Movies

Oh my god they made another Chucky movie

Holy crap there’s a new movie about that murderous little ginger doll Chucky. Witness the return of the monster we were all fine with leaving behind in the 80s and 90s, in the trailer for Curse of Chucky. Here’s the official synopsis of the film that’s coming out on DVD along with all other 6…

Incredible time-lapse of fog flowing over San Francisco for 2 years

There is nothing more beautiful than watching the fog roll in over San Francisco. Often it looks like water flowing in slow motion. And now, in this mesmerizing time-lapse film, you can see just how similar the fog’s motion really is to an airborne flood. Writes filmmaker Simon Christen: The weather conditions have to be…

Pantsload of Conjuring clips will scare the crap out of ya

We’re so excited for the latest jump-scare epic from James Wan, director of Insidious. Summer horror is your best possible escape from swamp-ass and busted AC. Behold a collection of Conjuring clips that are chilling enough to make you forget about the heat. We have all our fingers and toes crossed that this movie will…

All aboard the ludicrous train fight scene in the first Wolverine clip

I’m not convinced that The Wolverine is going to be terrible, but boy, have all the shots of that fight scene on-top of the Japanese bullet train looked goofy in the previews. Well, as the first official The Wolverine clip has revealed, this fight scene doesn’t just look goofy, it is goofy. Immensely. Look, I…

How Would You Carry a Jaeger from Pacific Rim?

So you have your awesome giant Jaeger and you want to use it to fight the mean Kaiju that are destroying your city. But there is a problem. Your Jaeger is here and the Kaiju are there. How do you get from here to there? Clearly, you need to fly. Well, not really fly. No,…

Batman prepares to battle Aquaman and Wonder Woman in Flashpoint clip

The first clip for DC’s direct-to-home video movie Justice League: Flashpoint Paradox has arrived, as Cyborg assembles a team to stop Aquaman and Wonder Woman before the Atlantis/Amazon war kills everyone on the planet, asking a particularly red-eyed Batman to lead it (no spoilers, but he’s not just tired). Comics fans know that this is…

Young Adult: You Can Go Home Again (But Maybe You Shouldn’t?)

When a ghost writer of a failing young adult book series heads back to her hometown, things go… poorly. Very, very poorly. If you thought Charlize Theron was a monster in Monster, you should see her in Young Adult. Don’t let the name fool you; Young Adult is a dark comedy of the highest order,…

Aliens‘ Xenomorph Queen Was Way Less Scary in Her Larval Form

There’s no denying that the Xenomorph queen is terrifying in Aliens, but she doesn’t seem quite has bad when her lifeless head is just sitting on a table in its earliest form, not quite sculpted into the horrifying finished product. She’s still no looker, though. Stan Winston School brings us yet another fantastic behind-the-scenes look…

How World War Z‘s VFX crew used AI to create the zombie swarm

Even if World War Z isn’t your cup of undead tea, it’s fascinating to see how the visual effects artists at MPC created the massive zombie crowd in the Jerusalem scene, using a combination of motion-capture performances and AI interactions. Hat tip to Scott!

Glas: Glass Blowing Looks So Fantastically Fun

Bert Haanstra’s Glas is a short 10-minute documentary from 1958 about glass that won an Oscar. It’s a beautiful short that shows the art of glass blowing versus the character-less mechanism of automated glass bottle making machines. There’s no voice over, no narration, just beautiful scenes of glass being made. It’s like porn for manufacturing.…

New Snowpiercer trailer explains how humanity destroyed the Earth

Still wondering how the whole of humanity wound up on a giant train in the middle of a frozen wasteland? Bong Joon-ho’s latest trailer for Snowpiercer and CG backstory video explains (almost everything). What happened: Snowpiercer is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off…

Watch actors perform their very own death-defying stunts

Most Hollywood actors are forbidden from doing all but the simplest stunts, because of the studio’s insurance policies. But some actors still demand to be in the thick of the action, while some comedians performed death-defying tricks before the term “stunt doubles” even existed. Discover who put themselves in mortal danger for your entertainment! Harold…

All the books getting turned into movies & TV shows over the next year

This year is all about the book adaptation. Game of Thrones, Warm Bodies, Beautiful Creatures and World War Z (sort of) were all books first! So here is our extensive guide to just about every movie and TV series turning your favorite book into a live-action wonder. Get out your reading lists so you too…

10 Great Movies in which the Heroes Are Doomed

Aren’t you tired of those goody-goody heroes saving the day in every movie? When they walk off into the sunset, all happy and fulfilled, doesn’t it eat into your bitter, desiccated soul? Here are a few great movies that let you take the edge off that anger. In these, the heroes are doomed. Dooooomed! 1.…

Holy @#$%, Michael Jackson almost starred in a Doctor Who movie

Yes, that Michael Jackson. In the ’80s. And yes, it’s America’s fault, obviously. Here’s the deal, according to the Times: A book about thwarted attempts to make a Doctor Who feature film reveals that Paramount wanted the title role to go to Michael Jackson. Charles Norton, author of Doctor Who at the Movies, discovered that…

First-ever pictures from the set of The Maze Runner

The beloved YA novel by James Dashner is finally coming to the big screen, and here’s your first look! No lie, it looks fantastic. The official synopsis sounds pretty close to the novel: “Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they’re…

Animated movies that are better than most live-action blockbusters

While the summer movie blockbuster shuffle may make you think that live-action is the only way to go for a spectacle, we beg to differ. There are plenty of animated movies that can compete with the summer movie fare (if not completely trump them). In celebration of all things animated, here’s our list of cartoon…

The Sharknado trailer is the greatest thing you’ll see all week

“Sharks. Tornado. Sharknado. ‘Nuff said.” claims the very basic equation at the heart of the trailer for Syfy’s latest masterpiece, Sharknado. Suffice it to say, it does what it says on the box, which is present us with a movie about tornado full of goddamned sharks. Honestly, I don’t know what I love most: That…

In a summer filled with painfully stupid, joyless blockbusters, Disney’s The Lone Ranger offers a very special brand of insultingly terrible boring nonsense. But is it the year’s stupidest movie, or just in the Top 10? At least the western’s “accessories collection is made by a Lakota Sioux leatherworker named Gabriel GoodBuffalo.” “A Pirates of…

New Frozen footage reveals the Ice Queen in action

The first footage from Disney’s new princess movie Frozen felt like a Ice Age 18 or whatever. It was not awesome. Thankfully we’ve got a new, better look at the movie thanks to a Japanese show. Bleeding Cool found a collection of recut trailer footage on a Japanese program. Even though we’re not sure what’s…