Congrats to Tucson filmmaker Alex Italics, whose JFK assassination-themed music video was picked by comedian John Hodgman as one of the winners of a contest to produce a music video for They Might Be Giants' "Am I Awake." Mighty cool, in the humble opinion of The Range.

Elsewhere on the Alex Italics beat: His short film Sheltered Love is racking up all kinds of awards at festivals around the country. You have a chance to see it tonight at the Loft Cinema's First Friday Shorts—which also happens to be the night that they show the best of the last year's winners, so you won't want to miss it. Show starts at 9 p.m. Get the lowdown here.

After the jump: A trailer for Sheltered Love.

If you’re a fan of horror-movie soundtracks and/or spooky prog rock, you’ll want to be at the Marquee Theater in Tempe this Thursday night. Legendary Italian soundtrack maestros Goblin are playing an ultra-rare gig that you're not likely to witness again. Get ready for some scorching renditions of tunes from the cult classic horror films Suspiria, Dawn of the Dead, Tenebre, Deep Red, and hopefully some numbers from their debut album Roller, one of their few non-soundtrack albums.

Goblin played a few select gigs across the U.S. last year, and now they’re on a brief tour that’ll take them through the southwest. The band has been through several line-ups since their incarnation; this tour features original keyboardist Maurizo Guarini, guitarist Massimo Morante, bass player Fabio Pignatelli and drummer Agostino Marangolo.

Star Wars fans haven't been happy since 1983. The highly anticipated Star Wars casting was finally released on Tuesday. The casting features some great actors and no name up-and-comers, and some fan favorites. The biggest flags raised is that there's only one female lead in the sea of male actors, and Billy Dee Williams was left out of the picture.

The official press release:

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

The Nerdist News' Jessica Chobot does a great job picking apart the Star Wars casting photo:

• Copyright and Photo Credit: David James.
• "April 29th, Pinewood Studios, UK - Writer/Director/Producer J.J Abrams (top center right) at the cast read-through of Star Wars Episode VII at Pinewood Studios with (clockwise from right) Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Producer Bryan Burk, Lucasfilm President and Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Writer Lawrence Kasdan."

The latest Asian Godzilla is the best one yet. Less Brian "Heisenberg" Cranston yelling, but more Godzilla cries. We're just grateful that Matthew Broderick has nothing to do with this reboot.

"My dad has been collecting penises for a long time," says Sigurour “Siggi” Hjartarson's son. Hjartarson is the owner and curator of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, located a half-hour from the Arctic Circle.

Welcome to The Final Member, a new documentary about a museum of dicks.

Hjartarson's museum is dedicated to the preservation of mammalian genitalia. From the impressive length of a sperm whale's member (nearly six feet) to a measly hamster's piece (2mm), Hjartarson's got them all, except one. There's one lone empty jar, eagerly awaiting a human penis.

The Final Member chronicles not only the likable Hjartarson's various eccentricities (he's really into his museum; he wears bow-ties fashioned out of whale-dick bone, and he takes long walks on the Icelandic countrywide with a bull's penis for a walking stick), but it also showcases two men competing to get their appendages in the museum first.

First up is Pall Arason, a 95-year-old Iceland native, adventurer and a self-proclaimed womanizer. He wants his manhood preserved, but there are concerns about elderly shrinkage. In Iceland, there's something about "legal length," and the explanation is one of the film's most side-splitting scenes. Poor Arason is involved in the doc's most harrowing sequence, when attempts to encase his penis in a plaster cast go horribly awry.

In the “Say, Where’s The Promotion?” department, there’s a special “Pre-Screening” of Nicholas Stoller’s (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) latest film, Neighbors. Starring Seth Rogen and current cuddly bad-boy Zac Efron as two warring neighbors (as far as I can tell, this is not a remake of the bizarre John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd film of the same name), this is sure to be a hit amongst the backwards baseball cap and red cup set this summer. The screening kicks off tonight at the Gallagher Theater, across from the food court in the Student Union Memorial Center over at the U of A. Here’s some kickers: this screening is FREE with a CatCard, and there’s a post-screening Q&A with Neighbors actors Jerrod Carmichael, Dave Franco (James’ little brother) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin from Superbad). I’m going to assume this is a Skype deal; the website recommends you tweet your questions with the hashtag #NeighborsUA. For more info, visit union.arizona.edu.

The spice will flow heavily this week over at the Loft Cinema. Not only are they opening up the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune on Friday, they’re also throwing in David Lynch’s 1984 version as well. Playing as part of the Loft’s Late Night Cult Classics series, Lynch’s outlandish (is there any other kind with this guy?) adaptation of Frank Herbert’s landmark sci-fi novel is either a masterpiece or a disastrous failure, depending on what day of the week it is. I go back and forth all the time. It was a huge flop on it’s release, and the war between Lynch and the studio is the stuff of legend (Lynch even slapped an Alan Smithee credit on the extended-cut TV version). Still, Dune is a daring film and it’s stuffed full of Lynch trademarks (garbled voices, freakish dream sequences, oozing liquids and rock musicians in co-starring roles), and it’ll be a hoot to see it stacked against Jodorowsky’s vision. I'll say this: Jodorowky wanted Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon era) to compose the score, but Lynch got Toto (never good in any era). Dune plays on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 at 10 p.m. Tickets are $6 and $5 for Loft members. MUAD’DIB!

