Congrats to Mason Willard, Ron Liu and Laura Pearce for winning the Spartacus/PS3 contest. Mason Willard won the grand prize of a Blu-Ray copy of Spartacus: Blood and Sand and a PS3 to watch it on while Ron and Laura won copies of the Spartacus: Blood and Sand on DVD.  I’ve contacted you guys the only way I know how. Through telepathy. So please respond with your mailing info to contest @ theblemish.com or through Facebook. Also through telepathy. You guys got two days to respond.

Enter to win the first season of the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand on Blu-Ray and a PS3 to play it on.

Since I don’t want to read a bunch of unfunny captions that might make me slit my wrists, I’ll make this easy for you. Rules are simple.

Answer these 2 questions and post it either as a comment using a valid email address, in an email or on The Blemish’s Facebook wall (email = contest [at] theblemish.com, Facebook = facebook.com/theblemish)

A) Which actor plays Spartacus in Season 1 of the series?
B) Why did this actor pull out of Season 2?

Contest ends next week on 11/24. Three winners will be chosen at random. Don’t copy and paste either.

1st place: Spartacus Blu-Ray + PS3
2nd place: Spartacus Blu-Ray
3rd place: Spartacus Blu-Ray

Double entry points if you fan The Blemish on Facebook and/or send me your boobs in an email.

Sidenote: This isn’t the only contest you can enter. There’s also two others going on at the Spartacus Facebook fan page here. One is a trivia contest and another is a caption contest. Follow @Spartacus_Starz on Twitter and fan the series here because they made this possible.

This is a pretty haphazard contest and I think I was supposed to run it last week but I got distracted by a bird outside my window. Oh, look. There it is again.

To celebrate the release of Kick-Ass (which was very enjoyable ) I have two Kick-Ass Blu-Rays to give away. Both include a DVD copy and digital copy.

Up top is the picture you must caption. Here are the rules if you’re one of those people. By “those people” I mean minorities, obviously. Oh, and there’s two ways to win.

Disclaimer: Only open to US/Canada residents for now. Sorry Europe, but I hate you.

One way to win:

1. Write a caption for the photo above and make it funny or something.
2. Post it as a comment below or send it in an email to tips (at) theblemish.com with the subject “Kick-Ass Giveaway“
3. Use a real email address that you check regularly on the comment form or the email so you can be contacted if you win.

Another, easier, way to win:

1. Become a fan of The Blemish Facebook page here.
2. Comment with a caption for the same photo that I’ll post on the wall shortly

The 2nd way to win will be much easier because there are only 2 people that pay attention to the page so you have a 33% chance of winning.

A winner from the comment/email version and a winner from the Facebook version will be chosen by me and a friend so it’ll be unbiased. This contest will run until August 9th.

Congrats to JT who has until Monday to contact me with their info. His caption was:

“After her recent investment Paris Hilton realized her monument didn’t quite turn out the way she planned.”

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Music were nice enough to offer the Cadillac Records Blu-Ray and soundtrack for me to giveaway. For those of you who don’t know, Beyonce plays Etta James in the film which should give the real Etta an aneurysm.

Rules, as always, are simple:

1. Come up with a caption for the photo above
2. Leave it as a comment or send it through email to

Winners will be decided based on the best caption on Friday, March 6. This contest is only open to US residents. Sorry out of countrymen. Next time. Also, bonus points if you can work in a reference to Cadillac Records or Beyonce.

Friday is the last day to enter the Cadillac Records caption contest. So, get to captioning you swine! *Makes a whip cracking sound*

Only 3 days left to enter.

Milk is in limited release right now but is set to go wide on December 12. It stars Sean Penn and James Francoe. If all this is news to you, get out from under your rock and read about it. Continue reading to find out how to win.

After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city’s mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White’s attempt to rescind his resignation from the board.

Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man’s personal life and career.

Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk’s real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.

Consequently, I was told I could give away a few prizes for the movie. So here’s your chance to win your very own Milk prize pack (pic here). Four winners will be chosen.

First place will win the grand prize:

Levi’s Canvas Tote Bag filled with:

• Sweatshirt (made from recycled materials)
• Script Book
• Hat
• T-Shirt
• Soundtrack
• Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk

3 runners up will win:

Levi’s Canvas Tote Bag filled with:

• Hat
• T-shirt
• Soundtrack
• Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk

All you have to do is:

1. Come up with a caption for the image up top.
2. Post it in the comments or if you’re one of those people, e-mail it to . Remember to use a valid e-mail address so I can notify you if you win and set your junk filters to accept mail from me.

