MTV just reported that Reuben Fleischer has confirmed he’ll shoot the sequel  in 3D with 3-D cameras!    If you spent 5 mins listening to any episode of Zombie Popcorn Radio, you know how I feel about 3D movies and the current post-production 2D to 3D crap, I mean, conversion.   So it made me really happy to heard this quote from Mr. Fleischer;

“When it comes to 3-D, I feel pretty strongly that you should shoot it in camera. I feel like it just looks so much better. If you’re going to make a 3-D movie, go ahead and make a 3-D movie. I would definitely, if we do ‘Zombieland 2,’ make it in 3-D and want to shoot it in 3-D.

“I love 3-D . I have a hard time saying when it’s not done well, because I have almost a childlike experience watching 3-D. It’s just so cool to me when stuff comes out of the screen. That may sound naïve, but I really do like the way it looks.”

“Obviously, animation works terrific in 3-D,” he continued. “I thought ‘Avatar’ was a complete revolution. But I even love ‘My Bloody Valentine 3-D’ — the schlockier movies that are in 3-D. I think it’s cool to see stuff fly at your face. The idea of zombies splattering into the lens is exciting for me. I understand Mr. Cameron’s point as far as not overdoing it and not making it gimmicky. I still go for that stuff. That’s the part I’m excited about.”

Check it out! (more after the video)

I love that he has the same view as most long time 3D movie fans and is wanting to embrace 3D for such a wonderful movie.  I have said at least a 100 times before that we need a good 3D zombie movie and it looks like we might get it!

Don’t worry Fleischer also said “all the cast is excited to return,” including WoodyHarrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Jesse Eisenberg.”  So, you know it is going to be another great zombie journey!

Thank you Reuben Fleischer for understanding what 3D means to us faithful viewers and bring on the 3D zombie gore that flys into your face!!!!!

It is very rare to find a film where the trailer to a film is so intriguing you watch the trailer several times.   This week, I found that trailer – the film is Black Swan.

Black Swan is slated to hit the theaters on December 1st.

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis). A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (THE WRESTLER), BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

In May, on Zombie Popcorn Radio we talked about The Wicker Tree, the sequel to the movie Wicker Man.  If you listened to that broadcast you would know how excited I am to see a sequel.

What makes this sequel so exciting, outside of my love for the original, is that Robin Hardy (the person who wrote and directed the original Wicker Man) has wrote and directed The Wicker Tree.

To add to this excitement, a new trailer has been released for The Wicker Tree.  Check it out and let me know what you think… I know I am looking forward to this.

Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland . When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.

Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.

The Wicker Tree – Teaser Trailer
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If you live in Canada you are a very lucky person – for several reason.  One of those reasons is that tonight, if you go see the movie ‘Machete‘ you will see a trailer for  A Hobo with a Shotgun.  

If you don’t live in Canada – you don’t have to wait because we have the trailer right here!

Keep your eyes on Zombie Popcorn for more upcoming news about A Hobo with a Shotgun….because there will be more!

Machete starts this weekend -on Friday, Sept. 3rd.  I know you are excited because everyone here at Zombie Popcorn are jumping up and down.  OK, we are not physically jumping up and down – that would borderline exercise and that is forbidden here.

To celebrate the release of Machete a new RED BAND trailer has hit the net and this is the best one yet…so lets bring on the blood because it is time for the Machete trailer!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Contest/Giveaway!

We received a ton of entries but we can only pick 10 – so if you didn’t win – keep your eye on Zombie Popcorn because we will have more contests/giveaways very soon!

If you won this contest you will receive an email with the details on how you claim your prize.

Now on with the Dead Rising 2: Case Zero contest winners! (in Random order)

(Click on the photos to enlarge)

1. Mitch D from Windham, New Hampshire
   
2. Arnaud L from New York
   
3. Diondrei R from Raleigh, NC
   
4. Aaron W. from Midlothian, VA
   
5. Manuel from Fort Worth, TX
   
6. Angela W from Manteno, Illinois
   
7. Miguel R. from New-Brunswick, Canada
   

8. Jordan W from Pensacola, FL
   
9. Susan K. from Pittsburgh, PA
   
10. Jay C. from Chicago, Il
    

Don’t forget to visitTapeItOrDie.com – The official Dead Rising 2 site.

