Good Morning, World

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The internet is a magical place where the most random things that you've never heard of can suddenly knock at your door, stride right in and then make themselves comfy inside your brain for a lifetime - some times that's bad (a lot of the time it's bad - oh the things I wish I could un-see) but a lot of times it's good, like here, finding out of nowhere this scene of Henry Rollins, Billy Zane and Johnny Galecki taking a big communal bath together in something called Morgan's Ferry from 2001. Hells yeah.

I guess they're supposed to be three convicts who are hiding out in the home of Kelly McGillis while waiting to catch a ferry to freedom - so hey, this randomness is even timely, since it's just like Labor Day! Do you think that Henry Rollins and Kelly McGillis are going to bake some pies together? Sexy pies?

He's coming Kelly! Get your pie pan ready! (Eww I think I just used "pie pan" as a euphemism for vagina.") Alright anyway on that note go ahead and hit the jump for more pics, plus the video...

I Am Link

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--- Joss Lied - He said he'd never do a comic for Dollhouse, that when the show was done it was done, but now apparently there's a lil' comic called "Epitaphs" crammed into the Season 2 DVDs (that're out October 12th) starring his new girlfriend Felica Day, dealing with what happened after the finale. There will be copies available at ComiCon though. Damn you, ComiCon, being so damn far away.

--- A Pretty Pict, Sure - Hey, Neil Marshall's Centurion, starring the studly Michael Fassbender, is available on demand starting tomorrow! It's not out in theaters until August 27th. I still don't really understand this model of releasing things, but I guess I'll just roll with the future like a dutiful geek. Anyway AICN has a chat with Marshall up today about the film. Here's my review. It's a good, manly man time. Rah!

--- Good Golly Miss - Hey look, Glenn gave a good look-see at Molly Shannon's second filmed performance ever, as an adoption rep in an episode of "Twin Peaks," and yup... that's Molly Shannon, bless her.

--- The Kids Are Not Alright - I'd never even heard of kiddie-rape torture-porn flick A Serbian Film until Rich at FourFour just reviewed it, and I must admit it sounds hideous and unwatchable. Yet all is not for naught because it gave Rich the need to write this, which is I think something to live by:

"I think the first rule of metaphors must be: DON'T LET YOUR METAPHOR RAPE A BABY."

--- Get Yer Rot On - Lovin' that poster by poster-making-legend Drew Struzan for Frank Darabont's Walking Dead series shooting for AMC right now. (via) When does this damn show start anyway? I keep seeing images from it. Want it now, please.

--- Brad's Delicious Brains - Speaking of zombies, Brad Pitt's production company has had the rights to Max Brook's World War Z for awhile - now comes word that Brad wants to star in it, which isn't too shocking. That link has info on exactly how they're turning the book - which is an "oral history" of a zombie apocalypse, meaning a series of interviews with survivors - into a narrative.

I just want to know who's gonna play my friend Sean, who has a character named after him in the book. Just name Brad Pitt's character T. Sean Collins, screenwriter! Do it! I want to know someone Brad Pitt played in a movie, sort of, dammit. And it wasn't until I just looked up that character's name that I discovered that Henry fuckin' Rollins did the voice for the character in the audio-book. Holy shit! That's awesome. How did I not know this already? I probably just wasn't paying attention. That's usually the case.

--- Ryan In A Box - Here's a second trailer for Buried, the movie that in my dreams spends ninety minutes shooting nothing but Ryan Reynolds crotch. I haven't watched either trailer yet but I'm guessing my dream's already been proven faulty by the footage shown in them alone, right? What a shame, what a shame...

--- Bully Boy - BD has got an attractively disturbing shot from Let Me In up. Bloody, brutal, check and check... whatever is this movie gonna be... besides the death of me... sigh...

--- Orlando's Dawn - Sally Potter's 1993 film Orlando, which pretty much introduced Tilda Swinton to the film world beyond Jarman acolytes - is getting a re-release this week and Slate's got a pleasant little piece looking back on it, asking this interesting question:

"In many ways, it helped to bring art back to the art house, so that today's quality-film landscape doesn't just include gritty, low-budget dramas of social import but movies that mix high art and high camp in challenging and pleasurable ways. You can see the impeccably-designed vignettes of Orlando in Wes Anderson's filmed dioramas, or in Sofia Coppola's new-wave Marie Antoinette. Without Orlando, would Todd Haynes have been able to make his arch, stylized masterpieces Far From Heaven and Velvet Goldmine?"

It's not really a through-line I'd considered before but I'd say it's certainly got some merit. They point out that Orlando was far more successful than I'd realized - it made 5 million dollars! Can you imagine a movie like Orlando making that kind of money today?
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Gratuitous Henry Rollins

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(Somebody really needs to caption this photo in the comments, please.)

I have to apologize to the boyfriend outta the gate on this one - he really doesn't like Henry Rollins - but seeing as how A) that lone lil' pic I posted of Hank got a good response from y'all on Monday, and B) I watched Wrong Turn 2: Dead End last evening (brief review: some great kills, and some great re-jiggering of audience expectations; it's not nearly as horrible as you expect it to be but still pretty far from mind-blowing - but it does have an extended inbred-cannibal-hillbilly sex scene, so it can't possibly suck) in which Mr. Rollins stars and kicks some ass, and C) he just espoused some pro-gay agenda in the media, I think a lil' tribute to the rock-star/actor/ poet/talk-show-host/etc/etc/etc is in order. Of the visual sort of course.

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I Am 3 Links

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--- Frak Flash - Has anyone watched the first Battlestar Galactica webisode yet? It apparently aired during Friday night's episode of the new Flash Gordon, but seeing as how I will never subject myself to that godawful-looking series and I had guests all weekend I haven't gotten around to viewing it yet. Anyway, you can watch it at SciFi.com... it's only 48 days until Razor airs!!!

--- I think Kevin Smith really ought to feel relieved that the Weinsteins passed on his horror script Red State, seeing as how they poison all horror they get their ruinous fingertips on. You're free, Kevin! Free!!! Not that I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan by any definition, but still, he's got spunk, and nobody deserves their suffocating monstrous presence.

--- Cinematical has been doing a wonderful job so far this month focusing on all sorts of horror-flavored goodies, but my favorite post so far was posted yesterday - Scott Weinberg tells us about seven horror movies that we need to seek out that haven't gotten a real release yet. Ils (Them) is on there, as is The Girl Next Door, based on Jack Ketchum's book, that I spoke of here.

Also making an appearance is Wrong Turn 2, which is a straight-to-DVD sequel to the half-decent Eliza Dushku inbred-freaks horror movie from a few years back; Part 2 has been getting surprisingly good word-of-mouth (yes <--- a="" all="" as="" been="" far.="" for="" freaks="" getting="" has="" henry="" hillbilly="" i="" if="" in="" inbred="" indeed="" is="" it="" know="" let="" ll="" m="" me="" netflix="" of="" pic="" psyched="" rollins="" s="" said="" see="" so="" span="" special="" stars="" style="color: white;" that="" to="" tomorrow="" treat="" who="" y="" yay="">.
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Thom on Henry

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Thom Yorke was on The Henry Rollins Show on IFC this past weekend and performed two songs off of The Eraser. I linked to the first performance last week, and here's a YouTube clip of the second performance, of the song "Cymbal Rush".
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