The contest will end in 4 weeks on Monday, January 5.

Here’s the trailer for those interested.

Congratulations to Reva Skie for his entry “The countdown to the start of the mystery meat eating race had the participants on edge” and to Joe for his entry “So I file a 1099 on my winnings? What about my 401K contributions?” I’ve sent you an email. Just reply with your info within 48 hrs. Thanks to all those who entered. Keep an eye out for more caption contests.

Jason Stathman’s Death Race is out on DVD right now and as an early Christmas present, I’m giving away two copies of the movie on that fancy DVD format. If you have no idea what a Death Race is

In the ultimate extreme sports event, hardened convicts race to the death to earn their freedom. Sizzling action stars Jason Statham and Tyrese Gibson team up with Ian McShane and Joan Allen in the year’s ultimate demolition derby.

To summarize, bad guys race medieval vehicles and blow shit up.

Rules for the contest are as follows:

1. Think of a caption for the above picture
2. Submit your caption in the comments or as an email to this address (use your real e-mail address)

Contest ends Friday, December 26. Also, I read somewhere that Jason Statham is a ninja so you better start entering before he swears a blood oath to kill your family and F your girlfriend.

Congrats Sunaina. I emailed you about your prize, but you still haven’t replied. Is it something I said? Anyway, 24 hrs left until this goes to another lucky winner.

It’s contest time! The winner will receive 1 signed poster by Thomas Alfredson (the director) and 1 book, the English adaptation of the Swedish best-selling novel.

If you haven’t heard of Let the Right One In, then you must live in a cave because this film is generating a lot of buzz. It’s being hailed as one of the best vampire films to date and looks pretty awesome. How can you go wrong with bloodthirsty kids? So cute. Check out the trailer below or the featurette.

All you have to do to enter is post a comment using an e-mail address you’ll check. Alternatively if you have trust issues, you can email with “Let the Right One In” as the subject line. For the body, you can bestow praise upon me or tell me how much you want me.

Winner will be chosen at random and given 48 hours to respond. Contest will end on October 31, 2008. Oooo, spooky.

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is the inaugural release in Magnet’s “Six Shooter Film Series,” a series of six films highlighting the vanguard of genre cinema from around the globe. Five films will follow over the coming months: Nacho Vigalondo’s TIMECRIMES (Spain), Ollie Blackburn’s DONKEY PUNCH (UK), SPECIAL (US), BIG MAN JAPAN (Japan), and EDEN LOG (France).

There were a lot of good entries and it took a while to get through all of them and pick a winner, but there can only be one. Congrats go to crr with:

Middle-aged & on the skids, Michael Myers attempts to stir interest in “Haloween 7 – Going All the Way”

In spite of the spelling, you win. You have 48 hrs to reply to my email and send me your info.

The Duplass brothers have a new movie called Baghead opening and you can probably guess what it’s about. A guy with a bag over his head. Actually, the description says:

While the Duplass Brothers were shooting their last feature film The Puffy Chair, a crew member raised the question “what’s the scariest thing you can think of?” Someone immediately said “a guy with a bag on his head staring into your window.” Some agreed, but some thought it was downright ridiculous and, if anything, funny (but definitely not scary). Thus, BAGHEAD was born, an attempt to take the absurdly low-concept idea of a “guy with a bag on his head” and make a funny, truthful, endearing film that, maybe, just maybe, was a little bit scary, too.

And because I’m so awesome, I was given the chance to give away a Sony MP3 player. This one if you’re curious. To enter:

1. Come up with a caption for the picture above
2. Write it down as a comment using/leaving a valid e-mail address or email it to me at theblemish (at) gmail.com with the subject “Baghead contest”.
3. Go play with your Barbies.

Contest ends Friday, July 25. 1 entry per person. Check out the trailer below.

Win a Garden Party t-shirt. I’ll be giving away 3 Medium and 3 Large (Men’s) t-shirts. They’re made by American Apparel. Not sure what Garden Party is? Me neither. The trailer is up top and the synopsis is as follows:

On the sleazier side of Sunset, teenage beauty APRIL (Willa Holland) has humble ambitions. She’s searching for a way to get by without taking off her clothes—any more than she already has. But the going is tough.

SALLY ST. CLAIR (Vinessa Shaw) is a realtor whose business has been built upon her sex appeal and secret past. Success has hardened Sally and rendered her disconnected, but it has given her a great eye for spotting lost souls in need of direction.

One such soul is her assistant, NATHAN (Alexander Cendese), who has moved to Los Angeles from Nebraska in search of fame as a dancer. Lacking drive and confidence, Nathan finds himself making late night photocopies for Sally and her clients.