First, I want to give thanks to the site, Elder Signs Press for writing the post ‘Cthulhu in Pop Culture‘ – (this is were I got the video in this post from.)

I remember as a kid I would watch cartoons on Saturday morning, I am sure every child did.  I would watch Pink Panther, Dungeons and Dragons, Thundercats, and many others.  There was one cartoon that I never got into was The Real Ghostbusters.  I think maybe I was too old when they started to air them or maybe I had a secret loyalty to the movie – what ever it was I didn’t like it.

Now, I kinda wished that I did watch some of the episodes because apparently they had some really awesome content and tips of the hat to classic horror.

Check out this clip of  The Real Ghostbuster – The Ghostbusters go up against Cathulhu, one of the old ones, & his cult with the help of Doctor Alice Derleth from Arkham.

How freaking awesome is this?  Did you see the magazine he pulled out to learn how to battle Cathulhu – So amazing.

Ok, every time I mention ANYTHING about John Cusack, I am quickly cut-off by a nearby voice blurting out, “John Cusack is soooo hot!’  No, it is not just Mylie blurting it out – it is any female who is within ear shot of me speaking his name.

So, ladies and men who feel this way – lets take a moment to get this out of the way because this post will be about ……. John Cusack.

This week John Cusack posted on his twitter account this information, “officiali- will play edgar allen poe in fall-a-film called the raven, send any poe- gold – my way as i begin this journey into the abyss”

This is where I blurt, “Edgar Allen Poe is SOOOOO Awesome!”  ( now we have something in common).

This story get even better because the director, James McTeigue – they guy who directed V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin – will be directing The Raven (starring John Cusack).

The plot:

“There’s basically a serial killer loose in 1850′s Baltimore and he’s using Poe’s stories as his methodology, so then he leaves clues at each murder and says it’s up to Poe to find him before he kills (again).”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNqAJvQW8I

When I originally heard about an XBLA exclusive prologue for Dead Rising 2 it made me raise an eyebrow. When I saw the trailer and read about it I got really excited and changed my mind. Other than a very interesting and emotional premise, Case Zero offers a standalone downloadable experience and a lot of cool bonuses you can take with you into a full blown retail disc zombie apocalypse when it comes out in September.

The game comes out on August 31 for a very cool price of 400 Microsoft Points. That’s dirt cheap but if you are short on cash, we have good news for you. Thanks to the awesome folks at Capcom,  we are giving away TEN FREE Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Xbox Live) codes.

Here’s what you do. Just download the picture below and add your own caption. Feel free to add more things to it as well. Make sure it’s really funny. The way you win this contest is by making us laugh.

When you’re done and ready to enter the contest, send your photo to this email:  ’CONTEST HAS REACHED ITS DEADLINE – GO CHECK OUT THE WINNERS‘.

And now some rules.

When you send your captioned photo to ‘CONTEST HAS REACHED ITS DEADLINE – GO CHECK OUT THE WINNERS‘.

you MUST include;

• Your Name
• Age
• City
• State
• Your e-mail address

If any of this information is not included you will not be eligible to win.
The contest ends on August 31, 2010.
Winners will be announced on August 31st and their winning caption photo will be posted on Zombie-Popcorn.com.

If you’re under 18, please make sure that your parent or guardian knows that you are entering this giveaway and they give you permission.

Also do us a favor and please click on the Facebook “Like” button right above this text and visit TapeItOrDie.com – The official Dead Rising 2 site.

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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Official Trailer

In July, we talked and showed the ‘leaked’ trailer for AMC’s The Walking Dead on Zombie Popcorn Radio.  I didn’t want to post the video here on Zombie Popcorn until the official release of the trailer, due to the poor quality of the ‘leaked’ video.

Today, is that day.  AMC has released the official ‘The Walking Dead’ trailer

AMC’s The Walking Dead is a six-episode series based on the comic book written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. The Walking Dead tells the story of life following a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, traveling in search of a safe and secure home. Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, Teachers, Strike Back) will portray the lead role of Rick Grimes while actor Jon Bernthal (The Pacific, The Ghost Writer) will portray the character Shane, who worked with Rick in the police department before the zombie disaster. Other cast includes Laurie Holden (The Shield), who plays Andrea, one of two sisters who join the survivors of the zombie plague, Steven Yeun as Glenn, an expert scavenger and Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), who plays Rick’s wife Lori.

Five inmates escaped a police precinct in Agora, Lapasan in Cagayan de Oro City.

How did they escape?  They had a little help from Zombies. According to the news wire, A police officer was busy playing the video game “Plants vs. Zombies” and left the keys. The inmates had no trouble stealing them.

For those who don’t know about ‘Plants vs. Zombies’ – and don’t understand how a police officer could ignore his duties – just watch this trailer for the game.

Reports say that four of the prisoners have been recaptured but no word if the officer has been put on leave.  I guess that would be more of a reward for him because he would be able to play ‘Plants vs Zombies’ more.

POWER TO THE ZOMIBE!

News Source: Global Nation

Another episode of Zombie Popcorn Radio has made its mark on the world.

In this episode we talk about why it would suck to be a cult leader and how Tom Selleck’s mustache can take on Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah and ewok sex.

That is not the only thing we talk about in this episode here are some other topics;

• Tim Burton reunited with Ed Wood screenwriters to work on two new projects
• Wes Craven’s My Soul to Take
• Case 39
• Burning Bright
• House of the Wolfman
• The New Architects
• XXX Star Wars 3D porn
• Zombie Popcorn’s Book Club pick: Tales of the Occult
• Last week for Zombie Popcorn’s T-shirt and CD giveaway
• and so much more!

So break out your old photos of Jabba the hut and the lube because it is time for Zombie Popcorn Radio!

and in 3D!

Head over to Zombie Popcorn Radio to watch the 3D broadcast

A couple of days ago, I told you about the Werner Herzog film, My Son, My Son, What have ye Done?

Now you will have a chance to ask Werner Herzog any question you want!

On Monday, August 23, 2010 First Look Studios is hosting the first press day exclusively conducted within social media platforms with the acclaimed director, Werner Herzog, on behalf of his September 14, 2010 DVD release of MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?

Herzog will respond in real-time to questions tweeted to the First Look Studios’ twitter account, with his responses posted on the First Look Studios’ Youtube channel.

All you have to do is tweet your question between the hours of 8:00 AM – 9:30 PM PST – hope to see you there because Zombie Popcorn will be there!

If you are not able to take part in this event but want to ask a question, feel free to email us or leave your question in the comment section below and we will ask for you.

This is the year of the zombie, for sure. I see them outside all the time and they don’t even know they’re zombies. I hope they realize before it’s too late. Anyway, I will save that topic for my political blog. There are better, more fun zombies I can talk about.

I have been obsessed with Left 4 Dead 2. It has been one of my favorite games all year long. My avatar is proud to wear L4D2 gear I unlocked during the hours I spent in front of the TV. All in all I love it but the experience is getting a bit stale. I am ready for some fresh zombie action.

Dead Rising 2 is almost here! The first game was one of the reasons I bought my 360. Despite a few flaws with controls and the save system I loved it. It was the best zombie game ever made at that time.

This time around we have a new hero and the new environment. We’re leaving the mall behind in exchange for the shiny streets and casino buildings of Fortune City. None of this changes anything. Dead Rising 2 is still an amazing over the top zombie carnage simulator, only better. Chuck Green, a new hero, can get his hands on anything. This anything can be taped to the other anything in order to combine the most creative, twisted and wicked zombie murder toys you can imagine. Too sweet! Check the trailer for the proof.

