Movies

I Watched Netflix In VR and Now Reality Seems Hollow and Pointless

“IT’S FOR GAMES” has been the oft-quoted cry of VR headset makers and gamers when talking about virtual reality, but the opportunity for movies is unquestionably huge. Today, Oculus VR released a Netflix app for the Gear VR (and eventually Oculus’ own headset.) And it makes watching Netflix in real life seem super lame. The…

The Martian has premiered… just not on this planet. The astronauts on the ISS managed to get the first exclusive screening of the upcoming Ridley Scott scifi movie about an astronaut who gets left behind in the vastness of space (Mars, specifically). If you’re wondering, yes, the ISS crew have also screened Gravity, because astronauts…

Which Character Did You Hate…Until They Became Your Absolute Favorite?

There really is a thin line between love and hate! Sometimes there’s a character on a TV show, or in a movie or book series, who shows all the signs of becoming annoying. Or worse yet, offensive. And then…something magic happens. Which character did you hate until they became your favorite? Please include a picture,…

Johnny Depp’s 6 Most Inexplicable Career Decisions

We are not anti-Johnny Depp. We love films like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Donnie Brasco, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas—all of which are highlighted by stellar Depp performances. But for a Hollywood A-lister, he’s made some undeniably bizarre career decisions, and here are his oddest. 1) The Lone Ranger In the wake of…

The First Crazy Teaser For Chinese Blockbuster Lost In The Pacific Is Here!

The first teaser for the Chinese blockbuster Lost in the Pacific recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it like it’ll be a wild ride. rs. The film is being hailed as China’s first English language and 3D scifi film, and it stars Brandon Routh and Zhang Yuqi. The movie was filmed earlier…

Ernie Hudson Joins Ghostbusters On The Last Day Of Shooting

Ghostbusters wrapped its shoot yesterday and was joined by one of the remaining actors from the original movies: Ernie Hudson! Director Paul Feid tweeted out the news yesterday: Hudson, writing on his own twitter account, seemed pretty excited to be included: Hudson joined Dan Akroyd and Bill Murray for a cameo. No word yet on…

Meet The Crew Of Ares 3 In The Martian‘s Official Mission Guide

For each mission, NASA does a considerable amount of work publicizing their efforts to bring awareness of their mission to the general public. The same would be true for a manned Mars Mission, as the official Mission Guide for The Martian demonstrates. The guide looks like a slick magazine with a whole bunch of facts…

This Touching Star Wars Fan Film Will Probably Bring A Tear To Your Eye

With all its rampant speculation and consumerism, we sometimes forget that Star Wars is all about wonder. About that feeling we got first seeing the movies and being transported to somewhere magical. Now, a new short film captures that notion and gives it a little twist. The film is called Summer ‘78 and is directed…

DC Comics’ Most Hilarious Duo Could Be Coming To The Big Screen

If Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad are any indication, the DC Cinematic Universe is going to be much darker and grimmer than Marvel’s. But a new rumor suggests it’ll eventually get a big dash of fun and color, thanks to the misfit pairing of Booster Gold and Blue Beetle. The rumor,…

We Have a Crazy Theory About How Darth Vader Might Fit Into Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The first trailer for The Force Awakens announced to the world there was a brand new Star Wars villain. We then learned his name: Kylo Ren, owner of the ominous, hilted red lightsaber. A second trailer followed, and immediately we were greeted by the face of Darth Vader. The obvious question was, “Why?” Why, if…

The New Maze Runner Movie Is Basically Pure Stupid Fun

The second entry in a dystopian series is always a challenge. The first installment usually has a simple hook—we fight in the arena, we deal with being the only person who has complex emotions, etc. And now, in the second outing… there’s more of the same. Or possibly, a whole lot more mythos. Either way,…

Brace Yourselves: The Transformers Films Are Getting An Animated Spinoff

We’ve known for a while that Paramount has tasked Akiva Goldsman with creating a writing team that will turn the Transformers cinematic saga into a shared universe. Now we know the first spinoff film to come from the decision… and strangely enough, it goes back to the Transformers’ roots in more ways than one. Included…

A Remake Of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Is Coming From the Director Of X-Men

Rumors of a 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake have been around for years. David Fincher had been attached since 2010 but could never get his vision off the ground. Now, another A-list director has taken control of the Nautilus: Bryan Singer. The director of four X-Men movies announced via his Instagram that 20,000 Leagues…

14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse

The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9 percent of all humans, then how exactly do you explain the survivors? In honor of the new Maze Runner movie, here are the 14 dumbest ways people survive the apocalypse. 1) God swoops in…

The First Reported Alien Abduction Is Finally Getting The Movie It Deserves

On September 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill claimed to have been taken aboard a UFO, experimented on, and returned with missing memories. It was the first time an abduction like that had ever been reported, and now the story is becoming a feature film. Gotham/Principal, one of the companies that produces The Maze Runner…

Charlie’s Angels is Coming to the Big Screen (Note: Not a Headline from 15 Years Ago)

About 20 years elapsed between the original TV version of Charlie’s Angels and its first, spy-fi film adaptation. Now, it’s taken less than five. The franchise, which had a short-lived TV reboot in 2011, will once again be reimagined for the big screen. Elizabeth Banks, the talented actor turned blockbuster director, will produce and probably…

Don’t Hold Your Breath For That Pacific Rim Sequel

Fans who’ve been polishing their Jaeger waiting for the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film, Pacific Rim, may want to slow down. It seems the sequel, which was set for a 2017 release date, has been “halted indefinitely” and may not get made at all. Last week, Latino Review ran a rumor that Pacific…

Why Captain Kirk Is Still One of the Greatest Space Heroes Of All Time

James T. Kirk owes a lot to his space opera forebears, characters like Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and the Lensmen: He wears a cool uniform, has a fancy ray gun strapped to his hip, flies the fastest ship in the galaxy, and has a weird alien sidekick. Yet the character of Kirk has outstripped his…

A Truly Horrifying Nightmare Creature Menaces Mia Wasikowska in a New Crimson Peak Clip

If nothing else, Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Gothic horror movie Crimson Peak is using special effects to great effect. This thing is just terrifying. Update: Clip appears to be down now. Crimson Peak comes out on October 16. Contact the author at [email protected].

Woody Harrelson’s Playing the Human Evil in the Next Planet of the Apes

The only real danger in casting Woody Harrelson as your bad guy is that there’s every chance he runs away with the whole movie and we end up rooting for him instead of the apes. The next installment of the pre-boot of the Planet of the Apes—the lengthily titled War for the Planet of the…