Rob Bricken, Author at Gizmodo

In the Flesh shows the downsides of being a “cured” zombie

Pardon the pun, but this new trailer for the BBC zombie drama In the Flesh fleshes out the series, giving us a look at the other characters and the other problems the teenager Keiran Walker faces as he tries to reintegrate back in the society he… well, once ate, actually. It looks pretty darned good…

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Spider-Man is a gross skank in the most amazing Bad Lip Reading yet

Those scamps over at Bad Lip Reading have worked their magic on Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone’s performances in The Amazing Spider-Man. Obviously, Peter Parker freestyle raps and Gwen Stacy’s menstrual cramps are discussed in length. I don’t want to spoil anything, but clearly, Peter did not receive the proportional rapping powers of a spider.…

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The robots are the least insane thing about this production of MacBeth

Do you have a child you’d like to get interested in Shakespeare? Are you worried that the Bard’s prose might be too indecipherable, or the plays too violent, or simply not interesting enough for today’s kids with their iPads and Twitters and Biebers and Pokémons? Well, today is your lucky day, because the Robot Shakespeare…

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Netflix unleashes the first trailer for its werewolf murder mystery series Hemlock Grove

Netflix has unveiled the trailer for its newest original series, Hemlock Grove, about a teenage gypsy kid who’s also a werewolf who teams up with the rich son of a steel magnate to solve the murder of a 17-year-old girl. It’s based on the book by Brian McGreevy, is produced by Eli Roth, and will…

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George Lucas says Luke, Han and Leia will all be back for Star Wars: Episode VII

Remember how Carrie Fisher announced she was going to be in Star Wars: Episode VII? And then someone, presumably at Disney, made her deny her announcement? Well, I think Goegre Lucas just denied her denial, because he says Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher are all in for Episode VII, and it’s pretty much…

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20 Lies Back to the Future II Told Us (Besides the Hoverboard)

I think it’s safe to say we’re not getting our hoverboards. Despite the 2015 Back to the Future Part II showed us, it’s 2013 and we can’t even make a non-hovering replica of the hoverboard correctly. But while the lack of hoverboards will always be its greatest disappointment, it’s hardly the only thing BttF promised…

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Another major band to record another Game of Thrones song

Since it worked out so well when HBO hired The National to record “The Rains of Castamere” in the second season of Game of Thrones, it should probably be no surprise that The Hold Steady have also been hired to sing one of the series’ iconic tunes. Specifically, they’ll perform “The Bear and the Maiden…

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Wall-E makes an excellent Tom Cruise in this spectacular Wall-E /Oblivion mash-up

From its first trailer, people have noted more than a few similarities between Tom Cruise’s upcoming scifi flick Oblivion and Pixar’s wonderful Wall-E. I’m kind of amazed it took this long, but someone finally took the bait and made a mash-up using the Oblivion trailer’s audio and footage from Wall-E; unsurprisingly, it works out insanely…

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The first Epic trailer is suitably… well, you know

What happens when you mash up Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Ferngully? Well, if you also crank it up to 11, you apparently get Fox’s upcoming CG flick Epic. It’s based on William Joyce’s children’s book The Leaf Men, and while it may have a wacky slug voiced by Aziz Ansari, it also seems…

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The Hunger Games‘ cast put on their Sunday best for these cool portraits

We’ve got quite a while before The Hunger Games movie sequel Catching Fire hits theaters in November, but in anticipation, the cast have already sat down for their official Capitol portraits. I’m not exactly sure why Katniss can’t sit down (or why she has a different chair from everybody else) but I’m sure its because…

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Please do not punch the actor who plays Joffrey on Game of Thrones in the face

In this week’s “Postal Apocalypse,” we discover the Earth actually needs the sun to stick around, whether punching a kid in the face could pssibly be a compliment, and whether Carrie Fisher returning to Star Wars is a good thing or not (Hint: The answer’s “not”). Don’t forget to send your questions, thoughts, rants and…

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Get a tad more Tony Stark in the Iron Man 3 international trailer

Okay, there’s probably not more than 20 seconds of new footage in this Iron Man 3 international trailer, but 1) it does contain some stuff we have seen before and 2) would it really kill you to watch the Iron Man 3 trailer again? I think not. Anyways, look for a few new shots of…

