“Iron” Mike Tyson, born Michael Gerard Tyson and sometimes called Malik Abdul Aziz, revived the concept of being “The Baddest Man on the Planet.” Bright branded boxing trunks and ring shoes? Nope – I like these plain black ones. Robe? Nope – just give me a white gym towel and cut a whole in the middle. Before the birth of MMA, Mike Tyson was putting fear into anyone balsy enough to even walk into the ring with him. The new documentary, “TYSON” will explore the rise and fall of one of the greatest boxing legends in the same class as Ali and Frazier, but we think it is just as important to reflect on the ring achievements of Mr. Tyson. Before there was ear-biting, there was straight up ass-kicking. (more…)

This dude is auditioning for a documentary called, “Mother of Invention.” His name is Vincent and he’s either a) a genius, b) a retard or c) just f**king hilarious. I’m going with d) all of the above.

The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president. The Drudge Report exclusive tells us that the NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have been booted from the Obama plane for network executives and the epically influential ESSENCE and JET Magazines.

The thing that the outcasts all have in common? They have backed McCain.

WOW…that is straight out gangster. These papers have been covering Obama’s campaign at a very high cost for months, and now that the updates will be most beneficial to the publications – they have been given the boot. There are several side rumors that there is an Obama documentary about the first black president in the works, and that the team needs more priority on the plane.

It just seems a little partisan to me…maybe it is just me, but I haven’t heard of McCain or ANY OTHER Presidential candidate in history doing anything like this. Again – if I am wrong, I would love to know it because truth be told, it is shocking to be so blatant like that.

Religion tends to bring out the best and the worst of people.  After watching Bill Maher’s new documentary Religulous this weekend, this fact has never been more obvious.  In the film Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor praises religion for it’s ability to soften the edges of humanity.  But with the good comes the bad, and in some cases the most horrifying insanity imaginable.

With snake-handling preachers and tear-stained children speaking in tongues, the soft edges can become a bit hard to recognize.  But as you will see in these five video clips, evangelical craziness can be  gruesomely exciting to watch and cause you to shrill with terror.

The Top 5 Most Terrifying Religu-licious Freakshows After the Jump (more…)

Taking a note from the Morgan Spurlock School of Thought, comedian (and weed enthusiast) Doug Benson will release Super High Me, a documentary of his life on a 30-day pot bender, and 30 days without it. The early results are very positive, depending on your outlook.

Check out the trailer after the jump. (more…)

Morgan Spurlock, director and star of Super Size Me (2004), is back with his latest documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Exclusive trailer premiere for King Corn, a documentary where Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm.

When Borat shocked viewers with its unscripted, tasteless take on poor American values (exemplified by actual Americans) everybody knew that it would open the floodgates for improv-docs of lesser quality – quick cash-ins riding Sacha Baron Cohens’ success. Nobody expected a film to capture the same loose, improvisational vibe while (possibly) one-upping the top media personality in Kazakhstan.

Great World of Sound revolves around the concept of Americans having talent…and doing everything in their power to ensure themselves a spot in the limelight. Martin (Pat Healy) and Clarence (Kene Holliday) are scouts in the seedy underbelly of the music industry, where half-baked talent is given a chance to strut their stuff for big-league fame.

It’s all a sham as expected; dozens of dolts with their heart set on stardom fall completely flat on-camera while people with raw talent fall prey to their own fooish naivety.

In this age of painful mediocrity over true-blue talent it’s great to see a movie set the record straight, all pun intended. The cottage industry of talentless superstars making millions must be stopped!

Not sold yet on this ingenious concept that will give a wake-up call to any starry-eyed bozo willing to shell over thousands of dollars to “make it big”? Check out the “Great World of Sound” website – its old-school Yahoo “Geocities” webpage reeks of greasy con-men out for a quick buck.

Check out the theatrical trailer for “Great World of Sound” after the jump.

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