Go To DMC!
Go to Detroit Metal City! Or at least go to the creditless opening for the anime series… and maybe the trailer for the same series.
Lordi’s Deadache
Latex Metal menace and 2006 Eurovision song contest winner Lordi talk KISS and costumes with Artisan News Service. (Mr. Lordi was held up in traffic). Here’s Lordi at Eurovision.
Let The Right One In
In 1970s Sweden a bullied boy falls for a girl who’s been 12 for a long time. Enjoy elegant effects and nice winter shots in Let The Right One In.
Bubba Nosferatu Rises from the Grave!
Bubba Nosferatu and the Curse of the She-Vampires has risen from the grave with Ron Perlman taking over as Elvis. Or at least it’s a little closer to risen than it was. The official site’s here. Taste the blood of Bubba Nosferatu! (Yeah, I like Hammer Horror titles).
Presidential Futurism
Slate surveys African-American presidents in tv and film–with clips! Salon looks at “Black Presidents We Have Known,” looking at DW Griffith, the year 2228, Sammy Davis, Jr. and 24 along the way. Meanwhile, Io9 urges you to choose Nixon as your dystopian president. (updated!)
Opus Goes to his Final Rest
Opus the penguin goes to his final rest (last panel here). Berkeley Breathed explains why Opus needs to go. “Satire we’ll have. Rather, the real dearth in our world will be sweetness, comfort, thoughtfulness and civility.”
The Cultural Gutter 