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Why We’re Glad Amazing Spider-Man Dropped Most of its “Untold Story”

Remember the scene in Amazing Spider-Man where the Lizard says to Peter Parker, “You want to know the truth about your parents? Come and get it”? Us neither. That bit was in a bunch of the trailers for the film — but got cut out before the movie hit theaters, joining many other instances of…

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The Motherlode of High-Res Dark Knight Rises Photos

Batman is coming back to save Gotham City, in the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Bat-trilogy. Just how messianic will Bruce Wayne become? What will become of Batman, and will anything be left of Gotham afterwards? We’ll find out when you do. But for now, Warner Bros. has released a slew of super-high-res promotional photos…

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An amazing behind-the-scenes look at the animation behind John Carter

John Carter may not have conquered the box office, but this groovy animator’s-eye-view of the special effects workflow shows just how much effort it took to bring Mars to life. Watch as Blue Sky Studios animator Patrick Giusiano pushes around (folks who I’m assuming are) his family members to give the Tharks’ baby rodeo some…

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Beasts of the Southern Wild: You’ve never seen a movie like this before

This year’s movies share a couple of major preoccupations: the apocalypse, and fables. One obsession has to do with our sheer terror about the future, while the other has to do with our longing for an idealized past. So it’s jolting and thrilling to watch a movie like Beasts of the Southern Wild, which takes…

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Reality Check: There are only about half a dozen A-list superheroes

Spider-Man is back on the big screen, with more attitude and a better hairstyle. But this time around, the friendly neighborhood web-slinger is facing J. Jonah Jameson levels of hate… and not just because people remember the jazz hands from Spider-Man 3. A lot of people seem primed to dislike Amazing Spider-Man, just because it’s…

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First Set Photos from Mad Max: Fury Road!

Check out your first glimpse of a huge, hellish vehicle from the fourth Mad Max movie, now filming at last after years of delays. What do you think this monster is? In the photos below, you can glimpse the “Wives,” the new female characters in the movie, sitting in what looks like the cab of…

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Brand new Amazing Spider-Man concept art takes you deep inside OsCorp!

Now that you’ve seen Amazing Spider-Man, it’s time to go deeper inside the movie’s cool visuals — especially that big final showdown. Concept artist George Hull sent us a ton of his ASM art, including designs for the inside and outside of the OsCorp building… and the Lizard’s final battle with Spidey. Plus early concept…

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A gorgeous, trippy animated short about machines on an alien world

This is the fourth in a series of beautifully-animated short films called “Bendito Machine,” or blessed machine. Created in Spain, but packed with imagery that appears to be drawn from native Mexican traditions, this is a world that’s as weird as anything in classic SF mind-twister Fantastic Planet. Plus, it’s a whimsical satire of humanity’s…

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A Totally Demented Alternate History of a 21st Century Soviet Holdout

The fall of the Soviet Union feels like a ridiculously long time ago — so it’s a weird thought experiment to imagine one last vestige of the U.S.S.R. holding on in the middle of Austria somewhere. But this little venture into alternate history sounds like it’s just the beginning of the science-fictional weirdness in Sierra…

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In Tunisia, people actually live in the abandoned set of The Phantom Menace

In The Phantom Menace, the Tatooine settlement of Mos Espa was where Anakin Skywalker — the immaculate antichrist of the Star Wars universe — built C-3PO and practiced his force lightning on stray womp rats. But in real life, the Mon Espa set — which is 40 kilometers from Tozeur, Tunisia, — is the home…

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Casper Van Dien will be your Hell Cop, in The Pact

Starship Troopers roughneck Casper Van Dien stars in a new horror film, The Pact, which mashes up a conspiracy movie with a creepy ghost tale. Check out an exclusive look at this supernatural thriller, in select theaters Friday. Van Dien plays Creek, who’s called into help Caity Lotz find her missing sister, after she was…

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First Look at Item 47, the Short Film that Picks Up Where The Avengers Left Off

Check out the first image from Item 47, a 12-minute short film that’ll be on the Avengers DVDs… and premiering next week at San Diego Comic Con. Just as the Thor and Captain America DVDs featured ultra-short episodes, starring Clark Gregg as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Coulson, this will be a short stand-alone adventure. And we’ll get…

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The Making of a Modern Fable: Inside Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild isn’t like other movies you’ve seen lately. It’s a really wild and beautiful movie that manages to combine magical realism with an apocalyptic sense of doom, all seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl. But how did something this strikingly beautiful and different emerge? How did a group of…

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Does this Iron Man 3 concept art spoil Tony Stark’s new secret weapon?

