There are times when studios completely drop the ball and need to remake movies, or reboot franchises. Sometimes the source material underperformed because the initial attempt to tell a story fell short of the mark, either financially or creatively. A perfect example is the 1980s film version of Cap...

Hollywood's favorite new word is "reboot." I'm not sure why it's preferable to "remake" except that it has a technological ring to it, and implies that our movie memories will be erased as easily as our computer hard drives. Comic book franchises is where the "rebooting" really seems to be happening...

I love these kinds of stories — they generally come to us from some site (or major TV network’s movie blog that will remain nameless) that heard some executive or even worse, someone’s agent talking about a project that “would be cool” or “could work.” But a...

GM asks parts supplier to lobby for bailout, supplier tears industry a new asshole: Gregory Knox, president of Knox Machinery, responds to GM’s plea for parts suppliers to lobby for the bailout: The dream is over! The dream that we can ignore the consumer for years while management myopically focu...

soil and pimp sessions have been knocking around for quite a bit now. hailing from japan they are renowned for their wild live performances and unique style of jazz, punk rock, and funk fusion. check out their album 'planet pimp'......

Edgar Mueller is a 3-D street artist like Julian Beever, except he works in paint instead of chalk. This is one of three massive, street-filling pieces by Edgar (other two after the jump). Oh man, just look at that car in the back -- that thing is going nowhere! . Also, what kind of parents let thei...

I have no more information on this thing except it looks like a functional boombox in the form factor of an AT-AT. Really makes me want to throw down a piece of cardboard and break. That's breakdance for those of you not in the know. Uh, wicka-pow! You see that move? That was fresh, was it not? So f...

SXSW recently announced an awesome partnership with Austin’s other fantastic film festival, the oddly named Fantastic Fest. SXSW will be showcasing six midnight movies to thrill, chill, and entertain the hell out festival-goers. The films are: Ong Bak 2 (Thailand) Director: Tony Jaa. Writer: P...

And boy does it taste awesome! As you probably know, and with all due respect to the Austin Film Festival, the two coolest film festivals in Austin have combined their cinematical magic ... and the result is six more flicks that will tickle the eyeballs of any self-respecting genre fan. This is the ...

All the geek-lit coming out this week you need to know about. (Required reading from this week’s pickin’s in the world of books…) Who says philosophy majors never accomplish anything? Well, our fathers and guidance counselors and every woman who has ever slept with a philosophy maj...