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Who is the greatest fictional detective of all time?

With all the detectives lining the fictional streets of our favorite movies, TV, and books, it’s no wonder that the fictional crime clearance rate is so good. But only one detective can be the greatest of them all, and today we want your pick for just who that is. Begin solving the mystery of just…

9 Movies That Made More Sense if You Followed the Viral Marketing

These days, movies have two marketing campaigns. There’s regular marketing, with trailers, posters and interviews. And then there’s viral marketing, aimed at fans on the internet — which often includes crucial info about a movie’s backstory. Here are nine movies that make more sense if you followed their viral campaigns. 1) The Blair Witch Project…

Rate the hottest dragon in pop culture

You know you think about it. Don’t even pretend you don’t look at dragons in that way sometimes. Over at Vulture, pop culture aficionado Jordan Hoffman has ranked the greatest dragons from hottest to . . . least badass. His hottest dragon vote goes to Godzilla’s three-headed, flying space kaiju nemesis Ghidorah, which is absolutely…

Good News! Batman Vs. Superman gets some help from the writer of Argo

Ben Affleck has called in his greatest asset to save the Batman Vs. Superman script. The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news that Argo screenwriter Chris Terrio has been summoned by Batfleck for his help on the new Batman Vs. Superman script. And we can’t really blame Affleck for calling in Terrio, because Argo was great for…

Watch the epic first 3 minutes of Big Ass Spider right here, right now

Oh Big Ass Spider, you are the new Sharknado — but instead of being an unwatchable shark-filled tornado flick, you are a highly enjoyable giant-spider movie that knows exactly what it’s doing. So check out the first three minutes of the wondrous movie that is Big Ass Spider (set to a fantastic cover of the…

30 images from X-Men: Days of Future´s Past take us back in mutant time

We’ve got a batch of new X-Men: Days of Future’s Past images — including an excellent look at Omar Sy as Bishop and a few new “Mystique kicks everyone’s ass” shots. Behold the mutant wonder! The first two images are from les toiles heroiques publication, and the rest of the pictures come from Fox, or…

The Best and Worst Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies of 2013

This was a good year to argue about movies. A lot of films inspired powerful reactions, either positive or negative, among audiences. Some of 2013’s movies are destined to be among our all-time favorites, while others will be reviled forever. Here are the 10 best and 10 worst science fiction and fantasy movies of 2013.…

Game of Thrones’ Sansa Stark Is Awesome: A Treatise

Hey, folks! It’s about that time of the year where I head to an abandoned cabin and have constant sex with Olivia Williams, so there will be no “Postal Apocalypse” next week. My apologies! But get those end of the year questions ready, because “PA” will return on January 1st, 2014! (At Ms. Williams’s discretion,…

Her Review: Loneliness Never Looked So Beautiful (or Futuristic)

On my way to the theater, I asked Siri about the movie Her, and she got confused. “What kind of businesses are you looking for?” Siri replied in her always off-kilter robotic murmur. I barked back some line about Siri being stupid. She cracked some stupid joke. And my phone went back into my pocket.…

How IMAX Makes Movies Sound as Big as Their Screens

It takes more than just overwhelmingly humongous visuals to create the immersive “IMAX Experience” that moviegoers have come to expect. The film’s soundtrack plays an equally vital role. Here’s an in-depth look at how IMAX engineers develop and deliver a sound big enough to match the on-screen action. As you can see in the incredibly…

Christmas 2019: I watched reindeer glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time… like tears in rain… Time to die. “Christmas 2019,” via Last Exit to Nowhere.

Weinsteins refuse to release Snowpiercer without cuts AND voiceovers

Apparently negotiations between Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-Ho and producer Harvey Weinstein have broken down, because Playlist is reporting that Weinstein refuses to release the movie in North America at all unless he gets to give it what many in the industry call “the full Blade Runner.” The irony that Weinstein would be cutting 25 minutes…

VFX reel breaks down Thor 2’s epic prologue battle

The creators of the stunning Girl with the Dragon Tattoo title sequence were also the masters behind Thor: The Dark World’s prologue battle. And now Blur Studio has unleashed a fantastic VFX that shows how the stunning battle between Malekith and Odin’s father, King Bor. Watch the almost entirely CG creation come to life! Narrated…

Ian McKellen crashes a Hobbit screening, fans go wild

Whatever you think of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, something tells me you would have enjoyed it more had Gandalf stopped by. That’s what happened to fans who saw the midnight opening of the movie in New York City’s AMC Theater in Lincoln Square. Breaking news: IAN MCKELLEN STILL TOTALLY AWESOME. [Via Nerd Bastards]

The Best Unfilmed Scripts of 2013, According to the Black List

This year’s “Black List” is out — a compilation of all the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood selected by a secret panel of insiders. We’ve hand picked our favorite genre scripts (including Clarity “What if the world woke up tomorrow to scientific proof of the afterlife?”). Take a look at our list, and try to…

What’s the most justified betrayal in science fiction or fantasy?

Nobody likes a turncoat — but sometimes there’s a really good reason. Sometimes you have to kidnap your best friend’s baby, or give away your friends’ plans to the enemy, because it’s for the best. Who has the absolute best justification for betraying his or her friends? Please include a picture or clip of this…

Operation: The claymation horror short inspired by real life parasites

Stop-motion animation goes full horror as a man named Bob is attacked by bio-mechanical parasites. Check out the creepy short film Operator. According to the director, Sam Barnett, this short was inspired by: “cordyceps mushrooms which infect and control the minds of ants, causing them to climb up as high as possible so that when…

Download some of the year’s best screenplays (legally)

Movie award season is upon us and, as part of their bid to attract nominations and awards, some studios have made their screenplays available online, allowing us to sit down with the scripts for Gravity, Frozen, and more. Bleeding Cool points us to several of the screenplays that have been released online: All Is Lost…

It’s official: Emilia Clarke is our new Sarah Connor. Deadline reports that the Game of Thrones star has been cast in Alan Taylor’s Terminator reboot, which is rumored to involve a trip to the future.

What’s the sexiest science fiction or fantasy movie of all time?

Escapism is sexy. There’s something beguiling and enticing about the idea of stepping into other worlds and having larger-than-life adventures. So it’s no surprise that so many science fiction and fantasy movies are hella sexy. But which is the sexiest? Please post a picture or clip of your pick for the sexiest science fiction or…