"Training Day" is a fun flick. Ethan Hawke's young whipper-snapper of a cop gets a crash course in Dirty Cop 101 from his corrupt new partner Alonzo (Denzel Washington). There's drug use, police brutality, kickbacks, a whole galaxy of underhanded plots and officials high up in the food chain who willingly turn a blind eye to it all.

Cinemash's send-up of "Training Day" flips the clean cop/corrupt cop roles, with Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin'!) playing a hardened dirty cop and Common as his older, peace-abiding partner. These send-ups are getting better and better, though next week might be pretty hard to top: "Carrie," with Will Arnett in the role of the disgruntled, telekinetic high school girl. Sign. Me. Up.

Did “Terminator Salvation” thrill you, bore you or simply tick you off? No matter how you feel, you’ll definitely want to take a look at a feature we just took live over on the MTV Movies page, in which director McG answers some burning plot questions from you guys.

And thanks to the power of the Movies Blog, here are four more questions McG was eager to sink his teeth into. Think of them as bonus features, minus the DVD:

Q: In the earlier movies, Skynet is not aware of Kyle Reese. So, why are they aware of him now? Read more...

I pity the fool who doesn’t think that Common would bring the badass back to B.A. Baracus in Joe Carnahan’s upcoming big-screen adaptation of “The A-Team.” The guy is big and intimidating, a startlingly effective screen presence, and he harnesses the sort of inner teddy bear quality that made Mr. T such a fan favorite for kids all those years ago.

Over the weekend, the “Terminator Salvation” star confirmed to us that the buzz is indeed building, and that he may someday slip behind the driver’s wheel of that famous black-and-red van. “Yeah, I’ve been hearing that, man,” said the actor/rapper. “I’ve been hearing that.” Read more...

The “Terminator: Salvation” countdown to armageddon is in full force these days, as a new trailer and new “living” poster have flooded the web. Now, chart-topping rapper/actor Common has some big news to help stir the pot: He’ll be contributing an original song to the film’s soundtrack, with lyrics inspired by those terrifying Terminator robots.

As he prepared to release his 8th album “Universal Mind Control” this week, Common was eager to discuss his excitement at not only acting in the Christian Bale flick, but also once again uniting the two loves of his life. “Yes, definitely,” he said when asked if he’d contribute a song to the “Terminator” album, as he did with “Smokin’ Aces” a few years back. “I would love to put a song on it, and I will do something for the soundtrack, as soon as that is going I will do something for it.” Read more...

FROM SPLASH PAGE: His day job has made Common a hit with the critics and kept him at the top of the charts over the last several years -- a trend that seems likely to continue as his eagerly-anticipated “Universal Mind Control” hits stores today. But moviegoers have had their own epiphany while enjoying his soulful presence in “Smokin’ Aces,” “Street Kings” and “American Gangster,” and the Chicago-born rapper is holding out hope that his most recent gig might give him his first film franchise.

Terrence Stamp told us awhile back that his character was written in specifically for sequel purposes, and screenwriter Chris Morgan has been hired to write "Wanted 2." But, after Angelina Jolie offered her own input into the conclusion of “Wanted,” the franchise seems to have painted itself into a corner.

SPOILER ALERT: Want to know why? Keep reading.

For more on Common's desire to return for "Wanted 2," head over to SplashPage.MTV.com.

- The best thing about starring in comic book movies? You get older and the heroes stay the same age. Matthew McConaughey reportedly tops Marvel's list for Captain America. (Cinema Blend)

- Common signs on to star in "Terminator 4." (Variety)

- What if Hellboy were drawn by Matt Groening? Matt Groening himself answers that question. (/film)

- "Sex and the City" director denies killing off Mr. Big. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Zack Synder releases second video journal from the set of "Watchmen." (JoBlo)

From the writer of "Training Day" comes "Street Kings, the story of a hardened cop (Reeves) who is forced to go against his own department when he's framed for the murder of a fellow cop. Co-starring Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans and Common, the film hits theaters on April 11. Check out an exclusive sneak below.

After getting postponed for several months due to the Writer's Strike, "Justice League of America" got more bad news last week when the film was denied necessary subsidies to shoot in Australia, calling into question whether or not the movie would ever get made at all.

It's "blackest night" for the high-powered supers. Luckily for them, that's just about the time when the Green Lantern usually steps in. Only now he's asking for a little help...yours.

"I would love to say it will go through," Common, who was cast as John Stewart, the Green Lantern, told MTV News of where he stood with "JLA." "I pray and hope that it will. Keep speaking it for real and it's gonna happen."

A power greater than Superman? Than the Green Lantern's ring? It belongs to us, Common insisted. Read more...

From the first time Clark Kent walked into a phone booth mild mannered and walked out able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, the concept of superheroes having dual identities has been almost as important to the genre as the superpowers themselves. Not so for John Stewart, Earth's fourth Green Lantern and sometimes member of the "Justice League of America" -- one of the more prominent heroes to choose not to wear a mask.

Now the actor who was cast to play him is pulling back his.

Long rumored to be in contention for the role, Common confirmed to MTV News for the first time publically that he was cast in the now dormant film, calling being picked for the role "an honor." Read more...

That's the question on the streets as Ridley Scott's retro gangbanger epic hits theaters today. In the video below, "American Gangster" castmembers Denzel Washington, Common, RZA and Russell Crowe explain why the flick isn't your average rags-to-riches story. When you're done watching that, click here to read about our report on the "American Gangster" DVD bootlegs flooding the country.