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Filmmaker Jamie Benning’s extraordinary website combines film clips, archival footage, and commentaries to provide an immersive and highly entertaining look into how our favorite movies were made.
Category: Outside the Longbox
Outside the Longbox – Fluxx
The world may be ending this year, and if it does, any survivors will almost certainly be left behind in the dark. Start planning for your post-Apocalyptic entertainment, PoP!ulation, with Fluxx!
Outside the Longbox – The League
A group of friends competing in a fantasy football league provides the basis for this ribald and funny series that adds to FX’s lineup of quality programming.
Jan 29, 2012 | 3 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil
Slasher horror meets screwball farce in this funny, genre-bending horror comedy starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk. Check it out now on Netflix.
Jan 19, 2012 | 5 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Portlandia
SNL’s Fred Armisen teams up with indie rocker Carrie Brownstein to skewer granola culture in this funny new sketch show from IFC and executive producer Lorne Michaels.
Outside the Longbox – Spider-Man on Film Vol. 2 The Movies
After a few decades away from live action, the wall-crawler hit the silver screen in one of the most successful film franchises of the 21st century helmed by Evil Dead director Sam Raimi… It’s best to grade them on a curve.
Dec 26, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Veronica Mars
In my experience, there are two types of people: those who love Veronica Mars, and those who haven’t yet watched Veronica Mars. There are a LOT of reasons to think that this show will suck. But trust me, PoP!ulation. Trust me. Veronica Mars is worth your time.
Dec 18, 2011 | 3 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Spider-Man on Film Vol. 1: TV
After revisiting all of Spidey’s animated exploits, let’s shift our focus to the live-action exploits of our favorite wall-crawler. From educational to unbelievably awesome, the 70′s were full of Spidey on TV.
Outside the Longbox – Animated Spider-Man Vol. 2
Spider-Man cartoons hit the modern era! In this installment, we revisit Spidey’s best and worst shows from FOX to MTV (Yes, MTV), join us on a roller coaster of theme songs.
Dec 02, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox: ‘Ready Player One’
‘Ready Player One’ is the most epic novels ever written. Blending 1980s pop culture with the most immersive role-playing game ever, the largest prize in history, and villains who will kill to win, it’s a nonstop action adventure. Add this to your required reading list NOW!
Nov 24, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Attack the Block
This original sci-fi/horror import from Great Britain is one of the best and most purely entertaining movies of the year.
Outside the Longbox – Animated Spider-Man Part 1
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has been gracing the small screen for nearly 40 years. Come take a journey through his early years. It’s all theme songs and cheesy sound effects here, kids.
Nov 11, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Batman: Year One & Catwoman
DC’s animation house brings us another in its long line of Bat films with another in its long line of Bat-actors. How do the new entries into the pantheon stack up? And how about that double-dose of Catwoman? Read on, PoP!ulation, read on
Oct 23, 2011 | 6 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Glitch
Eleven giants dreamed up an imaginary world filled with small beings called “Glitches”. In this wildly imaginative MMORPG, you play as a Glitch, and experience an ever-changing world and communal game experience unlike anything else.
Oct 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Trollhunter
A relatively new but already familiar horror subgenre gets a fresh new take in this wonderful creature feature from Norway.
Oct 06, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Portal: No Escape
This stunning fan film based on the popular video game series is currently taking over Youtube. Check it out now to see an early work from a director who we’re sure to see big things from in the future.
Outside the Longbox – Marvel Anime
Konichiwa, bitches! That’s totally Japanese for “To me, my X-Men,” right? We head to the land of the rising sun this week as Marvel’s hottest properties (and Blade) get the anime treatment.
Outside the Longbox – Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Somewhere between Metal Gear Solid and Batman: Arkham Asylum there exists a First Person Shooter where stealth is your greatest weapon but a good old-fashioned firefight is always an option. You say you want a Revolution?
Sep 05, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Botchamania
MINUS FIVE STARS to Jason Knize, as he placates the 5 wrestling fans in the PoP!ulation (that includes 2 members of PCW) with this ode to ‘Botchamania’, the 182-episode gag reel of wrestling. But wait, you haters might get a kick out of it, too! We’re in the Danger Zone!
Aug 28, 2011 | 6 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
This sharply funny send-up of 1950s B-movies should be required viewing for all lovers of cinema. Plus, a look at the well-deserved sequel. For science!
Aug 08, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Trailers From Hell
Well-known filmmakers of the past and present weigh in on their favorite movie trailers of days gone by on this fun and informative web site. It’s film-geek heaven.
Outside the Longbox – Kill the Irishman
Perennial tough guy Ray Stevenson kicks ass and takes names in this typical but enjoyable entry in the gangster movie genre.
Jul 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – ‘Wilfred’
Elijah Wood and Jason Gann star as a man and his neighbor’s dog in the new comedy series, ‘Wilfred’, marking its territory Thursday nights at 10 PM EST on FX.
Jul 11, 2011 | 10 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Suburban Knights
For the 3rd anniversary of That Guy With The Glasses, Doug Walker and friends pulled out all the stops in an epic tale.
Outside the Longbox – I Saw The Devil
Revenge ain’t all it’s cracked up to be in this bloody, disturbing, and brilliant South Korean thriller from the director of THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD.
Jun 16, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – The Amazing Screw-On Head
It might only exist as a pilot, but that doesn’t make this animated adaption any less awesome.
Jun 06, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Birth of Venus
Previously featured comic creator and regular PoP! commenter Matthew JLD Rice teams with Andrew Makishima to bring us a web comic (of sorts) with a slightly different twist. To quote the boys, after reading Birth of Venus “You WILL believe a mom can fly!”
May 22, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Mortal Kombat is back in the form of a free web-series looking to finish you with gritty realism, science fiction & magic. Get over here and check it out!
Outside the Longbox – The SuperFogeys
Some of comics’ greatest characters have been in publication for a good 70 years, yet haven’t aged a day past forty (at the most). Th3rd World Studios and creator Brock Heasley have given us a (hilarious) glimpse at what we have to expect in these characters’ Autumn years.
May 06, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Rubber
Take a trip through the desert and marvel at one of the strangest movies PoP! movie guru Lee Rodriguez has ever seen. And THAT, dear reader, is one hell of a claim. Check your logic at the door for Rubber, kids.
Apr 29, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Peter & Max: A Fables Novel
The popular Vertigo comic gets the prose treatment in this extremely entertaining novel by series creator Bill Willingham.
Apr 18, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne
Anime rears its pointy-chinned head yet again; and there are enough guns and jugs in this one to make any 13 year old boy feel like a man, and any man feel like a thirteen year old boy again.
Outside the Longbox – Firebreather
The animated feature based of the comic makes the jump to DVD. Firebreather: conquering mediums left and right!
Apr 04, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – ZOMBIE SPACESHIP WASTELAND by Patton Oswalt
The popular stand-up comic shows that his talents extend far beyond the microphone with this collection of humorous essays and one original comic tale.
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Outside the Longbox – Four Lions
How could this ballsy, extremely dark British comedy about an inept band of wannabe Islamic terrorists possibly have been Ben’s favorite movie from last year? Read on to find out.
Mar 21, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