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Ultron kills the Marvel universe in This Week’s Comics

Marvel’s newest mega-event kicks off as Ultron takes over New York City, Hellboy’s origin is revealed, and the My Little Ponies face the most evil pony ever, all in this week’s comic releases! New Issues Dark Horse: • Hellboy continues his journey through the afterlife in the aptly named Hellboy in Hell #4, but Mike…

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Bruce Willis shoots all the things in the first G.I. Joe: Retaliation clip

Despite the terribleness of the first film and the second film’s weird delay, I remain generally pretty positive about G.I. Joe: Retaliation. And this first clip from the movie, in which Bruce Willis and The Rock have a brief chat and then shoot/blow up a great, great many things, does nothing to change that. However,…

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DC artist quits Adventures of Superman over Orson Scott Card controversy

Fans and retailers aren’t the only people upset that DC has hired very vocal gay rights denier Orson Scott Card to write the digital-first Adventures of Superman comic; artist Chris Sprouse, who was due to illustrate Card’s take specifically, has just quit the book due to the controversy. Sprouse gave a statement earlier today: “It…

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The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers

Time travel is a tricky subject. Questions of causality, the butterfly effect, what happens when timelines differ — all these can be extremely confusing, which might explain why there are so many shitty time travelers out there. In movies, TV shows, books, whatever, there are plenty of jerks who obliviously wreak havoc throughout history, either…

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Tony Stark has some new armored friends in the unbelievably awesome Iron Man 3 trailer

There’s no way to describe what happens in this new Iron Man 3 trailer that’s going to be half as awesome as just watching it, so… seriously, just watch it. Suffice it to say, it is almost certainly going to be the best Iron Man movie by a longshot, and honestly, it may end up…

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This old lady is not afraid of the Evil Dead remake

The first TV spot for Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake has arrived, and rather than get immediately in trouble with the FCC by trying to show the film’s incredible gore, they’ve gone the other route and are showcasing audience reactions, which mostly consist of gasps, double takes and general looks of fear. I say “mostly”…

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DVDs This Week: Another chance to experience the awesomeness of Wreck-It Ralph

A scifi classic finally comes to Blu-ray, the long-awaited Warhammer: Ultramarines CG movie slinks out to home video, and Regular Show fans get screwed in an unfortunately regular manner, all thanks to this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases. • Wreck-It Ralph The fun, funny and genuinely sweet homage to classic videogaming in which Disney boldly…

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The 12 Worst Things in the Star Wars Expanded Universe

Given that many things in the authentic Star Wars universe are terrible, it should be no surprise that many things in the Expanded Universe — those tales from the novels, comics, cartoons and all other non-movie Star Wars entities — are also terrible. But since the Expanded Universe is so damn big, its wretchedness reaches…

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In the Flesh shows the downsides of being a “cured” zombie

Spider-Man is a gross skank in the most amazing Bad Lip Reading yet

The robots are the least insane thing about this production of MacBeth

Netflix unleashes the first trailer for its werewolf murder mystery series Hemlock Grove

George Lucas says Luke, Han and Leia will all be back for Star Wars: Episode VII

20 Lies Back to the Future II Told Us (Besides the Hoverboard)

Another major band to record another Game of Thrones song

Wall-E makes an excellent Tom Cruise in this spectacular Wall-E /Oblivion mash-up

The first Epic trailer is suitably… well, you know

The Hunger Games‘ cast put on their Sunday best for these cool portraits

Please do not punch the actor who plays Joffrey on Game of Thrones in the face

Get a tad more Tony Stark in the Iron Man 3 international trailer

Ultron kills the Marvel universe in This Week’s Comics

Bruce Willis shoots all the things in the first G.I. Joe: Retaliation clip

DC artist quits Adventures of Superman over Orson Scott Card controversy

The 10 Least Competent Time Travelers

Tony Stark has some new armored friends in the unbelievably awesome Iron Man 3 trailer

This old lady is not afraid of the Evil Dead remake

DVDs This Week: Another chance to experience the awesomeness of Wreck-It Ralph

The 12 Worst Things in the Star Wars Expanded Universe

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We Landed on Mars, A.K.A. the Set of ‘For All Mankind’

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