This zombie apocalypse has more to offer. There are claims being made about 1000 zombies on screen at one time. I can already see myself getting into a vehicle and driving over the crowds for that satisfying crunch sound. The game also offers 2 player co-op mode, bigger environments, better physics and mechanics, new characters and enemies, new save system, and much more.

Dead Rising 2’s release date of September 28th can’t come fast enough. It’s coming out for the PS3 and XBOX 360 and it seems a bit later for the PC. It’s almost time to take out that L4D2 disc out of my 360.

Be sure to check out Weapon of the Week contest over on TapeItOrDie.com and be on the look out for Zombie Popcorn‘s  exclusive Dead Rising 2 giveaway.

Dead Rising 2 – Official Trailer

I am a huge Insomniac fan! Let it be clear.

E3 came by and went away and no Insomniac Games announcements were heard out of the convention floor. What a bummer?!  After they jumped the Sony exclusivity ship and signed a deal to develop a new multiplatform franchise for EA everyone was wondering what the heck is going to happen with Resistance and the fan favorite intergalactic duo Ratchet & Clank.

Out of the blue, both franchises are on the way back exclusively for the PS3. Resistance 3 and Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One were announced at the gamescom in Germany.

Resistance 3 trailer contains no game footage but it sets the game tone for sure. It seems like Nathan Hale is going to annihilate many Chimera within New York City.

Ratchet trailer shows the co-op goodness, an obvious evolution for the franchise. Let’s have a look.

Resistance 3 trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbkXTSs3bvU

Ratchet trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45_z6VlDWw

Remember the 1988 movie, Night of the Demons?  The movie that only a few horror fans truly fell in love with?

Guess what?

There is a remake of Night of the Demons and it is hitting UK theaters on September 17th but is only going to be on DVD in the States on October 19th.

So what is the difference between the two films – well, I am sure you already guess that the new Night of the Demons is fast paced and sex’d up.

See for yourself with the official trailer

(there is blood and boobs in this video so if you are under age please watch this with your mom and/or dad)

The movie Get Low is out in theaters now and people should not let this movie slip through their fingers.

Get Low stars Robert Duvall,Sissy Spacek,Bill Murray, and a long list of other great actors.   A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party… while he was still alive.

The film, My Son, My Son, What have ye Done? is directed by Werner Herzog and is expected to hit the streets this September.

Inspired by true events, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, is a story of ancient myth and modern madness. Brad Macallam, an aspiring actor performing in a Greek tragedy, commits the crime he is to enact in the play by killing his mother. The mystery unfolds in a series of flashbacks displaying the psychological destruction of the killer set off by an ill-fated white-water kayaking trip in a distant land.
Roger Ebert said this about the film,

Werner Herzog’s “My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done” is a splendid example of a movie not on autopilot. I bore my readers by complaining about how bored I am by formula movies that recycle the same moronic elements.

This film looks very interesting and may just be added to my personal collection.

The countdown has been going on for months and the moment has arrived. I know some of us have been waiting with extreme anticipation and now we know!

Revealed at 9am (PT) today  from is the new Friday the 13th….

Check it out! (the image on the right)

This is from Friday the 13th part 3 – YES, the 3D one and the most famous one because Jason gets his mask in my opinion the best 3D movie from the 80′s.

I really hope they add the legendary axe mark in the mask.

If you can’t wait for the new Friday the 13th item you can pick up the newest Jason Voorhees: The Terror of Crystal Lake Statue. (Below)

Remember the choose your own adventure books we used to read when we were kids?

Remember how much fun they were and how you tried to collect them all when the book fair came to your school?

Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children’s gamebooks first published by Bantam Books from 1979-1998 and currently being re-published by Chooseco. Each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character’s actions in response to the plot and its outcome.

Ok, now that I have taken you down memory lane what would you say if I say there is a Choose Your Own Adventure that involved zombies?  and what would you say if I told you it was not a book but a ‘movie’.

You would say AWESOME, where can I watch this?   – Right?

So here it is the Choose Your Own Adventure Zombie movie.

(more after the video.)

