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What’s the greatest heist in all of science fiction or fantasy?

Sometimes, a dashing hero of the galaxy has to grab something, and dash. Sometimes, you have to make with the sticky fingers. What’s the greatest heist story in all of science fiction or fantasy? Please include a picture or clip of this daring robbery. And let us know the title and where it comes from.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 24

Hobbit video blog highlights the best part of the movie: the music

Peter Jackson throws down his latest Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug production video blog, and this one is ALL about the music. So pull up the blankets and get ready for all the musical feels. Howard Shore is a genius. The end.

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 24

What’s the Best Christmas Movie?

Below, you’ll find an argument that the best Christmas movie is Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, a film about a bureaucrat trying to survive a dystopian wonderland. Brazil is many things, most of them complimentary. But it is not the best Christmas movie. Not even close. The best Christmas movie is A Charlie Brown Christmas. It is…

Movies Brian Barrett Dec 24

12 Monty Python Side Projects, Ranked from Worst to Best

We’ve just learned that Simon Pegg will star in Absolutely Anything, a brand new film that reunites the surviving Monty Python castmembers. But how will this movie stack up to the canon of Monty Python spinoffs? Here are 12 Python side projects, ranked in order of greatness. https://gizmodo.com/simon-pegg-will-star-in-the-brand-new-film-from-the-mon-1481429798 Note: For the purposes of this list,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 24

Darren Aronofsky’s graphic novel gives Noah a total Thor makeover

Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is getting a graphic novel tie-in. Because that is what we do with movies now. However, the first ever art from this project appears to have replaced Noah with Thor. The graphic novel will was created by writer Ari Handel and artist Niko Henrichon. And thanks to Yahoo, we have a first…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 24

Why does every story have to be an Earth-shattering epic?

Lately, it seems like every story has to be massive, or nobody cares. Every Doctor Who story is about saving the entire universe. The latest Hobbit movie seemed to be trying to be a Lord of the Rings-style saga. Every action movie needs global stakes. Can we talk about our epic epidemic? We couldn’t help…

Movies Genevieve Valentine Dec 24

ILM’s Effects For The Lone Ranger Were Way Better Than the Movie

Just because a blockbuster tanked at the box office, doesn’t mean the talented folks who worked on the film didn’t pour their hearts and souls into every frame. Especially those responsible for a film’s visual effects, whose work often goes unnoticed when they’ve done their job right. And to give the talented artists at ILM…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Dec 24

Awesome parents recreate famous movie scenes with their adorable baby

Aww. This is adorable. Lilly and Leon Mackie play dress up with their little kid Orson and turn him into baby versions of Luke Skywalker, baby Batman, baby Macaulay Culkin, baby Castaway and so forth so that they could recreate scenes from famous movies. You’ll see mom, dad and child pose for photos of baby…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 23

Great Movies About Prehistoric Animals, Rated for Scientific Accuracy

What does the Pachyrhinosaurus say? That was the question the writers behind Walking With Dinosaurs 3D asked themselves, and they figured that the ornately-decorated ceratopsids would have been constantly spewing poop jokes. The critical response has been unanimous: it’d be more fun to walk with dinosaurs if they would just shut the hell up. But…

Movies Brian Switek Dec 23

Who’s the most unconventional superhero ever created?

Superheroes come in all forms, from green rage monsters to circus-acrobat ghosts. In fact, the superhero genre is just a conglomeration of other genres. But who’s the weirdest and most mold-breaking superhero ever created? https://gizmodo.com/10-genres-that-superheroes-have-swallowed-up-511461075 Please include a picture or clip of your chosen superhero. And let us know their name, and why they’re the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 23

Brainiac Concept Art from the Bryan Singer Superman That Never Was

Bryan Singer was hard at work on a sequel to Superman Returns when the studio pulled the plug. Which means we never got to see Brainiac on the big screen, since he was the intended big bad for the sequel. But at least newly revealed concept art gives us a hint at what could have…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 23

Fantastic Last-Minute Gifts That You Can Buy Or Make Right Now

Did you wait too long to buy holiday gifts? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Skip the heinous store lines and “sold out” signs. There’s plenty of stuff that you can make yourself, or has immediately delivery. Here’s our list of last minute gifts that will make your loved ones think you planned ahead. Bake…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 23

What’s the worst movie we left off our list of the year’s worst movies?

