Posted Jan 2nd 2009 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game that gives our loyal readers more than one last chance to win fabulous movie-related prizes. Due to the holidays and all, we took a week off -- but now we're back to congratulate the three talented folks who said 'yes' to our
Yes Man caption contest and walked away winners.
1. "And with rare audition footage, the general public sees why Jim Carrey was not selected to play Johnny Cash in
Walk the Line." -- Kathi F.
2. "My career has left the building. Thank you and goodnight!" --
Adi B.3. "Jim later realized that playing Rob Zombie's "Living Dead Girl" was probably not the wisest choice for little Terry's five year birthday party." --
James H.See full image and all captionsYou didn't think we'd return from our little holiday vacation empty-handed, did you? Because we have gifts -- some very cool gifts -- and we're totally willing to give them away to the one lucky person behind our favorite caption for a photo from the new film
Last Chance Harvey, starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. You heard me, there's only one winner this week (because the prize is pretty sweet), and that person will receive one
Last Chance Harvey Travel Kit including three
Last Chance Harvey Tumi travel bags and one
Last Chance Harvey Burberry Umbrella. Nice! Just in time for that winter vacation, right? Sound off below ...
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Dec 19th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the online game that says 'yes' to everything! Last week we asked you to cough up some witty captions for an image from the new animated flick
The Tale of Despereaux, and you rats gave us more than enough cheese to chew on. Congrats to our three winners below!
1. "I bring you the head of Fettuccine Alfredo Garcia!" --
Harry J.2."And then, when the fat man reaches for the cheese....WHAM! The bar comes down and snaps his neck! And all the mice dine for the winter!"--
Charles P.3. "Fortunately for Despereaux, he had enlarged ears. His brother, Squeaker, with his enlarged nose, did not survive the 'cheese cutting.' --
Dan N.See full image and all captionsYes! This week we're letting ourselves go and introducing our souls to new experiences by saying 'yes' to everything -- and, most importantly, saying 'yes' to Jim Carrey's new film
Yes Man (in theaters this weekend). The crazy cats behind our three favorite captions will rock out with one
Yes Man Motion Pen, one
Yes Man "Yes I Can" Post-Its, one
Yes Man Loaded Dice in Box, one
Yes Man Magic Answer Ball, one
Yes Man Next Level Ladies Pink T-Shirt and one
Yes Man Next Level Men's Black Tee. Sound off below!
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Dec 12th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game that squeaks its mousy way into your heart every Friday. Last week we asked you to show your holiday spirit and give us your bestest captions for a photo from the new flick
Nothing Like The Holidays. Congrats to our three Ho-Ho-Homies on their most glamorous win.
1. "The scene shortly before the tragic "Lead Pillow of '78" incident." --
Matt H.2. "Wait, wait! This isn't cliché enough! Let's turn up the stereo and sing into hairbrushes instead!" --
Jonathan K.3. "Pillow Fighting with my Ho-Ho-Homies" --
Jason F.See full image and all captions
This week we're hanging with a mouse, a rat and a servant girl whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess. I'm talking about
The Tale of Despereaux, of course, and the three folks behind our most favorite cheesy captions will slip away with one
The Tale of Despereaux youth t-shirt, one
The Tale of Despereaux adult t-shirt, one
The Tale of Despereaux youth hat, one
The Tale of Despereaux adult hat, one
The Tale of Despereaux bookmark, one
The Tale of Despereaux croxs shoe decoration, one
The Tale of Despereaux mask, one
The Tale of Despereaux Princess Pea mask and one
The Tale of Despereaux picture frame magnet. You know what to do next ...
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Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game Santa obsesses over during his off time. Last week we asked you to celebrate Caption-Gate by churning out a little funny for a photo from the new film
Frost/Nixon, in theaters this weekend. Congrats to our three winners, who reminded us of the warped nicknames that plagued the Nixon era.
1. "I know they call him Tricky Dick, but that's just inappropriate." --
Don P.2. "The De-Evolution of Sideburns" --
Joshua B.3. "Frost, Woodward, and Bernstein look up in dismay as Nixon finally puts it together and figures out who Deep Throat was. Of course, having their secret conversations in the television studio was probably a bad idea." --
Kathi F.See full image and all captionsThis week we're loosening our belt buckles, hiding the scale and waitin' for Santa to bring us all sorts of goodies because there ain't nothin' like the holidays. And whaddya know, the film we're highlighting this week is called
Nothing Like the Holidays (in theaters December 12), and those folks behind the three naughtiest (but tasteful) captions will prance away with one
Nothing Like the Holidays soundtrack, one Nothing Like the Holidays cookbook, one Nothing Like the Holidays scarf, one
Nothing Like the Holidays notepad, one
Nothing Like the Holidays poster, one
Nothing Like the Holidays flask and one
Nothing Like the Holidays grocery bag. So start shopping for the best caption, folks, and sound off below ...
