I don't know who mr g is. But jodie applegate just evaporated him with her laser vision.

 "Mr. G", a stupid name for a newscaster but decent name for a hip hop producer. One Minute he is there, then....

BAMF!

Look at this handsome son-of-a-bitch of a poster.

This poster is awesomely minimal and really well composed. Its such a compelling image, I now have a lot of desire to see this film, despite knowing nothing about it.

It is a re-release of a 1970's film, which is being put back into theaters by the folks over at Independent Film Channel, who at times seem to be are single-handedly trying to keep actually good films in theaters. Which is weird since they are a T.V. Channel. But I appreciate they are one of the few companies releasing films into theaters like Y Tu Mamá También , instead of films like Kevin James is Zookeeper. 

As I always say when awesome stuff like this or the Olly Moss Thor poster are brought to my attention. We need more illustrated posters. I understand why marketing departments think putting a huge badly photoshopped photo of the star of the film above a landscape as your poster will ensure the public knows it has a celebrity in it, but True Grit's all text posters proved you can still make over 100 million dollars with posters without the stars faces on it, you just have to be marketing something that is actually good.

[via Filmdrunk, who has a funny joke about the poster if you haven't read it.]

Podcast Episode 17

Thor's Hour of Thunder: 

Memorial Day Special:

 Episode 17: 

Sub-Earthmen's Revenge

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Roddy Piper, picture here during a brief rare
 moment when he was not hitting someone on
the head with a coconut or kicking
ass and chewing bubble gum.

This week we discuss: Harry S. Truman, and why he was a total badass, Joseph Stalin's mustache, Brad Neely, Wizard People Dear Reader, Harry Potter, The International Space Station, They Live, John Carpenter, Roddy Piper, George Nada, Keith David, Frank Armitage, Coors, Coors Lights, Well Tequila, Schlitz Malt Liquor, the ingredients for the drink "A Prairie Fire" (Thor's drink of choice is specifically the "Rynos Cold Prairie Fire", Clint Eastwood, Jennifer Connolly, Requiem for a Dream, Labyrinth, Ang Lee's The Hulk, Roadhouse, Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven, Hearafter, Martin Scorsese, Goodfellas, Casino, WWE, WWF, Terry Funk, Jay Mohr, Go, Bill Clinton, Monster Trucks.

Question expounded upon in honor of memorial day: What is the most "American" movie of all time? (feel free to email your answer to this question or comments to Hourofthunder at symbol gmail dot com (we have it written out like this to prevent spambots from emailing us.)

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Follow this duck to a bridge

Here are two random signs with birds on them that I know nothing about. The one with the bird being used as an arrow is from outside of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
Apparently actor Kevin Bacon's father was the city planner for philly for most of middle of the 20th century. That appears to be the era this sign is from, so I am gonna give him the credit /blame for using geese arrrows to help people find their way around the city of brothery love.
The puffin I saw in the northern suburbs of New Jersey. I have not idea what the group he is promoting is about, so I will assume it is a bunch of puffin dressed in costumes who do one of those "dinner party murder mystery" games with you.
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Podcast Episode 16

Thor's Hour of Thunder: Episode 16: Leprechaun in the Hood

This week we discuss: Why everything would be better with more pigeons, Michael Mann, the Keep, Doctor Who, 36 Chambers, RZA, the Shaw Brothers, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Priest, Django Unchained, Shaolin monks, Legion, valhalla, Eurotrip, King Kong, Fay Ray, King Kong 1933, King Kong 2005, Wu Tang Clang, The man with the iron fist, Shaolin versus the Wu Tang, John Woo, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, The Killer, Hard Boiled, Chow Yun-fat

Fuck Yeah Muppets!

Amy Adams is the best possible choice for a muppet movie.

The only way this could have a better cast would be if Kenneth from 30 Rock was in it:

cute animals not using swedish condoms

here are a series of Samsung ads that have all the cuteness of the Swedish condom ads I showed early, without the weird bunny hockey players having lots of sex factor that made those ads so weird.

So enjoy 2 minutes of unadulterated cuteness via samsung, and some phone they want you to buy (though this ad will probably cause a lot more people to buy bunnies and puppies than phones).