Tuesday, October 28, 2008

An Article of Me


Mike Price is a guy whose movie reviews in the Fort Worth Star Telegram I grew up reading and respecting. As I got older I discovered his talent in the wide world of comic books starting with his Carnival of Souls adaptation. As a pimple faced loser I went to the Comic Shop get the comic autographed by him and fellow Telegram critic Todd Camp. I mentioned that I was a "screenwriter" and he graciously started accepting my really bad horror movie scripts. And I mean they were bad... To my shock he has actually kept them. He may be the only one with copies of them in existence! So I was quite honored that he chose me to write an article on for the Fort Worth Business Press. You can read all the action by clicking HERE.

Monday, October 27, 2008

REVIEW: Inland Empire


I love David Lynch. Not many filmmakers operate on his level. I put off seeing Inland Empire for quite some time now. I was trying to pick the right night, the right mood, etc. For his latest film, Inland Empire Lynch abandoned his elaborate 35mm past and embraced the technology of DV. Actually in this case he took many years with making it, so even in the time he made it, technology has improved to a point where this film looks dated tech wise. In fact if I'm not mistaken I think he used the tiny Sony PD150 DVCAM. Now if you are a big Lynch devotee as I am you are aware that Lynch is more than just a filmmaker he is a film artist and Inland takes this to a new extreme. Gone are the lush colorful wide shots of panavision and in their place are desaturated extreme close ups with handheld cameras operated most of the time by Lynch himself. Just thinking aloud for a moment maybe Lynch thought to himself that he had pushed the boundaries of his previous style that it was time to go the opposite direction. Style wise he has succeeded, content wise we are back in very Lynchian territory. And thank the Lord for that!



Inland focuses on an actress, Laura Dern who is cast in a film with a handsome leading man in a film they believe is an original screenplay. During the making of the film they learn that the film is in fact a remake of a Polish film that was never completed because the the two leads were murdered. The film was thought to have a gypsy curse attached to it. At a point Dern, enters a very familiar Lynchian dark void on the sound stage where they are filming and crosses over into a mirrored version of her reality. The film and what we believe was reality has merged. This falls into the same doppelganger style that dominated Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and Mullholand Drive. Lost Highway is maybe my favorite Lynch film. For me it's his grim masterpiece. There are moments in Inland that really got to me. The flashlight sequence for one is quite unnerving in an erotic way that only Lynch can serve up. The music of course is always great for a Lynch film. This is without a doubt Dern's movie. Supporting cast includes Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, and Grace Z. Lynch again does his own sound design, and the DVD gives you multiple mix options to enjoy.



Inland Empire is a way too long though. It's never boring mind you, but you feel like as with this new DV technology he's pushing he also pushed the boundaries of its running time. And that's too bad because he paints a very wonderful idea here. I was very excited being a fan of DV that Lynch was doing this. But during it there were shots made for film. Dark voids and whatnot don't look good on video. I was longing for some 35mm or better grade of DV in the form of HD. I think other filmmakers like Mike Figgis have transitioned to video a little better. Inland has its own style and mood, and you either accept it or don't. I enjoyed the ride and can't wait for what's next for Mr. David Lynch.

Wassup 2008

I thought this was a great idea...

Watchmen poster!


CAN WE PLEASE GET A TIME MACHINE GOING SO I CAN SEE THIS MOVIE ALREADY!!!

Halloween Reviews....Diary of the Dead


Watched a few horror films the last week and a tad this weekend when time. One of those films, "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead". I couldn't remember if I had reviewed here on the blog or not. But being that I am a mega-fan of director George A. Romero I thought I owed to him. Just kidding. I didn't get to see it on it's brief theatrical run here in the DFW area, so I had to settle for the DVD release back in April or May. I watched it and was very annoyed for the first half of it, then it took me in a new direction that I really liked. So I picked it up on Blu-ray for a second look. My first reaction was that I didn't care for it, at least the first half. So my reaction to the film upon second viewing is pretty close to my first reaction. But this time I liked that second half even more. Unlike most horror movies George's flicks are commentaries. This one like Night, Dawn, Day, and Land has a message and for me the message was that our dependence on media from the news, smart phones, and blogs is scary.