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Nov 28th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game Frost and Nixon both played religiously once they were done talking about that whole Watergate thing. Last week we asked you to dish out a caption or several in honor of a little film the kids like to call "OMG ... I luv you Robert Pattinson!" The rest of us, however, use the title
Twilight. We had tons of submissions, and at the end of the day we went with the one that didn't "suck". Heh. Get it? I'm lame. Congrats Jennifer!
1. "So, I thought you said you would try to lay off the garlic bread for a while..." --
Jennifer B.
See full caption and all winnersThis week we're listening in on a very important (and historic) series of interviews between Richard Nixon and David Frost in the buzzed-about
Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard and starring Frank Langella (Nixon) and Michael Sheen (Frost). The three folks behind our favorite captions this week will slip away with one
Frost/Nixon poster, one
Frost/Nixon t-shirt, and one
Frost/Nixon hat. Sound off below ...
Read the official rules of this contestPosted Nov 26th 2008 10:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Home Entertainment, Contests
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Above: This year's child costume winner, Mr. T. It took a little bit of time to get the votes sorted and contact the winners, but we can finally announce the two winners of
Cinematical's Fourth Annual Halloween Costume Contest! We had more entries this year than any year before, and it was absolutely painful to trim the group down to 10 finalists in each of our two categories (best adult costume and best child costume). Once we did settle on our finalists, though, we left it up to you fine folks to vote for the winners ... and that you did. After receiving roughly 13,000 votes, we'd like to congratulate our child winner, Mr. T (pictured above). Check out the other child finalists in the gallery below, and you can see the adult runner-ups -- as well as our winner, Optimus Prime -- after the jump. See ya next year folks!
Continue reading Halloween Costume Contest: The Winners!
Posted Nov 21st 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game vampires and their totally awesome human girlfriends love to play together on date night! Last week we asked you to give us your best captions for a wacky photo from the flick
Sukiyaki Western Django, which is currently out on DVD. With only one person to award the grand prize, our crack team of caption judges spent hours (screw that, days!) searching for the right mix of humor, heart and heroics. Here, then, is our winner -- congratulations to you, sir!
1. "Despite producing some of the most innovative music of the 1980's, Japanese Country-Style Gangsta Hip-Hop was short-lived." --
Kurt P.See full image and all captionsThis week, well, we're celebrating a film that needs no introduction. It opens in theaters today, it was adapted from a very popular book, it stars one of the hottest guys in the history of the galaxy (Pattinson? Try Hottinson!) ... and it has something to do with vampires. Yup, it's time to sharpen those teeth and take a real nice bite out of the photo below from the film
Twilight. Here's where it gets tasty: One very lucky grand prize winner will hop, skip, walk and dance away with one Autographed
Twilight poster, one Movie tie-in paperback, one Movie Companion book and one
Twilight Soundtrack. All I know is one lucky fan is about to win the
Twilight lottery. Sound off below ...
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Posted Nov 14th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption - the game that I totally missed writing about last week, but am thankful our good pal Kevin filled in. Last week we asked you to channel your inner animated animal and produce a quirky-enough caption for a photo from the new hit flick
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Congrats to our three winners; our poor lion friend will never be the same.
1. "Fifty bucks says he picks his nose."
"Double or nothing he eats it." --
Mike R.2. I've got a joke for you: What has furry opposable thumbs and is about to re-enact his favorite scene from the movie
Alive? This guy. --
Nathan T. 3. The others were getting tired of his bad Dr. Evil impersonation. --
Lauren L.See full image and all captionsThis week we're celebrating the very cool Japanese action-western
Sukiyaki Western Django, directed by Takashi Mike. The film tells of a revolver-wielding stranger who crosses paths with two warring clans who are on the hunt for treasure in a remote Western town. The DVD is now available in stores, and one grand prize winner will walk away with one
Sukiyaki Western Django wooden coffin containing a set of three collector's steel books, one Samurai robe, one canvas scroll with poster art, one six shooter hydro-gun and one limited edition deck of playing cards. Um, I want. Sound off below cowboys (and girls) ...
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Nov 11th 2008 12:01PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Site Announcements, Fandom, Contests
Before we begin, let me just say that our little
Halloween Costume Contest received a record turnout this year, and it's taken some time for our team of crack judges to narrow down the field to ten finalists in each of the two categories. 2008 was by far the toughest year yet, and all of us here at
Cinematical were amazed to see the creativity, passion, love and just plain movie geekdom that went into all of these costumes. Unfortunately, we couldn't make everyone a finalist as there were only ten spots available in the adult category and child category, but we feel our selections represent the best of the best. From all of us here at the site to all of you out there -- thank you for participating, thank you for reading and thank you for being a fan. Now, onto the voting!