Marvel is paving the way for some big Iron Man 3 announcements at Comic-Con — starting with this piece of concept art, which seems to hint at the popular Extremis storyline from the comics (which has been rumored for some time now). Take a look at this new art, posted over at the Avengers Facebook…

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Ghostbusters 3 refuses to die, gets whole new writing staff

Not content with just calling the forever-in-limbo Ghostbusters 3 movie a wash, Dan Aykroyd is spreading more rumors about this doomed project while he peddles his crystal head vodka wares. First Bill Murray has publicly attached himself and detached himself from the project (he didn’t like the script penned by the Year One writers Lee…

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Amazing Spider-Man: A Superhero Movie That’s Actually About Heroism

There are many types of superhero movies: campy, dark-and-gritty, kid-friendly, gonzo, etc. But really, there are just two kinds: movies that actually have something to say about heroism and sacrifice, and ones that don’t. On that basis alone, Amazing Spider-Man is a win. You might feel like it’s too freaking soon to retell Peter Parker’s…

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How Studios are Reinventing Comic-Con 2012

The art of generating buzz at San Diego Comic-Con has become a loud, angry, and sometimes beautiful dance between the convention-goers and the hordes of marketers. No longer impressed with panels and screenings of free media, the crowd demands more. What started as a small little comics convention between West Coast friends has now transformed…

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11 new images show off Peter Jackon’s gorgeous Middle-Earth in The Hobbit

Entertainment Weekly has released a handful of stills from The Hobbit for their big Comic-Con debut, and on the cover is Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf looking quite stately. Inside the issue is a collection of revealing Hobbit snaps including the dwarves all tucked away in their escape barrels. Plus, look how director Peter Jackson has…

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The original E.T. finger light was probably the most phallic toy ever made

Dear 1982, it’s 2012. Please cut this shit out. You’ve had thirty years to bury all that horrific ephemera that cluster-bombed our childhood memories. E.T. the video game is the reason we’re still in therapy. We only recently got over that German E.T. porno (NSFW), and that was two years ago. (And you, dear reader?…

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Is Comic Con still for the fans?

San Diego Comic Con has always been one of the most democratic events on the planet — it’s made for the fans, who get to connect with the heroes and universes they’ve admired from afar. Even as Comic Con has gotten bigger and more crazy, the organizers have tried to keep it accessible to regular…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Why We’re Glad Amazing Spider-Man Dropped Most of its “Untold Story”

The Motherlode of High-Res Dark Knight Rises Photos

An amazing behind-the-scenes look at the animation behind John Carter

Beasts of the Southern Wild: You’ve never seen a movie like this before

Reality Check: There are only about half a dozen A-list superheroes

First Set Photos from Mad Max: Fury Road!

Brand new Amazing Spider-Man concept art takes you deep inside OsCorp!

A gorgeous, trippy animated short about machines on an alien world

A Totally Demented Alternate History of a 21st Century Soviet Holdout

In Tunisia, people actually live in the abandoned set of The Phantom Menace

Casper Van Dien will be your Hell Cop, in The Pact

First Look at Item 47, the Short Film that Picks Up Where The Avengers Left Off

The Making of a Modern Fable: Inside Beasts of the Southern Wild

Does this Iron Man 3 concept art spoil Tony Stark’s new secret weapon?

Ghostbusters 3 refuses to die, gets whole new writing staff

Amazing Spider-Man: A Superhero Movie That’s Actually About Heroism

How Studios are Reinventing Comic-Con 2012

11 new images show off Peter Jackon’s gorgeous Middle-Earth in The Hobbit

The original E.T. finger light was probably the most phallic toy ever made

Is Comic Con still for the fans?

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