Fellow Ft. Worth Filmmaker J. Mitchel Johnson made his film, World Without Waves about a man who is allergic to electricity or technology if you will. And Mitchel should revisit that theme cause its much worse now. Everything coming at us these days is filtered. We don't know the truth anymore. Everyone has a blog and an opinion and a point of view. anyone can re-edit a video and make it work for their point of view. Spin is king. And this is only part of the message George is at work here. If the world was coming to an end would the government tell us what we needed to hear? Probably. Would the real media have any control? Maybe not. This movie tells the story of Zombies beginning to take over. The TV outlets say its a virus, but a filmmaking crew see otherwise. They continue filming and upload the footage through myspace, blogs, etc to try and convey to whoever is listening that the government/press is lying to us. Then others jump on the bandwagon and use whats left of the web to tell their stories of whats going on.



The ending of the film is very haunting and sad. Have you ever had one of those days where you just need to get rid of technology. The computer, the PDA, TV and whatnot. Well our heroes whats left of them end up locking themselves in a house with a safe room surrounded by security cameras displaying nothing but images of Zombies coming in to eat them. Very nice stuff. So the message gets there, but its not so smooth sailing. Using all unknowns actors, the acting is spotty at best. And the level of technology that is employed takes a big hunk of that ole' suspension of disbelief medicine. This is a harder pill to swallow if you are tech savvy. The image too is shot on HD camera, but its too clean looking. Needs to be dirtied up. SO all in all I would recommend Diary if you like George's other Dead films. But don't go in looking for it to be too much like the last 3. This is more in line with Night of the Living Dead. But not to worry George does deliver the red stuff. Although a lot of it is digital red. Not a fan of that personally. So this is my least favorite of the Dead series. Hopefully Island will be better, but this one does have some strong important messages to tell that places it high above the recent slate of Zombie films.

Hope to post a review of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre on blu-ray. I'm about halfway through it, and loving every second of it!!! TCM rulZ!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Watchmen footage from the Scream Awards


Last night I sat down for a minute and scanned through the Scream Awards for best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Comic stuff. Most Anticipated Movie was Watchmen, so director Zach Snider showed some new footage, and I have to say this thing looks big. It feels epic, and I can only hope the movie is as good as the comic. Based on the footage so far, I can't wait for March to get here. And in HD last night it looked mind blowing. They showed the teaser trailer for the new Friday the 13th remake too, but that was quickly washed out of my mind after I saw this... The quality is not very good, if a new version pops up I will re-post it because this really needs to be seen in HD. Check it:

Friday the 13th - Remix 09


As many of you know I love the big guy in the hockey mask. And on Friday Feb. 13th we get new Jason love with the remake or reboot of Friday the 13th. Last night the premiered the teaser trailer for the new flick directed by Marcus Nispel who did the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake which I enjoyed quite a bit on its own terms. Overall, not much to get anyone overly excited. The best part is at the very end when Jason is running at someone in the woods. I mean I hope this is a start to new Jason movies, but I hope they don't take it too seriously. I don't think it was ever intended to me more than a guy in mask who kills teenagers. And who hasn't wanted to do that before? Fingers crossed.


Friday the 13th: Exclusive First Look

Monday, October 20, 2008

RIP, the great Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite!


One of my favorite blacxploitation movie stars of all time is the awesome Rudy Ray Moore. He passed away today sadly. If you have never seen the film Dolemite or it's sequel, The Human Tornado, then you have not lived a real day of your life. I pay tribute to his greatness in almost all of my films. A little known fact is that in every movie I've ever made there is the line, "Bitch are you for real." Don't ask me why, you just have to see The Human Tornado trailer below to fully understand. It is with great regret that the genius of Rudy is no longer with us. Right now he is busting up motherfxxers games in heaven and enjoying it. Some of my favorite quotes from the master:

"From the first to the last I give them the blast so fast that their lives have passed before their ass has even hit the grass"

"See me uptown, downtown, crowned and renowned"

"if you crave satisfaction this is the place you will find that action"

"Bitch are you for real"

"He think he bad and got no class, I'm gonna ram this shotgun up his mother(bleeping)ass."

I loved this guy since high school. I still quote his lines to this day. Very sad to see him pass on to the next plain. Ain't it Cool has a nice tribute page up for him. Click HERE.