As you saw in the video  there is pizza company called, Hell Pizza.  Yes, this is a real pizza company and this is their commercial.  Their flagship store is headquartered in New Zealand and has locations in Ireland, Australia, UK  and apparently coming soon to Canada.

Don’t get your hopes up yet for the United States, I don’t see how a place like this would ever fly well in the states but if they ever arrive here – they will be my one and only pizza place.

In the history of horror films there is one film that stands out among the rest because of the mental scares it leaves on you,  That film is Rosemary’s Baby.  The dream-like feel the movie forces on its viewing audience is remarkable.  The entire time you are watching the film you are in disbelief of what is really happening.

Rosemary’s Baby is about a young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.  *Spoiler Alert* What adds to this story is the fact that Rosemary’s husband sold her soul to the devil and allowed Satan to have sex and impregnate Rosemary.

If you think the story couldn’t become stranger then you should read the book, Rosemary’s Baby written by Ira Levin.  Over at the Zombie Popcorn Book Club you can pick up the Audiobook which is read by Mia Farrow, the ebook or the paperback.

Rosemary’s Baby is one of the only stories that I recommend reading the book and watching the movie – you will be completely satisfied with both but won’t be complete with just one.

Rosemary’s Baby is a 1967 best-selling horror novel and is said to have  major elements of the story  inspired by the publicity surrounding the Church of Satan of Anton LaVey which had been founded in 1966.

What an interesting show we have lined up for you on this weeks Zombie Popcorn Radio.

We break things in this episode and talk about the following;

• We have a very destructive un-boxing of the Nook
• The new I Spit on your Grave trailer
• Jackass 3D
• Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses in ZombieVision 3D
• Zombie Popcorn’s Book Club: Rosemary’s Baby
• Zombie Popcorn’s Stories: Life of a Carny
• 30 Days of Night: Dark Days
• Don’t be Afraid of the Dark produced by Guillermo Del Toro
• Zombie Popcorn’s CD and t-shirt giveaway
• New Town Killers
• and so much more

So prepare yourself for the most destructive Zombie Popcorn show yet!

and in Broken video format!  (if you watch the video – when we ‘break it’ keep an eye on Paul’s face – it is AWESOME!

Tzameti, which is Georgian for thirteen,  is a film that will kill you with suspense.  I feel everyone should watch this movie but words do not and can not describe the craftsmanship of this movie – so watch the trailer below to get a preview of the white knuckle suspense.  

A clean-faced 20-year-old, Sebastien, leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family, constantly struggling to find the money for their next meal. When hired to repair the roof of the morphine-addicted Godon (Philippe Passon), Sebastien eavesdrops in on a conversation which appears to offer a quick and easy solution to his money troubles.

Intensely engaging and uniquely insightful 13 (Tzameti) is a thrillingly surreal journey that begins with the descent of a young man, Sebastien (Georges Babluani), into a sinister criminal underworld in which men gamble on each others lives in a shockingly brutal new sport…

We teamed up with Victory Records to bring you the new CD and an awesome  T-shirt from the unforgiving metal rockers, The Autumn Offering .

The Autumn Offering is back…..with an onslaught of hatred and self-loathing, in tow! Simply titled The Autumn Offering, this is by far the band’s most crushing release to date. Chock-full of blast beats, grind drumming, and twin guitar wizardry, this album will certainly kick your ass; vocalist Matt McChesney’s screams sound as if he is being “burned at the stake”!

The New Autumn Offering  album will hit stores on August 31st, 2010 featuring the horror epic, ‘Born Dead’.

(Giveaway details after the video)

As if that wasn’t cool enough, now YOU can score their new album and a t-shirt for FREE !!!

How?

All you have to do is

1. Watch The Autumn Offering horror movie inspired music video.
2. Leave a comment below of what you thought about the video
   and
3. Like Zombie Popcorn on Facebook .
4. If you don’t have a Facebook account you can email Zombie Popcorn what you thought of  the video, ‘Born Dead’
   (You must do step 1-4 to qualify to win)

We will pick at random one person to receive a free Autumn Offering t-shirt and CD.  Just make sure you fill out all the sections in the ‘Post a Comment’ section so we will know how to contact you.

