It’s among the most reliable tropes in cinema: if Our Hero is heading into a Final Fight with the Bad Guys, he must first take a moment to Gear Up. Guns are loaded and holstered, utility belts are buckled, masks are donned, capes are tied off — or, for a certain kind of protagonist, a neat glass of whiskey is drunk and a cigarette smoked. Here’s a five minute montage of these equipment-gathering scenes, in films from Batman to The Matrix to Shaun of the Dead, providing all of the tension-building of a good action flick and none of the payoff. Now go do battle!
Here's a fun new clip from CineFix "gamifying" Pulp Fiction as a 8-bit NES-inspired arcade action game. It's got all the key scenes -- from the shoot-out with Honey Bunny and Pumpkin to Vincent and Mia dancing to bang bang bang bang bang bang, blood. They've also done Hunger Games, The Dark Knight, The Shinning and more, but I…
For the adult-child in all of you Breaking Bad fans, here's a collectible Walter White toy from Mezco. The six inch, limited edition figure comes decked out in a green hazmat suit as seen in Season 1's "A No Rough Stuff Type Deal" episode. Additionally, it comes accessorized with a…
Here's a mini-movie about all the times movies have gone all meta-movie and included movies in their movies. It's also one of the most coherently constructed (and, at six minutes, longest) supercuts I've ever seen. It's got, like, three acts and everything! Movies, man. Found by our friends at Laughing…
