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Souls Of Black And Gold
Like the championship game two weeks ago, people are now leaving their homes and descending on the city awash in emotion made manifest as tears and smiles and handshakes. Everyone is a friend. Everyone is elated. Everyone is taking a moment to bask in the end of a long road and the achievement of the sweetest of dreams. Continue reading
Hearts Of Black And Gold by Strider
As the ball cleared the goal posts, people got off their couch, walked outside, got into their cars and started driving. Not many of them knew where they were going. Some would end up in the French Quarter, hugging strangers and yelling until their voices succumbed to the strain, and others just drove around their neighborhoods, blowing their horns and yelling, “Who Dat,” to anyone within earshot. Continue reading
The Village Elders Present: The 2009 Awesome Village Awards
With the end of 2009, so ends quite the successful year in the land of entertainment. With the end of the year, we are about to run into the award season, where all the standouts from 2009 will be showcased with their various awards. Well, here at The Awsome Village, we would like to recognize a few projects that aren’t necessarily in the running for mainstream awards. So, The Village Elders are happy to present the first annual “2009 Awesome Village Awards” naming some of our favorites from the land of movies, television, music, and pop culture in general that excelled in 2009. Continue reading
The Village Elders Present: The Top 25 Movies of the Decade
The Village Elders’ Top Films of the Decade Continue reading
Carlsberg’s Top 5 New Year’s Eve Movies
Like I did for Christmas, I have come up with a list of my favorite films to watch while celebrating the New Year. There are a lot of films that take place on New Year’s Eve, many about New Year’s Eve, while others merely take place at that time. The following list is my top 5 that I like to watch every year during that week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, when my Christmas movie marathon has come to an end. Pop some champagne and enjoy. Continue reading
Puddy’s 5 Best and Worst Christmas Movies.
Here is a list of Puddy’s Best and Worst films of the Christmas Season. Continue reading
Krycek’s Top 10 Christmas Episodes
In the land of Television, the casts of our favorite shows celebrate Christmas just like everyone else. The fact that the majority of shows roll right through the holiday season mean that we get to see just how our favorite fictional characters celebrate Christmas every year. With more and more series becoming available on DVD, it’s great fun to spend the holidays with the coolest shows around, weather they’re on the air or not. So, with this in mind, here are my top 10 Christmas Episodes of all time. Continue reading
Carlsberg’s Top 10 Unconventional Christmas Movies
Around this time of year, I like to start watching Christmas movies to get myself into the holiday spirit. I always watch the usuals: It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, etc. But over the past several years I have also included what I call the “Unconventional Christmas Movies.” These are movies that take place at Christmas time, but, for whatever reason, are not actually about Christmas. Continue reading
San Francisco Movie Tours: A Must See!
As most of the fans of this site know, all of The Village Elders absolutely love movies, TV, and pop-culture in general. So, imagine my surprise when I found out about a new tour that features all of the vast locations featured in movies and television screens throughout the streets of San Francisco. Continue reading
“Resist or Serve” by Krycek
Krycek takes a hard look at the current trend in horror movies. Continue reading
Reflections on “Star Wars: In Concert” by Krycek
Krycek’s take on Star Wars: In Concert Continue reading
The Top 10 “Top 5s” of Horror by Carlsberg
I often get asked the question, “What is your favorite horror movie?” I find that that can be a loaded question. The horror genre is so wide that some films that I may consider great horror movies, some people may not have thought of that type of movie as even being “horror”. Continue reading
N.O.F.F. — Afterthoughts and Drinks with “The Scenesters” by Carlsberg
We had the chance to sit down for some drinks with three of the stars of The Scenesters: Todd Berger, Blaise Miller, and Jeff Grace. I must admit, these guys are the exact opposite of the pretentious hipsters in their film. They were, all three, some of the most down-to-earth, and genuinely funny people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting. As we had a few drinks that night, each shared at least one anecdote about his experience in the film business, a few of which I thought you, the loyal Villagers, may enjoy. Continue reading
“Everyone’s Lost But Me: Scarface” by Carlsberg
Hey, Villagers. Carlsberg here. This is usually Puddy’s column, but I have been noticing a trend over the past several years, that I really don’t get, so I figured I would address it here. My issue is the common obsession that I have been noticing in today’s society with the movie Scarface. Continue reading
Puddy’s Top Ten Horror Films of All Time
Later this month every channel on TV will begin showing us a cornucopia of horror films. October is scary movie month on just about every movie channel. We are also in for more new horror films arriving in theaters like Saw VI, The Stepfather and The House of the Devil. So, I thought it might be time to list my all time favorite horror films. Continue reading
Top Ten Horror/Comedies by Krycek
It isn’t unusual for certain filmmakers to blend genres. Without this we wouldn’t have romantic comedies, sci-fi thrillers, or dramedies. One of the most poplar hybrids of cinema, especially with cult moviegoers, is the horror/comedy. This week, the list of the great horror/comedies has grown by one with the release of the fantastic Zombieland. With this in mind, I’ve put together a list of my top ten horror/comedies of all time. Continue reading
The Awesome Zombie: “5 Entertaining Ways To Prepare For The Zombie Apocalypse” by Flash
October 3, 2009, filed under Comics, DVD, Games, Movies.
