The pilot of 2012′s most hotly anticipated blaxploitation-movie-turned-cartoon is coming exclusively to Adultswim.com in August. Watch more Press Releases on adultswim.com

Celebrate the end of summer with the quarterly FLUX Screening Series at the Hammer Museum, which features innovative short films, music videos, filmmaker retrospectives and performances. The September 15th program will highlight these films by artists who will be on hand to speak about their work:

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Here are your 2010 Oscar nominations. I’m easily predicting an Avatar sweep (which I really don’t think it deserves). The animated feature category is going to be a tough call as they are all equally impressive. I’ll be crossing my fingers for Inglourious Basterds to nab a few as I believe it was last year’s strongest and most impressive feature.

BEST PICTURE
An Education
A Serious Man
District 9
Up
Up in the Air
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The Blind Side

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon
A Prophet
The Milk of Sorrow
Ajami
The Secret of Her Eyes

ANIMATED FEATURE
Up
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Coraline
The Secret of Kells
The Princess and the Frog

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When “The Man” murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, BLACK DYNAMITE is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House. Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) stars as BLACK DYNAMITE, a gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding, ladies man and soul brother. Written and directed by Scott Sanders (Thick as Thieves), BLACK DYNAMITE also stars Tommy Davidson, Nicole Sullivan, Bokeem Woodbine, Arsenio Hall and John Salley.

www.blackdynamite.com

http://www.fightsmackintheorphanage.org/

In 1973, feminist writer/child advocate Gloria Grey published her seminal best-seller We Are A Gentle Angry People: The Rise of Orphan Smack Addiction in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century. Though it was often filled with inaccuracies, misconceptions, factual errors, and plagiarized portions of unpublished Jacqueline Suzanne novels, it managed to catch of eye of community leader, Marion Barry – the godfather of the anti-Smack movement of the early 70s.

Though unlikely partners, Gray and Barry joined forces to lay the groundwork of what was to become Fight Smack in the Orphanage (FSITO) by organizing the first citywide “Smack-down” in Los Angeles in 1974. Later that year, with help from several government grants and the proceeds of Ms. Gray’s lucrative mail order macramé business, they opened the first FSITO Rehabilitation Center on Crenshaw Boulevard in L.A.

Over the next thirty years, more than one-hundred FSITO Centers opened their doors in locations all across the United States and Guam. These centers are no longer just places that kids can get clean, but symbols of hope that inspire the entire community. Some also offer Pilates.

Sadly, the battle is not over. There are still thousands of Smack-addicted orphans on the streets looking for their next fix.

FSITO refuses to give up. We know that with your help and support we can fight Smack and save the orphans.

Alex Jones’ highly anticipated documentary lifts the lid on how seductive tools of propaganda are being used to hypnotize the masses into accepting tyranny

Fall Of The Republic Exposes How Brand Obama Is Destroying America

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Alex Jones’ highly anticipated upcoming documentary Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama boldly lifts the lid and unveils the fraud behind Brand Obama and how the globalists are using their newest, and slickest ever puppet to destroy the last vestiges of America’s freedom, Constitution and economy, all while helping the bankers loot the country clean.

The film exposes the agenda that Obama was put in place to accomplish, a world government allied with a bank of the world run by globalist eugenicists hell-bent on destroying America’s first world status and replacing it with a hollow shell of tyranny.

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USA Today has released some images from Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice In Wonderland 3D film. Burton regulars are present with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts. Also starring in the film is Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Mia Waskiwska as Alice. Some supporting actors include Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Crispin Glover, Marton Csokas, Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Michael Sheen, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Lindsay Duncan. The film’s story involves Alice returning to Wonderland 10 years after her original visit…a journey which she has previously forgotten. Check the full gallery after the break below.

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We are big fans of the first installment of highly acclaimed Spanish horror [REC] and images of the sequel has us dancing jigs and firing shots in the air. How do you use the first-person perspective formula and make it brand new? Make it a first-person shooter! Gaming geeks might find some of the imagery all too familiar.

Enjoy!

INTL. COMPETITION JURY PRIZES

Palme d’Or
“The White Ribbon” (Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy)

Grand Prix
“A Prophet” (Jacques Audiard, France)

Lifetime achievement award
Alain Resnais, “Wild Grass” (France)

Director
Brillante Mendoza (“Kinatay,” France-Philippines)

Jury prize
“Fish Tank” (Andrea Arnold, U.K.), “Thirst” (Park Chan-wook, South Korea-U.S.)

