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Nic Cage’s Little Girl Drops The C-Word And Kicks Some Ass

The latest clip from Mark Millar’s live action adapted movie is out, featuring Hit-Girl. It’s like she’s stepped straight out of the bloody comics — serving up hard, cold death. We’re just terrified of little Mindy and her skeevy pops. The actress climbing the walls, smashing mobsters through glass tables and throwing knives, is Chloe…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Star Trek Is #1 For 2009… Unfortunately For The Studio

JJ Abrams’ Star Trek wasn’t just a hit at the box office, it’s also a chart topper when it comes to illegal downloads. No wonder Paramount wants the FCC to get tougher on torrent sites and the universe surrounding them. Torrentfreak has named Star Trek as the most torrented movie of the year with nearly…

Movies Graeme McMillan

The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies

Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now. The 1990s were a pretty weak time for movies based on both video games and…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Cats Vs. Dogs 2’s Trailer Is Your Secret Shame

It’s been nine long years, but Cat Vs. Dogs 2 is finally here. Bette Midler is an evil kitty, Chris O’Donnell plays a human named Shame, or Shane. Oh Chris, “I can haz a nu Career?” Technically the title is Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, but that’s really long, and it’s pretty…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve’s Traction Cities Epic?

Rumor has it Peter Jackson‘s not content with filming Lovely Bones, Lord Of The Rings and Tintin. He’s also secretly working on a movie of Philip Reeve‘s Mortal Engines, about cities that become mobile and try to eat each other. Stuff NZ reports: The hush-hush project is understood to be in early development, with work…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Avatar: Haven’t We Seen This James Cameron Film Before?

While watching the spectacle that is James Cameron’s Avatar, you may have found yourself with a strange déjà vu feeling. That’s because Avatar is littered with Cameron references and influences, from Aliens to Terminator. We’ve rounded them up for you. Oh, and there are some spoilers for Avatar, as well as past Cameron films, in…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Zachary Quinto Fulfills Your Trek Slash Fantasies

If there’s one thing that this year’s Star Trek reboot was missing, it was Zachary Quinto reading graphic Kirk/Spock slash. Until now. Click through for NSFW thrills. Thanks to re-editing Quinto’s audiobook version of the movie novelization, the internet now has Spork: There’s even an MP3 version and transcript for those who are allergic to…

Movies Graeme McMillan

You Can Call Him “Sir” Jean-Luc Picard From Now On

Hot on the heels of Christopher Lee’s knighthood, it seems another science-fiction legend is getting his proper acknowledgment. Rumor has it that Patrick Stewart will be knighted by the Queen at this year’s New Year’s Honours. [UK Mirror] https://gizmodo.com/thats-sir-christopher-wonka-dracula-saruman-dooku-lee-t-5395774

Movies Meredith Woerner

How James Cameron Would Fake Titanic Today

James Cameron interviews Peter Jackson. Peter Jackson interviews James Cameron. And while the scene devolves into one big battle of self-promotion, there are nuggets you shouldn’t miss, including this sad explanation of Titanic, as shot by Cameron in 2009: “If I did Titanic today, I’d do it very differently. There wouldn’t be a 750-foot-long set.…

Movies Mark Wilson

3 Clips From BBC’s Day Of The Triffiids

Watch the world go blind while Eddie Izzard tries to save himself from a crashing plane, in the first clips from the BBC’s Day of The Triffids Remake. And ask yourself: What would you do in Izzard’s shoes? Here’s the official synopsis from the BBC, which will be airing the two-day special December 28th and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Who Lives And Who’s Thrown Away: First Look At Toy Story 3

It’s the Sophie’s Choice of Toy Story. Andy must decide which toys lives, and which toys will die the horrible toy death of storage, trash or good will, and in this first clip he decides quickly. Click to view What? Woody over Buzz? But — Buzz has wings and a voice box! Bad choice, Andy.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar Does Well At Its Box Office Opening Weekend, With $232.2m in Sales

James Cameron may’ve spent $300m making Avatar, but he must be feeling pretty pleased today with the news that it made $232.2m in the opening weekend at the box office. https://gizmodo.com/i-spent-300-million-on-this-movie-and-all-i-got-were-t-5430268 $73m of that was from the US and Canada, and the remaining $159.2m from around the world was bulked up mostly by Russia, France…

