PLUG: The Dark of the Matinee

Mad Hatter @ TIFF

One of the world's biggest film fests - The Toronto International Film Festival is happening from September 9th to the 19th. The line-up announced includes titles such as LET ME IN, BLACK SWAN, BURIED, HEREAFTER, NEVER LET ME GO, and many more.

The Dark of The Matinee will be providing extensive coverage including reactions to screenings, celebrity sightings, special TIFF-centered episodes of The Matineecast, and much more.

TIFF's website with schedules and info regarding all the films and events can be found here: http://www.tiff.net

and all of my festival coverage can be found here: http://mcneilmatinee.blogspot.com/search/label/TIFF

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

LAMB Chops: August 31st

Much like the Bloody Chops, I had to whittle it down to five. If yours wasn't pick, I'm sorry. Keep trying!

Site: Cinexcellence
Fall / Winter 2010 Lineup
Submitted by: Cinexcellence

Site: The List
Films You Didn't Know You Needed To See 5
Submitted by: The List

Site: CinemaObsessed.com
'Skyline" Increases My Fears Of Alien Invations (but secretly I love it)
Submitted by: CinemaObsessed.com

Site: Magic Lantern Film Blog
The Top 15 Movies Adapted from the Stage!
Submitted by: Magic Lantern Film Blog

Site: A Boy and His Keyboard
"This is your brain on anime."
Submitted by: A Boy and His Keyboard

If YOU would like to participate, all you need is:
Eyes
The ability to read other people's blogs
To be a member of the LAMB, or about to be a member
Copy and paste skills
A #2 pencil
And three hard boiled eggs.

I'm gonna suggest, nay, recommend that you send in a chop FROM SOMEONE ELSES BLOG (who is also a LAMB). We need people sending in other people's stuff instead of your own so this can be more of a forum of "hey this person wrote a great piece" instead of self pimpage. There's nothing wrong with self pimpage (I'm guilty of it myself) but we kinda wanna take this LAMB Chops, AND Bloody Chops, into the future. So let's see how that goes. Here's what you need to do:

Using the following format, email me at weeklylambchops@gmail.com the chop you think is great:
Site:
Post Title:
Link:
Submitted by:

And let's try the same for the Bloody Chops as well. You can send those to bloodychops@gmail.com.

Have the LAMB Chops sent in by midnight next Monday night, EST.
Have the Bloody Chops sent in by midnight THIS Friday night, EST.

As always if you are confused (I dunno why but whatever), feel free to leave a comment saying "I'm confused!" and me or Fletch will unconfuse you.

Thank you. I'm on a horse.
-Jason

LAMB #686 - Sir Jorge's Blog X

(Editor's Note: this site is no longer functioning. Thanks to its author for submitting to the LAMB, and pour some out for a fallen homie.)



URL: http://sirjorge.com/blogx
Site Name: Sir Jorge's Blog X
Categories: Reviews, General, Editorials
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
The main focus of the site is media reviews. Movies, music, and skateboarding. A large part of the site is for movie reviews, as I have a lot of time on my hands and post up reviews of film and more.

PRESS RELEASE: Downtown Film Festival L.A.

The 2010 Downtown Film Festival L.A. will be held Sept. 8-12 in venues throughout downtown Los Angeles. Dedicated to showcasing the best of independent cinema in the center of the Film Capital of the World, the festival also celebrates downtown L.A.’s renaissance with related events including live music performances, art exhibitions, exclusive loft parties and panel discussions.

Highlights of this year's 5-day festival includes the Los Angeles premiere of "American: The Bill Hicks Story" during the Opening Night Gala; Digital Art L.A., the festival's cutting-edge video program during the September Art Walk; the American Latino Film Series; the premiere at The Grammy Museum at L.A. Live of the “Red Hot Chili Peppers: Untitled Documentary"; Taco Cinema, an all-day/night street food and film fest on Saturday, Sept. 11, and a free-to-the-public outdoor screening on Closing Night of "Lost Angels," the companion feature documentary to last year's hit movie "The Soloist." More information and advanced tickets available at www.dffla.com.

