Rob Dyrdek Gets Into The Burrito Business

By Michael Lopez

Who knew extreme sports and Mexican food blended together so well? Pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek certainly thinks that’s the case and he’s launched a line of frozen burritos to prove it.

Dubbed Loud Mouth Burritos, the Dyrdek brand is not your traditional bean and cheese combination. His tasty treats come in flavors like Cheeseburger and Pepperoni Pizza. They also contain exactly 420 calories, which may be a wink and a nod toward his “enlightened” audience.

“Loud Mouth is a novelty food brand that is bringing together the great tastes of Mexicana and Americana,” Rob’s website said. “For the first time in its history, the frozen burrito is going through a structural transformation. Loud Mouth is going to revolutionize this age-old eating experience by blending bold and delicious flavors under the roof of a tortilla.”

Ever the salesman, Dyrdek even branded himself with a Mexican flag on the Loud Mouth site. Will it translate into sales? Most likely, but they’ll still have to compete with that other Mexican munchie chain.

Would you buy a Loud Mouth burrito? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3.

Review: ‘The Chernobyl Diaries’ Play Up The Cheese Factor

By Michael Lopez

Oh how we had high hopes for The Chernobyl Diaries. The premise felt fresh and exciting, the trailers were scary as hell and the man behind Paranormal Activity was sitting in the producer’s chair. But despite all of those perks, the movie can’t escape the cheesy horror clichés and loses steam quick.

For the record, Chernobyl starts out very strong. The first 20 minutes feel like a setup for a real white-knuckle fear fest. The shooting style is reminiscent of Paranormal (though technically not in the “found footage” genre), the acting is solid and the Eastern European setting has plenty of scary avenues to explore.

As it begins, we meet a group of four college kids vacationing through Ukraine. One of them hears about an “adventure tour” to the forbidden town of Pripyat, which is just a stone’s throw away from where the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster took place.

The purpose of the tour is to explore an actual ghost town, where life has stood still for over 25 years. It all seems to go well…UNTIL the group’s tour van mysteriously runs out of juice (right before nightfall of course). As you can imagine, when the moon rises all kinds of bad things start to happen.

And that’s where the movie takes a turn for the worse. This concept literally had so many interesting possibilities. Could they be facing mutated animals? Killer zombies? Or ghosts of the souls who perished? Unfortunately for the audience, the filmmakers chose to go with uninspiring humanoids.

Soon every horror cliché in the book gets thrown at us (especially the “Don’t Go In There!” scene) and the so-called heroes of the movie aren’t people you really want to root for. The ending feels thrown together too, making a very weak payoff for a very inspiring premise.

Bottom line: We’re big fans of Oren Peli’s storytelling style. His Paranormal Activity movies helped re-invigorate the horror genre, which is part of the reason we’re so disappointed with Chernobyl. This is a substandard zombie flick at best and will definitely evoke more sarcastic laughs than scares.

What’s your favorite horror movie? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3.