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Officially Cool: Flickchart Will Ruin Your Life and You Will Love It

Officially Cool: Flickchart Will Ruin Your Life and You Will Love It

Have a few spare hours during the day? Like, say, 20? Excellent. Get ready to lose your job and your loved ones as you quickly becoming addicted to using Flickchart.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 30, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Spoiler Alert: The Movie

Officially Cool: Spoiler Alert: The Movie

If you read about movies online, then you know exactly what it means when someone says ’spoiler alert.’ Well this summer, College Humor brings you the harrowing tale of an elite squad trying to keep spoilers away from free Americans.

By Neil Miller on June 22, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Futuristic Movie Timeline by Dan Meth

Officially Cool: Futuristic Movie Timeline by Dan Meth

It’s possible that you’ve seen this around the web, as a number of our friends and neighbors in the movie blogosphere have also picked it up. But just in case you missed it, I would like to share with you something very cool.

By Neil Miller on June 16, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Action-Packed Trailer for ‘The Waldo Ultimatum’

Officially Cool: Action-Packed Trailer for ‘The Waldo Ultimatum’

My absurd obsession with Where’s Waldo continues as I stumble upon a fantastic trailer where Waldo kicks some major ass. And then takes names. And then finds…himself.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on June 6, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Wicked Fan-Made ‘Green Lantern’ Trailer

Officially Cool: Wicked Fan-Made ‘Green Lantern’ Trailer

There has been all kinds of talk about Green Lantern lately as the film production itself rolls out of the station and toward reality. And with it, just as with any major comic book franchise, comes quite a bit of fan expectation — expectations that sometime manifest in odd and exciting ways.

By Neil Miller on May 26, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Watchmen Legos

Officially Cool: Watchmen Legos

As you may have noticed, our attention has turned quickly from the Watchmen situation to the upcoming SXSW Film Festival. That was until I caught a glimpse of these awesome Watchmen legos.

By Neil Miller on March 11, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Phil Saunders’ John Carter of Mars, Superman Concept Art

Officially Cool: Phil Saunders’ John Carter of Mars, Superman Concept Art

This may or may not be new to all of you, but as of this morning when reader Christopher M. sent it over it was new to me — so it wins the Officially Cool stamp of approval.

By Neil Miller on February 27, 2009 | Comments

Is This the Real Crystal Lake?

Is This the Real Crystal Lake?

We’ll admit to getting a little obsessive from time to time, but Robert Fure has taken it to a new level. Using only clues from the first three films he tracks down a likely candidate for a real Crystal Lake. Is he insane or onto something? You might be surprised.

By Robert Fure on February 12, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Watchmen Arcade Game

Officially Cool: Watchmen Arcade Game

Here is an awesome little piece of fan fun from one of the Watchmen viral marketing sites. Go to Minutemenarcade and you can play an NES style arcade game, featuring Night Owl, Silk Spectre and Molloch.

By Brian C. Gibson on February 12, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Previously on Lost

Officially Cool: Previously on Lost

Having just finished watching this week’s episode of Lost — and yes, I saw all of that coming as well — I am in the mood to write about it. Then I found this funny video…

By Neil Miller on February 5, 2009 | Comments

Geekgasm: Movie Inspired 60’s Book Covers

Geekgasm: Movie Inspired 60’s Book Covers

Artist Mitch Ansara has created what could be called one the first geekgasm of 2009: 1960s-inspired paperback book covers of novelized movie adaptations. Okay, so it might not sound so cool at first, but you’ve got to check some of these covers out.

By Paige MacGregor on February 4, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Coolest Godfather Posters. Ever.

Officially Cool: Coolest Godfather Posters. Ever.

The Alamo Drafthouse facilitates special screenings of special movies. To commemorate these screenings, they commission silkscreen posters by some pretty amazing artists. The latest commission – The Godfather.

By Brian C. Gibson on February 4, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Star Wars Yoga

Officially Cool: Star Wars Yoga

For those of you out there struggling with those New Years diets and failed exercise routines, try this, you must. It’s called ‘Star Wars Yoga’ and its exactly what you’d think it would be — Yoga positions that channel The Force.

By Neil Miller on January 30, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: RocknRollascope!

Officially Cool: RocknRollascope!

Guy Ritchie has made Horoscope’s cool. In only that way that Guy Ritchie can make British vulgarity cool.

By Josh Radde on January 28, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Star Trek Barbie Dolls

Officially Cool: Star Trek Barbie Dolls

Officially Cool is back with the weirdest crossover we’ve seen in a while: Barbie and Star Trek. Who knew the Malibu Beach House was on Toroth?

By Dr. Cole Abaius on January 21, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: The Art of Pixar’s UP

Officially Cool: The Art of Pixar’s UP

The folks over at the Pixar Blog pointed us in the direction of a very cool new book that is now available for pre-order from Amazon. It is called “The Art of UP” and it shows of some of the artwork from Pixar’s 2009 entry.

By Neil Miller on January 2, 2009 | Comments

Officially Cool: Vintage Zack and Miri Make a Porno Poster

Officially Cool: Vintage Zack and Miri Make a Porno Poster

I usually get into trouble when I start clicking the linked names in our comment area — but today I seem to have stumbled upon something pretty cool.

By Neil Miller on December 8, 2008 | Comments

WALL-E Wins Coolest DVD Packaging of the Year So Far

WALL-E Wins Coolest DVD Packaging of the Year So Far

Pixar’s latest gem WALL-E doesn’t hit DVD shelves until November 18th, but it showed up at my house yesterday. And though I was excited about the movie, the packaging really caught my eye.

By Neil Miller on November 8, 2008 | Comments

Must See: First Look at Kevin Smith’s Batman: Cacophony

Must See: First Look at Kevin Smith’s Batman: Cacophony

Kevin Smith has revealed some full color pages from his upcoming comic series “Batman: Cacophony,” which he has been working on with his good friend, artist Walter Flanagan.

By Neil Miller on November 6, 2008 | Comments

Officially Cool: The Naughty Geekery of the 2009 Nerdcore Calendar

Officially Cool: The Naughty Geekery of the 2009 Nerdcore Calendar

Its that time of year again — time for a look at the 2009 Nerdcore Calendar. Once again, it is filled with some nice ladies in fun, geek friendly situations. And they’re nude.

By Neil Miller on November 3, 2008 | Comments