Thursday, October 16, 2008

Let the Right One In


I have been hearing nothing but good things about this little horror movie, "Let the Right One In" that comes out on October 24th. Many people who have seen it including genius Guillermo Del Toro have said its not only the best horror movie in a long time, but its also a beautiful looking film. I've also heard that it is hands down the best horror movie of the year. Here is a LINK to the website for the film. I think that I have heard its already been remade at this very moment for us illiterate Americans who can't read subtitles. Go support the original on the 24th. Here is a creepy ass trailer:

Retrospectives: What's Next? Readers Choice...


Above is a still from the new Star Trek movie. I am very hyped, because I have not been into any Star Trek since the second season of Deep Space Nine and that was in the 90's I think. And the other day Star Trek III was on in HD and I got completely sucked into it.

I've done quite a few retrospectives on this blog about long running movie series. I love going back and watching a series of films that create a large universe. It's interesting to see how that filmic universe grows or shrinks with each respective entry in the series. So, here's the deal, I have several series that i want to do retrospectives on, but I can't decide which one to do next. I'll let you, my 4 readers decide. I also have another idea for an article that intrgues me that I will throw into this mix.

The other day while at Movie Trading Company, instead of looking through the bargain dvd's, I went through the VHS tapes instead looking for BASF gold. And I did indeed find some. I can't remember all of them, but one was Hell Comes to Frogtown and one I can't recall the title, but the cover had me rolling because it was about this guy who has to come home to Denton, TX to blow away some drug dealers that were making Denton a dirty town. (I have to go back and pick that up.) So my idea is to go in and pick out 5 bad VHS movies and I have to review them all here on the blog. My other retrospectives I want to do are:

Star Trek: The Movie series (original cast, no Next Generation)
Planet of the Apes
Highlander
The Exterminator (1 and 2) That will be fun!
or The Great VHS Hunt

I will try and put a poll somewhere on here that you can click what you would rather have me write...

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

A Special Message from Hayden Panettiere

See more Hayden Panettiere videos at Funny or Die

Joost 2.0


If you enjoy watching Movies, tv shows, short films etc on-line, Joost 2.0 launched a few days ago and its very cool. Much like Hulu if you use that site, you will like Joost. Joost has been in beta for about 3 years but it was always a software version you had to download and install. It was very clunky and hard to navigate through but they had some decent content. Well I guess they threw it all away and went to a browser interface. I'm testing it out this afternoon, and it works great. They have a lot of good content both old and new. Right now I'm checking Orson Wells The Stranger with Edward G. Robinson. And its running super smooth. I noticed they also have Twin Peaks and V. So go to Joost.com and enjoy some free content!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Zu's Modeling Career


Zu, our cat we found with a missing foot, has discovered a new career as a model. He was chosen to be a model for Food Lion cat food. We've had to get him an agent and he insists on his own trailer and stylist already. I picked out a few pics, some good and some wacky ones. He was really nervous at first but towards the end he actually calmed himself down and they got some great pics for the food label. He tried several new looks he had been working on, including Steel and Jade.

Zu will be signing autographs soon at the nearest Food Lion. Email us for bookings or engagements. Seriously when the labels are done I will post them here. Thanks to our peeps at Marketing Management for thinking of Zu. Maybe he can start a new career path! Amy and I are quite proud of him...




Friday, October 10, 2008

Indiana Jones and Temple of Lucas Doom

South Park is crazy man!

Bobby Hacker's Cars

Before you click play BEWARE, this short contains A LOT of F-Bombs. So if you're at work or with the kiddos, turn the volume down. That being said, this is a very funny short parody of local car commercials. It takes some bizarre twists into an odd demented world, and it feels wonderful! If you look around on youtube, there is a Part 2 and a trailer for part 3. Not for everyone, but I dare you to not going around saying the catch phrase right after you watch it.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Thursday, October 02, 2008

George A. Romero's Island of the Dead !!!


Holy shit this started shooting this week and no one knew about it! Go George...

From Variety:

Director George Romero is beginning production on an untitled thriller. Once again, the antagonists are flesh-eating zombies.Romero first mined zombies with "Night of the Living Dead" and has been cannibalizing the genre since, most recently with "Diary of the Dead." Romero wrote the new film and began shooting this week in Ontario.

