"Duplicity" * (out of four): In this convoluted tale of double crosses, it's the audience that gets the shaft.

In "Duplicity", Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play Claire Stenwick and Ray Koval, former government agents (CIA and MI5, respectively) now employed in the private sector. Competing spies with a romantic past, they now find themselves working counter-intelligence for two rival multinational corporations, vying for a secret formula. It's a cutthroat, ruthless business, but one that could make a couple of enterprising former agents a good deal of cash -- if they know how to play it. But who's playing whom, really?

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"Monsters vs. Aliens (3D)" ** (out of four): 3D can't pump up a flat "Monsters".

I'm sure it sounded like a good idea in the pitch: "Let's take the icons of 50s sci-fi movies -- the 50-ft woman, The Fly, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Blob -- team them up with Rodan or something, then have them fight an alien warlord and his robot minions! We could get some hot voice talent, write some jokes and spice it up with some 3D." That would work, right? Not so much, it turns out.

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It's perhaps the most quotable movie of all time.
And one of the most fun flicks too.

Well now there's an online game for the Princess Bride. I have 8 game cards (valued at 19.99 each) for you to start playing it.

On the jump we've got pictures of the main cast.
To win a free card and "experience true love and adventure" just add your favorite character quote (using one of those photo or someone else from the movie).

We'll pick the winners at random. So prepare to die...

A few months ago I posted 5 candies I really miss.
This is its partner. And its polar opposite. Cause these candy brands I'll never miss.

Whether it's a name or the ingredients, I don't think I'd every want to pay good money or chew the following 5 chocolate, gummi or gooey treats.

Come to think of it, he really never made much sense.
Maybe the steroids were rotting his brain.

Talk about effective advertising! Hey, you DID catch what they are advertising, didn't you?

(via Bits and Pieces)

Despite what you see, this song from Stuckey and Murray is NSFW. Who are you going to believe, me or your lyin' eyes?

(via Gorilla Mask)