If you’re a fan of Vince Vaughn and his comedic ilk then you are foaming at the mouth in anticipation of of Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show. If you are not a fan of Vince Vaughn and his comedic ilk then you should be kicked in the pancreas, because they are a funny bunch.

Here’s some trailers of the upcoming laugh-gazm:

SWINGERS Tribute Clip:

Sebastian Maniscalco Clip:

Ahmed Ahmed Clip:

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Congrats to Dan K. for winning our Groundhog Day 15th Anniversary Edition contest! He’ll be receiving his free copy of the DVD as soon as I can get it in the mail!

Keep checking back with MovieBlast! for other contests, give aways, and free crap!

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Holy crap there’s a lot of stuff coming out on DVD/Blu Ray/HD/Download in February. Here’s my picks out of the whole lot for what may actually be worth watching.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 2/5/2008

If this title were any more descriptive you wouldn’t need to watch the movie. The title should come with a freakin’ bookmark! I haven’t read that much since I took the SATs.

The Best of Comedy Central Presents: Uncensored - 2/5/2008

You ever notice how Comedy Central Presents is always censored. You ever notice that? What’s the deal with that? I mean, excuuuuuuuuuse me!

The Brave One - 2/5/2008

It sure seems like Jodie Foster spends an awful lot of time kicking serious ass in her movies.

Dangerous Worry Dolls - 2/5/2008

I don’t think there’s such a thing as a non-dangerous worry doll. Seems like if a doll has the ability to worry…that might be pretty dangerous. I would stomp on it.

Killer Pad by Robert Englund” - 2/5/2008

This movie looks so bad it looks good. Plus, it’s directed by none other than Freddy Kruger himself: Robert Englund!

Perfect Strangers: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons - 2/5/2008

Holy crap if you are a child of the 80’s and you don’t love this show you need to be hit in the face with a bovine anal probe! This was one of the best shows ever! And GOD what a killer them song!

Tootsie: 25th Anniversary Edition - 2/5/2008

Admit it. He looks pretty damn tasty don’t he? I bet there’s no dust in that Hoffman! Jeez, you’re so gay!

Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners - 26 Nominies - 2/12/2008

See that old school Superman up there. Those old Superman toons were some of the most kickass cartoons of all time. They were rotoscoped and looked fantastic.

Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav: Uncensored - 2/12/2008

Flavor Flaaaaav! Shit I want to punch that idiot in the face. But this roast is pretty damn funny. It’s amazing the racism they get away with. I kept expecting armed members of the FCC to bust in, swat team style, and shut the whole thing down…and that was the censored version!

The Equalizer: Season One - 2/12/2008

This show was fairly hard core for it’s time. Very dark. It was like Matlock if Matlock had been willing to shoot people in the face.

In the Shadow of the Moon - 2/12/2008

The moon is the closest planet to the Earth. This is about the brave men who flew there in their rocket powered star vessels.

The Wiz: 30th Anniversary Edition - 2/12/2008

I don’t know if you should buy this to watch it, or to burn it. I guess if you do the first you’ll naturally want to do the second.

COPS: 20th Anniversary Edition - 2/19/2008

Bad boys, bad boys watcha goin’ do? Apprently run around the trailer park with no shirt on while trying to swallow a dime bag of weed.

B.L. Sryker: The Complete First Season - 2/26/2008

This show was a lot like T.J. Hooker except that it was spelled differently.

The Darjeeling Limited - 2/16/2008

This is the tale of three estranged brothers who get together after their father’s death and years of being estranged to reconcile their differences and get to know each other all over again while riding a train across India. Sounds hilarious don’t it. Jason Schwartzman is in this flick. Check out this here post of mine about how he is also a really good musician.

Newhart: The Complete First Season - 2/26/2008

Hi. My name is Larry. This is my brother Daryl. And this is my other brother Daryl.

The Smurfs: Season One - 2/26/2008

Did you know that the Smurfs are actually 50 years old? Yep, they were created in 1958 by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo. How could you not smurfing know that?! You smurfing piece of smurf!

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For some reason, a lot of actors want to play music and/or be in bands. I guess it’s probably because they are artists and they have a pressing need to pursue any avenue of creativity available to them, although it probably has more to do with them being insecure attention hounds.

