There's no argument that many games rival big-budget movies now in terms of production, and just like the movies, they know that you've got to use a little sizzle to sell the steak. The art of the game trailer has progressed in ways we never could have imagined, and today we celebrate the best of the best.

10. BioShock 2: The debate is over whether BioShock Infinite is better or worse than BioShock, but pretty much everyone agrees that the entry between them is inferior to both. That may be true, but there's one area where it's clearly the winner, and that's in its trailer. Less modern and "edgy" than Infinite, and better graphically and atmospherically than BioShock, it's a real stunner. Shame about the game itself.

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The year 1993 was awesome.

I mean, in what other year could cinema reach the heights of Schindler's List, Philadelphia, The Piano, Tombstone, The Fugitive, True Romance and Short Cuts while also providing us with Demolition Man, Leprechaun and Surf Ninjas?

Let's see, 1993, of course, that year after 1992 and before 1994, when gangster rap and grunge were still king and we were begging our parents for Zubaz pants.

And I haven't even mentioned Falling Down, Groundhog Day, What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Grumpy Old Men, Dazed And Confused and Mrs. Doubtfire.

REWIND:

D-FENS: 1993's Vigilante Porn Epic Falling Down Turns 20 Years Old

In just weeks, Jurassic Park will be re-released in 3D for nostalgic Gen-Y dopes like me to enjoy all over again. Hold on to your butts.

How many of these movies from 1993 could I watch over and over again? Almost all of them. Even the underrated presidential comedy Dave, with Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. That film introduced me to the magic of Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn and Ving Rhames.

Sure, 1993 also featured Cop & A Half, Mr. Nanny and Super Mario Bros. stinking up the theaters, but if you see any of those on basic cable, you stop folding laundry for at least five minutes.

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Hangover II sucked. It was a cash-grab, which doesn't mean that The Hangover was some sort of cinematic classic, though I could watch the first one endlessly.

Oh, the days when Zack Galafianakis wasn't overexposed.

Before this movie, young men came to the city of Las Vegas to spend thousands of dollars to get drunk and fail at getting laid on bachelor party trips. Now every supposed "wolf pack" from disparate parts of the world come to Vegas to set fires, get shot, and steal tigers. And you can get movie merch in every gift shop.

Here comes the teaser trailer for the supposed end of the series. The Hangover Part III is due to hit theaters in time for Memorial Day, May 24.

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Foster, center, on set with actors Scott Caan and Alex O'Loughlin.

While he was in Hawaii a few weeks back playing the 2013 Pro Bowl, Houston Texans running back and Twitter philosopher Arian Foster found time to shoot a few scenes for an upcoming Hawaii Five-O episode that centers around a murder on the island.

Foster, in his acting debut, plays himself. Other guests on this episode include that dude from Train, Pat Monahan, and Larry Manetti from Magnum P.I. fame.

Too bad they couldn't snag J.J. Watt to play some sort of bounty hunter, or have Matt Schaub play a tree.

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Arrs inna cahr thas really farst

This past weekend during the Super Bowl, another teaser for Fast & Furious 6 was released to captive audiences. Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Michelle Rodriguez, the film once again reteams the core group from the first Furious movie for another adventure on four wheels.

Seriously, someone from the studio should pay me for that exquisite line of copy.

The best part of the FF series has to be the title of each subsequent movie in the ongoing car opera.

We went from The Fast And The Furious, which sounded like a cool karate movie, but was really about cars and guns. 2 Fast 2 Furious, which was quick and 2 the point, letting viewers know it was a sequel.

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Comedy Central

Futurama's Planet Express crew returns with 13 new episodes this summer on Comedy Central. Last summer's run of episodes ended in August 2012. This new season is actually the second-half of seven season.

If last year's schedule is any indication, the new episodes should begin premiering in late June.

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The film adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya's controversial supernatural novel Bless Me, Ultima is heading to the big screen in limited release on February 22.

This is big news since the film -- which finished production over two years back -- hasn't had a firm release date.

The book, first published in 1972, has long been a Chicano literary staple in schools, though there has been some backlash along the way. It holds the esteemed honor of being one of the most-challenged books in history too, alongside American Psycho, The Color Purple, and Catch-22.

The film is directed by Carl Franklin, from his own screenplay. Franklin previously directed the 1995 crime noir Devil In A Blue Dress, One True Thing, Out Of Time, plus episodes of TV dramas such as Falling Skies and The Pacific. He currently has three other projects in development, according to IMDbPro.

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From 1969 until 1976, ABC presented an original made-for-TV movie each week, featuring big actors, big budgets and big-time names behind the cameras. Now, through the magic and flagrant piracy of YouTube, you can watch more than a handful of these thrillers, screamers and dramas in full.

Charles787980's ABC Movie of the Week Channel features 88 films, presented in their complete form, sans commercials.

Many people forget that some of the most landmark tearjerkers of the '70s were actually TV movies, like the jockudrama Brian's Song, Steven Spielberg's Duel, drunk drama The Morning After and Time Travelers.

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Drive, but with motorcycles.

The trailer for Ryan Gosling's newest begins with Suicide's "Che", which nearly sold me on the picture sight unseen, because I am a Suicide geek. But The Place Beyond The Pines actually looks very, very good. Plus the synopsis is provocative.

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

So you have Ryan Gosling (with a bleached blond 'do), motorcycles, crime, a family drama, scumbag Ray Liotta, and Bradley Cooper being Bradley Cooper but skinnier. I do not see this movie doing well among Drive fan-boys (like me) and female Baby Goose freaks one bit. Not one single bit.

The Place Beyond The Pines comes from director Derek Cianfrance, who previously helmed Gosling's indie tearjerker Blue Valentine. He's also working on something called Metalhead, which sounds interesting, pun intended.

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If you have a cruel boss who is still keeping you in the office today, Art Attack is here to help you pass the time with a collection of random Christmas videos you can find free and in full on YouTube.

Maybe you never seen the Star Wars Christmas special. Maybe you want to finally see It's A Wonderful Life, or you just can't enough of Frosty and Rudolph and those once-a-year showings on broadcast TV aren't cutting it.

I also threw in a few Christmas episodes from some of your favorite sitcoms. Trust me, YouTube is an endless time-suck of holiday episodes. Did you know that there was even a Mr. Bean Christmas special?

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