Based on the musical of the same name, Bran Nue Dae follows the misadventures of a teenager (Rocky McKenzie) who attempts to return home to Broome and win back the girl he loves (Jessica Mauboy) after escaping a Catholic Mission run by a strict German priest (Geoffrey Rush). Tom Budge, Missy Higgins, Ernie Dingo, and Deborah Mailman also star. The film begins its limited release in select cities on September 10th.

Bran Nue Dae Trailer

Check out this VideoSong of “Things You Think” pairing Ben Folds and Nick Hornsby (along with Pomplamoose at the end shilling the new album). Lonely Avenue, with music by Folds and lyrics by Hornsby, will be available starting September 28th.

Ben Folds, Nick Hornby, & Pomplamoose VideoSong!!!!

This weekend, A-lister extraordinaire George Clooney continues his 12-year streak of picking movies that are a little left of center with “The American,” a slow-moving drama that’s kind of a throwback to 70s art-house fare.

It wasn’t always that way for the man who personifies modern Hollywood, as early roles in “Batman and Robin” and “One Fine Day” prove, but Clooney remains one of the most eminently watchable leading men around.

Here’s a look the Top 10 George Clooney Movies.

Check out Wanken’s very cool collection of the work of industrial designer Dieter Rams that were part of the 244 object retrospective showcasing his six decades of work.

Interesting old school video game take on God’s creation of the world in seven days levels.

SUPERNATURAL CREATOR 2

A huge shout out to The Big Bang Theory‘s Jim Parsons for beating out Alec Baldwin, Tony Shaloub, Larry David, Steve Carell, and Matthew Morrison last night for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

Well done, Mr. Cooper, well done!

Check out the full list of winners.

The latest from director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity, The Queen) is an adaptation of a comic strip serial by Posy Simmonds and stars Gemma Arterton as beautiful young woman who returns to hometown turning the sleepy village completely upside down. Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans, and Jessica Barden also star. The film will hit the UK in September, but US audiences will have to wait until Ocober 8th.

Tamara Drewe Trailer

…but it turns out you can skip your way inside whenever you please. (See the full image.)

I read more than my fair share of Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid. Maybe that’s why my interest was piqued in the new online game Choice of the Vampire which follows a eerily similar structure.

The Joker and Lex Luthor re-imagined as Calvin and Hobbes? Works for me!