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hey this is my first post so let me know what you think and also as a disclaimer some of this might be old news but I’m catching up… now that’s out of the way here we go.

So if your like me your pumped that good tv is back for the fall line up i got mostly pumped for the office but the new line up is ok at most why doesn’t 30 rock start now instead of waiting till Oct. Parks was the best one ever well out of all 7 episodes. Community seems kinda stale to me all the best parts were in the preview and either Chevy Chase is going to be annoying or slowly become funnier.

If your looking for some shows you might not have watched or did not know about here’s my picks: Sons Of  Anarchy- this is a show about biker club in Cali basically trying to control their town and its got a decent cast Katy Sigal, Ron Perelman, Charlie Hunnan(from short live Appitow show “undeclared”) and a few others, you might have to watch the first episode from season 2 which is the current season and they show everything form season one which was just released on DVD

How I met your mother- simply a comedy about a hopeless romantic telling the story to his kids about how he met their mom hence the title, good cast a lot of funny moments and even tips on dating, picking up girls, and life in general. I suggest go back and watch from the beginning.

in other things i found a web site that might save your wallet and no spam with very few pop-ups Its www.ovguide.com basically a Google search engine for movies/ tv shows/ dvds it has brand new movies and episodes, you type it in and there’s many sites with what your looking for in case you get a shitty file or not full movies etc..

well that’s it for now let me know what you think oh and by the way i don’t mean to interrupt your site but Beyonce had the best video of the year

Peace!!

love tommy boi

xoxox

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By Thomas Mates

Joseph Gervasi co-founder of Exhumed Films

Recently, there’s been a decline in the number of horror movies on the big screen. But Philadelphians who still love fake blood have Exhumed Films. Exhumed puts together screenings of classic horror and grind house films using 35 and 16mm prints, not DVDs. Some of the films Exhumed has screened include horror classics like Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2, and John Carpenter’s  The Thing.

Exhumed Films was founded in 1997 in Blackwood, NJ, by “Four jerks who sort of were friendly with each other (and) wanted to see if we could show two films at a theater,” said Joseph Gervasi, 38, Exhumed Films co-founder with  Dan Fraga, Harry Guerro, and Jesse Nelson.

“We procured these two film prints, these 35mm prints, and we figured, at worst, we’d be watching these two movies by ourselves, and at best, maybe a few people would come out,” recalled Gervasi. To the group’s surprise many people did show up to their event.

“We didn’t really have the mass penetration of the internet,” he said. “We didn’t really have that resource to get the word out.”

Exhumed Films has gone through several theaters for screenings.

“They’ve all [the theaters] just successively closed down around our feet,” said Gervasi. Exhumed Films currently calls the International House, located at 3701 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia, home.  It’s a real step-up.

According to Gervasi some of their previous venues were “dilapidated, and they had bugs and rats running around.”

Though Exhumed has a great ongoing relationship with International House, it is difficult to do monthly events there, because of the theater’s other commitments and bookings. However, Exhumed still manages to hold double features there, “about every other month or so.”

They also conduct a once-a-year, 24-hour horror marathon. Now entering its third year, the marathon allows Exhumed to showcase some of their rarest prints.  “Many of the prints come from the collection of one of the group members, Harry Guerro,” said Gervasi.

Promotional Poster for Horror Marathon made by Justin Miller/Hauntlove

Guerro is part of a network of print collectors and traders, which include people such as Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese. “Whatever he doesn’t personally own, may be owned by Exhumed Films, or he would be able to trade with other people to barrow the prints to run,” continued Gervasi. The network in which Guerro does his trading allows Exhumed access to several rare prints from around the world.

Some of the films shown at the 24-hour event may never end up being screened outside the context of the marathon.  This is because of the films’ levels of obscurity. Were they to be put into one of Exhumed’s regular events, they more than likely would not be able to stand on their own merits.

“If we put them into our 24-hour show, where people don’t even know what they’re [going to be] seeing, because we never ever announce what the films are going to be… then people … wind up seeing something that they wouldn’t normally  gravitate towards.”

The reason for not allowing the audience to know in advance the titles of the films is both practical, and helps add to the fun of the occasion.

“I think if the people knew what they were seeing they would pick and choose and chart when they were going to be there,” explained Gervasi. “It creates a sense of excitement where you have no idea what you’re going to see.”

In addition to several feature length movies, there are also several shorts and trailers between films. The lack of advance knowledge also prevents the audience from missing out on some of these smaller gems.

“Hopefully you [the audience] trust us well enough to allow yourself to be surprised by what we’re going to screen to you,” continued Gervasi.

This year’s 24-hour marathon is on Oct. 24 and 25. Tickets for the event are on sale at www.exhumedfilms.com/24hrfest. Tickets are $25 each.

Though Exhumed Films does charge for their events, the founders do not take any profits. Gervasi and Nelson own a for profit side business, Diabolik DVD, which always has a stand at Exhumed screenings to sell DVDs.

Any money made by Exhumed goes into a kitty used for buying new prints and the other costs of running the films.

“When we all decide we hate each other [the members of Exhumed] and disband we’ll break up that money and we’ll have a hundred bucks each,” said Gervasi jokingly.

