Archive for August, 2009

I’m sure we all know that tapping the following icon on an iPhone will show your current location on Maps.
Did you know that tapping that same icon a second time on an iPhone 3G S will combine your location with your compass heading and orient the map accordingly?
This is especially handy when you are following [...]
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by Jon | Tags: apple, Compass, compass direction, gps, iphone, iPhone 3G S, Maps
Posted in iphone

From Star Wars to Superman to E.T. to TMNT, these cool shirts found at Shirtoid will definitely boost your Geek Cred. If you have time, browse Shirtoid’s collection of other cool shirts too.
Yes, these shirts do ship worldwide.
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by Jon | Tags: apparel, darth vader, E.T., geeky apparel, Ghostbusters, Pulp Fiction, shirt, Soylent Green, Space Invaders, star wars, Superman, t-shirt, TMNT, tshirt, Yoda
Posted in apparel

Here is the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi action film — Inception.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Click here to watch the trailer
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by Jon | Tags: action, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, film, Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, movie trailer, sci-fi
Posted in film
24 August 2009 @ 6:468-Bit Trip

Check out this homage to 8-bit video gaming history made with stop-motion LEGO animation. The music was written by Daniel Larsson and the animation was done by Tomas Redigh, of the Swedish duo Rymdreglage.
Click here to watch the trailer
[via Jeremy via Kotaku]
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by Jon | Tags: 8-bit, animation, lego, music, music video, Rymdreglage, stop motion animation, stop-motion, video game
Posted in animation, music, video

Check out this video for The Lost Levels’ “The Early Sheets”. Pretty cool retro video game feel.
The Lost Levels on MySpace
Directed by eyebath aka Steve Jones
Find The Lost Levels music:
iTunes | iTunes UK | Amazon | Amazon UK
Click here to watch the video
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by Jon | Tags: eyebath, music, music video, Steve Jones, The Early Sheets, The Lost Levels, video game
Posted in music, video

Here is the trailer for The Fourth Kind.
Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
Writer/Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Corey Johnson, Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Release date: November [...]
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by Jon | Tags: abduction, alien abduction, Corey Johnson, Elias Koteas, film, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Milla Jovovich, movie trailer, Olatunde Osunsanmi, The Fourth Kind, Thriller, Will Patton
Posted in film

Here is the trailer for The Wolfman.
Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, film, Hugo Weaving, movie trailer, The Wolf Man, The Wolfman
Posted in film

Here is a teser for James Cameron’s Avatar.
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The film was first conceived by Cameron 14 years ago, when the means to realize [...]
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by Jon | Tags: action, Avatar, film, James Cameron, Michelle Rodriguez, movie trailer, Sam Worthington, sci-fi, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldana
Posted in film
18 August 2009 @ 9:54“Life”

My wife and I just finished watching Seasons 1 & 2 of “Life” starring Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Brent Sexton, and Donal Logue. I must admit that I was not watching this brilliant show when it first aired on NBC. The reasons for this can probably be attributed to poor advertising, and virtually [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Adam Arkin, Brent Sexton, cop drama, Damian Lewis, Donal Logue, Life, NBC, prison, Sarah Shahi
Posted in television

Here is the trailer for Legion.
Director: Scott Stewart
Cast: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Kate Walsh, Adrianne Palicki
Click here to watch the trailer
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by Jon | Tags: Adrianne Palicki, Dennis Quaid, film, Kate Walsh, Legion, Lucas Black, movie trailer, Paul Bettany, science fiction, Scott Stewart, tyrese gibson
Posted in film