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Man builds turbine-powered Batmobile right out of the Tim Burton films

When he was building his own street-legal Batmobile, car aficionado Casey Putsch was such a stickler for detail that he used a real turbine for the engine. It’s not the stealthiest engine around, but subtlety, thy name is not Batmobile. Here’s the offical description of Putsch’s Fledermaus-themed ride: The car is a replica of the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Quite Possibly the Best “Earthling Teaches Alien Babes About Sex” Moment Ever [NSFW]

Back in the day, every science fiction movie or show had to have a scene where the Earthman teaches the aliens/future people how to have sex. Captain Kirk did it. So did Woody Allen. (Warning: This clip is definitely NSFW!) But few of them come close to this incredibly bizarre sequence from the 1978 Turkish…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Original Harry Potter Screen Tests that Started It All

This weekend marks the end of a magical era. We’re bidding a huge farewell to Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and the rest of the Hogwarts stalwarts. But before we leave Harry Potter’s world forever, let’s take a minute to remember where this all began — with a collection of the original screen tests…

Movies Meredith Woerner and Jonathan Wilkins

Ebert: Don’t Watch the New Harry Potter Flick in 3D

Roger Ebert dropped his review on the final Harry Potter movie, and guess what? He likes it! But there is one thing he doesn’t really like: the 3D. An original detractor of the technology, Ebert doesn’t say that it ruins the film, he just found it completely unnecessary. https://gizmodo.com/why-roger-ebert-hates-3-d-and-you-should-too-5528270 Note: This entire movie is dark,…

Movies Adrian Covert

Does Not Compute: 10 PC Myths from Movies and Television

For over half a century, Hollywood has been making computers do whatever they damn well please. Routinely featured on television and in movies, supercomputers, desktop rigs, and laptops are all too often granted near-magical capabilities. Deceit! Here are the top ten lies Hollywood tells about computers, for your amusement and scorn. Flip through the gallery…

Movies Seamus Bellamy - MaximumPC

The ABC Family Cyberbullying Movie You’ve Been Waiting For

“Taylor Hillridge had everything,” goes the preview for ABC Family’s new TV movie Cyberbully, “until her online life crashed into her real life.” A dramatization of the new, scary problems facing congressmen and 15 year-old girls everywhere. It will be interesting to see what kind of shmaltzy lesson ABC Family can wring out of the…

Movies Adrian Chen

Dear Netflix, It’s Time to Get Your Shit Together

You probably know Netflix raised its prices. And, like everyone else, you’re probably outraged at the death of $10 1 disc + streaming plan. But the $6 price hike doesn’t have to be the end of the world. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-just-got-way-more-spensive-updated-5820492 First off, everyone should probably calm down and understand that this move isn’t a greedy cash…

Movies Adrian Covert

Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams

Imagine a screenplay crammed with so much insanity, the climax pits KISS against the Village People, in the middle of a dystopian feudal New York (where people ride unicorns). That’s the basis for Jim Shooter’s Dazzler script. Stop whatever you are doing and read this now! Dazzler, the Marvel superhero pop star — who has…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Hank Azaria calls out The Smurfs on their creepy co-habitation in 8 new movie clips

This new batch of clips from The Smurfs movie have us very confused. Do the characters know that this movie is horrific? Because Hank Azaria and Neil Patrick Harris are lighting the Smurfs up in these movie clips. Thank goodness NPH is here to point out some of the weird things about these creatures. Like,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

First poster for The Dark Knight Rises shatters Gotham’s skyline

It’s finally here! The first ever official look at Chris Nolan’s final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is out in this striking teaser poster. It promises a dark day for Gotham City. Rumor has it the first ever teaser trailer will also be out this week. The Dark Knight Rises is slated to open…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The greatest wizard fight ever committed to film

Though there are many great wizard battles in cinema, only one stands out in my mind as embodying everything that wizarding represents. I’m speaking of the great, bizarre battle between the good and evil wizards (Vincent Price and Boris Karloff, respectively) in Roger Corman’s 1963 classic The Raven. It’s funny and packed with cheese (as…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Rise of the Planet of the Apes might be the most realistic ape revolution movie ever

We’ve seen tons of new footage from Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and we’re even more excited for the upcoming primate rebellion. We also learned from the creative team just how far they went to create realistic apes. Last Thursday evening, we headed out to Caltech for a special presentation by the creative…

