Hobbit casting news: Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown and Conan Stevens will play an orc named Azog. Conan plays Sandor Clegane in Game of Thrones.

Maybe I'm drunk, but I'm a half hour into the Mechanic (with Statham and Frost) and damn, I may be mistaken, but that's one of the more interesting premises I've seen in awhile. Maybe the movie will disappoint, but the idea that a guy forced to kill his mentor seeks redemption in redeeming his mentor's disappointing son . . . I like. It's a different sort of atonement. Not "ooh, I feel so guilty for killing the wrong guy" or that the victim was innocent, or that that the father/son dynamic was just misunderstanding and the were both really great people. They're all shady. I just, I like that idea of atonement with the son. "You had to die, it was just, but I'll fix that one failing in your life, because I liked you."

I'll leave my little fantasy world and watch the damned movie.

Bridesmaids! Loved it.

Interview with Aiden Gillen - mostly about his new movie Blitz (with Jason Stratham.)

First pic of Hardy as Bane? Apparently there was quite a breadcrumb path of viral marketing to follow to get there. Thank dog for other geeks.

I appreciate that picture.

Here's an article that explains the breadcrumbs in more detail. I'm loving the spectral analysis!

Watch Pirates in 2D, says cinemablend.

Pirates is getting terrible reviews. It apparently commits the sin of being pretty boring.

Yeah, I had figured I'd see it but between the review comparing it to eating maggot-infested food and the one saying "I even defended the third movie but ugh,"...I think I'll pass.

So now I'm sad since it was the only summer movie I had much interest in.