Here's how this works: Below you will see a photo gallery for each category. Within each photo gallery, there are ten images which represent each finalist alongside a number and the character they're dressed up as. Below each gallery there is a poll listing the numbers and characters as per the order they show up in their gallery (note: this order is random). We need you to look through each gallery, then vote for who you feel has the best costume in the polls. Got it? Good.
The Adult Finalists are listed below, and the Kid Finalists are listed after the jump (along with the prizing and official rules). We'll keep the voting open through Friday. Good luck!
Continue reading Halloween Costume Contest: You Vote for the Winner!
Posted Nov 7th 2008 4:02PM by Kevin Polowy
Filed under: Fandom, Movie Marketing, Contests, Insert Caption, Images
Welcome to Insert Caption, the game where Cinematical editor Erik Davis usually writes something reasonably funny in the opening graph, but since Erik is on a set visit across the pond, we're instead left with a massive void. Congrats to last week's
Role Models winner-elects below, the world already feels like a better place because of you. (Btw, if you like your comedy awesome, check out
Role Models this weekend.)
1. "Barack? Mr. Ayres is here to pick you up to go pallin' around." --
Charles P.2. "So Angie just returned this one?"
--
Kyle S.3. "Damn...I was hoping I would get McLovin." --
Andrew W.
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This week we move on to the
country continent of Africa with the animated sequel
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. As much as we'd like to send you there for your own romp with precocious and adorable talking animals, instead we're offering the three writers of our favorite captions a prize pack that includes the soundtrack (
do you like to move it, move it?), three stuffed animals (Alex, Marty and Gloria), a flash drive and a poster signed by the cast. Good deal, say we. Sound off now...
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Posted Oct 31st 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Movie Marketing, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the online game that goes out of its way
not to be a role model for your kids. Last week we asked you to look into the magic mirror and give us your best haunted, angsty Catholic school girl for a photo from the new flick
The Haunting of Molly Hartley. And while I appreciate the dude who gave a shout out to yours truly in his caption, as well as the person who shared that hilariously random
South Park reference (you know who you are), it was the following three captions that somehow scraped their way to the top.
1. "Okay, now to just carve the "B" ..." --
Paul K.2. "Okay, Dank bathroom: Check. Hint of blood: Check. Schoolgirl outfit: Check. Now, if I can just look depressed enough, maybe Linkin Park will appear and start playing." --
Mark H.3. "Just keep it together Haley and repeat after me: Alyson Hannigan is knocked up. This. Is. Your. Chance." --
Christie H..
See full image and all captionsThis week we're shifting away from creepy girls who stare at themselves in the mirror and moving toward creepy guys who stare at kids while they draw. That's because we're celebrating the upcoming comedy
Role Models (in theaters November 7), starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd as a couple of screw-ups who get arrested and subsequently sentenced to 150 hours with a mentorship program. Hilarity ensues. The three folks behind our favorite captions will each snag one
Role Models hat, one
Role Models t-shirt and one
Role Models poster. Go for it ...
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Oct 28th 2008 9:02PM by Eric D. Snider
Filed under: Independent, Fandom, Contests
All movie fans have experienced the sensation of watching something terrible and thinking, "What is this crap? I could totally come up with something better than this!" Well, now you can put your money where your mouth is, as
Details magazine is inviting people to submit movie ideas, the best of which will actually be turned into a movie.
Variety has a variety of details on the
Details contest.
Larry Meistrich, an indie film producer with more than 30 credits to his name (including
You Can Count on Me and
Sling Blade), will help
Details choose the winner and oversee production of the film. All genres and concepts are welcome, and you can submit anything from a rough plot outline to a finished screenplay. There's a $10 entrance fee, but it costs that much just to watch a movie.
Making a movie for 10 bucks is a total bargain! Plus, the entrance fee earns you a year's subscription to
Details.
Details wants the winning idea to appeal to "intelligent, modern, metropolitan men." Hmm. Is that what
Details thinks of itself? Off the top of my head, here are some movie ideas that you can use if you really want to tap into the
Details mindset.
- A guy spends $1,000 on a shirt, then reads some articles about the right way to wear the shirt, then tells his friends he spent $1,000 on a shirt, and his friends laugh at him for being a douchebag.
- A magazine writer is working on a tight deadline and can't come up with anything to write about, so he makes up a saucy, non-existent trend ("Are threeways on the upswing?"), farts out 500 words on the subject, stretches it to three pages by filling it with unrelated photos of models wearing expensive underwear, and calls it a day.
- A guy lives his life doing everything he can to appeal to gays while avoiding actually saying he's trying to appeal to gays. (That one's an allegory.)