Movies Alasdair Wilkins

The Lost Harry Potter Character You Never Got to Meet

Harry Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves, who penned every single Potter movie except one, shares with us the character he created for the movies, who never made it onto the screen. Plus Kloves explains what happened to the beloved ghost, Peeves —and what his biggest Potter regret is. We managed to corner Kloves at the junket…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Visit a secret island, filled with psychotic fish and prehistoric monsters

Sandy Collora, creator of classic fan films like Batman: Dead End, and the recent feature Hunter Prey, is a concept designer whose creatures and costumes are legendary. He’s known for his ability to create professional-looking practical effects on a shoestring, and now he’s about to start work on his next feature, Shallow Water. He’s trying…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Ten Wizards Who Found Themselves In Science Fiction Stories

Sometimes you have a perfectly acceptable science fictional universe — full of science, and probably space travel or far-future worlds — and then a wizard just plops down right in the middle of it. Shocking? Yes. Awesome? Probably. Here are ten of the most intriguing scifi wizards. We used a few criteria to choose what…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Everything You Need to Know about Disney’s John Carter Movie

Can Wall-E director Andrew Stanton capture the pulpy greatness of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, in his first live-action movie? We’ve been keeping all our appendages crossed. Here’s the first inside scoop on Stanton’s John Carter movie — including a first ever shot of the alien Tharks! Last month io9 went to Disney’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

What if the Harry Potter films got the Criterion Collection treatment?

If J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard got all dolled up for a Criterion Collection release, these charming mock-ups by Patrick Sullivan — who made these for his senior portfolio at Cooper Union — would make for excellent stylistic inspiration. [Via Potterion Criterion]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

First Full Tintin Trailer: Maybe This Motion Capture Thing Isn’t So Bad

When the teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Tintin trailer came out, I had reservations. The post, the styling, the action, they all looked terrific. But why couldn’t we see anyone talking? As the new full-length trailer mercifully reveals, turns out they had nothing to hide. https://gizmodo.com/is-tintin-lost-in-the-uncanny-valley-5802690 As you can see above, Tintin and company—unlike so…

Movies Brian Barrett

Wolfram Alpha Sings the Theme From Shaft

Perhaps humanity has peaked. The signs are all there, right? Like when a search engine is singing lyrics from Shaft, one has to think that maybe, just maybe, there’s still something to all that human doomsday talk. https://gizmodo.com/nine-signs-that-the-human-race-has-peaked-5819387 [Reddit via Geekosystem] You can keep up with Jack Loftus, the author of this post, on Twitter

Movies Jack Loftus

Check out Peter Jackson’s new video blog from the set of The Hobbit

After teasing us with his first vlog (I hate that word) from Tolkienesque New Zealand, Peter Jackson’s posted a new clip jam-packed with cinematic goodies. Check out Andy Serkis Golluming it up, Jackson scouting shoot locations, and much more. [Via Peter Jackson’s Facebook]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Man builds turbine-powered Batmobile right out of the Tim Burton films

Quite Possibly the Best “Earthling Teaches Alien Babes About Sex” Moment Ever [NSFW]

The Original Harry Potter Screen Tests that Started It All

Ebert: Don’t Watch the New Harry Potter Flick in 3D

Does Not Compute: 10 PC Myths from Movies and Television

The ABC Family Cyberbullying Movie You’ve Been Waiting For

Dear Netflix, It’s Time to Get Your Shit Together

Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams

Hank Azaria calls out The Smurfs on their creepy co-habitation in 8 new movie clips

First poster for The Dark Knight Rises shatters Gotham’s skyline

The greatest wizard fight ever committed to film

Rise of the Planet of the Apes might be the most realistic ape revolution movie ever

The Lost Harry Potter Character You Never Got to Meet

Visit a secret island, filled with psychotic fish and prehistoric monsters

Ten Wizards Who Found Themselves In Science Fiction Stories

Everything You Need to Know about Disney’s John Carter Movie

What if the Harry Potter films got the Criterion Collection treatment?

First Full Tintin Trailer: Maybe This Motion Capture Thing Isn’t So Bad

Wolfram Alpha Sings the Theme From Shaft

Check out Peter Jackson’s new video blog from the set of The Hobbit

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