Old Tonn did a regional spot that will only air in Atlanta…thought you Pigs fans that don’t live there might want to see it. Wouldn’t want you to miss the opportunity for posting your snarky comments.
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Tonn Slingdog Alert!
May 17th, 2010 by ToddRewriting DVD Marketing Blurbs#6: John Carpenter’s The Thing (Blu-ray)
April 30th, 2010 by ToddWhat it says on the back of the plastic, environmentally irresponsible packaging:
Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape From New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antartic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Once unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror, and becomes one of them.
What it should say: (more…)
Tonn Slingdog Alert!
April 22nd, 2010 by ToddTonight! The Film Pigs’ own Tonn Slingdog will be making a brief but truly magical appearance on CSI! It’s on CBS! CSI on CBS! Check your local listings!
Rewriting DVD Marketing Blurbs#5: Hard Rain
April 6th, 2010 by ToddWhat it says on the back of the case:
Get swept up in the action as Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid and Minnie Driver race against time and the elements in this high-energy thrill ride where survival and money are at the core of it all. (more…)
Straight-to-DVD Corner with Tonn Slingdog: It’s So Disgusting!
March 19th, 2010 by ToddOkay, perhaps movies that seek purely to make you sick to your stomach are abusing our whole “right to free speech” thing, but dammit if I’m not happier than a pig in putrid, bloody, pus-filled dung that they are around. This past weekend, I sat down with some friends to do a double feature of Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever and its DTV sequel, Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. To be honest, when I first saw Roth’s original in the theater I was disappointed…but I’ll give it this: it holds up. I was still disappointed with it. However, after you wade through an hour long swamp of underdeveloped characters yammering at each other, the last twenty minutes of the picture are a lot of fun. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever takes that last twenty minutes and turns into eighty minutes of pure disgustingness. And this is a good thing. (more…)