Plot involves inhabitants of an isolated island off the North American coast who find their relatives rising from the dead to eat their kin. The leaders of the island feud over whether or not to kill their reanimated relatives or preserve them in hopes of finding a cure.

Cast includes Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Kathleen Munroe, Devon Bostick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Stefano Colacitti and Athena Karkanis.

Paula Devonshire is producing. Romero is exec producer along with Peter Grunwald, D.J. Carson and Artfire Films' Ara Katz, Art Spigel and Dan Fireman. Voltage Pictures is handling international sales, and Cinetic Media will sell domestic.

My Guide to Movie Collecting



Collecting movies has been an obsession of mine since I was about 14. My dad had this awesome 8mm film collection of movies that I inherited. Before the days of the VCR I would watch flicks in the kitchen projected on the wall. Those films included Frankenstein, Dracula, Laural and Hardy, and Buster Keaton movies. Then our friend the VCR came along and boom things got crazy! The laser disc followed and I've been broke ever since. But some people ask me where I get all these movies from. The strange, the obscure, and whatnot. I am going to layout how you can build your own unique movie library in a cheap cost effective way.

Tuesday is the day you should know if you are going to be a true movie collector. That is the day new release movies are released to stores and on-line retailers. Back in the days before the Internet, there was not a good way to be prepared before you walked into the store unless you worked in a store. There were in-store papers that may have told you the big releases coming out, but now you can get all sorts of info on-line and have a battle plan before entering the store and limit your spending by knowing the score ahead of time.

I'm going to break this down into 3 sections:

1. Knowledge
2. Shopping
3. Hunting



I. KNOWLEDGE


If you want to save money before you step into the store you need Knowledge. Here is how to get it...

DVD Empire

dvdempire.com is a great online store that pretty much catalogs EVERYTHING that is coming out. If you go to the main page and look over to the left under quick links and choose Future Releases. On that page under the bar you will see a bunch of dates. Those are weekly release dates. Click on each week to see what's coming out. There are usually about 60-100 dvd's released each week. It's nuts. Here you can sort through each upcoming week and see if there is anything interesting you might want. What I like to do is do this once a month, then each film i like I open up my Netflix queue and add each title I want. I don't always get them from Netflix but by adding them to your queue you can create a good list with dates so that you know when stuff YOU want is coming out. Then if you decide to buy it just take it off your queue after you buy it. Now if you don't use Netflix to rent movies, then just write em down or you can create a Wish List within DVD Empire to keep up with all the titles you are interested in.

High-Def Digest/Blu-ray.com

If you are into the newest collecting sensation of High Def DVD, you can head over to High-Def Digest and Blu-Ray.com. Both of these sites are excellent. And both update numerous times daily on new releases. Both sites have an upcoming release section, so you can see by date what HD releases are coming out that you want to pick up. you can also use their price guides as to what the retail is and what its going for on say amazon.com. They also provide links to amazon, if you just have to have it right there. Not recommended...

Aint It Cool News

Every Monday or Tuesday Harry Knowles of Austin's own movie site Aint it cool News writes his column of upcoming releases or things people have sent him that he may recommend. His column titled, Harry's DVD Picks and Peeks is usually the first story on the left side of the site where he writes his columns. I find it to be very helpful in finding new and things I didn't even know were coming out in the next few weeks.

The Sunday Paper

That's right spend a buck fity and grab a Sunday paper to get all the sales ads. Check out Best Buy, Frys, Circuit City, Target, and see what new releases on your list may have the best deal on them on Tuesday.

The Don and Murph Show

This is a fat dude, maybe in his 20's who watches more movies than anyone I know. Every week or so he goes through everyone he picked up whether online or in the store. It's hysterical and I am a steady viewer of this guy. I find little titles that may have been lost that he finds, that are great.




