Okie Noodling 2 Movie Trailer (Will Give You Nightmares)
“I’m not about to stick my hand up in no place where I cain’t see,” says a desk cop in the new trailer for Okie Noodling 2, a new documentary on humans in Oklahoma who stick their hands down the mouths of mutant-like catfish, muscle them to shore in a fit of pirouettes (and mud and blood) and brag about it.
As seen in director Bradley Beesley’s cult documentary from 2001 (scored by the Flaming Lips), the process is called “noodling,” and the sequel examines how the backwoods phenomena is currently vying to take over baseball via YouTube and insomniac TV (alongside other “sports” like UFC, Tumblr and competitive eating) as America’s favorite past time. The trailer conjures the brilliance of Heavy Metal Parking Lot and many will find these two minutes more terrifying than premature glimpses of Jaws or Unsolved Mysteries at age six. Dumb IRL fun or Freudian nightmare? The bizarre title screen at the end offers no sane answers, just cartoon blood.
Okie Noodling 2 screens at the Alamo Ritz in Austin, Texas on July 7th (today) at 7 p.m., and at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon on July 25th. For info on the DVD, go here.
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Best X-Files trailer so far
This latest trailer for The X-Files movie, coming out July 25th, actually has some meat to it. The past teaser-trailers haven’t shown much except some snow and a lot of flashes of black. In this trailer, we actually get to see some of Mulder and Scully’s co-stars — namely, Amanda Peet and Billy Connolly. Peet appears to be an FBI agent who is a bit of an outsider because she’s a believer in the paranormal, which is why Mulder is brought on to the case. Connolly plays an unusual man, a psychic, who may or may not be nuts.
Fortunately, this new trailer does not reveal what the mystery is all about. That would suck. There aren’t aliens in this movie, it’s more along the lines of a Monster-of-the-Week episode. Let’s just say this trailer is enough to give me nightmares. It also makes me feel very cold (why do The X-Files movies always have to involve snow?).
I would love to embed the video for you, but I can’t just yet. It’s a Yahoo! exclusive at the moment, so you’ll just have to pop on over there and check it out.
Reshoots on Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are to Begin June 5th
On June 5th, reshoots are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles on Where the Wild Things Are, director Spike Jonze’s borderline infamous adaptation of the classic, visceral and delightfully weird children’s book by Maurice Sendak. Jonze’s mission? Stop the nation’s emo kids (and parents) from crying and having vewey scary nightmares.
According to Bloody Disgusting, the reshoots, as ordered by Warner Bros., will continue for the duration of June, and casting calls for stand-ins are apparently happening as well. We recently tried to send out a Slashfilm Scanner to read Spike Jonze’s mind at a hip cafe in order to figure out the severity of the reshoots, but alas, the scanner’s head exploded all over Kirsten Dunst’s tank top/dangling cigarette.
Recently, Jonze’s film has received “everything is cool, I’d go see it” endorsements from actor/Wild Thing Tom Noonan and the film’s assistant editor James Haygood. Noonan told Cinematical during Cannes that not only was Jonze “perfect” for the job, but that Sendak was very hands-on and candid…
“Maurice Sendak was involved. We’d do these video conferences with him where he’d be like, ‘if you can’t be children, don’t be in the fucking movie.’ He’d say, ‘I want to see children. I don’t know any adults who are able to be children,’ and he’d give us these pep talks where he’d say, ‘don’t do what you always do, do what you’ve always needed to do.”
We’ll keep you posted as we learn/hear more. At this point, who knows how this will turn out.
The Tudors: Episode 2-6
(S02E06) “It’s called a printing press, my lord. And it will change the world.” –Thomas Cromwell to George Boleyn
Thomas Cromwell continues to wage war on the Catholic Church. Henry is haunted by the death of Thomas More. A paranoid Anne loses her grip on her husband’s affections. The turbulent royal couple try to fix up baby Elizabeth with King Francis’s youngest son. George Boleyn marries, much to his dismay and even more to the dismay of his new wife Jane (not to mention the dismay of George’s lover Mark Smeaton).
Just another day in the life of a Tudor. A review of tonight’s show is after the jump…
We knew Henry would suffer enormous guilt over the murder of Thomas More. I was happy that guilt came in the form of a nightmare so that viewers got some very special “naked time” with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. As far as I’m concerned, it’s always a good time for a “butt in the moonlight” walk. I like the nightmares better than the screaming we witnessed last week when Thomas’s head came off. How about you?
Not only is Henry suffering night terrors about his decision to execute More, but also he is actively looking for excuses. In his conversation with Thomas Charles Brandon, the king directly blamed Anne for his err in judgment and the loss of his friend. I know this is naive but I felt a little indignant at Henry pointing his royal finger at his wife. I mean, firstly, Thomas Cromwell was just as influential in the demise of Thomas More. And secondly, Henry is the king. He does what he wants and only what he wants.
I mentioned Thomas Charles Brandon, the Duke of Suffolk, above. It seems after tonight that the duke has come full circle in his friendship with Henry. He began the first season Henry’s confidante/drinking buddy, then fell out of favor (he’s been banished twice from court), and now he’s back to intimate walks in the gardens with the king.
Furthermore, I thought the scene where Henry asks the Duke to entertain the French Admiral was great. I thought of the last time Anne spoke with the king about Charles. The couple was walking in the garden and Anne cleverly suggested that the Duke be banished from court for questioning the king’s decision to marry her. This time around she just blurted out her reaction. The scene was a good example of the renewal of the king/duke friendship and Anne’s loss of total control.
I know I’m belaboring my discussion of the Duke but I have to say one more thing. (He’s my favorite character. Can you tell?) I liked the story about his infidelity. It remained mostly on the sidelines but the scenes were just enough to give his character more dimension. Do you think they’ll do anything else with it? Or was his cheating just a one-time affair?
Other Comments / Historical Tidbits:
- The play was fun. It’s good to know “fart humor” was funny back even during the English Renaissance.
- I loved the scene where Anne got stabbed. For a show that usually isn’t all that stylized, the scene fit seamlessly. I knew she wasn’t going to get stabbed (for real) and yet I still felt the suspense. It was placed nicely after Anne’s fight with the king.
- Anne’s getting a little lazy in her marital affairs. She knew that Henry would need her to be constantly captivating. She signed on for a life where she walks a tight wire for his affection. I love watching her unravel. I didn’t like her at all in season one (not that she was supposed to be a sympathetic character). But now, I love her scenes.
- George Boleyn married Jane Parker tonight. I look to forward to the part she’ll play in this mess. I won’t say anything specific here but according to Wikipedia, Jane was involved in the political intrigue of Henry’s court for the better part of her life