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Silent Film Director for iPhone Is the Surpising Intersection of ‘Fun’ and ‘Silent Films’

You will never find me watching a silent movie, nosiree, I’m a talkie man. But Silent Film Director, a $1 iOS app, has shown me that a scratchy old sped-up silent movie is pretty fun when you’re the star! (That’s me, doing my best silent movie-era acting, up above). The app lets you choose what…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Ziggy Marley explains his new superhero, Marijuanaman!

At Wondercon, we had glimmers of hope for the Green Lantern movie — but there was another green superhero being unveiled. We were lucky enough to spend some time chatting with Ziggy Marley about his new superhero, Marijuanaman. Regular humans’ genetic makeup is built out of DNA — but Marijuanaman’s genes are made out of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

All Those Star Trek Episodes Are Coming to Netflix in July

First an original series. Then Mad Men. Now Netflix has release dates for its promised delivery of every episode of all five live-action Star Trek TV series. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-watch-instantly-beams-up-the-entire-star-trek-u-5767471 Starting July 1, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise will all be available in their entirety. And on October…

Television Adrian Covert

Marvel’s craziest mutant, Deadpool, finally gets a director

The long-awaited Deadpool movie will be directed by Tim Miller, a visual effects guru who worked on X-Men, Daredevil and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. This will be Miller’s directorial debut. And Ryan Reynolds is reportedly still starring. [L.A. Times, thanks Varun!] https://gizmodo.com/new-dark-knight-rises-cast-member-hints-at-the-movies-5790418

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

How a cheap arthritis medicine could become a miracle cancer cure

What does a common arthritis medication have to do with skin cancer? More than you might think. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have found a promising link between the anti-inflammation drug leflunomide, often prescribed for arthritis, and treatment for melanoma. In a recent issue of Nature, they write that leflunomide could become an affordable treatment…

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New “Dark Knight Rises” cast member hints at the movie’s possible villain

Josh Pence, who played one half of the Winklevosses in The Social Network (his face was digitally replaced by Arnie Hammer’s) has just been cast in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises. This hints at a lot of Batman spoilers. According to THR Pence has been cast as a young Ra’s Al Ghul, who was played…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Death Star was my idea!

We’re suckers for a good Star Wars parody — and this retelling of those Windows 7 commercials with Stormtroopers and Chewbacca is exceptionally clever. But what is Chewie trying to tell us?

Movies Meredith Woerner

In which our critic grapples with the subtleties of “Jason X”

In Pop Punishment, Louis Peitzman endures the most derided genre films, television, and literature, all for your sadistic pleasure. How do you make Jason Voorhees interesting again? You don’t. Maybe that’s unfair, but as far as slashers go, I’ve never found Jason as compelling as the rest. Freddy Krueger has his quips; Michael Myers has…

Movies Louis Peitzman

How HBO adapted Game of Thrones to television — and how season 2 might diverge from A Clash of Kings

The thing that’s really striking when you watch HBO’s Game of Thrones television series is how closely it sticks to George R.R. Martin’s original book. We talked to producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff about how they made it work. We were lucky enough to be on a conference call with Weiss and Benioff, along…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Brandon Routh explains the rules for zombies in Dylan Dog’s first clip

New horror comedy Dylan Dog follows a supernatural peacekeeper (Brandon Routh) who mediates between the zombies, vampires and werewolves of our world. This first clip lays down the guidelines for zombies, and we managed to ask Routh himself to elaborate. As you can see from the clip, the zombie beauty regime is complicated, so we…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Book covers have been telling us to fear extraterrestrial visitors for over a century

Our total destruction at the hands (or tentacles) of alien visitors has been gloriously featured on book covers since the dawn of science fiction. Writing in Granta Magazine, Jeremy Sheldon explores why so many book covers feature horrifying extraterrestrials. That we should fear extraterrestrial beings in real life makes perfect sense. Consider that for this…

Books & Comics Jeremy Sheldon - Granta Magazine

How the Government Shutdown Would Screw the Top Ten Science Operations Vital for the Country

Endeavour’s on the launch pad, waiting for the start of mission STS-134. But, like the United States Government and most of its vital science operations, it may shut down tonight. If that happens, that’s very bad news. This is how the political war in Washington will affect the top 10 scientific operations essential for the…