Movies Kat Hannaford

The Child Soul Stealer Is The Perfect Holiday Gift

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with a bunch of dolls that want to eat your soul? Plus a brand new brain-busting trailer that may be the next scifi infatuation, Re-Wire. Alma Rodrigo Blaas has posted his beautiful, but highly disturbing, clip Alma on the internet as a special holiday treat for…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Avatar: It’s Not This Weekend That Counts, Luckily

Surprisingly, given the hype ahead of time, it’s looking like Avatar won’t break I Am Legend’s December opening weekend box office record. Have movies not been changed forever after all, or is there something else going on? Despite estimates for the movie’s opening weekend having been raised following Thursday’s midnight opening, Friday’s tally of “only”…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Overrated SF Of The Decade? You Tell Us

You’ve seen our top 10 sci-fi disappointments of the decade, but what about the things everyone else seems to love but you just can’t understand why? Tell us your picks for the most overrated SF of the last ten years! https://gizmodo.com/top-10-science-fiction-disappointments-of-the-past-deca-5420137 It’s a dicey proposition, calling something overrated, not least of all because it can…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Why Bryan Singer’s Return To The X-Men Is A Bad Idea

The news that director Bryan Singer is going to return to the X-Men movie franchise with prequel X-Men: First Class has been greeted with excitement across the industry. So why’re we convinced it’s the wrong move for everyone involved? It’s tempting to just leave it with a cheap shot and say “Have you seen Valkyrie?”…

Movies Graeme McMillan

I Spent $300 Million on This Movie and All I Got Were These Lousy Papyrus Subtitles

When someone’s spending $300 million on the most technically ambitious film ever, you’d think some of that money would go towards making a custom font. Apparently James had other stuff to worry about, though, because Avatar’s subtitles are in Papyrus. According to the countless tweets on the subject, what may be the second most hated…

Movies Chris Jacob

How To Sell Scares Throughout Eight Decades

The selling of horror movies has come a long way, baby. Online design blog HongKiat gathered inspiration from over eighty years’ worth of posters for horror movies from Nosferatu to Pandorum. Click through to see our favorites. Lessons to be learned from seeing these posters all together in one place: (1) The Eyes Have It.…

Movies Graeme McMillan

British Court: Stormtroopers Don’t Belong To Lucas

Everyone who wants to make their own Stormtrooper costume without fear of reprisals from George Lucas, move to Britain. That seems to be the message sent by the British courts, which have just declared that Star Wars‘ Stormtroopers aren’t copyrightable. The British Court of Appeals upheld the original British verdict that the familiar white-and-black costume…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Orson Welles and His Brief Passionate Betacam Love Affair

In January 1985, the phone rang. The caller announced that he was Orson Welles and that he wanted to have lunch with me. Thus began one of the most extraordinary and bittersweet adventures of my life. Sometimes the journeys we take through this life begin and end in the most unexpected ways. My encounter with…

Movies Wilson Rothman

Nic Cage’s Little Girl Drops The C-Word And Kicks Some Ass

Star Trek Is #1 For 2009… Unfortunately For The Studio

The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies

Cats Vs. Dogs 2’s Trailer Is Your Secret Shame

Is Peter Jackson Secretly Preparing To Film Philip Reeve’s Traction Cities Epic?

Avatar: Haven’t We Seen This James Cameron Film Before?

Zachary Quinto Fulfills Your Trek Slash Fantasies

You Can Call Him “Sir” Jean-Luc Picard From Now On

How James Cameron Would Fake Titanic Today

3 Clips From BBC’s Day Of The Triffiids

Who Lives And Who’s Thrown Away: First Look At Toy Story 3

Avatar Does Well At Its Box Office Opening Weekend, With $232.2m in Sales

The Child Soul Stealer Is The Perfect Holiday Gift

Avatar: It’s Not This Weekend That Counts, Luckily

Overrated SF Of The Decade? You Tell Us

Why Bryan Singer’s Return To The X-Men Is A Bad Idea

I Spent $300 Million on This Movie and All I Got Were These Lousy Papyrus Subtitles

How To Sell Scares Throughout Eight Decades

British Court: Stormtroopers Don’t Belong To Lucas

Orson Welles and His Brief Passionate Betacam Love Affair

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