If you ask me, The Big Lebowski, by the Cohen brothers, is one of the all-time best comedies, ever. But sometimes, you don’t have the hours to watch the whole thing. Luckily, YouTube user, LuTELLO has cut the movie down to only the parts including “dude” or “man”, allowing you to pretty much get the whole movie in a little under three minutes.

In the July ‘09 issue, Spin magazine writer, Brian Raftery has put together an excellent oral history of Prince’s iconic 1984 movie and Top 40s soundtrack, Purple Rain, in honor of its 25th anniversary. With interviews from pretty much everybody with in-the-know insight (besides Prince, unfortunately, but whatever), the 12-page feature gives you a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at one of the classic music experiences of the modern era.

To top off their Prince-centric edition, Spin produced an excellent Prince tribute album, Purplish Rain, featuring an eclectic variety of musicians, from Of Montreal to the Riverboat Gamblers, which they’re giving away for free on Spin.com. But “free” has one little catch: In order to access the album, readers must first answer a question, the answer to which can only be found by having a physical copy of the magazine* (it’s the last word on page 61).

This is actually a fairly clever ploy to get you to buy the magazine, offering readers a valuable, interactive experience between Spin’s print and online properties. That said, it’s still only a ploy, nothing close to  shutting down the Internet the massive monetary defibrillator needed to zap life back into the print industry. (more…)

This is by far the coolest-looking movie we had no idea existed. Called simply 9, this animated feature follows nine creatures created by a mad scientist, as they embark on a quest to save a post-apocalyptic world from killer robots – all good things in our book. On top of being produced by visionary, Tim Burton, the flick stars the voices of actors like Elijah Wood, John C. Rilley, Jennifer Connelly and Crispin Glover. Here’s the trailer, and the film comes out 9.9.09.

Six time NBA champion. Seven time All-Star. Olympic gold medalist. Scottie Pippen is one of the most famous NBA players of all time. COED recently sat down with the international basketball legend as he tries his hand in something a little different… movies. (more…)

So it turns out that the decade that brought us the Rubic’s cube, parachute pants and breakdancing also had a ton of super hot chicks! And with Friday’s release of the coming-of-age, 80’s-era comedy, Adventureland, the latest flick from the director of Superbad, we decided to celebrate this comedic occasion by putting together the quintessential collection of the 99 Sexiest Ladies of the 80’s! And since a lot of you were only toddlers (or not even born) in the 80’s, this will be like a history lesson in hotness. Enjoy! (And don’t forget to check out our 80’s playlist at the bottom, and the Adventureland trailer!)

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Girls. In bikinis. Fighting. What could be better? Well, how about watching the said sexy combo from the comfort of your couch? Which is just what volume three of the Knockout Queens DVD franchise promises, letting you view ladies like Kreamy and Sequenta pummel each other while wearing over-sized gloves and very little in the way of formal clothing.

Click here for the teaser (and skip to the minute mark for some ‘unique’ card girl action.)

Over the past few years, it’s become glaringly apparent that Hollywood is suffering from a crippling idea shortage. We’ve seen a fourth Indiana Jones, a third Underworld, a third Mummy, a fourth Scary Movie, a fifth Saw… it’s pretty pathetic. Of course, the endless sequel thing isn’t completely abnormal. Jaws, Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street all saw countless followups through the ’80s and ’90s. However, what is a new and very annoying trend in Hollywood is the needless remaking of movies and TV shows. (more…)

Poor Tom Cruise. The man wants to be known as an actor! Not some crazy, couch jumping, psychiatrist hating cult nut. And with last week’s announcement that he’d been nominated for a Golden Globe award for his awesome cameo in Tropic Thunder, it looked like he might have finally started to turn the page on the past few years of horrible/weird publicity and do just that, re-become an actor.

Well, don’t count on it. If you believe the Germans, his turn as Claus Count Schenk von Stauffenberg (AKA the guy who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Hitler) in the upcoming Valkyrie is completely and utterly horrible. The worst performance in the history of worst performances. According to Berlin paper Der Tagesspiegel, “his image as an actor has been finally ruined by Valkyrie.” Bummer.

In fairness to Cruise, the Germans may be slightly biased. Not because they hate him any more than most nations, but because von Stauffenberg is probably their greatest modern day war hero, and Tom Cruise is a height challenged American action hero who believes in aliens. Imagine having to watch Roberto Benigni star in Saving Private Ryan instead of Tom Hanks and you kind of get the picture.

It is almost not fair. This movie has been a cinematic c**k-tease for the last 2 years. It might be part genius and part greedy corporation, but the way they keep spitting out media info for this movie – it is just enough to keep your attention. I have still been waiting to see the giant exploding monster, the owl-mobile, Dr. Manhattan blowing more sh*t up, Ozymandias’ cat and whether they are going to make Rorschach extra ugly looking. I hope these photos will help keep your balls as blue as mine are. (more…)

Well it’s another week and probably a good time to rent something that isn’t a new release.  The most noteworthy release coming out this week appears to be Hellboy II and just like the first Hellboy movie I seemed to miss this one when it was out in theaters (hey, movies cost a lot of money now and I have to be selective).  (more…)