Clothes on Film | Drive
I can’t believe I’m just now finding out about this website. Maybe I’ve come across it in the past but, for unimaginable reasons, paid it no mind? Regardless, I’m all aboard now, and I really enjoyed this discussion of the aesthetic of Drive, which I hope to see tomorrow evening.

Clothes on Film | Drive

I can’t believe I’m just now finding out about this website. Maybe I’ve come across it in the past but, for unimaginable reasons, paid it no mind? Regardless, I’m all aboard now, and I really enjoyed this discussion of the aesthetic of Drive, which I hope to see tomorrow evening.

Manly Movie Mondays: Midnight Express

Midnight Express Poster

By now you’re probably familiar with the concept of Manly Movie Mondays: after just one installment, it is already The Internet’s most well-respected manly movie recommendation series. (Yes, that’s “The Internet” with a capital T and a capital I.)

This week’s recommendation is Midnight Express, an undeniably manly movie based on a true story that teaches you how to deal with the consequences of being an idiot and trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. We all do stupid things every once in while—hopefully not as stupid as, say, trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey—so it is good to be reminded every once in a while of what can happen as a result.

As often happens in Hollywood, however, “based on a true story” in this case means “mostly fictionalized.” All the truly gnarly scenes from this fine motion picture were made up by Oliver Stone. But what the hell does that matter? I am pretty sure that most of Surviving the Game was fictional too. That doesn’t mean if I’m being hunted by a gang of sadistic bankers I’m not going to try to throw them off my trail by sticking lit cigarettes in trees. 

Similarly, after watching Midnight Express, I now consider biting out someone’s tongue a fully viable—practically reasonable—method for dealing with prison house snitches. And this is just one of the many techniques you can learn for living in hellish foreign prison conditions* from watching the movie!

It also features some solid acting from Brad Davis and a big supporting role from everyone’s favorite supporting actor, Cousin Eddie. Queue it up on Netflix and check it out before I hit you with some new manliness next Monday.

*Hellish, but, as far as Turkey is concerned, highly fictionalized. Apologies to the Turkish people. But I’m sure gnarly prisons like this exist somewhere in the world. You should try to stay out of them.

Manly Movie Mondays: Surviving the Game

This post marks the first installment of Manly Movie Mondays, a weekly series that is exactly what it sounds like. Every Monday from here on out, I will recommend a movie of exemplary manliness. It might not be a good movie—this one isn’t—but it will feature manly men doing manly things such that you just might learn a thing or two about being manly from watching it.

That said, Surviving the Game is a movie—nay, a film—adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game, a classic short story by Richard Connell. If you haven’t read it, you probably went to public school. (Note: I went to public school.)

Between that knowledge and a quick glance at the poster above, you probably have a pretty good idea of the plot of this movie. If you don’t, I’ll tell it to you: Rutger Hauer and his crew (which includes Gary Busey) hunt Ice-T for sport. If that doesn’t sound awesome to you, I don’t know what to tell you. I wasn’t a critical studies major.

Anyway, the key manly aspects of this movie include: hunting (!), surviving (!!), and lots of really screwed-up father-son relationships. A perfect example of the latter is the following masterpiece of a monologue by Gary Busey. If you only know Busey from his guest appearances on Entourage, (A) you’re probably a horrible person, and (B) prepare to have your face rocked off:

Perhaps the best thing about this cinematic masterpiece is that it’s available on Netflix Instant, so you can watch it whenever and wherever you want. I also feel like it is always playing on TBS or TNT or one of those channels, but you’d be doing yourself a disservice by viewing a chopped-up, edited-down version. So fire it up, and enjoy it for what it is. Then come back here and let me know what you think.

Red Ferris Wheel | 154

Set aside a minute, sit back, take a deep breath, and watch this video on full screen in HD. Come back and try to tell me that you don’t feel just a little bit more relaxed than you did before.

(Source: vimeo.com)

The Art of FLIGHT | Starring Travis Rice

If you don’t know, now you know. Snowboarding films are the best sports films being put out today. The sheer magnitude of the things these guys do is just plain outrageous. And the soundtrack to this trailer is pretty sick too. Click through to watch in 720p or 1080p. Trust me, it’s worth it.

Mortal Kombat | Theatrical Trailer

Should I believe what I am seeing? A movie based on a video game—one as simplistic as Mortal Kombat—that appears to possess some degree of artistic merit? I’ll believe it when I see a full 90 minutes, but, for now, this trailer/introduction/teaser is pretty impressive.

Iron Man 2 | Theatrical Trailer | Starring Robert Downey, Jr.

“It was of consequence, I should think; verily, it tied the room together, gather’d its qualities as the sweet lovers’ spring grass doth the morning dew or the rough scythe the first of autumn harvests. It sat between the four sides of the room, making substance of a square, respecting each wall in equal harmony, in geometer’s cap; a great reckoning in a little room. Verily, it transform’d the room from the space between four walls presented, to the harbour of a man’s monarchy.”

Nic Cage as Everyone
Number one meme blog of 2010!!! (Though it loses points for not being hosted on Tumblr.)

Nic Cage as Everyone

Number one meme blog of 2010!!! (Though it loses points for not being hosted on Tumblr.)

Where The Wild Things Are x Medicom | Toy Figure Collection
I’m highly skeptical that the new Where the Wild Things Are movie will be any good (though I’d love to be wrong) since it’s based upon a book with 10 sentences. At least if it isn’t, we’ll have these cool toys to play with… I’d say these are long overdue.

Where The Wild Things Are x Medicom | Toy Figure Collection

I’m highly skeptical that the new Where the Wild Things Are movie will be any good (though I’d love to be wrong) since it’s based upon a book with 10 sentences. At least if it isn’t, we’ll have these cool toys to play with… I’d say these are long overdue.

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