Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is championed by a select group of moviegoers, esteemed when most others find it less worthy of reverence. In turn, this group becomes its own little cinematic subculture, one that admires the movie, defending it from outside bashing because it is their own. It both defines the subculture and brings definition to the moviegoers themselves, showing what turns them on, what differentiates their predilections from more popular and/or commercial tastes. If others don’t get what they get out of the movie, then those others should just get out. And, finally, when this line is drawn in the sand, the cult movie is truly born. Walter Hill’s cult classic The Warrior is a prime example of this phenomenon because not only is there a fervent community out there willing to protect it, but the movie itself exhibits an us-against-the-world mentality similar to that of any cult-movie community, ever ready to defend their home turf. And watch out world: yours truly is here to throw down (think West Side Story, but with even more ruthless finger-snapping).

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This is awesome. A pretty rockin’, proggy medley of 34 video game songs. So friggin’ good.

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I’ve riffed on CISPA before here on the Mothership. The bastard born from the aborted coils of SOPA, it has every intention of ramming us Internet users in the honeypot with barbed intentions. Its proponents (like Facebook) whisper that it’s harmless. Inevitable. The EFF begs to differ.

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Lest you hath fucking forgotten, there is more Arrested Development  coming to this world. It’s easy to forget, since after the announcement that the show was being revived by Netflix nothing much has been heard. Friends, fear not. It is coming. Hungry for more details? Show creator  Mitch Hurwitz can sate your needs.

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This week? Cats! Cats! Cats! And the movies! Views From The Space-Ship!

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This is pretty fucking fantastic.  Ron Paul: Road to REVOLution is a video game that was trying to get Kickstarted and courtesy of the geeks out there (Charity from Libertarians! Imagine what they could do for the good of the world  if they didn’t have to pay them dang taxes!) it has gotten its funding. Amazing.

Hit the jump for info and video.

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[Caff note: Sony has since confirmed the shit out of this leak. Makes sense.]

Oh boy, the leaky ship that is the Internet continues. God of War: Ascension  is the sequel to the third game starring Kratos the Smoldering, and it has a trailer, box art, and Amazon listing. All before the official reveal.

Hit the jump for trailer and details.

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The full trailer for Cosmopolis  has arrived, and it is stacked to the tits with everything that’s caused me to fall in love with the direct recently. Recently? Pah! I know, I suck. At least it occurred at all.

Hit the jump to check it out as well as some info. Cannes!

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Check out this relaxin’ clone of Jango Fett. Yeah, sorry man. Went there. He’s seen some shit in his day, and he’s also the only Stormtrooper to not  eat an errant blaster bolt. Now he unwinds getting shitfaced on margaritas and talking about all his bros that he has left behind. Towards the end of the evening he pukes into his helmet, snot running out of his mouth and vomit out of his nose. Continually he apologizes, telling us he just gets so damned lonely, and space isn’t the only place that’s cold.

I can’t wait for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master. I don’t really know much about it. Don’t really want  to know much about it. However I’ll admit I cracked and read up on some details that Play List cultivated from an NYT article.

Hop inside, behold the wonder!

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