Movies

The Science Fiction And Fantasy Scenes We Can’t Get Out Of Our Heads

In response to a call for you to submit (and rank!) the best moments from science fiction and fantasy, you pulled moments that ranged from chest-bursting aliens to tube-grown dinosaurs to the Starship Enterprise. Here are just some of our favorite highlights from the tour you took us on of great science fiction and fantasy…

What Are The Actual Greatest Moments In Science Fiction And Fantasy?

SFX Magazine polled its readers to create a list of the 250 greatest moments in science fiction, fantasy and horror. And… it’s slightly surprising. The #1 pick is the Doctor/Rose farewell on Doctor Who. So let’s make our own. What are the 250 greatest moments in SF and fantasy, according to you? We can even…

Totally Brilliant Movies That The Studio Tried To Bury

This weekend, the acclaimed movie Snowpiercer comes out in the United States at last… in a handful of theaters, with almost no publicity. And Snowpiercer isn’t the first beloved movie to get this treatment. Here are some movies that almost everybody agrees are brilliant — but which were released in a vacuum. The Iron Giant…

Concept Art Gives Us Our First Look At Ron Howard’s Troubled Dark Tower

Last we heard, Ron Howard was still hoping to make his ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. But even if the project never gets off the ground, we now have some idea of how Howard’s sets might have looked. Gregory Hill, who worked with on The Dark Tower before Universal suspended production on…

Gremlins Nearly Had Monkeys in Costumes

An excerpt from Empire’s Gremlins reunion is up on the magazine’s website, and it includes the story about how they first tried using a monkey dressed as a Mogwai before settling on puppets. There was a lot of poop involved. The whole article is in this week’s magazine, but here’s the bit about designing the…

Entertainment Tonight Has Figured Out the Secret to Guardians Marketing

It’s Avengers comparisons. How could you see Guardians without knowing which one is the Tony Stark? (Spoiler alert: It’s Rocket!) This Entertainment Tonight video is so stupid that I think I love it. Yeah, there’s some new stuff here, but the big thing is that they’re convinced that they need to explain everything in terms…

Was 1984 The Best Year Ever For Summer Movies?

Have you noticed that a lot of really awesome things are celebrating their 30th anniversaries this year? The Macintosh computer, Tetris, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? 1984 was also a really good year for movies, but I’ll go farther than that: This particular week in 1984 was probably the best week ever to see a movie…

How Comics Readers Finally Got To See Magneto’s Face

In the movies, Magneto has spent as much time out of costume as in it. But there was a time when comic readers only saw Magneto’s face from behind his helmet. Here’s the story of how readers finally got to see the man behind the mask — plus the original pencil drawings of the reveal!…

Ben Kingsley Will Voice Bagheera In Disney’s Live-Action Jungle Book

There are two movie adaptations of The Jungle Book in the works right now, but only one of them will feature the leonine voice of Sir Ben Kingsley. Kingsley will be voicing the panther Bagheera opposite Idris Elba’s Shere Khan. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Kingsley’s voice will appear in Disney’s version of the…

Who’s Got The Worst Daddy Issues In Science Fiction, Fantasy Or Comics?

Daddy issues are the main motivating force in pop culture, it often seems. Everybody is pissed at their fathers, or desperate to impress them, or striving to avenge them. But who’s got the most painful (or annoying) daddy issues of all time? Please include a picture, book cover, comics panel or clip for your chosen…

A revolutionary idea: bringing more science to science fiction conventions. This weekend’s Evolution Expo in Oakland combines science lectures and astronaut talks with TV and movie panels, to try and “put science back into science fiction.”

Bong Joon-ho Explains Why Snowpiercer‘s Violence Is So “Explosive”

At long last, the acclaimed post-apocalyptic film Snowpiercer is coming to select U.S. theaters this weekend. We were lucky enough to sit down with director Bong Joon-ho for an exclusive interview, and he unraveled the movie’s themes and the reasons for its unique visual style. Spoilers ahead… Note: We talked to Bong Joon-ho through an…

Transformers 4 Actors Explain Why Michael Bay Hit Them With A Broom

How does an actor work with a co-star who is a giant CG robot that they can’t see on set? In our exclusive interview, two of the stars of Transformers: Age of Extinction explain how Michael Bay and a broomstick stood in for the Autobots and Decepticons during filming. We spoke with Transformers: Age of…

Somehow That Episode VII Table Read Photo Is Even Better In Lego Form

It does what it say on the tin, folks — Lego tweeted a recreation of the original Star Wars: Episode VII table read photo, except everyone has been replaced by their brick figure dopplegangers. It’s simple, but still fantastic. Check out the original and compare!

The Monstrumologist Books Headed To The Big Screen

More monster movies coming your way! The YA horror Monstrumologist series by Rick Yancey just got picked up by Warner Bros., and we’re rather excited about this adaptation, mostly because it’s horror. Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has tapped screenwriter Jessica Postigo (The Mortal Instruments) to adapt this violet horror series for the big…

MGM Is Still Trying to Reboot WarGames

The latest in proof that Hollywood is out of ideas is MGM’s dogged pursuit of remaking the 1983 classic WarGames. To which we say: Stop it. MGM’s been trying to get this project off the ground for years, having once had Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) attached to direct. Now, MGM is negotiating with Dean Israelite…

Jurassic World Set Visit Reveals The Jurassic Park Of The Future

The Today Show got to go to the Jurassic World set, which means we are treated to lots and lots of looks at the new dino theme park and many jokes about Chris Pratt’s abs. You guys, his character works with raptors. Will no one ask about the raptors? The whole thing looks great, and…

Iron Man 3‘s Shane Black Is Somehow Rebooting The Predator Franchise

Fox is already rebooting the Predator franchise after its more-or-less failed 2010 movie Predators, but that’s not the big news. The big news is that they’ve somehow given control of the franchise to Shane Black, the writer/director behind movies like Iron Man 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and Lethal Weapon. Since Black is known for…

“They Had To Keep Reinventing This Character Until They Got It Perfect”

Sometimes a character goes through so many reinventions and reimaginings, it feels as though they’re just being chewed up by the machine. (See Hawkman.) But sometimes, the 20th version of a character is just… perfect. Which character actually benefited from endless redesigns and reboots? https://gizmodo.com/the-10-hilariously-confusing-origins-of-hawkman-1451537031 Please include a picture or clip for your chosen character.…

Is This Who Nathan Fillion Is Playing In Guardians Of The Galaxy?

We know that Nathan Fillion has a small cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy, but who is he playing? Take this rumor with the usual heaps of salt, but if it’s true, it’s a huge spoiler for the movie. DO NOT READ AHEAD unless you’re willing to risk ruining one of the movie’s big surprises.…