Watch this now: Trailer for Under The Skin

I admit I was skeptical when I heard that Michel Faber's amazing novel Under The Skin was being adapted. And while it looks like the movie may make some significant departures from the source material (primarily in Isserley's appearance), at the same time the trailer has such a hypnotic, otherworldly vibe that I am on board.

Nerd alert: History shows again and again how trailers point out the folly of fans

GODZILLA!




The title of the post aside, this really does look promising. However, I still remember the giant iguana vs. Matthew Broderick atrocity, so I am cautious. Time will tell.

Watch this now: Viewer reactions to the Red Wedding

I don't have cable and wasn't able to watch last night's Game of Thrones, but watching others watch it was nearly as much fun.

Watch this now: Cookie Monster and Tom Waits again

The genius who brought us Cookie Monster singing Tom Waits' "God's Away on Business" has done it again. Now Cookie takes on "Hell Broke Luce." It's truly marvelous, and I am flat amazed at the craft and patience that has gone into this.

Now if Cookie could just sing "Come On Up to the House" I'd be ecstatic.

Watch this now: Tom Waits/Cookie Monster

I knew I wasn't the first to make the Tom Waits/Cookie Monster connection (it's mentioned in The Day After Yesterday). But there's a video showing Cookie Monster singing to Tom Waits' "God's Away on Business." Brilliant, and very well done! I can't stop watching this!

Watch this now: 163 horror movies in 2 1/2 minutes

Check it out - a fantastic tribute to horror films, not just for its quality in presentation but the range of the films showcased. Excellent work!

Watch this now: Trailer Park Heroes

Not ready to let go of Comic-Con yet? Then watch this 3-part video put on by the Nerd Machine crowd: Trailer Park Heroes.

For the nerdier Game of Thrones fans

Check out this imagining of Season 2 as an old-school RPG. Brilliant!

"Write Like The Wind"

Now, I'm in full agreement with Neil Gaiman that George R. R. Martin is "not our bitch," but this tuneful entreaty for George to "write like the wind" is spot-on and hilarious. Enjoy!

Watch this now: Shit agents and editors say

Too funny!

Watch this now: The Joy of Books

Beautiful.

Watch this now: Video essay on David Lynch's movies

Here's a lovely video paying tribute to David Lynch's films. Nice to see some of his lesser-viewed works like The Straight Story, Dune, and Fire Walk With Me get time.

David Lynch in Four Movements - A Tribute from Richard Vezina on Vimeo.

Watch this now: Trailer for The Hobbit (part 1)

Make no mistake, I love the Lord of the Rings movies. But I've been skeptical about the upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. Does it really need to be split into two movies? And what's with shoehorning in characters from LOTR who weren't in the book of The Hobbit (we see Galadriel in the trailer, and I've heard rumors that Legolas and even Saruman (!!) will be in it as well).

At any rate, the trailer is here and it's a weird mix of the new and the familiar, and is a little too vague for my taste - shouldn't we mention the reason for Bilbo's adventure? And what about Smaug? However, I do like the fact that most of the dwarves don't look like Doc and Sleepy.

I'll reserve final judgment until the film's actually showing (next year), but for now I'm cautiously optimistic.

Watch this now: Trailer for The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games trilogy was one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I've had this year, and to my relief, the trailer for the movie adaptation looks pretty good. Watch it now.

Watch this now: Quentin Tarantino - the Works

An excellent montage of Tarantino films.

Makes me want to watch them all again, right now.

John Carpenter's The Thing - The musical!

The world really does not need a remake/prequel/whatever they're calling it for John Carpenter's The Thing.

But what the world does need? A musical! I'm not kidding. Check this out.

Now that's what I call awesome.

Watch this now: Trailer for "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

The trailer for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy looks amazing. (Too bad they couldn't get much of a cast, though.) Consider my ticket bought.

Watch this now: Hitler's upset

Seems Hitler isn't happy with the latest episode of Game of Thrones... And who can blame him?

My kingdom for HBO!

Well, I'm annoyed as all-get-out that (a) I don't have cable, let alone HBO, (b) no one I know has HBO, and (c) HBO has not seen fit to put the Game of Thrones adaptation online or on Netflix. Argh!

Guess I'll just have to read the Song of Ice and Fire books again (which I was going to do anyway, what with A Dance With Dragons coming our way in just a few months). And I can watch this lovely gif of Tyrion giving Joffrey the bitch-slap he most richly deserves, over and over and over again.

Watch this now: from the page to the screen...

Check it out. Bad Writing: The Movie.