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Japanese toilet paper “Drop” is the scariest toilet paper you’ve ever seen
In case you have seen the Japanese horror movie "The Ring" or its acceptable American remake, you already have a taste of what kind of person Koji Suzuki is. The guy didn't have to do anything with...
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Video: David Fincher’s iPhone 3G S TV commercial
Apple has hired David Fincher, director of movies such as Fight Club, Zodiac or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, to direct a TV commercial for the iPhone 3G S. The 30-second spot is supposed to...
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on track to be worst-rated $400m movie ever
CrunchGear, at the movies! Peter's been talking pretty much non-stop about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for the past few days, and it brings me great joy to say that, despite the horrendous...
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CrunchDeals: JVC double-DIN car stereo for $270
If you find driving an automobile to be an ultimately boring and mundane experience, you might think about adding an in-dash DVD player with iPod and Bluetooth connections -- if only to have something...
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CrunchDeals: ‘Blu-ray Blowout’ at Amazon
Amazon is currently having a "Blu-ray Blowout" with movies as low as $9.99, categorized in $15.99 and Under, $16-25, and Over $25 groupings. Not to be confused with the Blu-ray Blowout you'd experience...
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False alarm: The RIAA doesn’t think DRM is dead after all!
Remember yesterday when I noted, by way of TorrentFreak, that the RIAA had all but considered DRM to be dead? Not true! Not true at all.
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Sam Raimi, who directed Spider-Man, will direct Warcraft movie
The director of the Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi, is all set to direct the upcoming Warcraft movie. It'll be live action, and it's not expected until 2011, so there's plenty of time to complain till it...
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MovieSD: Japan gets “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” on microSD
I don't know why, but microSD seems to suddenly become an alternative for distributing digital content lately, at least in Japan. Two weeks ago, a Japanese entertainment company was the first in the...
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BioShock movie drops Pirates of the Caribbean director
Any hope you had of the BioShock movie not being a total piece of garbage can now safely be thrown out the window, onto a pile of pointy things that hurt a lot. The movie has a new director in the form...
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Update: Netflix announces exactly who won that $1,000,000 prize
Well, it's official buckaroos, Netflix announced today exactly who won that $1,000,000 prize. If you remember, they announced that one of two teams had finally reached that magical 10% rate they were...
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Epson Japan announces Dreamio projector with built-in DVD player
Only very few home electronics companies dare selling projectors housing a DVD player. There's a good reason for this: The things aren't really a picnic for the eyes, as this example from last month...
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Transformers 2 sells 7.5 million DVD & Blu-ray discs. Can’t you people find a...
This is just wrong. I'll admit, I didn't enjoy "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen". I thought the plot was weak and contrived, and I was slightly offended by the dumbing down of the film (robot...
View Articlexkcd charts characters from LOTR, Star Wars, Jurassic Park & more, I waste my...
Damn, xkcd comics. I got up early this morning – with a little help from the time change – with good intentions. That was until I saw the new xkcd comic that charts character grouping throughout some...
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Why are we so attracted to disaster movies like 2012
Here's another topic I'm stealing from Ron and Fez: disaster movies. We sorta discussed this a few times already, but the movie 2012 broke all sorts of records at the weekend. I'd make a big stink...
View ArticlePoll: Do you plan on seeing Avatar this weekend
You probably already know that this is Avatar’s opening weekend. It’s a big movie to say it lightly. James Cameron invested a lot of time and resources into it and some say the future of 3D movies are...
View ArticleModern movies set adrift as Atari games
Ah, nostalgia. Your gentle touch knows no limits. Today you’ve taken modern movies and shown us what they would have looked like as video games from 30 years ago. Graphic designer Robert Penney has a...
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The next frontier: Converting 2D to 3D
Remember at CES when all of the companies were like "We'll convert your 2D to 3D?" Yeah, ummm, nah. What will happen is that studios will back-convert some of their old movies - or movies not shot in...
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And now Redbox will have to wait 28 days for new Warner Bros. DVDs
Warner Bros. has agreed a new deal with Redbox that will give Redbox access to its DVDs, but only 28 days after the retail release. The move is designed to encourage people to actually buy the shiny,...
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Apple and global carriers raise OTA iPhone app download limit to 20MB
One thing I really love about the iPhone is discovering a new app while I'm out on the town, ignoring friends and family for my phone. I'll check out reviews, look at some screen shots and take the...
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Yes! Another Ron and Fez Twitter party, this time for The Oscars!
Ron and Fez, the fantastic Sirius XM radio show that makes my day every day, will host the world's first second Twitter party on Sunday! It's a follow-up to last month's Super Bowl Halftime Show...
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