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“Your Highness” is a dick joke with a heart of gold

It’s hard to make a fantasy movie whose central dark magic moment is called “the fuckening,” and still manage to convey a sweet, schmaltzy message about love conquering all. And yet that’s just what Your Highness does. This flick has all the goofball friendliness of a classic stoner movie ala Cheech and Chong, combined with…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Cam Gigandet explains why the humans were dumb enough to make a truce with the vampires in Priest

After years of warfare between humans and vampires, who thought a ceasefire was a good idea? That was our biggest question after watching footage from Priest. Instead of finishing off the vampires, the humans have put the vamps into reservations. So we asked Cam Gigandet, who plays the frontier sheriff facing the vampire threat every…

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All-Child Mad Max reconstruction looks absolutely stunning

Marvel at the incredible images from this kiddie Mad Max photo shoot. Swapping out the main stars from Mad Max for kids was pure genius. Check out the littlest Road Warriors! Shot for Kid’s Wear magazine, the images were a collaboration between Tino Schaedler and Achim Lippoth. Via SuperPunch.

Movies Meredith Woerner

Scientists attempt to fight cancer by making human DNA from dogs

Lymphoma is a cancer of certain cells in the immune system. Many genes are thought to be associated with it, but scientists have pinpointed a few by making dog DNA into human DNA. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma can be any of a group of cancers of the white blood cells – the lymphocytes. In 2010, there were…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

William Shatner and Jonathan Frakes both pitched Star Trek TV shows

Star Trek hasn’t been on television since Enterprise went away in 2005, but that’s not for lack of trying. Not only did Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) pitch a show, but so did past stars William Shatner and Jonathan Frakes. https://gizmodo.com/pushing-daisies-creator-wants-to-make-new-star-trek-sho-5068676 At least, Frakes told UGO in an interview published today: I had a Star Trek…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Lars Von Trier has made a disaster movie, Melancholia

Watch Kirsten Dunst experience the end of the world, Lars Von Trier style, in Melancholia. Possibly NSFW, due to naked Dunst. We kind of love that the Dogville director’s apocalyptic story is titled Melancholia, like it’s the end of the world, but we’re all pretty meh about it. The premise is simple, “Two sisters find…

Movies Meredith Woerner

10 Scifi films that are better than Serenity and Empire Strikes Back

Look, let’s face it, we all love an internet fight. It’s the American pastime, the sport of kings, and the game of life. The point is, it would be sad if we let the fighting die down after Serenity beat Empire Strikes Back in our March Movie Madness poll. To keep things spicy and send…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

Hanna proves action movies can be beautiful

If you’ve gotten used to action movies featuring an efflorescence of computer-generated images, and endlessly wobbly cameras, then Hanna will be a revelation. The film, which opens today, features absolutely a slew of beautiful and disturbing images, but director Joe Wright (Atonement) also films action with an unblinking intensity that goes along with the Chemical…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Silent Film Director for iPhone Is the Surpising Intersection of ‘Fun’ and ‘Silent Films’

Ziggy Marley explains his new superhero, Marijuanaman!

All Those Star Trek Episodes Are Coming to Netflix in July

Marvel’s craziest mutant, Deadpool, finally gets a director

How a cheap arthritis medicine could become a miracle cancer cure

New “Dark Knight Rises” cast member hints at the movie’s possible villain

The Death Star was my idea!

In which our critic grapples with the subtleties of “Jason X”

How HBO adapted Game of Thrones to television — and how season 2 might diverge from A Clash of Kings

Brandon Routh explains the rules for zombies in Dylan Dog’s first clip

Book covers have been telling us to fear extraterrestrial visitors for over a century

How the Government Shutdown Would Screw the Top Ten Science Operations Vital for the Country

“Your Highness” is a dick joke with a heart of gold

Cam Gigandet explains why the humans were dumb enough to make a truce with the vampires in Priest

All-Child Mad Max reconstruction looks absolutely stunning

Scientists attempt to fight cancer by making human DNA from dogs

William Shatner and Jonathan Frakes both pitched Star Trek TV shows

Lars Von Trier has made a disaster movie, Melancholia

10 Scifi films that are better than Serenity and Empire Strikes Back

Hanna proves action movies can be beautiful

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

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