II. SHOPPING


Now that you are armed with knowledge, it's to time to get your game on. I'll tell you how I do it. First thing first is about saving money. You NEVER EVER pay retail for a DVD. If you do then you're not a good shopper, you're a sucker. Let's take a look at the damage you can do on foot:

1. Movie Trading Company

I always look at ways to refresh my current titles at home. A lot of times a new edition of a movie might come out of a movie I love. It could be a new transfer, a Blu-ray version or whatever. Now that I have my list of stuff coming out in the next few weeks or months, I can go through my existing collection and say well, I don't two copies of these or that. The new cut of this is coming out in a month so I don't need this 1998 dvd that's not even in widescreen. So what I do is pull everything I no longer need and put them in a bag and take them to MOVIE TRADING COMPANY. MTC as I like to call it, will give you cash for money, OR store credit. The prices on their new releases are not as cheap as Best Buy but if you opt for Store credit, you get more credit to use towards say a new release. For example, the other day Iron Man came out. Best Buy had the blu-ray for 26 or 27 bux. Movie trading was 30. I traded in about 5 VHS tapes, and 6 old dvds collecting dust on the shelf and wallah,I had it for 4 bux. Now you may say, well I don't have any movies to sell. Got any CD's? Any video games? They buy those too. And if you have no problem with buying used movies, this is the best place to do that.

Now there are times where i have nothing to spare on any given week, so I have to hit the stores.



2. Best Buy

This is pretty much the best place near where I live and normally have the cheapest deals on new release dvds. Keep in mind, after week one of a new release they go back to regular retail costs. So you have to keep up with what's new that you want or you will lose some cash in the long run. Again check your local paper for the sales fliers, or go online to see the same thing. Also if yo have spare time check and see what the on-line store price is compared to the store price. A few weeks back they had The Mist on blu in the store for 30 plus bucks, but online it was 22. I bought it online, then picked it up on the way home in store for no additional charge.

3. Walmart, Circuit City, and Target. The same principles above apply to these stores as well.



4. Frys

Frys is an odd place. There is no logical explanation for how they do stuff, you just roll with it. Usually the best way to check Frys is in the Friday paper. That's when they usually have their deals of the week that are decent. I check it online by using this dallas morning news LINK.
They have a bunch of good deals on regular and High-Def titles. Particularly if you are stuck with an HD-DVD player, you can get some of those titles in the front of the store now for about 3 to 10 bux.

5. On-Line

I get a lot of stuff on-line, and let me tell you this is dangerous. There is so much more greatness out there in cyber space than in the stores, that its mind boggling, and can get you broke real quick. Here are some ways to lessen the blow if you will...

Amazon.com


This is still the best place to get a huge discount on new stuff and even old stuff. The database of titles they stock is crazy. Just signup for the mail list there and they will tell you all the deals on a daily basis. You can also purchase from Amazon.uk and other countries if you are looking for some foreign titles. They usually have great deals on High Def titles weekly that Best Buy and others can't come close to matching.

DeepDiscount.com


I like this place a lot, and have ordered several things from them. They like amazon heavily discount dvd's. Shipping is usually a free deal, so thats something to consider.

HKFLIX.com

Let's say you want to go beyond the typical every day dvd buying crap and start collecting films from other places in the world. First you will need a region free DVD player. There are all sorts of places to get those, and if anyone needs that info just email me. I would recommend getting an Oppo player! Google it. I buy a ton of stuff from HKFlix.com HKFLIX is mostly for Asian films, but once you search their store you can find a ton of stuff from Europe, and other countries. They have out of print stuff and rareities. You can also create a wish list on the site too. I have a rather large one there, that sadly will never ever be fully fulfilled!

XPLOTED CINEMA

This is where you get the real crazy ass shit. I'm talking stuff you're parents warned yo not to look at. No, it's not porn, but it's the stuff in the back of the Fangoria magazine that you were like where in the hell did that come out? But its more than that, I have found quite a bit of rare things from over seas that I didn't know was even out. Movies on HD that are not out here for example, or in SD for that matter. Lots of good stuff here, things you may have seen as a kid but totally forgot about it. However the one down side to this site, is its very expensive. I don't know why, but I guess since the stuff is hard to get and keep in stock they make you pay for it. This site is for serious cinefiles only.



III. HUNTING


Borders

Borders is expensive as shit. Let's be honest here. I don't go here much because of that, but if you want to find a store that has obscure and arty farty movies that you can face to face look through this is a good place to maybe find something and go home and order it from some other place. There is a way to get a good deal here, that I discovered thanks to my wife. She is in the Borders card club thing, and every week they send her a 40 or 50 % off coupon. I have used these before on some blu-rays. After they throw the tax back on its maybe slightly cheaper than Best Buy prices.

