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Blair Witch Project writer/director’s new film takes exploitation to the next level

After making the genre-changing Blair Witch Project for a tiny budget, filmmaker Eduardo Sánchez spent over a decade recovering. He worked on a string of unsuccessful movies, but now he’s trying for a comeback with his first feature in a while, Lovely Molly. Like Blair, this indie horror flick incorporates found footage into a nerve-jangling…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 24

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, They Live, and other science fiction Nintendo games that never existed

There were plenty of old school video games based on science fiction movies, but plenty of them were absolutely godawful. We’re looking at you, Total Recall for Nintendo and E.T. for Atari. Less than content with reality, the blog VG Junk has turned to its own imagination to create screenshots from licensed video games that…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 23

Godzilla + Voltron – Cats = The Official Synopsis of Pacific Rim

The first official synopsis for Guillermo del Toro’s monsters versus robots movie Pacific Rim is out. Boiled down, the whole thing is about giant robots piloted by different teams of humans struggling to fight strange monsters funneling out of the sea. This movie is going to be massive: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

The Gorgeous Matte Paintings that Made Lord of the Rings and Fifth Element Feel Real

You’ve seen the work of matte painter Wayne Haag in Lord of the Rings, Farscape and The Fifth Element, among many other works. His matte paintings have given a sense of depth and reality to the fantastical worlds in your favorite movies and television shows — and here, he gives us an inside look at…

Movies Wayne Haag May 23

G.I. Joe: Retaliation pushed back to March 2013 for 3D conversion! Cripes!

G.I. Joe: Retaliation was supposed to be released next month. Instead the studio has decided to push it back to next year for 3D conversion. This is a film the studio has already spent gobs marketing it — they even bought a Super Bowl spot. This baffling decision is not only shocking, it’s depressing. We…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

Who is this mysterious new Dark Knight Rises character?

A new crop of freshly released Dark Knight Rises toys from the Quick Tek line has potentially revealed the a brand new Batman character. Thanks to an io9 reader, we now have a close look at a brand new face, well a toy face. Who could this gentleman on the right be? We have three…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

Confirmed: Geeks are the Best People to Watch Movies With

Want to enjoy a pure movie-going experience? You’re going to have to stay up late. A new article claims midnight movie screenings are the only ones where you’re not likely to be disturbed by rude maniacs. The reason why midnight movies are so great? Because the audiences are fans. Top image: Midnight Screening of Harry…

Movies Michael Ann Dobbs May 23

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

When it comes to movie series, the third time is definitely not the charm. Some of the best movies ever made are the second films in a franchise — but it’s a rare third film that achieves true greatness. This Friday sees the release of Men in Black III, and everybody’s wondering if it can…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 23

What Men in Black III Learned from the Second Film’s Mistakes

Barry Sonnenfeld has been making Men in Black movies for 15 years. We were lucky enough to talk to him one-on-one and find out the secrets of making a Men in Black movie. Including what Sonnenfeld learned from the much maligned second flick, why some MIB staples aren’t in the third film, and how the…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 23

Amazon Prime Adds Paramount Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

In its ongoing mission to become the best streaming movie service around, Amazon Prime now has the Paramount Movies catalog in its backpocket. That means films like Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek, Top Gun, Clueless, and Nacho Libre are now available for members. [Tech Crunch]

Commerce Adrian Covert May 23

Dark Knight Rises fan art will be the instrument of your jubilation

The Dark Knight Rises won’t be out for another two months, but we can already consume masses of fan art for it. Fan-made posters will rise up and consume your eyeballs with a cleansing fire of awesomeness. Plus we found one cute animated GIF. Posters via Fuck Yeah The Dark Knight Rises. GIF via Fanpop.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 23

When a vampire bootleg Mickey Mouse tried to invade Japan before World War II

Continuing right along with our unofficial exploration of all things simultaneously insane, horrific, and Disney-related comes “Toybox Series #3: Picture Book 1936,″ a 1934 Japanese propaganda cartoon by Komatsuzawa Hajime. https://gizmodo.com/vintage-disneyland-character-costumes-were-the-fabric-o-5912099 https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-mickey-mouse-gas-mask-from-world-war-ii-5888018 Like American propaganda of the era (1, 2), this animation also channeled Walt’s happy cartoon creations. Unlike those cartoons, this short featured Mickey…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 22

Aliens recreated with puppets? Game over, man!

