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Why Stephen King’s complaints about The Shining actually have a point

Stephen King has made no secret of his dislike for Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed film adaptation of his novel The Shining, and this is usually seen as evidence that King is a control freak who can’t appreciate Kubrick’s genius. But a brilliant new essay by Laura Miller argues that King actually has a point. In Miller’s…

Step inside the Ender’s Game Battle School with 360° set panoramas

Want to get a much closer look at the space station Battle School from Ender’s Game? We’re exclusively debuting a 360° tour of the barracks for the Dragon Army, plus Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford’s) command center. Take a look. Click on the embeds below — you can move your cursor around to move the…

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies With Incredibly Tiny Casts

This coming weekend, Gravity tells an epic story with just Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. And it joins a long tradition of movies that rock, with just a few actors. And maybe a monkey. Here are the absolute best films featuring tiny casts, that bring enough talent for a small army. Moon (2009) Kevin Spacey…

Edgar Wright gets to work on Ant-Man, tweets a look at the suit

Looks like Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man is finally getting started! The director tweeted the above picture from the set, along with a peek at the new Ant-Man suit, which looks a bit upgraded from the one in that test footage shown at Comic-Con. Now the next question is: Who’s in the suit? Okay, the answer to…

You can’t watch Gravity like a typical movie, warns Alfonso Cuarón

Everyone is buzzing about Gravity, the stunning new film from director Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men). We sat down with Cuarón to talk about it. He told us why you can watch basically every mainstream movie with your eyes closed, but not Gravity. Far too many films today rely on characters pointing at the sky…

Legend of Conan scriptwriter hired for masculine grittiness, excellent

The Legend of Conan is still happening! What with Hercules, Expendables 3 and Escape Plan coming down the pipe it feels like we’re reliving the oiled muscled movies of the ’80s, only with old people. And now The Legend of Conan hired a writer. Deadline is reporting that Andrea Berloff, best known for World Trade…

The Honest Truth About The Matrix

It’s been 14 years since The Matrix came out in theaters and became one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. It’s been 10 years since The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions straggled onto screens and changed the way we thought about one of our favorite sci-fi movies ever. Honest Trailers smacks down the series…

This Is The End gag reel is actually a lot like the movie itself

This is The End, the movie in which James Franco and Seth Rogen and their friends play themselves after the apocalypse, is one of the most ridiculous things we’ve ever seen. And so is the movie’s blooper reel. Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog

Robot Separatists: The Best Stories About A.I.s Leaving Humanity Behind

When we finally create artificial intelligences and supersmart robots, everybody expects the very next thing they’ll try and do is wipe out humanity. Right? Maybe not. Some artificial creations just want to be left alone, to do their own thing. Here’s our semi-complete list of stories about robot separatists. Top image: Mass Effect. Note: These…

Which sudden off-screen death left you feeling most betrayed?

Earlier this week, Helen Fielding caused jaws to drop across the planet, because the new Bridget Jones book opens five years after the death of Mark Darcy. But this kind of off-screen (or off-page) death happens all the time. What’s your least favorite example of an unseen character death from science fiction or fantasy? Perhaps…

S.H.I.E.L.D.’s success revives talk of a live-action Star Wars Show

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series premiered to insane numbers. Everyone was watching, and because of this massive TV success, Disney is allegedly rethinking the axing of the live-action Star Wars show. Clearly, there’s money to be made here. Blue Sky is reporting that even thought Disney put the kibosh on Luscasfilm’s plans for a…

Hear Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dragon Voice in the New Hobbit Trailer

We’ve seen Smaug’s scaly grin, now hear the voice Benedict Cumberbatch crafted for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in this brand new trailer, plus a whole lot of new footage. The rest of the book is basically laid out in this new trailer, we honestly don’t know what will be left for…

There’s going to be a NEW Live-Action Cruella De Vil Movie!

The era of live action Disney villains continues on! Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Cate Blanchett as the Evil Step Mother — and now a brand new Cruella De Vil flick. Let’s just hope they keep the song (because it is awesome). The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the next Disney character to get a big…

J.J. Abrams apologizes for all those Star Trek lens flares

And here’s the most insane part: Abrams had to have ILM remove lens flares from Star Trek Into Darkness in post-production because even he thought there were too many. Abrams gave the belated apology and admitted he had “a problem” in an interview with Crave Online: I know I get a lot of grief for…

Which brand new character totally failed to mesh with an ensemble cast?

Sometimes a TV show, movie (or book series) needs to shake things up. So they add a brand new character, or replace an existing character with someone new. And… it doesn’t work. What’s the most glaring example of a new character who just doesn’t work with the existing gang? Please include a picture or clip…

A Real Astronaut Uncovers the Gaping Plot Hole in Gravity

Gravity looks pretty damn terrifying. Most philosophers would tell us that for a film to really be chilling to the bone, it must call to mind a real-life existential fear that’s buried within our souls. So Gravity is tugging at some deeply held fears we’ve got, then, right? Well, according to real astronaut Michael Massimino,…

Why the Movie Myth of Injecting Medication Into the Heart Is Garbage

Myth: Injecting medicine straight into your heart can be beneficial in some way. Ah, the dramatic scene that ends with an actor stabbing a needle straight into their heart, narrowly escaping death and magically curing whatever ailment just befell them. While very dramatic, it’s also very untrue and an exceptionally bad idea if your goal…

How Star Trek Into Darkness‘s space jump scene was filmed

The ship-to-ship space jump in Star Trek Into Darkness is a fun sequence, with Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch flying through a field of debris—and trying not to hit too much of it along the way. This making-of video shows us the CG planning and green screen filming behind the scene. Minor spoilers below. It’s…

Disaster strikes in the tense first clip from Gravity

This clip from from Gravity is just a minute long, but it gives us an excellent taste of the movie’s spacefaring tension. Give it a watch, and don’t forget to breathe. Gravity comes to theaters on October 4th. We can’t wait. [via Comic Book Movie]

Hugh Jackman joins the cast of Neill Blomkamp’s robot crime film Chappie. According to Bleeding Cool, Jackman will play a resourceful CEO who ends up on the wrong side of the movie’s gangsters.