When an actor decides to be in a band it usually brings about disastrous results. We call this the Don Johnson Effect.

Here are some actors who have managed to make that shift into music and not totally suck at it. In fact, some of them are pretty damn good…

Ronny Cox

Ronny Cox, the actor who portrayed the corporate villian Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall is a very talented guitarist and folk singer. The very guy who deprived the freakish mutant Maritian colonists of their precious air now regularly plays several folk festivals and small venues around the nation. Check out the Ronny Cox website for more info.

Juliette and the Licks

Juliette Lewis is probably most famously known for her role of Mallory Knox in 1994’s feel good movie of the year Natural Born Killers. But she is also quite the rocker. And a damn good one at that.

As frontwoman for Juliette and the Licks, Juliette Lewis screams out some of the dirtiest, balls-to-the-wall rock I’ve heard in a while. She’s got a great voice for rock and roll…and the hot bod doesn’t hurt either.

Dennis Quaid and the Sharks

Dennis Quaid - the charming, nice-guy actor with the smile that can turn a straight man gay in .06 seconds, and the star of such movie classics as Innerspace and The Right Stuff is also a rocker.

As frontman for Dennis Quaid and the Sharks he straps on an electric guitar and belts out rowdy, rawcous, roots rock. Dennis Quaid is often here in Austin and I will surely be checking out The Sharks the next time they perform.

Jason Schwartzman and Coconut Records

Jason Schwartzman’s cinematic debut in 1998’s quirky, instant classic Rushmore immediately solidified his career as a grade-A actor. But he’s also a grade-A singer/songwriter.

His “band” - which is pretty much just him - is called Coconut Records and its self-titled, debut album was recorded over the span of a week at a friend’s house.

Added bonus: If you purchase the CD from his record label’s webiste at Young Baby Records you’ll get a free gift: A poster sized polaroid picture taken just for you by him! Well, maybe it’s not taken just for you, but you can be guaranteed it’s a polaroid that no one else but you has. Here’s me with mine:

The Billy Bob Thornton Band

Billy Bob Thornton’s music is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. Actually, it’s a hell of a lot of country and a tiny squirt of rock and roll. But I’m not talking about the over produced, bullshit country music the likes of which you’ll find on most so called country stations today. I’m talking a gritty, introspective country. Real time-worn, rugged stuff.

The wife and I met Billy Bob once at a joint here in Austin called Stubb’s where my band was headlining one night. He was a super cool friendly guy and even let me take a pic of him with Roberta. Check my post about that here.

William Shatner

If you don’t like William Shatner then you need to be punched in the throat. Shatner is a self effacing, good natured guy who doesn’t mind being the butt of a joke. And his album Has Been is proof of that.

This album goes leaps and bounds beyond his famously awful spoken word version of Elton John’s Rocket Man and is actually an extremely well crafted piece of work. It’s funny and dark all at the same time.

Russell Crowe and 30 Odd Foot of Grunts

Last but not least, we have the ever cuddly Russell Crowe. Crowe’s band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts is pretty much just a huge mass of testosterone, black shirts, and guitars. Like Jason Schwartzman’s album, Russell Crowe’s comes with an added bonus: if you don’t like the music he personally comes to your house and steps on your face.

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Hey gang! I’ll be honest. This is a bit of an SEO experiment. This post is not really about any science fiction movie, it’s really an attempt to see how fast I can rank on Google and other search engines for the search term “science fiction movie.”

I’m sorry to disappoint you if you thought this was really a post about science fiction movies. Don’t get me wrong…I LOVE science fiction movies. Whether it’s Star Wars, Star Trek, or Zardoz, I love it all.

Speaking of Zardoz…that is one of the weirdest damn movies I’ve ever seen. If you’ve ever wanted to see Sean Connery in a leather unitard and flying around in a gigantic stone head, then this is the movie for you. If that last sentence made you say “WTF?!” then…well, this movie isn’t for you.

Well, I’ll get the hell out of your way. Again, sorry this isn’t really a post about any particular science fiction movie. I promise I’ll never do this again.

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