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Osama Bin Laden is a zombie — what else do you need to know?

Apparently, a real movie, as it’s coming to the Redbox. But from the trailer alone, I suspect lazy parody gone full length: (continue reading…)

 . . . Have you rented Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies yet?

Happy Memorial Day, folks:

No, I mean literal “props.”  This politician, Jeff Barth, has come out with what may be the greatest political ad of all time.  He gives his life story and his politics as he walks through a field filled with story appropriate props.  Watch for the horse, the chess set, the mini-nuclear explosion, and the rubber chicken among others. I may not agree with Mr. Barth on every issue, but by gum, any politician who admits to riding an ostrich and (allegedly) producing childen with “straight teeth” deserves consideration. Watch and behold: (continue reading…)

Four score and severed heads ago . . . I have received and screened a pre-release copy of The Asylum Studios latest b-movie, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, which will be available to the general public on Tuesday, May 29th.  First off, thank you, Asylum.  Second off, Abe vs. Zombies may well be the Asylum’s most entertaining movie to date.

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies is, of course, the mockbuster answer to the forthcoming, big budget, Tim Burton produced, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  Abe vs. Zombies is out first, and as far as camp fun, the bar is set very, very high. 

The premise is that our nation’s 16th arguably greatest (apologies to Millard Fillmore) President, Abraham Lincoln, had a bad experience with a zombie outbreak as a youth.  In the aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) hears of a new outbreak of the zombie plague in a remote fort.  Realizing that the Civil War will be a moot point should both North and South are overtaken by the walking dead, Abe leads a small, impeccably overdressed team to the fort to curb the zombie menace. (continue reading…)

In the latest tale of bear woe, another bear has gotten hepped up on the goofballs, ending in near tragedy.  “Yogi” (real name withheld for privacy reasons) climbed a tree in a subburban Colorado town and was tranquilized, then for some reason caught as he fell towards the ground.  Based on the picture here, it seems he was going head first and I can only assume had they not caught him everything would have been fine.  No word yet on whether the bear intends to throw himself into traffic.

The Polish Russian national hockey team won gold at the World Hockey Championships this week, against overwhelming odds.  First off, it turns out ice is slippery, a fact noone alerted goalie Semyon Varlamov to:

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Featuring Jumpin’ Jeff Farmer and his now famous catchphrase: “Yep.”

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Meh:

The new trailers keep on coming! It’s time for another James Bond movie, here’s hoping Bond acts a bit more like a spy in this one instead of the British Jason Bourne with a better memory, like the last forgettable film, Quantum of Lepus or whatever it was called: