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What’s the Best Christmas Movie?

Below, you’ll find an argument that the best Christmas movie is Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, a film about a bureaucrat trying to survive a dystopian wonderland. Brazil is many things, most of them complimentary. But it is not the best Christmas movie. Not even close. The best Christmas movie is A Charlie Brown Christmas. It is…

Movies Brian Barrett

12 Monty Python Side Projects, Ranked from Worst to Best

We’ve just learned that Simon Pegg will star in Absolutely Anything, a brand new film that reunites the surviving Monty Python castmembers. But how will this movie stack up to the canon of Monty Python spinoffs? Here are 12 Python side projects, ranked in order of greatness. https://gizmodo.com/simon-pegg-will-star-in-the-brand-new-film-from-the-mon-1481429798 Note: For the purposes of this list,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Darren Aronofsky’s graphic novel gives Noah a total Thor makeover

Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is getting a graphic novel tie-in. Because that is what we do with movies now. However, the first ever art from this project appears to have replaced Noah with Thor. The graphic novel will was created by writer Ari Handel and artist Niko Henrichon. And thanks to Yahoo, we have a first…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why does every story have to be an Earth-shattering epic?

Lately, it seems like every story has to be massive, or nobody cares. Every Doctor Who story is about saving the entire universe. The latest Hobbit movie seemed to be trying to be a Lord of the Rings-style saga. Every action movie needs global stakes. Can we talk about our epic epidemic? We couldn’t help…

Movies Genevieve Valentine

ILM’s Effects For The Lone Ranger Were Way Better Than the Movie

Just because a blockbuster tanked at the box office, doesn’t mean the talented folks who worked on the film didn’t pour their hearts and souls into every frame. Especially those responsible for a film’s visual effects, whose work often goes unnoticed when they’ve done their job right. And to give the talented artists at ILM…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Great Movies About Prehistoric Animals, Rated for Scientific Accuracy

What does the Pachyrhinosaurus say? That was the question the writers behind Walking With Dinosaurs 3D asked themselves, and they figured that the ornately-decorated ceratopsids would have been constantly spewing poop jokes. The critical response has been unanimous: it’d be more fun to walk with dinosaurs if they would just shut the hell up. But…

Movies Brian Switek

Who’s the most unconventional superhero ever created?

Superheroes come in all forms, from green rage monsters to circus-acrobat ghosts. In fact, the superhero genre is just a conglomeration of other genres. But who’s the weirdest and most mold-breaking superhero ever created? https://gizmodo.com/10-genres-that-superheroes-have-swallowed-up-511461075 Please include a picture or clip of your chosen superhero. And let us know their name, and why they’re the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Brainiac Concept Art from the Bryan Singer Superman That Never Was

Bryan Singer was hard at work on a sequel to Superman Returns when the studio pulled the plug. Which means we never got to see Brainiac on the big screen, since he was the intended big bad for the sequel. But at least newly revealed concept art gives us a hint at what could have…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Fantastic Last-Minute Gifts That You Can Buy Or Make Right Now

Did you wait too long to buy holiday gifts? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Skip the heinous store lines and “sold out” signs. There’s plenty of stuff that you can make yourself, or has immediately delivery. Here’s our list of last minute gifts that will make your loved ones think you planned ahead. Bake…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What’s the worst movie we left off our list of the year’s worst movies?

We made our choices, and now it’s your turn. Last week, we posted our list of the best and worst movies of 2013, but it was especially hard to decide on the worst this year. So please tell us: Which movie should we have included on our “worst” list? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-and-worst-science-fiction-and-fantasy-movies-o-1485583680

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

10 Lessons That We Hope 2013 Has Taught the Entertainment Industry

This past year was a killing ground, but also a proving ground. Huge, massively-hyped projects crashed and burned, but there were also some surprising hits. And in the midst of this carnage, a few stark truths. Here are 10 lessons we hope the entertainment industry learns from 2013. Top image: Oblivion. 1) If your movie’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn put to rest any remaining questions surrounding Vin Diesel’s role by posting this picture of Diesel with the tree-like Groot on Facebook. Soon we’ll find out how many ways Diesel can say, “I am Groot!” It’s not exactly a surprise that Diesel is voicing Groot (there is even…

Movies Lauren Davis

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

The NeverEnding Story doesn’t need a darker reboot in the least, but Nicolas Francoeur‘s concept art, imagining a more “mature” version of the classic films, are still quite lovely. Let’s just hope they don’t give film executives any ideas. Concept Art World has more images from the series, including Francoeur’s remakes of Gmork, Rock Biter…

Movies Lauren Davis

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past reunites many of the cast members from the earlier X-Men film trilogy, but one previously announced character will be absent: Anna Paquin’s Rogue, whose scene ended up on the cutting room floor. Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer told EW that the decision to cut Rogue from the film…

Movies Lauren Davis

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

They took an educational BBC series about dinosaurs and turned it into a goofy kids’ movie. To be honest, I expected Walking With Dinosaurs to be a lot worse than it actually was. The actual movie is lovely to look at, but dumb as bricks. And full of surprises — including Saved by the Bell-style…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Absolute Best Cosplay of 2013

This was an amazing year for creative costumes and clever tributes — so it was a lot of work to do all of it justice. We looked through a whole year of costuming at every convention, Halloween outing or simply talented people messing around online and we found a massive collection of exceptionally talented costumers.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Project Management Do’s and Don’t’s from Science Fiction Movies

Over at The Fast Track, Carol Pinchefsky has some hilarious lessons for project managers from science fiction films: both things to copy, and things to avoid at all costs. Best part: Why Darth Vader is not a good motivator of his underlings. [via Slashdot]

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The A.I. uprising will be romantic, according to Spike Jonze’s Her

Spike Jonze has built his career on unsettling journeys into the uncanny, from Being John Malkovich to Where The Wild Things Are. But his latest film, Her, is unsettling for a different reason — because it’s so sweet and moving in depicting a romance between a human and a computer. Spoilers ahead… Films ranging from…

Movies Lynn Rapoport

Gorgeous Smaug concept art shows all the scaly details from The Hobbit

Get an insanely close-up look at the massive dragon (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Plus we’ve got concept art of Beorn in Bear form, a gaggle of hideous orcs and the Mirkwood spiders. Behold the great beasts of The Hobbit! Created by artist Andrew Baker, we cannot pull our…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The first Divergent clip is from the best part of the entire book

If you’re a fan of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series, then you should be pretty excited about the first clip from the movie. If not, then just know you’re getting a great look at the chemistry between the two leads. Spoilers ahead. Here’s the tattoo-tracing scene from the book, in which characters Tris and Four get…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What’s the Best Christmas Movie?

12 Monty Python Side Projects, Ranked from Worst to Best

Darren Aronofsky’s graphic novel gives Noah a total Thor makeover

Why does every story have to be an Earth-shattering epic?

ILM’s Effects For The Lone Ranger Were Way Better Than the Movie

Great Movies About Prehistoric Animals, Rated for Scientific Accuracy

Who’s the most unconventional superhero ever created?

Brainiac Concept Art from the Bryan Singer Superman That Never Was

Fantastic Last-Minute Gifts That You Can Buy Or Make Right Now

What’s the worst movie we left off our list of the year’s worst movies?

10 Lessons That We Hope 2013 Has Taught the Entertainment Industry

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

The Absolute Best Cosplay of 2013

Project Management Do’s and Don’t’s from Science Fiction Movies

The A.I. uprising will be romantic, according to Spike Jonze’s Her

Gorgeous Smaug concept art shows all the scaly details from The Hobbit

The first Divergent clip is from the best part of the entire book

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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