Everyone's a critic, and the internet is full of ignorant trolls that love to voice their unwanted opinions. Someone started a Tumblr page that takes pretentious quotes from "credible" reviewers and replaces them with hilarious one-star Amazon user reviews. So, be careful what you say on the Internet because it might come back to haunt you in the form of a meta Tumblr blog.

Here are some of my favorites:

• From Awful Review Posters.

There’s a lot of changing of the guard going on in Tucson right now; some for the better, and some for the worse. Crossroads cinema, 4811 E. Grant Rd., is not exempt. On Sunday, April 20, the theater is closing their doors. After much revamping, Roadhouse Cinemas will open this fall at that spot. Remember folks, watching a movie and drinking a beer is hardly a negative notion. Thanks for all the movies, Crossroads.

Top 5 Reasons Why You Should See High Fidelity This Weekend At The Loft Cinema.

5.Because it features Tim Robbins as a hilarious, ponytail wearing, tantric sex having, new-age “Supertramp fan.”
4.This was before John Cusack started making largely forgettable movies.
3.This was the peak of Jack Black’s now tiresome schtick.
2.It pretty much sums up what it was like working at a record store, warts and all. Plus, Record Store Day is tomorrow. Do your duty.
1.If you’ve ever been unlucky in love and you’re obsessed with pop culture, you’ll be able to relate in either a minor or major fashion.

Check out High Fidelity tonight and Saturday, April 19 at 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $6, $5 for Loft members.

On Wednesday, April 23, the Loft presents Romeo & Juliet, the 1968 adaption of Shakespeare’s tale of two star-crossed lovers directed by Franco Zeffirelli. This version stars Leonard Whiting and doe-eyed Olivia Hussey as the title characters, plus a great performance from Michael York as the hot-tempered Tybalt. Dig the Nino Rota score, as well. You can catch this at 7 p.m. Tickets are regular admission, and more information can be found at loftcinema.com.

The Fox Theatre is playing Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent film The General on Saturday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. It’s not just a regular screening—Tucson’s own ChamberLab is providing a live original soundtrack. I look forward to seeing what they do with the bridge sequence. Tickets are a paltry $10, and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

I don’t think I’ve ever been able to watch The Muppets after creator Jim Henson died in 1990. Besides being 12 years old and more interested in horror movies and boobs on Cinemax, I couldn’t get past Kermit the Frog’s weird new voice. If you’re like me, you’ll be happy knowing The Loft Cinema is presenting 1981’s The Great Muppet Caper on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12. The Great Muppet Caper stars all your favorite Muppets (the whole gang’s here), plus Diana Rigg (currently playing Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones) as the victim of a jewel heist, the eternally monotone Charles Grodin as a sleazy thief, and great cameos by John Cleese, Peter Falk, and Jack Warden. The film plays at 10 p.m. each night, plus a 11 a.m. screening on Saturday morning for the kiddos. Admission is $6 and $5 for Loft members.

The Loft's April film series, Much Ado About Shakespeare: A 450th Birthday Celebration, continues this week with Kenneth Branagh’s enjoyable take on one of Shakespeare’s finest comedies, Much Ado About Nothing. The 1993 adaptation, about a young woman wrongly accused of being unchaste and the resulting comedic fallout, has a stellar cast (Branagh, Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington, scene-stealing Michael Keaton and whoa, Keanu Reeves) and Branagh was at his peak here. The film plays on Wednesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. Tickets are regular admission. For more information, visit loftcinema.com or call 795-0844.

On Saturday, April 12, Exploded View , along with the U of A German Studies Department, presents Michael Klier’s Der Riese (The Giant), a film that uniquely consists of footage from surveillance cameras. Add along ominous music by Mahler and Wagner and you got yourself one chilling look at the surveillance state. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $5. Also at Exploded View this week is LA UNDERGROUND #2- BURNING BUNGALOWS: Experimental Film & Animation on the Road From LA. This is the second part in a series that looks at experimental media coming from the City of Angels. According to EV’s website, “the films tend toward an ethereal conjuring of spirits with a dystopian punk attitude.” Several filmmakers will be in attendance to present their works. Check it out on Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5, and more info can be found at explodedviewgallery.org or call 366-1573.

• Photo courtesy of the Fox Theatre.

What are your favorite Quentin Tarantino films you would like to see on the big screen again or for the first time? If you said Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 & 2, then here's some good news. The Fox Theatre has decided to pay homage to the film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor by screening four of his best films in the month of May.

Reservoir Dogs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8.

Award-winning film Pulp Fiction on 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10.