Actor
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds” (U.S.-Germany)

Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Antichrist” (Denmark-Germany-France-Sweden-Italy-Poland)

Screenplay
Mei Feng, “Spring Fever” (Hong Kong-France)

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Synopsis
Continuing the storyline based on the hit Playstation game Final Fantasy VII, two years have passed since the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, the world will soon face a new menace. A mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir. And Cloud, who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again . . .
BD Features

* On the Way to a Smile – Episode: Denzel Animated Film
* “Legacy of FINAL FANTASY VII” Featurette
* Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Trailers
* “Reminiscence of FINAL FANTASY VII Compilation” Story Digest
* Exclusive Sneak Peek at FINAL FANTASY XIII
* “Reminiscence of FINAL FANTASY VII” Original Story Digest

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Another ridiculously bloody splatterfest from the creators of Tokyo Gore Police. The trailer below speaks for itself. You just gotta love these guys…

Gommora (a.k.a Gommorah)
Written by Roberto Saviano (book), Maurizio Braucci (screenplay), Ugo Chiti (screenplay), Gianni Di Gregorio (screenplay), Matteo Garrone (screenplay), Massimo Gaudioso (screenplay), Roberto Saviano (screenplay)
Directed by Matteo Garrone
Country: Italy
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama

Power, money and blood: these are the “values” that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the “System”, the Camorra.
Only a lucky few can even think of leading a “normal” life.

Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel and ostensibly invented world, but one that is deeply rooted in reality.

Short synopsis:
An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world–a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

www.obamadeception.net

The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people.

The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He is being pushed as savior in an attempt to con the American people into accepting global slavery.

We have reached a critical juncture in the New World Order’s plans. It’s not about Left or Right: it’s about a One World Government. The international banks plan to loot the people of the United States and turn them into slaves on a Global Plantation.

Covered in this film: who Obama works for, what lies he has told, and his real agenda. If you want to know the facts and cut through all the hype, this is the film for you.

Watch the Obama Deception and learn how:

* Obama is continuing the process of transforming America into something that resembles Nazi Germany, with forced National Service, domestic civilian spies, warrantless wiretaps, the destruction of the Second Amendment, FEMA camps and Martial Law.

* Obama’s handlers are openly announcing the creation of a new Bank of the World that will dominate every nation on earth through carbon taxes and military force.

* International bankers purposefully engineered the worldwide financial meltdown to bankrupt the nations of the planet and bring in World Government.

* Obama plans to loot the middle class, destroy pensions and federalize the states so that the population is completely dependent on the Central Government.

* The Elite are using Obama to pacify the public so they can usher in the North American Union by stealth, launch a new Cold War and continue the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The information contained in this film is vital to the future of the Republic and to freedom worldwide. President Barack Obama is only the tool of a larger agenda. Until all are made aware, humanity will remain captive to the masters of the New World Order.

The results are in…Slumdog owns!

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Okuribito (2008)(Japan)

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The official teaser trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated WWII epic will premier this Thursday night on Entertainment Tonight. First official footage of the film has already aired on ET, check out the clip below:

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This March, Medicom Toy is releasing Crows Zero figures based on the movie. The upcoming releases include Genji Takiya and Tamao Serizawa. I would pre-order as soon as possible as I guarantee these will not last.

Hot Damme! Jean Claude Van Damme’s highly acclaimed comeback film is finally getting a proper R1 DVD release on April 28th, 2009. If you have a region-free DVD player and if you’re like me and can’t wait that long, the UK release comes out next Tuesday February 2nd, 2009.

Full trailer and more on the official US site at
http://www.jcvd-themovie.com/

From The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, a classic Shaw Brothers Studio martial-arts film from Hong Kong, come the first two figures in a series of minutely detailed 12″ tall articulated figures by MINDstyle. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is considered by many to be a seminal work in the genre, widely regarded as “one of the greatest martial-arts films of all time.” The main character, San Te, played by Gordon Liu, is an historical figure from the Manchu dynasty.

Publication Date: May 06, 2009
Format: 12″ tall articulated figure, Limited-edition
Price: $139.99

www.mindstyle.com