Contest Ends Aug. 31, 2010
A winner—chosen at random—will be notified on that date. If you’re under 18, please make sure that your parent or guardian knows that you are leaving a comment entering this giveaway.

I love the month of October! (Yes, I know we are still several months away)  I love it because everything horror, dark and evil starts crawling out from the shadows.  This year seems to already have a long list of frights and horror lined up.  

Just the other day Rob Zombie announced House of 1000 Corpses in Zombievision!

It is going to be a 3D maze featured at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights.

“Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision,” an original concept based on the cult smash film “House Of 1000 Corpses” will offer Halloween Horror Nights guests the opportunity to don 3D glasses for an up-close-and-personal three-dimensional encounter with the world’s most infamous serial killers. Guests will travel through the world of Capt. Spaulding, Baby, Otis and Dr. Satan experiencing Zombie’s iconic creations – “live” and in 3D. Fans of House of 1000 Corpses” will feel at home walking through the Firefly family residence, the “Museum of Monsters and Madmen” and Dr. Satan’s lair.

September 2, 2010 North America will get a once in a life time chance to see the best vampire movie of the year.  The movie is,  ’Suck‘  

Don’t miss the outrageous rock ‘n’ roll vampire spoof about a down and out band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal. When their disgruntled manager (Dave Foley) tells them that they are getting “long in the tooth”, he doesn’t know that his words are truly prophetic. During a road trip, their humdrum image radically changes when Jennifer (Jessica Paré), the bass player, disappears one night with a hip vampire(Dimitri Coats). She emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild.

As the band members succumb, one by one, to blood lust, their “gimmick” launches them into the limelight. Following an “incident” on a national radio show with “Rock’n Roger” (Henry Rollins), they hit mega-stardom beyond their wildest dreams. Joey (Rob Stefaniuk), the lead singer, is haunted by an eerie bartender (Alice Cooper), who turns out to be much more. Meanwhile, legendary vampire hunter, Eddie Van Helsig (Malcolm McDowell), is tracking them down, despite his fear of the dark. When a veteran music producer (Iggy Pop)calls them on becoming a vampire freak show, they begin to realize that fame is not what it’s cracked up to be.

Suck is a wild ride down a highway to hell, with a killer soundtrack that includes Iggy Pop’s, “TVeye” and “Success”; Alice Cooper’s, “I am a Spider”; Lou Reed’s Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Nuthin”; David Bowie’s, “Here Comes the Night” and The Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil”.

You will only get one chance, meaning ONE DAY,  to see this film in theaters and then you will have to wait for it to hit Blu-Ray.

Here are the current dates and locations for the screening.

ALABAMA

Birmingham – Rave Vestavia Hills

Montgomery – Rave Festival 16

ARIZONA

Tempe – Harkins Arizona Mills 25 IMAX

Tuscon – Harkins Tucson Spectrum 18

CALIFORNIA

Folsom – Palladio 16 Cinemas

Hollywood – Mann Chinese 6 Theatres

Los Angeles – Rave 18 (formerly The Bridge)

