What it's like to be Mark Wahlberg...

ABOVE: An ad featured in today's Variety. Ari Emanuel doesn't send gift baskets.

BELOW: Some great Wahlberg. As well as a great Baldwin. "Go fuck yourself."

Batman 3

No, we're not talking about Val and Nicole.

Christopher Nolan, just off his Inception weekend, is the Bat King now n' days and with the new flick slated for a summer 2012 release, everybody wants to know "who's the next villain?" Although the Joker survived Batman’s ass beating in The Dark Knight, Nolan has said the character is being retired to Arkham Asylum out of respect and memory for the late Heath Ledger.

So with Comic-Con less than a day away and Inception saving the summer, will the mighty Bat King give us a hint on who will be terrorizing Gotham next? No idea. But firstshowing.net claims to have the scoop. An inside source of the web site states that The Riddler is listed as the next villain in the highly anticipated sequel, and that the actor currently listed to portay the assumed villain is none other than Inception star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Other possible villain rumors flying around the bat cave are Jonah Hill as the Penguin, Snooki as Catwoman and the Governator, reprising his 1997 role, as Mr. Freeze.

It must be some kind of... 'Hot Tub Time Machine.'

Tonight my Phalco counterpart, Sir Captain Foamy, and I had exclusive screening passes to MGM's new and only flick of this year, Hot Tub Time Machine. Was it good? – It was great. Get off your butts this weekend, stop wasting money on Tim Burton repeats and James Cameron's craptastic 3D adventure, and go see something that really cooks. You don't need Johnny Depp in weird makeup and Academy Award losers anymore. You have a Hot Tub Time Machine. The only thing that really matters this month. As well as health care. And your March Madness bracket.

Hot Tub Time Machine - Opening this Friday!! See it. Damn the man. Save MGM.

(Thanks to Samara for the screening passes. Best PR gal in town!)

Time To Get Funny, People

Well July is here and that only means two things. I turn 26 and Judd Apatow's 'Funny People' premieres for the world. If you recall I was a member of the old 'Funny People' team some time ago. October of '08 to be exact. Now many monthhs later I look forward to the night I get to sit and enjoy Apatow's next creation. My opinion, "feel good flick of the year." I guess we'll see...

(photo by Cara Folk)

Sims' Summer Movie Picks

So what do we got?

Terminator. Seen it.

X-Men. Seen it.

Star Trek. Don't care.

Land of the Lost. Netflix it.

The Hangover. Awesome.

Year One. Awesome.

Transformers. Dog Shit.

Ice Age. Seen it.

Harry Potter. Seen it. End it.

Inglorious Basterds. Still can't believe someone let Tarantino make a war flick. Fantastic.

Here's my top three for the summer. Hopefully they rock our socks.

Sam Mendes' Away We Go -- June 19, 2009

Judd Apatow's Funny People -- July 31, 2009

Charlyne Yi's Paper Heart -- August 14, 2009

Oh, Helen of Troy...