Half Price Books

Yesterday, I was in the mood for some obscure shopping and stopped in to see what was up. I found a movie that I have been looking for for a long time called The Exterminator from 1980 on VHS for 3 bux. I also picked up Peter Jackson's King Kong on HD-DVD for 7 bux. Not bad. You can also sell your old stuff here as well. Although they don't pay as much anymore. So if you are looking for things that are out of print, Half Price is a cheap place to start before you go online and blow a wad at Xploitation Cinema. And I love digging around at these stores. The other day I found the original Star Wars soundtrack on LP with a mini poster still in it for 5 bux. Another great score for nothing.

One other thing I want to recommend before I post out of this bitch. And that is organizing your collection. Don't be sloppy. get a good bookshelf, and make your library shine. Also there is some awesome software out there to catalog your stuff. I'm a Mac guy and I use some software called DVDPedia. It logs in everything you get and even reads bar codes of the dvds you buy with the camera on my laptop. Its amazing. You can search any actor, title, or whatever with this thing. It's too good. It does cost 15 bux I think, but its very much worth it. It even creates a website for your titles so you can share it with your buds on-line. You can get it HERE.



So that pretty much sums up how I created my dvd collection. Hopefully someday in the near future, we can get rid of physical media all together and have a digital collection, but for now the quality and hard drive space just has not got there yet, but like music it will. And then I won't have to buy bookcases anymore!!!

If you use sites like BitTorrent to download movies, remember it's cool that you can rip off the system and all but watching a Divx encoded flick recorded with a handicam at the theater is no way to experience a movie. You're cheating yourself and the makers of the movie. Wait 3 months and get the damn thing on DVD!

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

REVIEW: Iron Man


The movie, Iron Man came out yesterday on DVD/Blu, and I finally got a chance to check it out after missing it this summer. Iron Man was one of those comics I never read at all. I think my introduction to Iron Man was probably cartoons. So going into it, I really have no attachments as to what was correct or incorrect in accordance with the comics. having said that I think that made me like film that much more.

In the first of many adventures, weapons and tech billionaire Tony Stark is the victim of his own weapons programs. He escapes his captives by building an iron suit then has a change of heart about where his weapons are going to and how they are being used. He begins work on a high tech suit that will fight against the world he helped to pollute. Iron man was always somewhat derivative of Batman to me, but here director Jon Favreau sets things in reality and makes the character of Tony Stark seem like a real person. Robert Downy Jr. does a great Tony Stark. He's arrogant and reckless. Even in his tests on the suit he is willing to almost kill himself to get that suit working right. The only thing in the movie that asks you to suspend your disbelieve is the level of tech he posses. But that's all fun and geeky.

Some faults I did have with the movie... I thought Tony should have had more tragedy as a result of his weapons than what happened. And I don't mean to innocent every day people but to himself. It just kind of seemed like he got captured, got a private cell, and got to make a robot, then busted out and was all mad cause they killed some dude he spent a few weeks with. But that's a minor quip. I thought Gweneth Paltrow was fine, but nothing great. I think they could have cast someone more feisty. She seems like a push over. Jeff Bridges and Terrence "pimp" Howard were equally good. Although was it just me or did the end remind you of Robocop 2? (Grassy Noll theory)



After watching it I thought "man, that was really fun", and reminded me of an 80's movie. The movie was not tricked up with fancy camera moves and editing, it was a good old fashioned and classically crafted tale. And I think you have to give that credit to director Jon Favreau. His direction is restrained and focused. For instance if someone like say Michael Bay did this, you would never know what was happening during a fight. Favreau probably grew up watching Donner's Superman and old Episodes of the Hulk. This movie could have come out in the 70's and 80's. This is the first fully financed film from Marvel Studios. And I love the film universe they are currently creating with intersecting characters just like the comics.

The Blu-ray disc has a ton of special features and an almost feature length documentary on the making of the film. You can tell everyone wanted to make a great film and were very dedicated in doing so. Oh and check out this great bonus feature from the dvd courtesy of The Onion... It's funny as hell.