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Californication season 2 blows your mind. Hank Moody (David Duchovny) shines new light on what it can feel like to be a New Yorker livin’ in Hell-LA. The man has me sold with a brand new collection of on screen mannerisms and lewd behavior. But before all good light shines down, a rock legend has his story to tell. It’s plain and simple folks, Lew Ashby (Callum Keith Rennie) is rock history. Furthermore, our favorite characters from the first season stand and deliver. Chuck Runkle (Evan Handler) and Marcy (Pamela Adlon) share their swing and battle through love in the darkest depths LA has to offer all of us. And when the writers pick us up, ice-cold blackouts drop us down to ground. The scenes remind us this: at the end of the day, it’s all about her. ‘N u kno dis man! Karen and Becka are the perfect complementary balance to Moody. I just have to say that the on screen work of Duchovny and Rennie is fucking brilliant. Furreal yo! To avoid further spoiling, amazon.com and itunes has the season available for download as a purchase. The DVD set becomes available for purchase August 25. Season three is due to air this fall on Showtime. Do yourself a favor and grab lines, emotions, and mannerisms to act out on all of us back in real time. I’m waiting. =)

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It’s been about two weeks now since we’ve installed and been playing Popcap’s newest hit – Plants vs Zombies! and over those weeks, many hours have been spent vigilantly growing a monster garden to defend my house (and brain) from a never ending zombie onslaught.  As with their previous hits, most recently, Peggle, Popcap has pulled through again delivering a great game that can be played in short bursts and is full of humor, clever graphics and classic Popcap-style music.

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A rumor that has been floating around for probably more than a year, but has started to gain more hype, is the possibility that Apple may come out with a new iPhone with Verizon.

Stop right there.  If any of you felt your heart race after hearing of the rumor or just reading this now for the first time, welcome friends!  In an age where we want everything at the touch of a finger, the iPhone is a very handy gadget.  Most smartphones are for that matter.  (Of course the iPhone apps are one of the reasons that Apple had no real competitor other than Blackberry.)

The iPhone, even in some of our generation’s dimmest times, was still increasing sales.  With the App Store, the iPhone can be transformed into anything you want it to be really.  Being someone who is fairly attached to her laptop, I will sometimes drag it out just to check on some news or tweet or play a game.  This isn’t a pain at all, but thinking about just doing it on the iPhone, I begrudge other people’s iPhone joy.  It seems to be the perfect mini-laptop when taking a laptop out just isn’t as practical as it used to be.  In a world where netbooks are selling like mad and laptops are selling much more than desktops, the iPhone fits in well.

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Image taken from ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com

He Remembers It, So You Don’t Have to.

By Thomas Mates

If you still pine for the days when Saved by the Bell was still on the air and it was worth it to wake up early for Saturday morning cartoons then you have probably heard of the Nostalgia Critic, on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com. Every Wednesday, the Nostalgia Critic updates his site with reviews of movies and television shows most twenty-somethings grew up with. The Nostalgia Critic in real life is Chicago native Douglas Walker, 27.

Walker was a film major at NIU, Northern Illinois University. “I was actually going to go into film for a living, but the more I grew up the more I realized that I’d probably have to deal with Hollywood and I’m not really a huge fan of Hollywood,” said Walker.

After college Walker made a living doing illustration and design. He then started his career on the internet through YouTube. “I started posting these five second movies; they were like famous movies reduced down to five seconds… those seemed to catch on really big time on the YouTube community.”

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Any gamer knows that the biggest fear in an MMO is having your account hacked and all of your gear, gold and potentially characters stolen or removed.  On a daily basis we hear stories from our fellow gamers about having their accounts hacked and gear sharded and sold off.  Blizzard has made a solid effort with their authenticators that definitely do add a great second factor of authentication, but there are other (free) games that are seemingly ahead of the game with their methods of authentication, and they don’t require you to carry around a big blue key chain (or pay an additional $7).

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Well, I recently visited a local “Big Box Mart” and picked myself up a new flat panel to add to my home.

With a tight wallet and a cynical eye, I did a ton of research on specs, details, reviews and price. I also have a 42″ Toshiba Regza that is a solid television, but the price point for Toshiba, Sony, LG, etc. is rather high, particularly for a secondary box.

I decided on the 26″ Vizio from Wally World for a price $367 online and around $390 in store. (The impatient side of me opted to just buy it in store rather than wait.)

To the review…
Overall this is a very nice television. The picture is quite crisp when viewed straight on or from a side angle. However, I find that when I am looking at it from a slightly lower level, like laying on the loveseat, the top of the picture appears rather darkened.

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Okay, let’s just get it out of the way. This game is a straight up “Gears of War” clone in every way. But I found that’s not such a bad thing during my play through of Mr. Cent’s second foray into the world of video games.

I’m not the biggest Gears fan, but I had a fun time playing it. So I didn’t mind playing the same game again for a few hours. That’s what was key for me, this is a short game. I beat it in about 5 hours give or take and then played it through again in co-op mode for another two. Right when I started thinking “man this is starting to get old” I was put up against the final boss.

I used co-op as a means to get achievements, but this game is built for co-op. If you have someone to play with or get lucky with a public match the game starts to really shine. Although I found the difficultly to be non-existent, especially in co-op . I sense this was a choice of the developer for the more casual 50 fans. The story is forgettable at best. All you need to know is that everyone’s out to steal 50’s diamond encrusted skull and he’ll stop at nothing to get it back.

In all, if I had paid full price for this game I’d feel ripped off. This game is complete weekend rental territory.

Score: 4/5 Vitamin Waters

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WiiSpray Controller

Check out what a group of German students has come up with, the WiiSpray.  This custom controller (possibly the cleanest looking I’ve seen) works with a homebrew app that allows couch artists to do their thing without worrying about getting paint on their fingers.

Created by Martin Lihs, and first detailed in his thesis at Bauhaus University, the inital concept was released back in 2007.  Since then, it has been refined to include a wider variety of backdrops to spray on and the new controller which maintains the look and feel of an actual spray can.  It even changes colors so you always know what should be coming out.

Check out the video of it in action (the stenciling is particularly awesome):

WiiSpray Teaser from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.

[via SlashGear]

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