Petaluma – Boulevard Cinemas

San Francisco – 4 Star Theatre

San Luis Obispo – The Movie Experience 7

COLORADO

Denver – Harkins Northfield 18 Theatres

CONNECTICUT

Hartford – Bow Tie Palace 17 Cinemas

New Haven – Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas

GEORGIA

Atlanta – Studio Movie Grill Holcomb Bridge 

ILLINOIS

Chicago – Marcus Addison Cinemas

Gurnee – Marcus Gurnee Cinemas

INDIANA

Evansville – Showplace East Cinemas

Indianapolis – Rave Metropolis 18

KENTUCKY

Louisville – Rave Stonybrook 20

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston – The Regent Theatre

Gloucester – Cape Ann Community Cinema

MARYLAND

Baltimore – Bow Tie Annapolis Mall Cinemas

MICHIGAN

Benton Harbor – Celebration! Cinemas Benton Harbor

Grandville – Celebration! Cinemas RiverTown

Grand Rapids – Celebration! Cinemas Grand Rapids North

Grand Rapids – Celebration! Cinemas Grand Rapids South

Jackson – The Michigan Theatre

Mt. Pleasant – Celebration! Cinemas Mt. Pleasant

Muskegon – Celebration! Cinemas Carousel

Portage – Celebration! Cinemas Crossroads

MINNESOTA

Oakdale – Marcus Oakdale Cinemas

Waite Park – Marcus Parkwood Cinemas

NEBRASKA

Omaha – Marcus Village Pointe Cinemas

Omaha – Rave Westroads 14

NEW MEXICO

Las Cruces – Allen Theatres Cineport 10

NEVADA

Las Vegas – Rave Town Square 18

NEW YORK

Albany – Spectrum 8 Theatres

Buffalo – Dipson McKinley 6 Theatres

Lakewood – Dipson Lakewood Cinema 8

OHIO

Cincinnati – Rave West Chester 18 C

Cleveland – Capitol Theatre

Cleveland Heights – Cedar Lee Theatre

Columbus – Marcus Crossroad Cinemas

Oberlin – Apollo Theatre

Pickerington – Marcus Pickerington Cinemas

Toledo – Rave Fallen Timbers 14 C

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City – Harkins Bricktown 16 Theatres

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia – Rave University City 6

Pittsburgh – South Side Works Cinema

SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia – Nickelodeon Theatres

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga – Rave East Ridge 18

TEXAS

Austin – Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek

Dallas – Studio Movie Grill Dallas/Royal Lane

Houston – Studio Movie Grill City Center

Houston – Alamo Drafthouse West Oaks

VIRGINIA

Fairfax – Rave Fairfax Corner 14

Richmond – Bow Tie Movieland at Boulevard Square

Virginia Beach – Cinema Cafe Pembroke Meadows

WISCONSIN

Brookfield – Marcus Majestic Cinemas

Green Bay – Marcus Bay Park Cinemas

Madison – Marcus Point Cinemas

Madison – Marcus Eastgate Cinemas

Menomonee Falls – Marcus Cinemas Menomonee Falls

Milwaukee – Marcus South Shore Cinemas

A  film that is based in Edinburgh, Scotland slipped through my sight when it was released in the UK.   The film is New Town Killers.  

Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She’s in debt, he’s going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash. He soon realises he’s walked into twelve hours of hell where survival is the name of the game.

To me it feels like a modern day version of , The Most Dangerous Game with a little added twist to the hunt.

Check out the trailer

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The Hunt is on!

Zombie Popcorn’s Book Club just announced this weeks book and it is ‘The Graveyard Book‘ by Neil Gaiman.

This book is very interesting and if you like the story of Coraline you will love this story.  

Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren’t really one thing or the other. This chilling tale is Neil Gaiman’s first full-length novel for middle-grade readers since the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Coraline. Like Coraline, this book is sure to enchant and surprise young readers as well as Neil Gaiman’s legion of adult fans.

If you haven’t already, head over to the Zombie Popcorn Book Club and grab a copy of the book and in the meantime, check out this reading of the first chapter of the book by Neil Gaiman.

Sometimes we need to look at our history to be inspired to do the things that seem too hard to do but need to be done.  Today, we will take a look at the history of Ethel MacDonald.

Ethel MacDonald  was a Glasgow-based Scottish anarchist and activist and, in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, a propagandist on Barcelona Loyalist radio.   A native of Motherwell, Scotland, Ethel MacDonald, one of nine children, left home at sixteen, joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and worked at various jobs. In 1931 she met Guy Aldred and, with him, became politically active in the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation (APCF). From then on, she was associated with Aldred and joined him in the June 1934 formation of the United Socialist Movement (USM).