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

LAMB #685 - Anagramsci

URL: http://anagramsci.wordpress.com/
Site Name: Anagramsci
Categories: Classic Film, Theory, Philosophy
Rating: PG

What is the main focus of your site?
classic film--with a particular focus (for the next several months) on the complete oeuvre of King Vidor

LAMB #684 - Unmuzzled Thoughts (about Teaching, Shakespeare, and Pop Culture)

URL: http://kellimarshall.net/unmuzzledthoughts/
Site Name: Unmuzzled Thoughts (about Teaching, Shakespeare, and Pop Culture)
Categories: Reviews, General, Classic Film, Musicals, Television, Video
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
film, teaching, television, pop culture

Stump the LAMBs Movie Quiz: Empire of the Sun

First things first a few notes before last week's results. Now that the fall semester has started again Stump the LAMBs will be set back to only once a month to offset my huge coarseload.

This weeks quiz comes from Aliens: the nest used for the aliens was used again for what Warner Bros. summer blockbuster?

Michael Parent of Le Mot du Cinephiliaque, Carla Dobson of Tinsel Town Review, Magda Knight of Best For Film, Matt Suzaka of Chuck Norris Ate My Baby, Andre Dumas of The Horror Digest, George Litman of The Great White Dope all correctly answered Batman.

This week's quiz comes from Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. Which actor used this film as an inspiration for his own 2008 comedy?

Send your answer to counterculturecinema@hotmail.com by September 30, 2010. Comments will be closed to prevent the posting of the answer. Include in your submission: The Actor's Name, Your Name, and Your Blog.

LAMB Leaderboard

First Place

Darren Mooney 9

Michael Parent 9

Second Place
George Litman 8

Third Place

Andy Hart 6

Courtney Small 6

Everyone Else

Sebastian Gutierrez 4

Gary Collinson 3

General Disdain 3

Heather 3

Shane Rivers 3

Andre 2

Anna 2

Katrina Schenkel 2

Neil Alcock 2

Paul Devine 2

Big Mike 1

Branden Renfro 1

Carla Dobson

Dylan 1

Joaquin 1

Magda Knight 1

Malcolm 1

Marshall 1

Matt Suzaka

Rich Lamb 1

Ross McD 1

Steve Johnston 1

Travis McCollum 1

Will Bixby 1

LAMB #683 - Criterion Reflections

URL: http://criterionreflections.blogspot.com/
Site Name: Criterion Reflections
Categories: Reviews, Classic Film, The Criterion Collection (exclusively)
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
I'm working my way through all of the films released by Criterion on DVD in chronological order of their original theatrical release.

LAMB #682 - The Intermittent Sprocket

URL: http://theintermittentsprocket.blogspot.com/
Site Name: The Intermittent Sprocket
Categories: Reviews, General, Editorials, Humor, Projection
Rating: R

What is the main focus of your site?
A document of the everyday events working in a franchise cinema projection booth. And lots of film reviews. And other stuff.

Bloody Chops: August 28th

Due to some recent tinkering, there will only be a limit of five (5) chops posted per week now. So now you're really gonna have to bring your A-Game if you want your stuff posted.

Victim: The Film Reel
Scene of the Crime: TAD 2010 - I Spit On Your Grave - Film Reel Reviews
Killed by: The Film Reel

Victim: Obscure Movie Thoughts From An Obscure Movie Fan
Scene of the Crime: Review-The Human Centipede: The First Sequence
Killed by: Obscure Movie Thoughts From An Obscure Movie Fan

Victim: www.365HorrorMovie.com
Scene of the Crime: Top 10 Horror Films of 2009
Killed by: 365 Horror Movie

Victim: Does Writing Excuse Watching?
Scene of the Crime: Creature of Darkness (2009)
Killed by: Does Writing Excuse Watching?

Because there seems to be some confusion on how you exactly send in a Chop, I shall SLOWLY go over each step, pretty much like I always do. Here we go.

If you reading this, who is already a LAMB or going to be a LAMB, like this whole thing, and want to submit a chop here's what you do:
1. Either after writing a post related to horror (review, essay, thoughts, lists, whatever), or READING a post related to horror, both from a LAMB member, you go to your email, put TO: bloodychops@gmail.com and you fill out the following form:
Site Name:
Post Title:
Link:
Submitted by:

Yes, you have to copy and paste the form. Please use this form, it makes my job so much easier.

