In case you haven’t already bought the first installment in the new adventure series Tales of Monkey Island starring notorious and gamer-fav pirate Guybrush Threepwood now is your chance to get your hands on it FOR FREE!

Yep, that’s right. Telltale Games are giving out digital copies (aka download rights) to the very first episode of the Tales of Monkey Island series “Launch of the Screaming Narwhal” starting midnight September 19.

Now why would they do that y’all ask? Very simple and yet totally cool reason. September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day and what better way to promote the later episodes of their new Tales of Monkey Island series than giving out the first episode for free?!

The new Tales of Monkey Island series comprises five episodes. “Launch” was followed by “The Siege of Spinner Cay” which will be continued shortly by “Lair of the Leviathan”, “The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood” and “Rise of the Pirate God”.

Check out the shiny new graphics and usual funny dialogue and situations in the video below and make sure to go to the Telltale Games website to get your copy of “Launch of the Screaming Narwhal“:

I knew what this film was about when I started watching, but nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to see.

Teeth can be so scary… and I’m not talking about someone’s ginormous or ugly teeth staring back at me. I watched a film by the same name, Teeth that is, and I think I will be scared for life. This is the ultimate sex-killer/horror-story for men fucking women, women fucking women, basically anyone fucking women… oh and gynecologists. Whoever thinks about entering a vagina BEWARE! You don’t know what’s really going on down there. Actually, thinking about it – this is the perfect date movie! Just be prepared to be scarred for life and scared of your sex-drive. Nightmares might occur!

Balance has been achieved… for now. While I had the worst movie day a few days ago (read older blog post for reference) I am in the process of achieving balance with a good movie day today. I’m not quite balanced yet since it wasn’t THE BEST! (as opposed to THE WORST!), but seems like I’m getting there.

So what did you watch today? Tell us. TELL US!
Okay I’ll tell you.

This time on InShort:
Chaos Theory, The Eye and Young People Fucking.

I can’t believe I actually watched not one, but two bad film today. The first (Deb & Sisi) was so bad it made the second one look almost decent. ALMOST. And that is saying a lot. Cos it was Vin Diesel’s Babylon A.D.!!!

Now I know what y’all are saying. What are you doing watching this shit film in the first place? Don’t you read reviews? Well guess what, I prefer seeing it for myself and not buying into what other people are saying. I like to make up my own mind. But just for once maybe I should have been swimming with the masses…

This has got to be one of the worst films ever. Acting-wise, directing-wise, script-wise. There is nothing good about this film. And it has Michelle Yeoh in it. But even she was crap in it. The best thing about it is, that it kept reminding me of Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men, which is a great film in my opinion.

Basically we have seen everything (and I do mean EVERYTHING!) in and about this film before. Just better. So instead of watching this (not even renting it for a drunken party with your friends to have something to laugh your asses off about!) get Children of Men and see what this film should have been like.

Deb & Sisi and now Babylon A.D.. I think I should chose my films better. Two duds in one day. That’s got to be a new record…

I knew I should have been studying. That’s what you get for procrastinating too much. Ah well, I only have myself to blame. To sum it up – STAY AWAY FROM BABYLON A. D.!

I just got back from watching Moon and am quite surprised with my reaction(s) to it. At first I was disappointed, but after letting it sink in while driving home I realized I was only let-down in one regard. A major one. But everything else was top notch and more than makes up for its shortcomings.

The hauntingly appealing premise of having one man on the moon to supply the rest of the world with energy opens this psychological experiment of a film. Sam Rockwell takes us through his standardized day while already laying the detailed groundwork for the breakdown later on. He is on a three-year contract all by himself with only a robot to keep him company. It doesn’t take long for things to go out of the ordinary and pit man against robot and man against himself.

This very first image of a CGI Smurf from Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming Smurfs Movie was leaked onto the internet last night. But is it legit? Turns out that the studio ran the promo image in a magazine recently.

