December 2008
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The official trailer for Crank 2: High Voltage was released this week — at long last. The original Crank, which was released during the great hyper-real action movie wave of 2005-06 (along with other fantasy action flicks Shoot ‘Em Up, 300, Sin City and Smokin’ Aces), had a refreshingly simple plot: Injected with a unique poison, a hit-man must keep his body’s adrenaline...
Dec 31st
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“Stomping on old myths heightens the realism. It’s a way of acknowledging...”
– Slate.com examines those annoying myth-debunking monologues common in so many modern vampire stories (Blade, Twilight, True Blood) — also known as the “Crosses don’t do squat!” effect.
Dec 14th
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“I did do one movie with Buck Henry and Gilda Radner back in 1980 called “First...”
– Bob Newhart, either describing the coolest-sounding film of the ’80s, or completely losing his mind
Dec 9th
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Dec 5th
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In a bit of recent music news tragically overshadowed by  Guns N’ Roses’ long-awaited Chinese Democracy, Dr. Dre’s equally anticipated album Detox — the musician’s first in almost a decade — has been officially pushed back to 2009. To help all my… um… homies out there make it through the day, enjoy this lovely a cappella rendition of one of Mr....
Dec 2nd
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