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The Expendables 2 trailer is out

The Expendables 2 trailer is out

It may be short on audible dialog, but there is sure to be plenty of action! … Read entire article »

Filed under: Bad Movies, Good Movies, New Movies, Trailers

Mansome opens select theaters May 18th

Mansome opens select theaters May 18th

To groom or not to groom? That may be the question in Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary opening in select theaters May 18th. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Comedy, Good Movies, New Movies

Tips for a good marriage.

Tips for a good marriage.

Summer is a popular time for weddings, but every couple should heed the tips from these two. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Web Video

Ron Burgundy is back

Ron Burgundy is back

San Diego’s favorite anchor man is coming back for another round. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Comedy, New Movies, Old Movies, Pop Culture, TV, Web Video

A new and improved take on the Siri commercial

Filed under: Comedy, Internet, Pop Culture, Technology, Web Video

Chris Rock weighs in on taxes for the wealthy

Chris Rock weighs in on taxes for the wealthy

Chris Rock doesn’t want his kids’ teachers to be homeless. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Celebrity, Comedy, Pop Culture, Quotes

Randall does Comic Con

Randall, narrator of one of our favorite internet videos ever, helped Entertainment Weekly cover Comic Con by narrating this footage from the convention floor. “Comic Con don’t care!” … Read entire article »

Filed under: Comic Con, Internet, Pop Culture, Web Video

Laptop Hunters: Jennie

By now we’ve all seen those ridiculous Windows ads that feature someone looking for a cheap laptop and dismissing Macs as “too cool” or “too expensive”. In what might be the best commercial parody ever, check out this parody of the “Laptop Hunters: Lauren” commercial… Laptop Hunters: Jennie – watch more funny videos … Read entire article »

Filed under: TV, Web Video

SDFF Review: Wesley Willis’s Joyrides

The ride is not often joyous, but it is intensely interesting and, at times, emotional. The documentary, made by film makers Chris Bagley and Kim Shively, tells a very personal story of an oversized man, who has faced oversized adversities in his life in Chicago. A diagnosed schizophrenic who creates a following on a near cult status in the punk rock world, Wesley Willis works his way into people’s lives. Beginning with the art supply store, where they let him draw and paint, until he has an “episode” and they must ask him to leave, to the sidewalks of Chicago where he sells to a loyal clientele. One of the people he builds a bond with later becomes his band mate and his lyrics and style … Read entire article »

Filed under: Good Movies, Music, New Movies, Reviews

The VMA debacle

Trashwire’s own Pat Sue Gentry shares her thoughts on the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards… Watching the VMAs last night was, in a word, torture.  The only saving grace was Russell Brand, who managed to actually be entertaining during the ignominious joke of a ceremony we were all watching. At times it was more like the Kids Choice Awards then the VMAs, but during the Lil Wayne performances it sunk down to some kind of “Pimps Up, Hos Down Convention” in Vegas. The opinions and “messages” ranged from “promise to save sex for marriage”, to “give it up like free lunch”.  And we wonder why kids are confused. So now half of the music industry are born-agains, who think everyone else is a super slut? I was also left feeling like hip hop should … Read entire article »

Filed under: Celebrity, Memory Lane, Music, Pop Culture, Thoughts & Opinions, TV