Tags: DVD, Flash, Reviews, Video Games, Zombies
Tags: DVD, Flash, Reviews, Video Games, Zombies
Do you love zombies? Stop. It was a rhetorical question, of course you love zombies, the adorable little scamps. They get a bad rap because of the whole “undead abomination furiously eating the flesh of the living” thing, but I can’t fault them for that, I mean, they gotta eat something right? And let’s get one thing straight, right off the bat: the zombie apocalypse WILL happen, I couldn’t tell you when or how, but keep an eye on the old lady living across the street, I’ve seen her shambling around the neighborhood eying the playing children like they were a $40 filet minion and moaning all the while. It could just be the Alzheimer’s but you better keep your distance to be safe. This weekend’s release of the new movie (or should I say instructional video) Zombieland starring the ever-flowing cup of awesome that is Woody Harrelson, is the latest media attempt to keep us informed and educated on how to care for (or mercilessly slaughter) our zombie brothers, but it isn’t the first of its kind and certainly won’t be the last. Here I present the 5 best ways to prepare for the zombie apocalypse. This list spans all popular media including movies, video games, and comics to best ensure that this important information gets out to those who need it. Continue reading
Awesome Classics Revisited by Krycek
11 years ago, Hollywood tried to warn us where the future of entertainment was heading toward…and it looks like they were 100% correct. Continue reading
The Village Arcade — Flash’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Games for XBOX 360 and Playstation 3
OK, here’s my dilemma; I beat the leader, credits roll, I probably get a PSN Trophy or XBOX LIVE Accomplishment for completing the game, and maybe even get a little bonus item for the next play-through; what do i do next? I could go for another play-through, but considering I just beat this game that probably means I’ve been playing it nearly non-stop for the last several weeks or months… Continue reading
Why Aren’t They Bigger Stars? by Krycek
Hollywood is a funny place. Every day, hundreds and hundreds of actors bust their chops to deliver quality entertainment to the masses, and a very select few actually succeed. Even if a particular actor does succeed in becoming known, even fewer of them fall into the category of ‘stars’. This doesn’t mean that they’re bad actors, more times than not it just mean no one has given them the chance to truly shine. Continue reading
Summer ‘09 Review by The Village Elders
The Village Elders take on the summer of 2009 Continue reading
“Everone’s Lost but Me” by Puddy
Everyone’s lost but me” is one of my favorite quotes in movie history. Uttered by the late great River Phoenix in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. I use that line every time I just don’t get what people see in certain things. So today’s subject is Twilight Continue reading
The Village Arcade – Which Should YOU Buy? The Playstation 3 or XBOX 360?
You may not realize this, but a new momentous chapter in history began this past weekend. Sony’s Playstation 3, a system plenty of people were interested in but nobody wanted to buy has been transformed into a slimmer and cheaper version of it’s previously obese self. The new PS3 Slim was released at a cheaper and more competitively priced $299.00. That’s cool and all but that’s not the reality altering event to which I was refferring. See, it was also announced this past weekend that Microsoft’s XBOX 360 Elite, the mecca of XBOX 360′s with it’s larger hardrive oh so enviable black finish will also see a price drop in the near future. It’s new price? Why that’ll be $299.00. So for the first time in this console generation both of the “hardcore” gaming systems out there will be selling for the same, reasonably low price. Continue reading
Summer Movie Season Recap
This Summer movie season was quite unpredictable. We saw one of the worst reviewed movies of the year(Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) become the highest grossing. Continue reading
Awesome Classics Revisited by Puddy
Do you realize that it was 10 years ago that we were first introduce to bullet time? Continue reading
A Look Back at “Avatar Day” by Puddy
Friday night audiences everywhere were given a special sneak peak at a 16-minute preview of acclaimed director James Cameron’s long-anticipated sci-fi epic Avatar. This film is going to be James Cameron’s first feature film since Titanic in 1997. Continue reading
Top Ten Quentin Tarantino Musical Moments by Krycek
With the release of Inglorious Basterds, audiences everywhere are about to experience another trip into a world created from the mind of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. One thing that Tarantino has a great talent for is finding the perfect music to pair with his films. Tarantino soundtracks are always great, and in the spirit of celebrating all things Basterd, I give you my top ten Tarantino Musical Moments. Continue reading
Top 10 Works of Quentin Tarantino by Carlsberg
In the wake of the release of Inglourious Basterds, which may be the greatest movie about Jews scalping Nazis ever to be made, I’d like to take a look at the top 10 works of the Basterds’ charismatic director, the one and only Quentin Tarantino. QT exploded into the movie business in the early ’90s, and with his unique, dynamic style, virtually changed the way movies are made and viewed. Continue reading
Top Five Eli Roth Performances by Krycek
With the upcoming release of Inglorious Basterds, audiences everywhere are getting psyched for another awesome film by master Quentin Tarantino. One thing Tarantino excels at is casting actors you would not expect into awesome roles. The one Basterd that looks to have a breakout performance is actor/director Eli Roth, who is featured in the trailer bashing a Nazi’s head in with a baseball bat. Continue reading
Top Ten Brad Pitt Movies by Puddy
Inglourious Basterds comes out Friday so I thought it might be time to take a look at an actor who is very underrated. I’m talking about the dreamy Brad Pitt. Now a lot of people like to throw him into the category of movie star before they would call him an actor. True he has had his share of tabloid stories involving Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie(personally, I think he made the right choice) but this should in no way take away from the great performances he has given us. To prove my point here are my ten favorite Brad Pitt performances. Continue reading
Top 5 Stop-The-Clicker Movies by Puddy
We’ve all been there. It’s 10:45, none of your friends felt like going anywhere and you are too lazy to go to your DVD collection and commit to watching a movie for 2 whole hours. So you start flipping channels. You go around the horn once and maybe you stop on the Discovery Channel if it’s Shark Week. You notice Bret Michaels has a new group of skanks on VH-1. You stop and wonder why the “sci fi” channel is now called the”syfy” channel. Suddenly, you stop (probably on TNT, TBS or FX) and you start watching the movie you’ve been looking for. It may not be a good movie. But for some reason you happen to start watching and you can’t stop. I like to call these “Stop the Clicker Movies” and here are my fab 5. Continue reading
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