I have a litany of memorized movie quotes seared into my brain. And if you’re like me, you’re constantly looking for opportunities to “regale” friends or family with your talent, to the point where they’ve ladled their ears and eyes full of hot candle wax. Luckily for my acquaintances and (what’s left of) their orifices, my zealous fandom found a new outlet last week – Yoostar2. It’s an upcoming “movie karaoke” game due this March that I got to preview hands-on in Hollywood.
The Yoostar videogame series captures your image, movements and voice, and you effectively replace mega-stars in well-known movie scenes on your TV screen. I never played the first version of the game, so I didn’t really know what to expect: Can I only choose scenes from blockbusters? Will my in-game likeness look shoddily Photoshopped? Does this game prevent my undershirts from bacon neck-ing? Respectively: probably not, no, and if Michael Jordan says so, then damn well it does. When I first played Yoostar2 on Playstation 3 (it’ll also be available on Xbox 360), I channeled The Arnold himself, and delivered The Terminator’s “I’ll be back” chestnut. Can’t really say my non-threatening, lanky frame or constant giggling did the 30-second-or-so scene any badass justice, and the game seemed to agree during my scoring. (Its feedback included: “You could relax a little,” and “Wait for your line!” But I nabbed a “classic line bonus.” Boom.) READ FULL STORY »
NBC has caught some flak in the last couple years for some kooky programming decisions. (Hello, Jay Leno Show! Goodbye, Jay Leno Show!) But last night saw the debut of an intriguing new strategy: a three-hour, six-sitcom Thursday comedy block. And what comedies! The critically-beloved 30 Rock and The Office have becoming defining sitcoms for the network. Intriguingly, neither show has ever really been a ratings bonanza, which must be an inspiring fact for Community and Parks and Recreation, two cult gems that have probably only dodged cancellation because the network doesn’t really have anything else. Freshman shows Outsourced and Perfect Couples might look a bit shrimpy by comparison, but remember: None of the Thursday sitcoms started out perfect. And even if the three-hour comedy block fails like so many other Jack Donaghy-esque NBC schemes, this experiment does offer an interesting opportunity to compare and contrast the network’s sitcom lineup. So tell us, viewers: What’s your favorite NBC sitcom on Thursday night? Tell us in the poll after the jump, and if you feel like it, give us your complete 1 to 6 rating in the comments! 
James Franco, Michael Shannon, and Benicio Del Toro have all joined The Iceman. The film — which is based on Anthony Bruno’s The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer and Jim Thebaut’s documentary, The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer — centers on a contract killer (Shannon) who would freeze his victims. Del Toro will play the killer’s boss, while Franco plays his mentor, named Mr. Softee. I think we have a 