2. You send it off and I get it.
3. I look at the post and go "Hmm...should this be part of the five?"
4. Then on Saturday I post the five.
5. You have until Midnight Friday night Eastern Standard Time (EST) to do this.
6. For the regular chops, you do almost the same thing except you send in posts about ANYTHING ELSE, send them to weeklylambchops@gmail.com, and have those sent in by midnight Monday night EST.

I hope this clears up any confusion. Thank you and have a nice day.
-Jason

LAMB #681 - The Roads of Autumn Dusk

URL: http://theroadsofautumndusk.blogspot.com/
Site Name: The Roads of Autumn Dusk
Categories: Reviews, Humor, Horror, Animated Cartoons, Science Fiction
Rating: G

What is the main focus of your site?
Movie reviews, commentary, and reminisces about Monster, Science-Fiction, Noir, and other Genre Movies, along with a smattering of posts on Comic Books and Cartoons.

LAMBScores: Dinner for Schmucks

Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob


CinemaObsessed.com


Magic Lantern Film Blog


Nevermind Pop Film
ATL Flick Chick


The Dark of the Matinee


Marshall and the Movies


Average LAMBScore out of five, rounded to nearest half-LAMB: (7 sites)


Median LAMBScore:


Submissions for this film are now closed. To submit your rating & review for other new releases, visit the LAMB Forums (must be an existing LAMB to join).

See what our fellow movie lovers at Total Film had to say about Dinner for Schmucks:

Trailer Talk Thursday: 127 Hours and Black Swan

Hey everybody, Travis from the Movie Encyclopedia here with another edition of Trailer Talk Thursday where I bring you the latest trailers to hit the silver screen.

Today we will be talking about two films that have become quite popular before the trailers were ever released: 127 Hours and Black Swan. Why have they become popular? Two reasons:

1. The movie's director (Danny Boyle for 127 Hours, Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan)
2. The subject matter (Aron Ralston being true story of survival and deranged ballerina's)

But now the time for talk and speculation about the movies is over. We finally get our first glimpse into these two highly anticipated films. First up...127 Hours.

127 Hours, as I mentioned, is the story of Aron Ralston (James Franco). He is a mountaineer who enjoys living on the edge. One day though, without telling anyone about his plans, he went canyoneering and slipped and fell down the canyon. A boulder dislodged and crushed his arm. The bigger issue than his arm being crushed was that he was pinned and couldn't escape because of the boulder holding his now crushed arm down. What makes this story interesting and why they made a movie about him is that after 5 days of being trapped, he cut off his arm with a dull blade and escaped to live and tell the tale.

Danny Boyle, who has become famous with films like Trainspotting, 28 Days/Weeks Later and Slumdog Millionaire, and Simon Beaufoy (who wrote Slumdog) have teamed up to create this true story of survival. Here is the trailer:

What do I think? Well it looks pretty good actually. I think Franco is a fantastic actor and can really pull off serious and funny well. Like Ryan Reynolds with "Buried" it will be interesting to see if he can basically do a 1 man show (there are other people but it IS about him). I believe he can pull it off and I look forward to the movie.

Next up is Black Swan.

Black Swan is an interesting one. Aronofsky, who has made a name for himself with Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and The Wrestler, had started a screenplay about understudies and doubles but never finished it. Soon afterwards he had watched Swan Lake and decided to connect the two, making the film about ballerina's, understudies and Swan Lake. If you know Swan Lake at all you will know that there are two main swans: the white one and the black one. The white one is innocent and the black one is more devious and sensual.

The idea of this film is that Nina (Natalie Portman), a ballerina who has dedicated her entire life to dance and nothing else, mostly in part to a former ballerina of a mother, suddenly receives competition for a role she wants when Lily (Mila Kunis) arrives and throws a wrench in her plans. Nina gets the role, with Lily as her understudy, but in Aronofsky fashion, things go terribly wrong. Here is the trailer:

So what do I think? Well I think it's kind of weird but extremely intriguing. I am a fan of Portman and Kunis and I think this looks like a great movie for both of them. It looks like it's going to be a mind freak, as per usual (especially the feather pulling thing at the end), but I'm really interested to see how it turns out. I'm not the biggest Aronofsky fan but I think I will like this one.

