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Upstream Color is the first masterpiece of the year

Shane Carruth created an uncompromising mind-bender with his first movie, Primer. But with his second film, Upstream Color, he’s done something harder and weirder. Upstream Color uses striking images and sounds to unmoor you from reality, even as it tells a powerful, emotional journey. No spoilers below… The meme you’re going to hear a lot…

Back to Jurassic Park: A Paleontological View

After twenty years, the original Jurassic Park is back in theaters. The movie’s dinosaurs – once state of the art, now woefully behind the science – are a reminder of our complicated relationship with our favorite prehistoric beasts. New science is bringing dinosaurs to vibrant, feathery life as never before, yet we still cling to…

The original writer of Prometheus is reinventing The Black Hole

Prometheus scribe Jon Spaiths has been hired by Disney to jumpstart the long stalled Black Hole reboot, spearheaded by Oblivion and Tron Legacy director Joe Kosinski. And going by Kosinski’s aesthetic, we’re imagining a very video game friendly reboot that swaps out google-eyed robots for Svedka bots. While we’re kind of dubious about remake of…

Who’s the character you most want to see die in the new Evil Dead?

The new Evil Dead movie is brutal to watch — but it was also brutal to film. The film is full of horrible ordeals, many of which actually happened to the actors on set. What were the most horrific things the stars of Evil Dead had to cope with? And which character is both the…

R.I.P. Roger Ebert, The Man Who Made Millions Fall in Love with Movies

Roger Ebert, the film critic with the legendary thumb has died. He passed away in Chicago at the age of 70. Ebert’s work in the Chicago Sun-Times and on television elevated the level of movie discourse for over 40 years. He basically wrote the rules for the modern day critic. A lifelong devourer of science…

Rumor: Marvel planning Inhumans film modeled on Game of Thrones?

Marvel’s Kevin Feige has been talking up The Inhumans as a possible upcoming movie for a few years now, alongside the equally cosmic Guardians of the Galaxy. Now that Guardians is going ahead, there are new rumors that we could be seeing a big-screen version of the saga about a weird alien clan. According to…

Peter Jackson trolls the world, flaunts his copy of the Star Wars: Episode VIII script

Peter Jackson just became “that guy” in the geek world. In a recent video blog preview for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Jackson slipped in a little Star Wars humblebrag. At the 4:51 mark, you can plainly see a Jackson specific copy of the next Star Wars movie in his possession. Oh this, this…

Four clips from Oblivion reveal Tom Cruise’s big post-apocalypse sit-down with Morgan Freeman

We’ve seen featurettes, trailers and bundles of beautiful collections of concept art from Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion, but we’ve yet to see a collection of uninterrupted footage… until now. Here are four new clips from Tom Cruise and the Tron Legacy director’s new scifi opus. And just for fun, here’s 10 minutes of b-roll footage and…

Zoe Saldana could play the green-skinned ass-kicker Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy

Looks like it’s Zoe Saldana hasn’t yet missed the chance to paint her whole body green. But instead of cosplaying as an Orion from Star Trek, rumor has it she’s moments away from signing up to star as Gamora the green-skinned alien assassin in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Which means we may finally see…

Bruce Campbell explains the secret of great film-making: “give a sh-t, and don’t treat audiences like they’re stupid.”

We caught up with Bruce Campbell, the living legend, at Wondercon, and he told us the secret of making an awesome movie, in any genre. He also explained why he thinks horror comedy is making a comeback. Campbell tells us: I think horror movies are better if people give a shit, and make a decent…

Learn How to Connect With Your Dog Telepathically With This Simple Infographic

Quentin Dupieux’s completely bat shit insane movie Wrong spends quite a bit of time showing the main character trying to connect telepathically to his missing dog. And now you too can share spiritual mind space with your canine friend as well. Learn how to link up to Lassie in 5 easy steps. The sacred art…

12 Movies that Are Incredibly Beautiful and Utterly Vapid

Movies are getting prettier all the time. Thanks to computer animation, IMAX cameras, 3-D and a million other innovations, we can now create films that tower like candy palaces. But that just means it’s easier for movies to be pretty but dumb. Here are 12 films that are lovely to look at, but totally braindead.…

The Falcon joins the newest round of Marvel Phase Two movie concept art!

A ton of concept art pics have come out for Marvel’s Cinematic Universe Phase 2 over the last two days, and it ‘s clearly not stopping today, either, Here’s the first look at the Falcon, along with more pics of Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor 2 and Captain America 2! First, more Falcon, Cap…

Here’s Everything Wrong With Life of Pi

Life of Pi may have proved a massive success with its captivating storyline and combination of live action and computer animation—but there’s plenty wrong with the film besides the idea of being stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger. Fortunately, the folks at Cinema Sins have scrutinized the film and pointed out every little thing…

Check out the first footage of Thor 2 and glimpses of Ant-Man!

Marvel already redefined superhero movies — but it looks like they have ambitious plans for their next wave! This morning we showed you some new concept art of the Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Now see the preview video that art came from. Including brand new Thor: The Dark World…

Cult director Jess Franco, director of classic film Necronomicon, has just died.

How Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color Explains Your Dysfunctional Relationships

Shane Carruth blew your mind with Primer. And now he aims to do the same to your subconscious, with the dreamlike Upstream Color, which opens Friday in New York. We were lucky enough to speak to him on the phone about the themes and ideas behind his intense, challenging film, and here’s what he told…

Is this the first image of Captain America’s new nemesis The Winter Soldier?

Here’s your first look at some Guardians of the Galaxy concept art — plus the Winter Soldier. A whole load of unconfirmed concept art is floating around, from Marvel’s next crop of Phase 2 movies. Including a bunch of images of the alien team and various spaceships from Guardians of the Galaxy. Behold, your new…

8 Reasons Movie Reboots Fail

You’d think remaking a movie might be easy. I mean, it’s technically been done before; you can easily see what worked and what didn’t, what mistakes to avoid, and ways you can improve upon the original. Right? Yes, technically, but most movie reboots suck ass anyways. Here are eight reasons why we should probably leave…

The io9 Calendar: Your Ultimate Guide to Everything Science Fiction and Fantasy in April!

There’s so much astonishing science fiction and fantasy coming your way this month, we can barely list it all. Including the new Evil Dead, Oblivion and tons of other movies. There are brand new books by Neil Gaiman, Paul Cornell, C.J. Cherryh and Robin Hobb. Plus Warehouse 13 and Defiance! Here’s your ultimate guide to…