Olympus Has Fallen
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenwriter: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Dylan McDermott, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd
Millennium Films
Rated R | 120 Minutes
Release Date: March 22, 2013

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), Olympus Has Fallen stars Gerard Butler (300) as former U.S. Army Ranger Mike Banning, a Secret Service agent assigned to Presidential Detail.

After a tragic accident, Banning is demoted and re-assigned to a desk job in Washington. When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a North Korean terrorist and President Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is held captive, House Speaker and Acting President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) is forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President, and avert a nuclear crisis.

Written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, Olympus Has Fallen is a Tea Party recruitment video disguised as an action-packed Movie For Guys Who Like Movies. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a Freedom Ain’t Free bumper sticker – a shameless, disgusting movie that uses 9/11 imagery to promote xenophobia.

In the film, President Asher meets with the Foreign Minister of South Korea to discuss the ever-present threat of North Korea. Unbelievably, North Korean terrorist Kang Yeonsaka (Rick Yune) has disguised himself as a South Korean ministerial aide and infiltrates the meeting, murdering the Prime Minister and taking the President hostage.

The Deal of the Day over at Things From Another World today is Bernie Wrightson‘s illustrated hardcover edition of Frankenstein for only $20 (that’s 43% off of the regular price of $34.99).

Note – This deal at TFAW is valid only for today, Saturday, March 23, 2013, til 11:59PM PST while supplies last.

If the deal at TFAW sells out, you can also buy the Frankenstein hardcover at a discounted price at Amazon for $24.51 (there’s also a Kindle edition for only $13.74.)

Though it has been nine long years since the last Riddick movie hit theaters, star Vin Diesel felt that there were still a few more stories to tell about the infamous antihero with the ability to kill his enemies in a number of ways. Now, a new live-action Riddick film, simply titled Riddick, will hit theaters this September, and the first teaser for the film has arrived online.

Check out the trailer here after the jump.

There isn’t too much in terms of plot reveals in this trailer. From the trailer’s few precious seconds of dialogue we get, as well as the official synopsis, we find that Riddick is imprisoned on an desolate island which is inhabited by fearsome creatures and equally fearsome bounty hunters out for his head.

The $11 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Firefly-themed shirt with a nod to the NASA logo called “LEAF” by geekchic_tees.

The sale began at Teefury today, Saturday, March 23, 2013, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site for $11 anymore, though it might continue into the next day for $14 (look for the After Hours bar at the top).

Last Ride
Netflix | Amazon | Google Play | iTunes | Vudu | YouTube
DVD | Blu-ray
Directed by Glendyn Ivin
Starring Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Kelton Pell, John Brumpton, Anita Hegh
Madman Entertainment
Originally Released: July 02, 2009

If any one country has benefited immensely from the dawn of online streaming and on-demand, it would have to be the independent Aussie film industry. With government funding towards independent films, Aussie movies have enjoyed extensive coverage on services such as Netflix, exposing new viewers to the down under talents of Australian filmmakers and actors. One such example is the film, Last Ride.

Directed by Glendyn Ivin, and starring the phenomenal Hugo Weaving, Last Ride follows the story of a father on the run after committing a violent crime. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Denise Young, in which Max, the suspect, takes his son, Chook, with him on the journey – as we try to learn of the sins of the father through the eyes of the son.