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war, inc.
Corporate Takeovers Swallow A Whole Country In War, Inc.
War, Inc. is best known as "the movie where Hilary Duff puts a live scorpion down her pants," but it's also one of the wildest stabs at future dystopian satire in ages. The John Cusack vehicle, coming out in May after two years on ice, will probably be a brave failure rather than a sleeper hit, but that doesn't make the attempt any less admirable. This trailer makes it look look like a mashup of Cusack's Grosse Point Blank and a Max Barry novel. Click through for details, and more of the aforementioned scorpion-pants scene. More »
starship troopers 3
Starship Troopers 3 Trailer Shows Superbugs In Action
Do you have what it takes to be a citizen? Watch the new trailer for Starship Troopers: Marauder and find out. The second direct-to-DVD sequel to Paul Verhoeven's classic satire lays on the mockery pretty thick this time around. "Let's go crack a planet" is already my new catchphrase. You can also see the new-style "bombadier" bug, with its long eyestalk shooting white flames.
the signal review
The Signal Proves Murder Can Be Fun
Late one night, a psychedelic, screaming signal begins issuing from the televisions, radios, and phones in an anonymous light-industrial city somewhere in the southern U.S. It looks like the lava lamp on steroids, and it sounds like a geiger counter going crazy. And crazy is exactly what you get if you see or hear the signal for any length of time. Main characters Ben and Mya, a pair of adulterous lovers who are about to run away together, find themselves suddenly surrounded by people who think it's perfectly reasonable to kill their neighbors with wire cutters and spray everybody with insect poison. Directed by three indie filmmakers from Atlanta, the movie is told in three parts that veer from harrowing ultraviolence, to dark satire, to blood-soaked love story. The Signal will creep you out and make you laugh uncomfortably. And if you live in a city, you won't be able to wash the images of urban omni-violence out of your eyes for a long, long time. More »
satire
When Adventure Becomes . . . Repetitive
A new mashup of movie trailers proves that Star Wars, Narnia, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Golden Compass are basically all the same movie with different trappings. But more importantly, it proves that Star Wars is much closer to fantasy than science fiction. Just look how comfortably Yoda fits in with Gandalf and the other magicians. [The World According to Carl]
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