If you’re in the Toronto area, you may want to catch the Wright Stuff festival kicking off tonight at the Bloor Cinema. The festival is being hosted by writer/director Edgar Wright while he is in town for the next few weeks filming his next feature. Tonight kicks off with showings of his own Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz along with an uncut version the Don’t trailer from Grindhouse.
Over the next few weeks Edgar will also be hosting various films that he’s hand picked for viewing including Shaolin Soccer, The Warriors and a marathon of the TV show Spaced. Head on over to the Bloor Cinema’s site to see the full schedule.
In the meantime, check out out an original short put together by the folks at the Bloor, You’ve Got Red On You.
Its pretty safe to say that the four of us are all looking forward to the release of the Watchmen on March 6. In fact we’re going to be discussing both the book and the movie on upcoming editions of the show. But in case that doesn’t fill your Watchmen lust quota, there’s also going to a be a direct to video version of “Tales of the Black Freighter” coming out on March 24.
In the book, Tales of the Black Freighter is a comic that is being read by a boy sitting at a news stand whose story parallels themes going on in the actual plot. Apparently this was initially considered to be a part of the movie itself but was excluded to cut down the lengthy running time. An alternate cut of the film is being considered for the DVD release with Tales of the Black Freighter spliced back in.
And if that wasn’t enough there’s also going to be a documentary on this release entitled Under the Hood focusing on Nite Owl’s book of the same name.
Tonight sees the return of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the debut of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse on Fox. Fox has put together a neat Grindhouse style trailer to promote the pairing of the two shows. And oh yes…sweet, sweet eye candy. Check out the trailer after the jump.
Last night, after we recorded the new podcast, we got discussing some of the upcoming games that we’re looking forward to and the new Batman game, Arkham Asylum, came up. Oh lookie, a trailer for your viewing pleasure…
Batman is a franchise that hasn’t had the greatest history when it comes to video games. However I’m really looking forward to this game. Its got a great look to it and seems to be going for a similar gritty feel that the latest movies have employed. Plus its got Mark Hamill returning to voice the Joker! Anyone else looking forward to this?
If you’re in the Toronto area, you may want to catch the Wright Stuff festival kicking off tonight at the Bloor Cinema. The festival is being hosted by writer/director Edgar Wright while he is in town for the next few weeks filming his next feature. Tonight kicks off with showings of his own Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz along with an uncut version the Don’t trailer from Grindhouse.
Its pretty safe to say that the four of us are all looking forward to the release of the 
