Now that Halloween is firmly in the grave, it’s time to look forward to the holiday overkill coming our way. In order to cope with the onslaught of gingerbread and broiled poultry, Crackle offers you a variety of ways to soothe your stressed out holiday soul. We have TV shows to punch you with nostalgia, Movies to take your mind off things and Crackle Originals to give you the sage advice you need.
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 Posted in Movies, Originals, Television | 2 Comments »Zoë Bell: Kicking Another Year’s Ass
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 Posted in Movies, Originals | 2 Comments »“That’s my acting double.”
- Zoë Bell talking about Lucy Lawless in the 2004 stuntwomen documentary Double Dare.
- Zoë Bell talking about Lucy Lawless in the 2004 stuntwomen documentary Double Dare.
Audiences have watched her for nearly fifteen years as she boldly bloodies big screen bad guys on behalf of Hollywood’s fairer sex. She’s a favorite of Quentin Tarantino, and the star of the Crackle Original Angel of Death which gets its full length online debut this month. To top it all off, today is her birthday. To celebrate, watch Zoë Bell in the feature length version of Angel of Death on Crackle, or as Comics Alliance previously announced catch it on AOL, Bebo, Friendster, or in the feature length or original episodic version on YouTube.
With all this Bell in the internet ether, perhaps it’s time for a Birthday Haiku?
Missi Pyle: Sexy, Funny, Friend of Bears
Monday, November 16th, 2009 Posted in Movies, Television | No Comments »Minisode above, and watch more Pyle in the full length episode,
It’s Missi Pyle’s birthday, and that means it’s time for a trivia laden Birthday Haiku tribute:
She’s a Maxim chick,
Who can make you laugh out loud.
Bear specialist’s wife.
In 2004 Missi Pyle was voted in at #98 on Maxim’s “100 Sexiest Women” list, and in 2008 she married the host of National Geographic’s Expedition Grizzly, Casey Anderson (His best man was an 800 pound bear). Not only is Ms. Pyle a veteran of TV shows like The Tick above, and films like Big Fish (clip below), but she also appeared on Broadway, and with her traveling sarcastic country rock band Smith and Pyle, formed with fellow actress Shawnee Smith.
She’s funny, she’s everywhere, she’s another year older.
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #1 Ghostbusters
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in Movies | 2 Comments »
This is one of those movies that’s so irresistibly classic it’s hard-wired into the DNA of every generation that comes into contact with it, and you know this movie like the back of your hand. Bill Murray: The leader, Dan Aykroyd: The heart, Ernie Hudson: The hard working convert, Harold Ramis: the brain, Sigourney Weaver: The client, Rick Moranis: The innocent bystander. Add some ghosts, a bitter EPA agent and you have a comedy masterpiece primed for the apocalypse.
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #2 Taxi Driver
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 Posted in Movies | No Comments »
Taxi Driver is one of the most important, shocking and enduring films in the history of American cinema. Dripping with movie heavyweights including Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd this dark movie makes the end of the world seem pretty darn close. In fact, rumor is that Neil Diamond was even suggested to play the lead. If that had happened, it may truly have been the end of the world.
2012 is around the corner… are you ready for the end of the world? Crackle presents the Movies, Originals and TV shows that we feel you should fit into your schedule before the end times. So come back each day as we count off our favorite Top Ten Before the End.
- The Crackle Movies Team
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #3 Stripes
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »
So the end of the world is on its way. You’re feeling depressed, worthless and perhaps just a little bit under the weather… what should you do next? Pull a Bill Murray and join the military! Stripes proves that Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman are comedy geniuses, and that all we need to do to protect ourselves is be armed with a joke… (*rimshot*).
2012 is around the corner… are you ready for the end of the world? Crackle presents the Movies, Originals and TV shows that we feel you should fit into your schedule before the end times. So come back each day as we count off our favorite Top Ten Before the End.
- The Crackle Movies Team
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #4 The Professional
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Movies | No Comments »
When the end times come and Natalie Portman’s life flashes before her eyes one of the first things she’ll get to enjoy is this dramatic action classic. The Professional is a classic of the genre, written and directed by Luc Besson with outstanding performances across the board from the likes of Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, and Danny Aiello, including a knockout debut by a 12 year old Natalie Portman.
2012 is around the corner… are you ready for the end of the world? Crackle presents the Movies, Originals and TV shows that we feel you should fit into your schedule before the end times. So come back each day as we count off our favorite Top Ten Before the End.
- The Crackle Movies Team
Explore the International Undead with Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Movies | No Comments »So if you plowed through the zombie films on Crackle in October, and checked out Crackle’s screening of Bram Stoker’s Dracula on YouTube, maybe it’s time to move onto horror monsters from new cultures. In an effort to keep the spirit of horror alive just a little while longer, take a gander at Tsui Hark’s Vampire Hunters (a.k.a. The Era of Vampires). Still relatively new for Westerners, this is a kung-fu flavored horror flick featuring the traditional Chinese monster known as the Jiang Shi (a good ol’ blood-sucking puss-bucket).
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #5 Rock City
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Movies | No Comments »
You’ve all heard about rock n’ roll heaven, and once the apocolypse comes, and all of humanity lies beneath miles of rubble, this is where everyone will want to be. Rock City is a rare and obscure live performance documentary featuring several of the biggest-selling and best classic rock acts of all-time, including: Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Otis Redding, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend and oh so very many more. Rock City — one hell of a band.
2012 is around the corner… are you ready for the end of the world? Crackle presents the Movies, Originals and TV shows that we feel you should fit into your schedule before the end times. So come back each day as we count off our favorite Top Ten Before the End.
- The Crackle Movies Team
Crackle’s Top 10 Movies Before the End: #6 In The Line Of Fire
Friday, November 6th, 2009 Posted in Movies | No Comments »
A complex take on a classic Clint Eastwood tough guy role, replete with one of his greatest nemeses, portrayed by John Malkovich. Plus you have Clint getting lucky (punk?) with none other than Rene Russo. Take a crotchety hero who’s “this close” to retirement, throw in a creepy bad guy genius who dabbles in assassination and you have a great film to distract you as the earth implodes.
2012 is around the corner… are you ready for the end of the world? Crackle presents the Movies, Originals and TV shows that we feel you should fit into your schedule before the end times. So come back each day as we count off our favorite Top Ten Before the End.
- The Crackle Movies Team