Friday is Chevy Chase Day around the world, which means that this week I’m going to be talking about Chevy even more than usual! (Editors note: Apologies.)
I thought I’d kick things off right by talking about a little seen classic Chevy bit, such as this short one from the 1974 skit film The Groove Tube. The film itself is just a lame, early version of The Kentucky Fried Movie, with Chevy only showing up twice (three times if you count his hands). However, it’s worth digging up just to see him and pal Ken Shapiro perform “Four Leaf Clover”. The two would later regroup to make Modern Problems. I think we all know how that turned out.
Anyway, sorry for the VHS-ish quality of this video, but it’s the best one I could find. You can always come over to my place if you want to catch it on DVD, complete with commentary and laugh track from me as well. Enjoy!
Sorry for the exceedingly late post, kids.  Real life got in the way today.  To make up for it, enjoy this 15 minute short film.  It’s not really very good.  But Rider Strong’s in it, so you can pretend it’s a Cabin Fever sequel and it’s suddenly brilliant!
You know, that film that made a ton of money last year but wasn’t Avatar? Â Well, I loved it, and this news has me chomping at the bit for the sequel.
Apparently Jared Harris, who Critical End! fans will know from both Mad Men and the second Resident Evil movie, will be playing Moriarty. Â And, in news that slipped by me somehow, Stephen Fry will play Mycroft, Sherlock’s older brother! Â Both of these announcements are huge, as these are some damn fine British actors set to play classic British roles. Â Which leaves me wondering how Downey’s passable-but-not-outstanding accent will fair in their company.
Either way, confirmation that both Holmes’ arch-nemesis and oft-forgotten brother will appear in the second movie makes me think that they’ll continue to strike a nice balance between literary fan service and modern action. Â And that is alright by me.
Every five years or so Bret Easton Ellis reminds me why I love him. Usually it’s in the form of a new book, but a few weeks back he did it in a new way: Parody.
While it’s easy to believe in the first few minutes that this promo for All That Glitters is an actual CW show, it soon veers into wonderful Ellis territory, then just becomes a flat out parody of his style and the type of shows that appear on the CW. Oh, and MAJOR bonus points for getting Ellis to play himself.  I really hope he had something to do with the writing.
The idea of a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel has been around for a while.  Last time Zemeckis talked about it, he said Roger would definitely be in 2D, but just for fun, here’s some blurry video of a CG Roger test done 12 years ago.
I have three celebrity heroes. My goal in life is to some day meet each of them, shake their hand, look them straight in the eye, and simply say “thank you”. After several years, I could only mark Ray Davies off of this list…until now.
Thanks to the power of the Internet, I managed to corner director Joe Dante on Facebook via his Trailers From Hell page and ask him the most obvious of questions: Can I have a tour of your garage?
Granted, it’s not a handshake and a “Stay gold, Ponyboy”, but it’s a start! I firmly believe that some day I will get that tour…seconds before the cops show up.Â
There have been rumors to this affect for a while now, but it appears that it’s now somewhat confirmed.  The James Cameron/Schwarzenegger classic True Lies will be morphed into a prime time TV series for ABC.
Honestly, I’m excited to see what they come up with. Â The spy-with-a-family-life premise still has some juice (though, J.J. Abrams’Â Undercovers is treading very similar ground), and Cameron is no stranger to producing TV shows, though they haven’t traditionally lasted very long. Â Let’s just hope we don’t all have to buy 3D televisions to watch this.
The big question mark is who will take over Arnold’s role.  My pick?  Arnold.  But that’s mostly because I’m anxious to see him get back to acting.  He could at least cameo as a rival spy or something, right?  Ease back into things a bit.  Actually, rebooting old Arnold movies as TV shows could be a great new trend!  Imagine Last Action Hero as a Saturday morning cartoon.  Each episode, Arnold and the kid go on a new crazy adventure in a different movie.  It’ll be like the animated version of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures but without all the annoying, government-mandated learning!
Did you remember to buy your Community season 1 DVD set today? You’ve only got a couple of days to watch all 25 episodes before season 2 premieres on Thursday. Better get to work!
In addition to the first season release, it’s worth noting for all of you Community diehards out there that today is also the release date for the season 1 soundtrack. Unlike most television soundtracks that feature incidental and background music, the Community album is notable for containing every song the cast performed this past season. Tracks of interest include rockin’ party classics like “Pierce You Are a B”, three tracks from Chevy, Troy and Abed’s rendition of “Somewhere Out There”, and the full-length version of The 88’s Community theme. Check out Amazon and iTunes for more info.
Off to watch season 1! Happy Community week, kids!Â
Man, this show just keeps catering to me more and more. It wasn’t enough to bring Chevy Chase and Joel McHale together in one half hour block of funny, now they’re upping the ante by announcing that this season will feature a stop-motion Christmas episode, presumably as an homage to the Rankin-Bass claymation specials of old. Â Expect Abed to be referred to as a “misfit toy” at least once.
This news is even more exciting in that it marks one of very few times we’ve seen Chevy do an animated character. Â He did the American version of Doogal a while back, and a few guest voices here and there, but it’s never been a major chunk of his career. Â Which is a shame, since Fletch would have made an AWESOME animated series. Â Imagine a cartoon Fletch strutting to this theme song and tell me I’m wrong…
Until today, I had no idea this show existed. Â If anyone out there knows where I can obtain episodes of T and T, it is your moral obligation to let me know.
Did you remember to buy Boy Meets World seasons 1 to 3 on September 7th? Well, if you didn’t then somebody did, as Lionsgate is going ahead with their plans to release season 4! TVShowsOnDVD.com is reporting that all 22 episodes from the never before released season (see full story here) are arriving on December 7th. That’s just in time for you to buy it for me!
Until then, why not catch up by buying seasons 1 through 3 on Amazon for only 12 bucks each? That’s 67 episodes for less than 40 bucks, kids!
One of my favorite bad trailers of all time is My Bloody Valentine 3D. The trailer does a fine job of advertising for the film; it’s not until the end of it when things go horribly awry. You see, according to the trailer fire is going to fly out of the screen. Observe this still:
“But wait, Logan, ya lovable trickster,” you say. “That’s just advertising the fact that the film is 3D!” Then I ask you: Why are the people looking up?  I’m no expert, but I don’t quite think 3D works that way, Lionsgate.
But it seems that Lionsgate never got my memo, as now they’ve gone and done it again with the new Saw 3D trailer. No fire this time. This time? Oh, this time one of the characters is actually going to come out of the screen, reach into your theater, and pull you into the movie.  I’m not making this up.  Let’s watch:
People, this is blatant false advertising. In fact, if I go to see Saw 3D and the theater has NOT equipped my seat with a spiky torture device thingy that comes over my head and locks me in place…oh, I’m going to be mad.