TODD (Richard Gunn) is one of those prospective clients. A porn addicted artist in search of a way out of a sexless relationship and into an adventure, he’s happy to help Sally get revenge for some past indiscretions. In exchange, Sally helps Todd live out his fantasy.

Blazing his own path is SAMMY (Erik Scott Smith), a cunning, off the bus musician/street kid with his eyes on stardom. When Nathan meets SAMMY, Nathan sees a light at the end of the tunnel and maybe more than just a friend, while Sammy sees a much-needed roof over his head

When a local erotic photographer introduces April to Nathan, the dominoes fall on a series of chance encounters. And after everyone has met just about everyone else, each comes away changed in the strangest of ways.

Leave a comment below or email me with your best joke or if you’re like Wes, your hot girlfriend. 6 winners will be chosen to win the T-Shirt below. Contest ends next Tuesday, July 14.

Congrats to Alexandra, winner of the ticket giveaway with the caption: “oH mY God, look at those pants…. I have to get me some of those pants!”

Wes came in a very close second with picture of his girlfriend. Sadly, there was no proof. Next time make her write “The Blemish rocks my socks off”.

You have 48 hrs to respond with your info.

Because I’m so popular, someone is letting me give away two tickets to the New American Music Union festival hosted by American Eagle Outfitters (http://www.ae.com/musicfestival). Per the description:

The New American Music Union is a two day summer music festival, hosted by AEO, in Pittsburgh on August 8th and 9th. Curated by Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the festival combines big artist like Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, The Roots, and Spoon on the main stage with fifteen of the country’s best college bands on stage two.

To enter, think of a good caption for the picture above of Anthony Kiedis. Mine was: “Anthony Kiedis does his best canned tuna impression.” Pretty lame, but screw you, sir! If you have a better one, put it in a comment or email it to me at theblemish (at) gmail.com

Best caption will get two free tickets. Contest ends next Thursday, June 10.

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’d know The Wackness, opening July 3, has been getting positive buzz for a while now. And if that’s not enough, Mary-Kate Olsen is in it. That’s something, right? Hello? IMDB says:

It’s the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby).

Anyway, someone is letting me give away 5 soundtracks to the movie. I’m popular.

To win, leave a comment or e-mail me (theblemish (at) gmail.com, subject: The Wackness giveaway) by Tuesday, July 1 (preferably with a love letter or naked pictures of your hot girlfriend). I’ll choose five winners out of a hat or maybe spin three times around and point at my computer screen five times.

If you comment, leave a valid e-mail address.

“The Wackness” soundtrack track list (all the music featured in the film )

01. “The What” – Notorious B.I.G. feat. Method Man
02. “You Used to Love Me” – Faith Evans
03. “Flava in Your Ear” -Craig Mack
04. “Summertime” – Fresh Prince
05. “Can’t Ya See” – Total
06. “I Can’t Wake Up” – KRS-One
07. “The World is Yours” – Nas
08. “Can I Kick It?” -A Tribe Called Quest
09. “Heaven or Hell” – Raekwon
10. “Bump and Grind” – R. Kelly
11. “Just a Friend” – Biz Markie
12. “Tearz” – Wu Tang Clan
13. “Long Shot Kick the Bucket” – The Pioneers

Including bonus tracks edition
14. “All the Young Dudes” – Mott the Hoople
15. “Season of the Witch” – Donovan

Winner for The Fall‘s coffee table book is John Humphreys with: “Your sex fantasy is ready Mr. Cruise.” Respond to my email in 48 hours or else!

Tarsem Singh, best know for The Cell, has a new moving opening today in LA and NY called The Fall. It’s trippy and you should go watch it or at least watch the trailer for it (above). I’m not sure if there’s even a plot because it looks like one bad acid trip, but IMDB says:

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman (Pace) begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm (Untaru), a fantastical story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

And now I’m giving away a coffee table book of a bunch of images from The Fall. It is “one coffee table book of all the amazing images from THE FALL hardbound and signed by filmmaker Tarsem and star Lee Pace, these books are not for sale and will be collector items. The book is AMAZING and the images are gorgeous.”

As usual, it will be a caption contest. This one ends May 13, 2008. Picture below.

Rules are simple:

1. Come up with a witty caption for the picture above
2. Write it down as a comment (preferred) using/leaving a valid e-mail address or email it to me at theblemish (at) gmail.com with the subject “The Fall contest”.
3. Watch the movie.

Only one winner will be chosen this time.