enough, takes a look at the year 2000. The second episode, aired immediately after......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"June 20, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Mmm! Bacon floss! (Via Amy) You can download Girl Talk's new album, Feed the Animals, for any price you choose. Although if you pick 0.00, you will have to explain yourself. (Via D-Mac) The next episode of Cinematic Titantic is now available! This time the MST3K alums are making fun of a lame sci-fi flick called The Doomsday Machine. You can download it......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"June 20, 2008
As the credits rolled on Get Smart, I thought to myself: "Ah. Well that makes sense." The missing piece to the puzzle? Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, the creators of the original series, served as consultants on the film. My guess is that they're the reason things in the film, although silly, never got too over-the-top, and that as things began to near the top, there was just a little bit of restraint used. Which......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist Reviews... Get Smart"June 20, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY The N Crowd: Improv comedy troupe the N Crowd perform at the Actors Center (257 N 3rd), 8PM. $10 Ah, Faerie: Faerie Elaine Silver performs at The Philadelphia Society for Art, Literature and Music (5841 Overbrook Ave), 8PM. $10 Wild Nights: Jerzy Skolimowski: Inside/Outside presentation of Deep End at the International House (3701 Chestnut), 7PM (opening reception at 6PM). $5-7 Oh, the Anonymity: Toiling in Obscurity, with......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Weekend"June 20, 2008
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour) In the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. But then tragedy strikes and they're forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. This French film, directed by Christophe Honore, is also a musical, with songs sung entirely by the cast. The reviews are pretty good, and threesomes......
Continue Reading "CinePhillyist"June 19, 2008
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. An amusing music video from Mindless Self Indulgence, directed by Jhonen Vasquez. (Via) A recent Wii update closed up a loophole that allowed hackers to run homebrew software through Twilight Princess, but apparently hackers have already broken the new code and opened up the loophole again. Good old hackers. Sienna Miller has confirmed that she will play Maid Marian in director Ridley Scott’s......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday"June 19, 2008
Fun around town, for $10 or less: Artists and Their Work: Studio performance of works in progress by 2008 nEW Artists Charles Anderson/Dancetheatrex, Eun Jung Gonzolez, Jeffrey Gunshol, Jamiil Kosoko/Performance, Olive Prince Dance, Gabrielle Revlock, and Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre at UArts Drake Theater (1512 Spruce), 6:30PM. Free Laughable: First installment of Laughter on the Banks! Summer Movie Series with Airplane! on Walnut Street Dock (25th and Walnut), 8PM. Free At Sea: The SEA Trio,......
Continue Reading "Frugal Fun Alert: Thursday"June 18, 2008
The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Yay! Sulu's getting married! (Via Jill) A new study reveals that diet and exercise don't just make you slimmer and healthier: they actually drastically change you at the genetic level. That's almost scary. Of course, if this means we can go on a diet and become Wolverine... well, just tell us what to eat! (Via Sarah) Nintendo of Europe's Laurent Fischer,......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up"June 17, 2008
The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. The latest Wallace and Gromit movie is the source for this great YouTube music video for "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. (Via) Scientists are experimenting with bacteria that eat agricultural waste and excrete crude oil. Sounds too good to be true. As usual, Scott Adams puts a hilarious spin on the story. Batwoman is back and she's a lesbian!......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Tuesday Torpedoes"June 17, 2008
Well, not exactly—but here he is at Penn, trying to convince people he is.......
Continue Reading "Shia Is So Buff"June 16, 2008
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. If you, like this Phillyist, went to see The Incredible Hulk this weekend and were completely unable to spot the Captain America cameo, even after staying through the entire end credits sequence, well... there's something you should know: the director recently revealed that the cameo scene he'd promised us in a previous interview had to be cut out because it was......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices"June 16, 2008
Imagine how different things would have been if Jimmy Stewart had a videocamera instead of a pair of binoculars.......
Continue Reading "Rear Window"June 16, 2008
What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. How Life Began (Mon, 9PM-11PM, History Channel) This is a new special about... well, it's about how life began, actually. It includes an examination of how life is defined, the catalyst for life, and whether it can be recreated in a lab. AFI's 10 Top 10 (Tue, 8PM-11PM, CBS) Another AFI countdown, this time of the top ten American films from ten different film genres, including animation,......
Continue Reading "TelePhillyist"June 13, 2008
A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. If you, like this Phillyist, own a PATCO Freedom card, you can head over to PATCO's official site and enter to win tickets to upcoming shows at the Susquehanna Bank Center. (Via Sarah) The Atlantic asks, is Google making us stupid? (Via Laura) Ooh! Details on Beck's new album, Modern Guilt, which will be released on July 8th in America. The MTV Movies......
Continue Reading "Whiz of the Web: Friday Fried Onions"June 13, 2008
Even though the reviews aren't entirely positive, whether you're planning on going to the movie or not, you've gotta admit this is a pretty good trailer. Plus, footage of Rittenhouse Square!......
Continue Reading "Opening Today"June 13, 2008
What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Most Likely to Suck: The Children of Huang Shi This film is set in war-torn, 1930s China, and is based on the true story of a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an American nurse (Radha Mitchell), and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun Fat) who end up working together to rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds......
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