But that's my opinion. What do you think? Would you see these movies? Leave your comments below and I'll see you next time on Trailer Talk Thursday.

LAMBcast #36

For the 36th episode of the LAMBcast, we take on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and break it down at least seven different ways. What worked, what didn't, favorite fights, lines, and general gushing from Nick, who has named it his new favorite movie ever...at least until Machete comes out (kidding, Nick). Joining him were Tom, James, and me. That's followed up by the usual Trailer Talk (Black Swan, I'm Still Here) and Last LAMB Standing, but also by the latest segment on the LAMBcast, the LAMB of the Week, which is more or less an audio, non-anonymous version of Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering.

For the inaugural edition, Heather of Movie Mobsters put her site's neck on the line, and we tore it to shreds gave it our best mix of compliments and constructive criticism.
If you'd like your site to be a future LAMB of the Week, hit me up via email and I'll add you to the queue.

If you're interested, you too can be a LAMBcaster - we love new blood! For more information on the LAMBcast, check out the topic at the LAMB Forums. Music provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech website. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service. The LAMBcast loves feedback, too. Either here in the comments section or to blogcabins@yahoo.com or to our Facebook page. Also, we're on iTunes, and would still love a review, even if it's a bad one.

Thanks for listening!

Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering #42: Centerfolds and Empty Screens

It's Blusterin' Time!

And remember: Blustering should be a two-way street; if you've asked to be blustered, you better be a blusterer.

If you're new to this feature or need a refresher, click the label at the bottom of this post and see the first few posts. Otherwise, here's the basics:

What I'll do is list a site; you're asked to critique it. But here's the catch: to induce the most honest reactions, don't leave the comment using your normal alias/login - instead, go anonymous, and be as brutally honest (or complimentary) as you wish to be. Also, be specific, and naturally, don't be rude. If I deem anything inappropriate, I'll have no problem deleting the comment.

So, go to the site listed below, familiarize yourself with it for a few minutes, then come back and leave some constructive criticism and/or comments that you have.

Site: Centerfolds and Empty Screens
LAMB#: 649
URL: http://jamieneish.blogspot.com/














If you're up for this treatment for your site (and you're a LAMB), send me an email with the subject "Bluster Me!" If you've already done so, no need to do it again - you're on the list, and these will be going up in order of when I received your email (by the way, it could take a while for your site to be Blustered, since I don't run this more than once a week or so).

LAMB #680 - The Movies Five

URL: http://www.moviereviewsonline.com
Site Name: The Movies Five
Categories: Reviews, Polls
Rating: PG

What is the main focus of your site?
To review recent movies and also have the top 5 best and worst things about the movie being reviewed. The website also contains polls so people can vote on what they think the best and worst part of the movie is.

LAMB #679 - charisse-movierevue

URL: http://www.charisse-movierevue.blogspot.com/
Site Name: charisse-movierevue
Categories: Reviews
Rating: NC-17

What is the main focus of your site?
Independent, off-beat and art-house films.

PLUG: The Lammies Brew

Hello! Fellow Lammies (ewes)

I have an announcement to make beginning the first week of September of 2010…
I Plan to create…Well, the Ning has already been created, but it is at stage one and hopefully, the first week of September of 2010, the thing that I created will be completed and accepting fellow Lammies.

I ‘am sooo…Baaah!...very sorry male LAMBs, but this social network is for females LAMBs (and non—female Lammies whom may be thinking about joining the LAMB) only!

Especially, new female Lammies, whom are just learning the "ropes" and may have unanswered questions and just want to network with their fellow Lammies...Therefore, if you are interested in joining the social network Ning, I will be promoting the thing in the upcoming days.

I know some of you maybe wondering why did she create this Ning...Well, just follow this link and you will find out why I created this social network...

What Is It All About?
Well It‘s a Social Network Ning Called... “The Lammies Brew…”

When Will The Doors Open?
Hopefully, The First Week of September…I shall open the doors to female LAMB members whom are interested in joining this social network.

