• Alright folks, well the big news today is that the uplink that News Askew uses has been upgraded from a 10Mbps connection to a 100Mbps connection. In non-techie terms, this means an even faster load time, and MUCH faster response during busy times like trailer downloading and the like. So, in short, the site should be faster than ever for you regardless of what you’re doing here. Enjoy.

Some cool DVDs coming out lately, in addition to the View Askew stuff. The new Die Hard box set is going to keep things VERY occupied this week, the series has always been a guilty pleasure…And speaking of which, Big Brother and Fear Factor are proving hard to resist during the slower summer TV months. As for theaters, Scary Movie 2 really wasn’t that good (aside from that inspired Exorcist into and the subtle John Woo reference), but the Jay & Bob trailer looked very slick. Still no word on when we’ll have an online version of that trailer, but those of you who have yet to see it will be surprised. While the trailer DOES show a great deal of the film and the characters that appear, it keeps the jokes and the plotline stuff fairly minimal. Hopefully this will still leave a lot of laughs and surprises for you this August. Doesn’t look like they’re taking the American Pie route and showing EVERY funny sequence in the trailer. A good move. Finally, though it’s been an incredibly busy week, the DVD review of A Better Place is in the works. There’s still a commentary track to listen to before finishing it up, but look for that coming soon.

Phew. Alright. All that being said, let’s take a look at some news for today: