Every Saturday, Bostonist reaps what YouTube has sewn; bringing you the choicest fruit from this week's crop of Boston-based videos. This week's viral video installment might be a little too ripe for those with delicate sensibilities. YouTube is no stranger to the movie spoof; so it is no surprise that one of the best movies set in our fair city, The Departed, would be given the parody treatment. It's not even particularly shocking that someone......

Joshua will screen at Coolidge Corner Wednesday, June 20, at 7:00 pm. The sneak preview is free, the director will be there, and seats are first come, first serve. Join us for a special sneak preview of this new psychologial thriller starring Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga. Director George Ratliff will be on hand for a Q&A session after the screening. Please note: admission to this screening will be first-come, first served as space allows.......

Thelma Schoonmaker will be honored with a Coolidge Award at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 11, at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $35 ($30 for Coolidge members). Coolidge Corner Theater will also hold a panel to discuss The Departed at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 12. Tickets are $20 ($15 for Coolidge members). Director Martin Scorsese is a legend who finally won his long-overdue Oscar with The Departed, but would his movies be as good without......

We thought that all the movie trailer mashups we were going to see this year that had anything to do with Boston would feature Ignignokt and Err. Thankfully there's one out there making fun of Boston for being Beantown rather than our little bomb scare. The HeFarted might be immature in it's premise – but we'd argue that the fart joke is actually just timeless. Don't miss The Departed: The Fucking Short Version, after the......

The Brattle will kick off the "Hot Fuzztival" today, Friday, March 16. To get a pass to the screening of Hot Fuzz on Sunday, March 25, you'll need to see one of the "fuzztastic" movies picked by the Hot Fuzz filmmakers. It can't be that hard, can it? First of all, not matter how much Hot Fuzz sounds like a porno flick, it's not what you think. The team behind Shaun of the Dead has......

The universe of legal downloads has expanded. When we heard Amazon and TiVo were partnering on video downloads, we were pretty excited, but we were nervous about the quality of the videos and the cost of the service. Legal video downloads are a mixed bag. The iTunes video selection has improved, but it still lacks the element of surprise - the thrill of exclaiming, "I never thought they'd have that!" And there's also the very......

Just minutes after midnight The Departed took home two big awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences started handing out Oscar statues at around 8:45 pm (here on the east coast, much earlier for those watching it in Hollywood). The Departed was our local favorite and hit 4 out of 5. Alan Arkin, who won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role, may have been good in Little Miss Sunshine but......

We're about a month away from the Dropkick Murphy's multi-night stint in the Hub for St. Patrick's Day and just a week out from The Departed DVD release (today is the release for UK, Japan, and other region 2 countries) , perhaps that's all the reason we need to put up a video. The Dropkick Murphy's "I'm Shipping up to Boston" video featuring some scenes from the film and a whole lot of Irish punk......

Just last week at the Golden Globes Martin Scorsese took home the award for Best Director. Hollywood buffs tell us that the Golden Globes don't match up with what can be expected when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives out their 79th annual statues on February 25 this year, but the nominations released yesterday show that some of the boys from the film at least get to put Oscar Nominated next to......

Last night the Golden Globes were awarded in California. We would have watched but 24 was on with hours 3 and 4 of season 6. If Scarlett was going to get groped again surely it'd be up on the internets in a matter of minutes (she didn't and it isn't). This morning we checked out the coverage of some of our favorite nominees. The Departed brought Southie to the big screen this year, and......

Reports have been circulating for over a week now that James "Whitey" Bulger was spotted at a screening of The Departed playing in San Diego. An FBI agent may or may not have seen him, and the man in question may or may not have slipped onto a bus to Mexico shortly after the conclusion of the film. Investigators on the Bulger Fugitive Task Force told the Boston Globe that they can't substantiate the sighting......

It's finally here. The feature film that brought traffic snarls and gaping tourists and residents to scene location across the Hub is finally hitting theaters today. The Departed opens nationwide tonight. They didn't have the premier in Boston as was originally planned – instead NYC got the red carpet for the movie. A film by Scorsese with a fair amount of star power is the recipe for a flash forward this week – we'll be......

In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. Friday 10/06 Jesus Camp Ted Haggard, megapastor of Colorado Springs' New Life megachurch, has megacondemned this unflinching documentary (horror movie, for Cantabrigians), possibly because pentecostalism could freak out potential megachurchgoers, or possibly because Ted Haggard is in it and he comes off as megacreepy. Opening......

When the cast and crew of the latest Scorsese flick, "The Departed" descended on Boston last year, Bostonist was excited to see some real movie stars film in the real streets of Boston (and not Toronto, Vancouver, or any other more affordable Canadian city). Unfortunately, they were only here about a month before heading down to New York City to use it as the backdrop for what is supposed to be an entire story......

Sitting through two minutes and thirty seconds of a trailer can sometimes be painful.The trailer is for The Departed, which spent about a month last year filming exterior shots in town, had us watching closely and hitting repeat for the places we know. Zakim, as the seemingly new icon, makes an appearance. The gold dome of the State House can be seen through a couple of office windows. Chinatown looks amazingly like a fantastic destination,......

Bostonist loves the Inside Track ladies at the Herald. They’ve got their finger on the tiny trickle of celebrity and athlete gossip coming from the Hub. As was pointed out earlier this year, they were the only ones who could keep track of The Departed. But this morning they’re knocking on the Internet and Bosonist’s “Weather or Not” man Todd Gross. Set to make an appearance this morning on WAAF, before Todd went live, the......

Boston Herald "Sweet Shot"Perhaps the Herald is feeling a little pissed this week after their neimesis, The Boston Globe, launched their new feature, Sidekick, a tabloid-styled What's Happening section. The Herald's Inside Track ladies always have the top gossip on celebrities, athletes, etc. The Globe living section focuses more on things to see, do, etc. around the city than the "who" to see, do, etc. The Herald threw a few jabs at the Boston Globe......

Boston has become home to some Hollywood stars for a few weeks as director Martin Scorsese's new film, "The Departed," finally began filming. This movie is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film, "Infernal Affairs," and will feature some big Hollywood talent. IMDB describes it in the following blurb: "The story, set in Boston, revolves around a gangster (Matt Damon) who infiltrates the police department and a cop (Leonardo DiCaprio) who infiltrates the gangs.......

Bostonist is super-excited about the fact that Martin Scorcese's coming to town to film The Departed, his adaptation of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. Hopefully this film will be one of the Boston-based films that will do this town proud. Most Boston-based films are simply about thugs. Or dying collegiates. Or Jimmy Fallon. And while Bostonist agrees that Marty was simply robbed of Best Director a couple of times, (and he tends to lose......