DirecTV hired Hellboy to promote their new online DVR feature. The television commercials began airing over the weekend. Thanks to Nick for the tip.

To help promote The Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of The Godfather this month, the best theater ever has commissioned three poster prints for the film. Check them out after the jump.

The dynamic duo of Billy Perkins and Jeff Kleinsmith have gone head to head with a Impressionistic vs. Realistic poster set. Billy’s measures 18×36, 4 color with a deep brown metallic copper background, is signed and numbered by the artist, and is printed by D and L out of Seattle.

Jeff Kleinsmith’s print measures 24×36, is 4 color, signed and numbered by the artist, and is printed by D and L.

But I’m really digging Tim Doyle’s rendering of the scene right before the infamous line “Leave the gunR

This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s.

Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the DVDs at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy. So if he ends up putting a movie you like in the “Skip it” section without having seen it, please keep in mind that the time you could spend leaving a spiteful but ultimately futile commen

Casual readers of /Film will know that we’re all big fans of David Simon’s HBO series The Wire. In fact, Slashfilm editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta recently admitted that after months of disgracefully leaving The Wire on his DVD shelf, he finally gave season 1 a spin (his reaction? “Why did I not watch this sooner?“).

Livejournal user Patty Boh recently discovered that the soundstages for The Wire were still intact, so he somehow got access to them and photographically documented the results. The resulting photoset is both haunting and nostalgic, a sad, hollowed-out remembrance of one of the greatest television shows of our generation.

According to Patty, the building that houses the sets is scheduled for demolition and w