Where is it located on the web?
Here goes the link: http://francemusic.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Ffrancemusic.ning.com%2F
The door(s) is not open yet, but stay tune for additional…information.

[Attn: Membership is by invitation only. If you have an invitation, click the link in the email to join.
This isn't true...This message appears when your Ning is set to private.]

Thank-you, very much!
DeeDee ;-D

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

Classic Chops: August 25th

Good news, everyone! We’re back with another edition of “Classic Chops”…

Site Name: Brown Okinawa Assault Incident
Best Shot: Black Narcissus
Submitted by: Brown Okinawa Assault Incident

Site Name: Cinema Viewfinder
Flying Leathernecks (1951) and Ray’s Surrender to Conformity
Submitted by: Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Site Name: Twenty Four Frames
Man of the West (1958)
Submitted by: Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Site Name: Silent Volume
The Dream (1911)
Submitted by: Silent Volume

Site Name: Ferdy on Films
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Submitted by: Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Site Name: Does Writing Excuse Watching?
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Submitted by: Does Writing Excuse Watching?

Site Name: Detailed Criticisms
Death and All His Friends
Submitted by: Detailed Criticisms

Site Name: MiNG Movie Reviews
The Birds (1963)
Submitted by: MiNG Movie Reviews

Site Name: Attack from Planet B
It Came From Outer Space
Submitted by: Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Site Name: The Best Picture Project
Mary Poppins
Submitted by: The Best Picture Project

Classic Chops enthusiastically welcomes any essay or post you’ve composed on a film classic—and even though I originally set the criterion at films released in 1965 and before, I have “cheated” a little and included films after that date that I don’t think too many people would dispute are “classics.” Just remember, send your submissions to classicchops@gmail.com by next Tuesday (August 31) at 6:00pm EDT…and any questions, comments, suggestions and used ticket stubs should be addressed to that same e-mail address as well. Until next time…see you at the movies!

LAMB #678 - The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World

URL: http://themostbeautifulfraudintheworld.blogspot.com/
Site Name: The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World
Categories: Reviews, General, Editorials, Classic Film, Lists
Rating: R

What is the main focus of your site?
Film reviews and pieces on film history.

LAMB Chops: August 24th

Ok folks. Sorry for the delay. I had to lay down the law. If you sent in more than one, I only went with the first one I recieved. I'll keep the others as back-up for the next week or so. Without further ado, here's all the Chops from the past two weeks.

Site: The Rail of Tomorrow
Much Ado About Nothing - Alain Resnais' Wild Grass
Submitted by: Scott Nye

Site: Top10Films
Top 10 Part 3s that are better than Part 2s
Submitted by: Top10Films

Site: Misfortune Cookie Blog
Underrated child performances
Submitted by: Misfortune Cookie Blog

Site: Does Writing Excuse Watching?
Molds
Submitted by: Does Writing Excuse Watching?

Site: jdbrecords
Review of "The Ghost Writer"
Submitted by: jdbrecords

Site: Cold Fusion Video Reviews
A Vacation in Hell (1979)
Submitted by: Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Site: CinemaObsessed.com
Fictional Organizations in Film I Want to Work For
Submitted by: CinemaObsessed.com

Site: Just Plain Something
The Craziest Crossover Ever
Submitted by: Just Plain Something

Site: Strange Kids Club
Trailer Terrors: Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987)
Submitted by: Strange Kid

Site: Chuck Norris Ate My Baby
Moon: You Saw Me Standing Alone
Submitted by: Matt-suzaka

Site: Detailed Criticisms
The FITS Awards: 2010
Submitted by: Detailed Criticisms

Site: Flickering Myth
Five Essential Christopher Lee Villains
Submitted by: Flickering Myth

Site: Phil on Film
Interview with Bong Joon-ho
Submitted by: Phil

Site: Magic Lantern Film Blog
My Experience Seeing Wiseau's Disastrous "The Room"
Submitted by: Peter Eramo, Jr.