What better way to recreate the dark R-rated world of James Cameron’s bloody Aliens than with puppets! The Meat and Potato Theatre of Salt Lake City, Utah is putting on a puppet musical recreating Aliens. And we think that’s just spectacular. Here’s the information from their official website: “In a world…where singing puppets can’t hear…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 22

Why we so desperately want Snow White and the Huntsman to be good

We need Snow White and the Huntsman to be good. It’s moved past mere desire to a full-on burning inflammation in our fantasy loins. Why? Perhaps it’s because what we’ve seen in the trailers so far looks pretty damn good. We were raised on Beastmaster, Willow, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, but there’s been a fantasy…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 22

Famous Literary Critic Stanley Fish Explains Why You’re Wrong to Care About Spoilers

Stanley Fish is perhaps most famous for chipping away at the idea that texts have real meanings and moral principles matter, with all his deconstruction-y lit-crittery. But now he’s causing a new stir, by claiming that spoilers don’t matter, and people who complain about spoilers aren’t really enjoying texts the right way. At least, that’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 22

This 5-minute film was made in 48 hours, and tells a better story than most features

Every year the Sci-Fi London Film Festival issues a challenge to filmmakers. They hand out bags full of props, a movie title, and theme prompts to filmmakers, and then give them 48 hours to produce a 5-minute film. A group of judges choose the winner, who will get backing to make a feature film. This…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 22

First Gorgeous Trailer for P.T. Anderson’s Scientology Movie The Master

Joaquin Phoenix is amazingly deranged and sparky in the first trailer for The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s troubled-but-fascinating movie that’s at least loosely based on Scientology. You can already see from this brief teaser that Phoenix’s character is going to have impulse control issues as well as a flawed memory. (Although Jeremy Renner still might…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders May 22

Hook’s Rufio is getting his own movie. Let’s hope it’s called Bangarang

Bangarang! Remember the angry crop-top wearing leader of the lost boys, from Robin Williams’ slightly creepy take on the Peter Pan fairytale, Hook? Now Rufio is getting a movie prequel of his own, and it’s taking us behind the red and black mohawk. In an interview with Crave actor Dante Basco revealed the plans to…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 22

Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”

Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for being a man who writes a lot of “strong female characters.” People always ask Rucka why he chooses to write so…

Movies Greg Rucka May 22

Watch Redux Red Riding Hood, a trippy Disney cartoon that hasn’t been seen for 15 years

Back in 1997, Mia Farrow, Garrison Keillor, Michael Richards, Fabio, Adam West, and Don Rickles lent their voices to Redux Riding Hood, a wonderfully weird jazz-inflected short cartoon that toured the festival circuit. The short was nominated for an Academy Award and then shelved indefinitely for whatever reason. Fortunately, director Steve Moore has posted this…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 22

Blair Witch Project writer/director’s new film takes exploitation to the next level

Buffy The Vampire Slayer, They Live, and other science fiction Nintendo games that never existed

Godzilla + Voltron – Cats = The Official Synopsis of Pacific Rim

The Gorgeous Matte Paintings that Made Lord of the Rings and Fifth Element Feel Real

G.I. Joe: Retaliation pushed back to March 2013 for 3D conversion! Cripes!

Who is this mysterious new Dark Knight Rises character?

Confirmed: Geeks are the Best People to Watch Movies With

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

What Men in Black III Learned from the Second Film’s Mistakes

Amazon Prime Adds Paramount Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

Dark Knight Rises fan art will be the instrument of your jubilation

When a vampire bootleg Mickey Mouse tried to invade Japan before World War II

Aliens recreated with puppets? Game over, man!

Why we so desperately want Snow White and the Huntsman to be good

Famous Literary Critic Stanley Fish Explains Why You’re Wrong to Care About Spoilers

This 5-minute film was made in 48 hours, and tells a better story than most features

First Gorgeous Trailer for P.T. Anderson’s Scientology Movie The Master

Hook’s Rufio is getting his own movie. Let’s hope it’s called Bangarang

Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”

Watch Redux Red Riding Hood, a trippy Disney cartoon that hasn’t been seen for 15 years

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