New spiffy G.I. JOE trailer. OK, I admit now that I am looking forward to this. (yo joe!)

Quoted: From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

Jon Favreau on Iron Man 2.

Quoted: “The sequel is shaping up to incorporate Tony’s vision for the future,” wrote Favreau. “What happens after he says ‘I am Iron Man?’ … He announced who he was and we have now officially departed from the standard secret ID superhero. Tony was already famous before the announcement. What would really happen if this went down? Fun to explore.”

K and I watched this tonight. I loved it. Great soundtrack too.

Quoted: SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions.
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We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God's 'chosen ones' and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies.

B-movie of the night!

When Worlds Collide won the 1951 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, but you wouldn't guess it.

Quoted: Despite scientists' warnings about the star's destructive potential, government officials refuse to take action that could cause international panic, but a consortium of private industrialists prepare for the worst by building a gigantic spaceship--an ark for humanity to begin life anew on a distant planet. Who will be chosen to go, and who left behind? As earthquakes roar and massive tidal waves devastate entire cities, the huge rocket prepares for take-off from its miles-long launching ramp--ready to abandon the shattered Earth!

Quoted: For decades, Ed Wood's movie Plan 9 From Outer Space has reigned supreme as the most brilliantly awful movie ever made. Starring Vampira and an aged, drugged out Bela Lugosi, the 50s flick is about aliens who come to Earth and reanimate dead bodies as part of their world-domination scheme. The weird, elliptical script, bugged-out acting, and transcendently

Christopher Eccleston would appear to be Destro as he is standing by a Mars sign, which, as we all know, was the name of Destro's weapons manufacturing business.

(Why do I remember that?)

Quoted: The greatest Doctor Who star of them all, Christopher Eccleston, is playing a villain in the new G.I. Joe movie, and the first image of him without his mask has been released.

K and I watched this last night. I liked it, although I thought it ended sort of abruptly.

Quoted: A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Woot.

Quoted: You can finally take a gander at photos of "Darth Maul/The Toad" Ray Park in his full Snake-Eyes costume from the upcoming G.I. Joe film, and we grudgingly have to admit that he looks fairly badass.