Site: The Film Reel
TAD 2010 - The Last Exorcism - Film Reel Reviews
Submitted by: The Film Reel

Site: This Guy Over Here
Top 10 Directorial Debuts of the 2000s
Submitted by: This Guy Over Here

Send in your regular LAMB Chops to weeklylambchops@gmail.com using the following format:
Site Name:
Post Title:
Link:
Submitted by:

And have them sent in by midnight Monday night, EST. And don't forget the Bloody Chops, using the same format as above and have those sent in by midnight Friday night, EST.

Thanks for the patience!
-Jason

LAMB #677 - Tinsel & Tine

URL: http://www.tinseltine.com/
Site Name: Tinsel & Tine
Categories: Reviews, News, Editorials, Humor, Sympatico of Film & Food
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
Tinsel & Tine is a blog about discovering what's pleasing in Film and Food. However, most posts are film-centric; a combination of film commentary, film events and film festival coverage, told from the perspective of a lover of good storytelling and good eating!

Sound Off!

Let's suppose, for a moment, that you think the LAMB is broken. You think it's kind of a good resource, but could be so much more. Or you really don't like anything we do here (in which case you're probably not reading this). Or you just think there's been a missed opportunity or two over the years. I know, pretty unfathomable.

Basically, my question to you is this: Suppose you're in my shoes - how would you make the LAMB even better than it is? Tech enhancements (somewhat difficult given my non-programming background and Blogger's limitations), content/feature ideas, better ways to market/promote existing and new LAMBs, you name it. You have an open forum to sound off on anything you might change, remove, add, etc. I'm not fishing for compliments, so if you think everything's hunky dory right now, I thank you, but there's no need to post that here. Also, please try to be constructive, as folks are with the Blustering, though no need for anonymity unless you choose to. If you prefer, you can even email your comments to me (just hit the Contact button).

PRESS RELEASE: Bring Classic Horror Back to Television

LAMBS Scare Sarah and Cyberschizoid are campaigning to Bring Classic Horror Back to Television and they need your help! For too long the British public have gone without the old classic horror double bills on TV and it's time for a change. Please sign our petition and if you have any ideas or would like to help spread the word please drop us an email at classichorrorcampaign@mail.com

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

LAMB #676 - The Silver Screen Addiction

URL: http://thesilverscreenaddiction.blogspot.com/
Site Name: The Silver Screen Addiction
Categories: Reviews, General, Humor, Lists
Rating: PG

What is the main focus of your site?
1. Inform readers about different films
2. Encourage people to see more movies
3. Encourage viewership and appreciation for indie films
4. Encourage viewership and appreciation for older films
5. To push for a greater appreciation for the art of movie making

LAMB #675 - Best For Film

URL: http://bestforfilm.com
Site Name: Best For Film
Categories: Reviews, News, Editorials, Humor, Horror
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
Film and DVD reviews, Movie News and a sharply-opinion Film Blog. UK Cinema listings coming soon...

PLUG: The Floating Red Couch

The Floating Red Couch will be hosting The 1st Annual Bronko Nagurski Memorial Football Flick Fest (aka BronkNag #1) whereby the beginning of the pigskin season will be ushered in by ten days of football movies from August 25th-September 3rd.

Any and all bloggers are welcome to join in with either essays on football, or football in film, essays on the films featured (the link above lists our 10 Flix Picks), essays on any other football film, or anything else that may be the slightest bit relevant.

Please email FRC Ruben at rubenr3 [at] gmail [dot] com if you'd like to participate or if you have any questions. I will take links, posts in html, previous stuff, current stuff, anything so long as there's a picture of a football helmet.

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

LAMB #674 - moviesandsongs365

URL: http://moviesandsongs365.blogspot.com/
Site Name: moviesandsongs365
Categories: Reviews, Lists
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
Film and song recommendations is my main focus.

Many of the films and tunes are pretty obscure, which I see as a good thing.
I’m proud of my A-Z list of film recommendations. I see myself as a filter, where I blog about the good stuff I discover during the years 365 days.

moviesandsongs365 is mainly a movie blog, the 3 weekly songs are a bonus.

Bloody Chops: August 21st

Victim: Best For Film
Scene of the Crime: Frightfest 2010: The Final
Killed by: Magda Knight (Madgestic on Blogger)

Victim: MiNG Movie Reviews
Scene of the Crime: The Birds (1963)
Killed by: Klaus Ming

Victim: Does Writing Excuse Watching?
Scene of the Crime: Dylan Baker, Up To His Old Tricks
Killed by: Does Writing Excuse Watching?

