I sprung for the 4th panel on this one.  I think you can see why.

Wow, check out the Dean Stockwell action in this!  Trailer for Psych-Out (1968) – Boing Boing

Jason Statham has never been in a great movie. He’s also never been in a boring one. Statham’s imdb.com profile, collectively, is a promise to you, the weary filmgoer. It’s a promise that says, “I promise that you will not FOR ONE SECOND be bored during one of my movies. You won’t learn shit about the human condition, or feel a collective connection with the brotherhood of man. But if you give me $10, I will f*** an explosion while a Slayer song plays”.

Thanks Marty, for posting a great article.  Go read it.  PATTON+STATHAM 4EVA at Blast-O-Rama

Via BoingBoing.

Mr. Bali Hai has compiled a fair-sized gallery of B-movie opening titles. I’ve seen a few of these movies, and it’s probably safe to say that the titles are the best parts.

Some “great” typography in there, not to mention some hilarious titles.  This is all the pics of the title sequences.  Link.

As Systemic TheMonkey pointed out in the comments for today’s post, The Watchmen movie is in trouble once again.  After years of limbo with rights, the movie finally did get greenlit and by this point hopefully is in post production.  However, it seems that Fox and Warner Bros. aren’t done struggling over things.

A Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that 20th Century Fox owns the distribution rights to “Watchmen,” representing a setback for Warner Bros.’ plans to release the pic in March.

Unclear what the results of this judgement will be, but rest assured it does not bode well for fans.  Thanks for the link, MonkeyBoy!  Link.

Based on the short animation “9”, this upcoming film (also called “9”) looks amazing.  It has names connected like Crispin Glover, Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Tim Burton, John C. Reilly and a ton more.  I can’t embed the trailer, but go check it out.  Link.

Also, here’s a youtube vid of the original animated short, and here’s the creator’s website.

(NOTE: I dusted off the “awesomeness” tag for this post.  Yeah, that’s right.)

UPDATE: Rosscott, Inc. is currently experiencing some technical problems (see the “Hang Onto Your Butts” posts below for details).  We’ll be back up and running by Monday, December 29th.

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Actor Keanu Reeves […] told the MTV Movies Blog that he hopes to play the lead role in Twentieth Century Fox’s proposed live-action film adaptation of Sunrise’s Cowboy Bebop multi-genre action anime series. Erwin Stoff, a film producer who worked closely with Reeves on The Matrix and A Scanner Darkly, told the IFMagazine.com entertainment website in July that a film development deal was signed. Stoff and Reeves both emphasized a desire to remain faithful to the original work.

Keanu Reeves Hopes to Star in Live-Action Cowboy Bebop – Anime News Network (Via MTV Movies)

“Yeah, big time!” he said. “I grew up in the ’70s and ’80s so I had Star Wars, and Close Encounters, and Blade Runner and 2001. It was an awesome time for sci-fi.” When Mr. Hamm was asked if he still does anything geeky, his girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt, rolled her eyes and affectionately nodded yes. “Oh yeah, I’m a big comic book guy and–” “Video games, video games, video games!” exclaimed Ms. Westfedt.

Jon Hamm, Sci-Fi Geek! | The New York Observer

I love it when a zombie movie looks like a bit of fun.  And who doesn’t love nazi villains?  They are one of the last great “totally allowed to hate them” villains.  Link.