Anyone else got one? Oh, and as for specifics on how to enter the contest
-- no idea. The Variety article doesn't say, and I can't find anything on the Details website, either. Thanks to Stephen in the comments for finding
info on how to enter.
Posted Oct 27th 2008 12:15PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Action, Fandom, Contests, James Bond, Remakes and Sequels
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Cinematical has been handed 10 single tickets for an early screening of
Quantum of Solace in Los Angeles, and we were wondering if any of you would like to go? The screening is being held on November 11, which is a few days before the film hits theaters, so see it before your friends, your family and that Bond fanatic in your office who insists on sleeping outside for tickets to the first show even though he can simply go online and buy them. Not only will you snag a ticket for this special secret screening, but the 10 folks chosen will also take home a sweet 007 gift bag that's got all kinds of neat stuff tucked away inside.
Now in order to win a ticket, you have to leave a comment below with an active email address telling us why you'd like to attend, and you
MUST live in or around the Los Angeles area (transportation to and from the theater will not be provided). We'll choose 10 random commenters once this whole thing wraps up on Friday, October 31st. Check out the full rules after the jump, and good luck to you!
Quantum of Solace hits theaters on November 14.
Continue reading Contest: Win Tickets to See 'Quantum of Solace' Early!
Posted Oct 24th 2008 4:02PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption
Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game some people claim rises from the dead, but then heads back down because it's way too lazy to haunt people. Last week, we asked you to spit out some captions for a photo of that hotsy-totsy sheba Angelina Jolie from her new moving picture,
Changeling. What a gal! Once we navigated our way through a maze of adoption jokes, we came across these three winners. Congrats to you!
1. "I'm sorry, when you said 'Say hello to my little friend,' I thought we were talking about something else entirely."
Matt H.2. "Hmm, I don't know. Do yo have anything in an albino?" --
Stephen M.3. "Beverly is shocked when Alan unveils his conjoined twin, Bradford." --
Dan L.See full image and all captionsThis week, we're entering a creepy stare-off contest ... against ourselves! Oh, and we're also celebrating the new freaky flick
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (in theaters on October 31). [In Mark Wahlberg's voice] What's up Molly? I don't want to haunt you, I just wanna talk to you, okay? Say hi to your mother for me. Moving on from my lame jokes, we've got some cool stuff for the winners of this caption contest. First off, one grand prize winner will take away
one $250 iTunes gift card, and two runners up will each receive
one 1 GB iPod shuffle. Now
that's what my little sister (not named Molly) would call, "Wicked dope, yo!" Sound off below ...
Read the official rules for this contestPosted Oct 22nd 2008 11:45PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Fandom, Contests
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Pictured Above: The winners of Cinematical's Third Annual Costume Contest in the adult categoryPictured Below: The winners of Cinematical's Second Annual Costume ContestWe host a lot of contests throughout the year, but it is now my pleasure to announce the official launching of my absolute favorite:
Cinematical's Fourth Annual Halloween Costume Contest is on! Now you have more than one use for that awesome movie-related Halloween costume, right? Once again, we have all sorts of nifty prize packages for the best adult costume and best youth costume, and unlike previous years, this time we're giving away more than just DVDs. Hellz yes, I'm talking some sweet movie gear too!
So, again, that's two prize packages this year: One for adults over 18 and one for kids under 18. Like in previous contests (check out
last year's winners), your costumes
MUST be movie-related. We're taking submissions starting now and all the way up until November 6th. Once our spook-tacular judges here at
Cinematical narrow the field down to 10 finalists in each category, we'll then let you vote (via poll) for the winner. And speaking of winners, here's what you'll receive:
Grand Prize Package: Adult WinnerSaw 1-4 DVDs (keep in mind Saw V hits theaters this Friday, October 24)
Saw t-shirt,
Jigsaw doll and
Saw poster
Unrated
The Strangers DVD and scary masks
Rest Stop 2 Blu-Ray DVD
Otis Blu-Ray DVD
Zombie Strippers magic 8 balls
Jack Brooks Monster Slayer DVD
1
Uninvited poster
1
Strangers poster
1 signed
Let the Right One In poster
Grand Prize Package: Youth Winner (entrants under the age of 18)1 Hand-Painted
Nightmare Before Christmas Collector's Bust.
Beetlejuice 20th Anniversary Blu-Ray DVD
Peanuts
It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown DVD and t-shirt
R.L. Stine's
Mostly Ghostly DVD
To Enter: Fill out the attached release (
doc format or
txt format) and email digital photos (along with aforementioned release) in .JPG, .PNG, .GIF, or .PSP format to the following email address:
contests AT cinematical DOT com, with the subject line "HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST." Please tell us who you are dressed as, in case we can't figure it out. Oh, and good luck!
For more complete details, please click on rules links below .... READ THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR THIS CONTEST
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