The film will be directed by Raja Gosnell with December 17 2010 being the release date. The Smurfs were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford, known throughout the world as Peyo.

Now say hello to the very first CGI’d Smurf below the cut:

Sony has released three new posters for Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster film 2012, to be released November 13.

I am totally digging the over-the-top destruction bordering on the ridiculous. But then again what else are Emmerich’s films known for. Enjoy!

People all over the world – well, in the areas that hosted Avatar Day – were flocking to 3D and Imax 3D theaters yesterday to get a first look at almost 20 minutes of preview footage for James Cameron’s Avatar.

I was lucky enough to grab 4 tickets for the 3D screening in my town and boy were my friends glad I shared those little paper stubs with them. We’re all counting down the days til December 18 to see all of the breathtaking extravaganza simply called Avatar.

While the 3D didn’t wow me any more than some of the other 3D films I have seen so far, the visuals are astounding. The photorealistic blue Na’vi totally blew me away. When Jake gets connected to his Avatar you truly believe that big, blue thing is a living breathing entity. The facial expressions were brilliant and you could even see the difference in Avatar-hosts through those facial expressions when we see Jake and Dr. Augustine (played by Sigourney Weaver) together in their Avatars. So much detail yet you never feel as if you’re watching a CG-fest.

The past few days saw a couple of new season posters arrive for shows like Heroes, Dollhouse and the new (and now controversial) SyFy series Stargate Universe.

Aside from the weird “cleavage sells” pov from Heroes I quite like the new posters and can’t wait for the new seasons.

Heroes Season 4 starts September 21 on NBC, Stargate Universe starts airing October 2 on SyFy and Dollhouse comes back on September 25 to the Fox Network.

It is finally here. The first trailer for James Cameron’s 3D extravaganza Avatar, opening in 3D theaters and IMAX 3D on December 18. The sci-fi action-adventure stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang and Matt Gerald.

Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of actual production work, Avatar delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film, disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story.

Have a look at the trailer below the cut and don’t forget to get your tickets for Avatar Day tomorrow. Nothing beats seeing 20 minutes of preview footage in 3D for free.

“If bad people hurt someone you love, how far would you go to hurt them back?”

That pretty much sums up what Last House On The Left is about. Someone gets hurt and their loved ones have the chance at retaliation. Will they take it? How far will they take it? Well that’s what we’re here to watch.

It all starts with a young girl following her friend into a motel room, where said friend wants to score some weed. She knows she shouldn’t, but as in any horror film of course she ventures in. And as always that’s when the shit hits the fan. End of it all, her friend gets stabbed and she ends up beaten, raped and shot.

Just a few hours after I posted about the controversial body-swapping/rape episode Stargate Universe creators Brad Wright and Robert Cooper posted a statement on the Gateworld forum, responding to the complaints, blogposts and Twitter outrage resulting from the leaked casting sides.

Recently, a casting breakdown was released to agents for a upcoming character in our television show, Stargate Universe. The character, Doctor Eleanor Perry, is a brilliant scientist at the top of her field, who also happens to be a quadriplegic. As part of a science fiction conceit that is core to our series, Perry’s consciousness is temporarily exchanged with one our series main characters, Camile Wray, who is a lesbian. In the course of the story, Perry has the experience of being able bodied for the first time since she was a child. At the same time, Wray, temporarily encumbered by Perry’s physical disability, experiences the unconditional love of her life partner. The language of the breakdown was insensitive and inaccurate, and we sincerely apologize to those who may have been offended. The audition pages that have been under scrutiny were from an early draft and released out of context. It is our desire and intention to portray both characters with dignity and respect, while remaining mindful of the ethical issues we’re raising.

First released unofficially, but after a short check-in with 20th Century Fox it seems the pic in question was released to various magazines this week, so no problem with posting it online. Major thanks to SlashFilm for that.

So what exactly are we seeing in this photo?