We made our choices, and now it’s your turn. Last week, we posted our list of the best and worst movies of 2013, but it was especially hard to decide on the worst this year. So please tell us: Which movie should we have included on our “worst” list? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-and-worst-science-fiction-and-fantasy-movies-o-1485583680

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 23

10 Lessons That We Hope 2013 Has Taught the Entertainment Industry

This past year was a killing ground, but also a proving ground. Huge, massively-hyped projects crashed and burned, but there were also some surprising hits. And in the midst of this carnage, a few stark truths. Here are 10 lessons we hope the entertainment industry learns from 2013. Top image: Oblivion. 1) If your movie’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 23

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn put to rest any remaining questions surrounding Vin Diesel’s role by posting this picture of Diesel with the tree-like Groot on Facebook. Soon we’ll find out how many ways Diesel can say, “I am Groot!” It’s not exactly a surprise that Diesel is voicing Groot (there is even…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 22

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

The NeverEnding Story doesn’t need a darker reboot in the least, but Nicolas Francoeur‘s concept art, imagining a more “mature” version of the classic films, are still quite lovely. Let’s just hope they don’t give film executives any ideas. Concept Art World has more images from the series, including Francoeur’s remakes of Gmork, Rock Biter…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 21

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past reunites many of the cast members from the earlier X-Men film trilogy, but one previously announced character will be absent: Anna Paquin’s Rogue, whose scene ended up on the cutting room floor. Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer told EW that the decision to cut Rogue from the film…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 21

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

They took an educational BBC series about dinosaurs and turned it into a goofy kids’ movie. To be honest, I expected Walking With Dinosaurs to be a lot worse than it actually was. The actual movie is lovely to look at, but dumb as bricks. And full of surprises — including Saved by the Bell-style…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 20

First trailer for Transcendence shows Johnny Depp going full AI

It’s starting to look like 2014 is going to be the year of artificial intelligence movies. First Her, now Transcendence, look at what happens to humanity when AIs live among us. Yesterday we got some interesting teasers for this movie, and now we’ve got the complete trailer. It’s hard to tell from whether it’s going…

Trailers Annalee Newitz Dec 20

Movies are pretty corny when you only hear their punchline

You might not want to admit it but your favorite action movie is pretty corny. But it’s okay! Because they’re fun and they’re ridiculous and there are explosions and they’re quite wonderful at wasting two hours. But when you only see little bits of the movie? Especially just the punchline? It gets quite embarrassing. Just…

Sploid Casey Chan Dec 20

What’s the greatest heist in all of science fiction or fantasy?

Hobbit video blog highlights the best part of the movie: the music

What’s the Best Christmas Movie?

12 Monty Python Side Projects, Ranked from Worst to Best

Darren Aronofsky’s graphic novel gives Noah a total Thor makeover

Why does every story have to be an Earth-shattering epic?

ILM’s Effects For The Lone Ranger Were Way Better Than the Movie

Awesome parents recreate famous movie scenes with their adorable baby

Great Movies About Prehistoric Animals, Rated for Scientific Accuracy

Who’s the most unconventional superhero ever created?

Brainiac Concept Art from the Bryan Singer Superman That Never Was

Fantastic Last-Minute Gifts That You Can Buy Or Make Right Now

What’s the worst movie we left off our list of the year’s worst movies?

10 Lessons That We Hope 2013 Has Taught the Entertainment Industry

Vin Diesel confirms Guardians of the Galaxy role by posing with Groot

Concept art from an imagined dark and gritty NeverEnding Story reboot

Anna Paquin’s Rogue has been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

Several Random Things You Didn’t Know About Walking With Dinosaurs 3D

First trailer for Transcendence shows Johnny Depp going full AI

Movies are pretty corny when you only hear their punchline

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