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First Official Picture from Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim

We’ve known for a while that Guillermo del Toro’s big monster movie Pacific Rim is about giant robots (piloted by humans) fighting giant monsters — but now here’s your first look at one of the robot pilots. Take a look at Idris Elba in his robot pilot suit. He’s playing the character named Stacker Pentecost…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The best part of Prometheus isn’t the aliens

You may be one of those amazing people who can watch a movie without any preconceptions, but most of us were expecting Prometheus to be a work of genius. Trailers teased a haunting, galactic epic rich with subtext, a worthy companion to Ridley Scott’s brain-warping 1979 flick Alien. Prometheus is definitely an action-packed space opera,…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Great Scott! It’s a Flux Capicator chest tattoo!

Yes, that is a real life Back to the Future Flux Capacitor tattoo. Now all he needs to do is get up to 88 Miles Per Hour and he can send those nipples back to the future! Well done. [Fuck Yeah Tattoos via Fashionably Geek]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The first enchanting clip from Beasts of the Southern Wild

We are completely delighted by Wink, Hushpuppy, Sticks, Walrus, and the rest of the townspeople from Bathtub in beloved indie flick Beasts of the Southern Wild. And we’re even more smitten in this first-ever clip where Hushpuppy raises a blue-limbed crab to her ear like a phone, no doubt listening to the universe or something…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is Prometheus anti-science? Screenwriter Damon Lindelof responds

Prometheus follows a pack of scientists on an expedition to a remote planet to discover the meaning of life — and then horrible, terrible, unspeakable things befall the crew. In a sense, they are punished for their curiosity. Does that make Prometheus anti-science? We had a spoiler-free discussion with Prometheus screenwriter Damon Lindelof to discuss…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch 7 minutes of secret footage captured by fans who crashed the Return of the Jedi set

Last year we published a collection of behind-the-scenes photos from a group of fans that crashed the Return of the Jedi set located in the middle of a very hot desert. And now there’s video of that Buttercup Valley set, and it’s glorious. Watch Jabba’s sail barge come to life in the scorching hot desert…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Clues from the Comics About Batman’s Fate in The Dark Knight Rises

Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film comes out next month, and we’ve been promised an epic climax. But what will actually happen to the Dark Knight in The Dark Knight Rises? Batman expert Will Brooker, author of the new book Hunting the Dark Knight: 21st Century Batman, has studied the trailers and viral marketing,…

Movies Will Brooker

Community directors nab Captain America sequel

The trades are reporting that Community producers/directors Joe and Anthony Russo are reportedly in “final negotiations” to direct Captain America 2 for Marvel. According to our earlier interview with Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, this next movie will be all about Steve’s journey in the modern world. He’s going to stay with S.H.I.E.L.D., for now. Chris…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Alien and The Matrix, as 1960s pulp novels

Designer Timothy Anderson has done up two of science fiction’s more iconic films as completely unsubtle dime store novels that eschew mystery and intrigue for lurid thrills. Spoilers must always be front and center, folks! Click on the above image for further detail.

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

New clip showcases the main reason to stay excited about Amazing Spider-Man

There are a lot of reasons to have misgivings about Amazing Spider-Man. It’s too soon after the last Spider-Man trilogy to reboot the character. The whole “Peter angsts about his missing parents” thing is too mythology-heavy, and possibly detracts from the key “I didn’t stop the mugger that killed Uncle Ben” part of his origin.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Justice League Movie Still on Track?

Even before The Avengers made a billion dollars, Warner Bros. was “quietly” moving forward with a new Justice League movie, according to Variety. A film showcasing the team-up of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and a host of other heroes seems like a no-brainer — if Warners can duplicate the same intensity and charisma that gelled…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph: If Tron and Toy Story Had an Adorable Baby

Remember those 8-bit arcade games you loved so much as a kid? Disney’s got a movie coming out this November called Wreck-It Ralph that imagines what the characters are getting into when you’re not feeding these machines quarters. Today it released the first trailer. And it’s a blast. It centers on Ralph (voiced by John…

Movies Leslie Horn

Best Behind-the-Scenes Hobbit Video Yet… With One Amazing Cameo

Peter Jackson has released the seventh video from The Hobbit set in New Zealand. Each one keeps getting better and better. But this “vlog” entry might be the best thus far. Not only does it show the dwarves’ “barrel escape” scene, it also has a dynamite cameo at the end. Definitely worth watching the whole…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The 10 Most Epic Last Stands in Science Fiction and Fantasy

If you’re a fictional character, death can arrive rather swiftly and creatively. It’s your job to go out like an absolute champ so that non-fictional readers and audiences remember your passing and holler your praises on the internet. Here are ten times science fiction and fantasy heroes lost their lives with panache. Some spoilers ahead.…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Can Marvel really make a big-screen Black Panther movie?

Besides the inevitable Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Avengers sequels, what movies is Marvel working on now? A new rumor claims that our favorite Wakandan chieftain, Black Panther, could be starring in his own big-screen venture very soon. Latino Review claims to have confirmation of this from four different sources. Mark Bailey has written…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

A beautiful student film about a little girl hunting a preternaturally intelligent fox

This is The Girl and The Fox, a five-minute film from the production studio Base14 and Tyler Kupferer, who directed this for his studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design. This short, silent fairy tale illustrates the more tender side of the state of nature, and the animation thoroughly evokes a story book…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

What Your Favorite Alien Movie Says About You

With Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, Prometheus, around the corner, it’s time to look back and ask: What does your favorite Alien movie say about you? The answers may surprise you! Alien If the you’re a fan of the first Alien, you respond to the cold, dark world of the unknown. It drives you like the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Gladiator Ariel, and other crazy designs from a nonexistent Disney Princess fighting game

Because every aspect of human civilization crashes together inexplicably in the thought bouillabaisse that is the internet, Deviant Art user JoshWMC has given the Disney Princesses a fighting game makeover. If this ever became a real game, someone would have to hire Celine Dion to cover Stan Bush’s “Fight to Survive” for the arcade cabinet’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

First look at Wreck-It Ralph shows a homeless Q*bert begging for Pac-Man cherries

We’re still not 100% sure what to think about Disney’s latest “journey inside a video game” movie Wreck-It Ralph. But at least now there’s some more info — USA Today has a lengthy interview with the movies lead John C. Reilly (Wreck-It Ralph) who explains what is going on in this strange video game world…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Two new Prometheus clips show off yet another alien beast!

Here are two brand-new Prometheus clips and a short little TV spot featuring an alien beast. Watch as David “accidentally” defies his crew’s wishes and Dr. Shaw screams for assistance, and behold the next Ridley Scott creepy-crawly that will haunt your dreams. Hat tip to Ryan!

Movies Meredith Woerner

First Official Picture from Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim

The best part of Prometheus isn’t the aliens

Great Scott! It’s a Flux Capicator chest tattoo!

The first enchanting clip from Beasts of the Southern Wild

Is Prometheus anti-science? Screenwriter Damon Lindelof responds

Watch 7 minutes of secret footage captured by fans who crashed the Return of the Jedi set

Clues from the Comics About Batman’s Fate in The Dark Knight Rises

Community directors nab Captain America sequel

Alien and The Matrix, as 1960s pulp novels

New clip showcases the main reason to stay excited about Amazing Spider-Man

Justice League Movie Still on Track?

Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph: If Tron and Toy Story Had an Adorable Baby

Best Behind-the-Scenes Hobbit Video Yet… With One Amazing Cameo

The 10 Most Epic Last Stands in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Can Marvel really make a big-screen Black Panther movie?

A beautiful student film about a little girl hunting a preternaturally intelligent fox

What Your Favorite Alien Movie Says About You

Gladiator Ariel, and other crazy designs from a nonexistent Disney Princess fighting game

First look at Wreck-It Ralph shows a homeless Q*bert begging for Pac-Man cherries

Two new Prometheus clips show off yet another alien beast!

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