Victim: My Film Habit
Scene of the Crime: Nightmares from Space
Killed By: My Film Habit

Victim: Cinema Sights
Scene of the Crime: Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Killed by: Cinema Sights

Victim: Scare Sarah
Scene of the Crime: Where did everyone go?
Killed by: Scare Sarah

Victim: A Boy and His Keyboard
Scene of the Crime: The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Killed by: Trevor Dobbin

Victim: The Horror Digest
Scene of the Crime: How to Use Eccentric Poltergeist Quotes in Everyday Life
Killed by: The Horror Digest

Victim: Invasion of the B Movies
Scene of the Crime: Ax'Em (Review)
Killed by: Invasion of the B Movies

Thanks everybody! I guess my whining did some good! Hooray for whining!!!! So let's have another week like this, shall we?? Keep them horror posts a-coming! As always, you can send them in to bloodychops@gmail.com using the following format:
Site:
Post Title:
Link:
Submitted by:

And have them in by midnight Friday night, EST!

And I will be doing regular chops on Tuesday so if you haven't, send those in. I haven't even been to the email yet so I don't even know what I have waiting for me. But keep sending them in anyway to weeklylambchops@gmail.com using the same format as above, but have THOSE in by midnight Monday night EST!

Thanks! Mazel Tov!
-Jason

PLUG: Radiator Heaven

Hi there.

This is J.D. at the Radiator Heaven blog. I would like promote an upcoming Blog-a-Thon that I’m doing in October.

John Carpenter Week
October 3 – 9, 2010

Got a Press Release, something to Plug, or a Screener available for review (or some combination of the three)? Ok, don't get all crazy about it. Just click here and give me the details (what, when, where, and a link, for starters) - I'll handle the rest.

REMINDER: Bloody Chops

Doing a reminder post to send in your horror theme posts, whether you wrote them, or you think something someone else (who's a LAMB) wrote is awesome! And you can send those in to bloodychops@gmail.com using the following format:
Site Name:
Post Title:
Link:
Submitted by:

Have those in by midnight tonight, Eastern Standard Time (you do the math. If you live in Australia or Japan, I can't help ya.) And they'll be posted tomorrow.

Oh and I slipped on the Tuesday's Regular Chops cause, well, I didn't realize Tuesday came and went. And no one mentioned it to me. So there will be regular chops on this coming Tuesday. I promise. Send in regular chops to weeklylambchops@gmail.com by midnight Monday night. Sorry for the convenience.
-Jason

LAMBScores: Salt

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See what our fellow film lovers at Total Film had to say about Salt:

LAMB #673 - cinehouse

URL: http://cinehouseuk.blogspot.com
Site Name: cinehouse
Categories: Reviews, General, News, Editorials, Horror, Classic Film, Indie, Arthouse, World Cinema
Rating: PG-13

What is the main focus of your site?
focus on the independent,world cinema, arthouse, classic films,animation, the weird & the wonderful. I post trailers, shorts, reviews, video interviews, news, views

LAMBcast #35

Warning: This podcast contains explicit language. Or at least a bunch of f-bombs, anyway.

Though, what else could you expect from a podcast where the feature discussion is about the BMF himself, badass Samuel L. Jackson. We shine the spotlight on the man responsible for some of the best moments in pop culture over the past 20 years - frequent collaborator of Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino, occasional Jedi Knight, and of course, the kilt-wearing, cornrow-sporting star of Formula 51.

On the episode joining me this week was Nick, Jason, Andrew and Kai. We finish with Trailer Talk about Barry Munday and Skyline as well as a pair of long-lasting LLS games.

If you're interested, you too can be a LAMBcaster - we love new blood! For more information on the LAMBcast, check out the topic at the LAMB Forums.

Music provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech website. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service.

The LAMBcast loves feedback, too. Either here in the comments section or to blogcabins@yahoo.com or to our Facebook page.

Also, we're still on iTunes, and would still love a review, even if it's a bad one. Thanks for listening!