In October 1936 MacDonald travelled to Barcelona with Guy Aldred’s partner, Jenny Patrick, to represent and show the support of the Scottish anarchist movement for the Republican (Loyalist) side in the Spanish Civil War. In January 1937 she began to transmit regular English-language reports on the war on Barcelona’s widely-heard Anarchist radio station run by the Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) [National Workers Confederation]. In the crackdown following the events of May 1937 (Barcelona May Days)  she assisted the escape of anarchists wanted by the Communist secret police and smuggled into prison letters and food for fellow anarchists held by regional authorities. Through her activities in helping anarchists escape Spain, she became renowned in the British press as the “Scots Scarlet Pimpernel”. Between July and November 1937, she was a national figure in the newspapers, with daily reports and inquiries as to her whereabouts and activities. Eventually she herself was arrested by a faction of the Loyalist forces, but later released. She returned to Glasgow that November, following speaking engagements in France and Amsterdam.

There is a book and documentary out about Ethel MacDonald that everyone should read or at least watch the documentary.  So, to make it easy you can pick up the book here as well, as watch the entire documentary.

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As you may already know that the Lost Boys: The Thirst was screened at Comic Con July 22nd and the following day Zombie Popcorn sat in on a round table interview with the Frog Brothers – Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander.

Now Zombie Popcorn has more Lost Boys news for you – we just received the details of the DVD and  Blu-ray combo pack that will be released on October 12, 2010.  

Yes, you will have two choices when the movie hits the shelves.  The two options are a ‘single pack’ that just includes a DVD and limited special features and the Blu-Ray combo pack.  The combo pack includes more special features than the single pack. (See below for the special features)

Lost Boys The Thirst contains the following special features:

·      SINGLE DISC

o        Theatrical Feature Film (80 minutes)

o        Charisma Carpenter Hosts “The Art of Seduction: Vampire Lore” (8 minutes)

·      BLU-RAY COMBO PACK

o        Theatrical Feature Film (80 minutes)

o        What is the Thirst? (6 minutes)

o        A Little Secret

o        The Ultimate Rush

o        Quench Your Thirst

o        Here’s the Scoop

o        Lost Girl

o        How to Kill a Vampire with Edgar Frog (6 minutes)

o        Charisma Carpenter Hosts “The Art of Seduction: Vampire Lore” (15 minutes)

o        The Return of the Frog Brothers Hosted by Corey Feldman (12 minutes)

o        Digital Copy on Disc (WMV and iTunes files)

Both disc include:

Languages: English 5.1 audio

Subtitles: ESDH, Latin Spanish, French (feature only)

Running Time – 80 minutes

As the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon, an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead.

A couple weeks back, Paul recommended the book ‘Soulless‘ for his pick with the Zombie Popcorn Book Club.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, you should head over to the Zombie Popcorn Book Club and pick up a copy – you won’t be disappointed.

‘Soulless’ is the first book in the Parasol Protectorate Series. The series is best described as a comedies of manners set in Victorian London: full of vampires, dirigibles, and tea. They are either Jane Austen doing urban fantasy, or PG Wodehouse doing steampunk.

The ‘Soulless’ audiobook was named one of Audible‘s top 20 sleeper hits and ‘Changeless’ (the second book in the series) is a New York Times BESTSELLER.  The third book, ‘Blameless’ will hit the streets on September 1, 2010.

So, why am I telling you all of this?   Because Gail Carriger the wonderful author of these books will be on Zombie Popcorn Radio this Saturday,  July 31, 2010.

So in the meantime, everyone should pick up Gail’s books (at least one of them) and then join us this Saturday on Zombie Popcorn Radio. If you want to email or call in with questions you are welcome to join us.

New York Times Bestselling author Gail Carriger began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms. Carriger then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She now resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported directly from London. She is fond of teeny tiny hats and tropical fruit. The Parasol Protectorate books are: Soulless (Oct. 2009), Changeless (March 2010),Blameless (Sept. 2010), Heartless(2011), and Timeless (2012). Soulless won the ALA’s Alex Award.

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See larger image Changeless (The Parasol Protectorate) (Mass Market Paperback) By (author) Gail Carriger List Price: $7.99 USD New From: $4.17 In Stock Used from: $3.97 In Stock

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