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io9MoviesThis Short Sci-Fi Thriller Shows a Quantum Experiment Gone Awry
Would you follow your lover to a different dimension? Entangled, one of the highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival’s Short Cuts program, is an eerie, engrossing story that follows what happens when a scientist decides to conduct a quantum experiment on himself. Like Shane Carruth’s Primer, Entangled takes a sci-fi concept and grounds it … Continued
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io9These Six Maze Runner Clips Kind Of Got Us Excited About This Movie
The Maze Runner movie has kind of slipped under the radar of late. Yes, we love the book, and yes, the fellas all look good in their assigned Henley shirts, however our actual excitement waned—until now. These clips are super intriguing, great looking and simply good. Call me crazy, but I’m ready for The Maze … Continued
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io9Extraterrestrial Trailer Promises The Return Of Alien Horror
After slogging through one disappointing alien horror film after the other, here’s hoping that Extraterrestrial will be different—and actually be scary. Check out the first trailer and let us know: did it give you chills? Extraterrestrial was written by the Vicious Brothers, and directed by one half of the team, Colin Minihan. The Vicious Brothers … Continued
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“Strong Women Characters” Who Made Mistakes (And Learned From Them)
You know what we really want from our “strong female characters” in pop culture? Not to be perfect human beings. Or to screw up and be sidelined. What we want is to see them do what all great characters do: make mistakes, and grow as a result. Here are a ton of female heroes whose … Continued
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What Huge Star Wars: Episode 7 Spoiler Did J.J. Abrams Just Reveal?
Two big, fat Star Wars spoilers for Episode 7 have been released into the ether of the Internet. One rumor was churned up by the director himself. And the other? Well, the other is a huge, huge, huge freaking reveal—those of you who want to remain untouched for the great Star Wars reawakening should cover … Continued
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io9MoviesGodzilla Was Only In 8 Minutes Of Godzilla And Here They Are
Wow. Gareth Edwards’ new Godzilla movie got pretty solid reviews, but I don’t think people realized how little the Big G was actually on screen during the film. As this video compiled by John Nemesis reveals, it’s less than eight total minutes — yeesh. According to Wired, that accounts for less than 7% of the … Continued
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A Blu-ray Disc Player on Your Car’s GPS Is Probably Not a Good Idea
There’s just one thing that could make your drive to work less agonizing when the GPS is telling you there’s no way around the endless traffic: access to your Criterion Collection Blu-ray discs. Or at least that’s the scenario Panasonic is envisioning now that it’s including Blu-ray players on its satellite navigation units. To start … Continued
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io9Jeff Goldblum Sings The Jurassic Park Theme Song And It’s Beautiful
Jeff Goldblum sings the unofficial Jurassic Park theme song and reveals that he has the voice of an angel. Is there nothing Jeff Goldblum cannot do? While appearing as a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, host Meyers asked Goldblum to sing a few bars from the wildly accepted Internet version of the Jurassic … Continued
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io9Make-a-Wish Helps Child Defeat Evil in His Own Sci-Fi Film
Clark Doyle, a seven-year-old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, made his very own science fiction epic with the help of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The above photo of awesomeness is Clark at the red carpet premiere of his film Zero Hour. Between this and the Iron Manchild, our hearts may just implode in on themselves. According to … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis is why Robin Williams was such a fantastic actor
Everyone has their own reasons for loving Robin Williams, he taught some people how to laugh, his movies defined many a childhood, he was a great guy and so on and so on. Plus, he was a fantastic actor. Tony from Every Frame a Painting explains just how great by focusing on one tiny thing: … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidBrutally honest trailer shows how Godzilla was such a terrible movie
I really thought Godzilla was going to be cool. I mean the the teaser had that sick HALO jump scene and the cast had a post-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston with an always watchable Ken Watanabe and oh yeah, GODZILLA! There was no way they were going to screw it up like they did in 1998. … Continued
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io9Movies“Everyone My Age Pees His Pants”: Happy 48th, Adam Sandler
It was a busy day here at Giz: Somebody talked about some stuff, and then we talked about that stuff, too. With all the excitement around here, you’d be forgiven if you forgot about the day’s other big news. It’s Adam Sandler’s birthday, you guys. The buzz on Sandler as he begins his 48th year … Continued
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Which Story Really Convinces You The Fate Of The World Is At Stake?
Sometimes it feels like we’re overloaded with massive stories about saving the world, or maybe the galaxy. But there’s nothing wrong with high stakes, as long as they’re convincing and grounded in the characters. Which book, movie, TV show or comic made you believe the world really was at stake? Please include a picture, poster, … Continued
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io9Boy Gets Prosthetic Iron Man Hand, Repulsor Blasts Our Hearts
Three-year-old Rayven “Bubba” Kahae was born with ABS, amniotic band syndrome, which means one of Bubba’s hands isn’t fully formed. But now he has a prosthetic Iron Man Hand, and we have something in our eye…. KHON2 News interviewed Bubba’s grandma, who shared the footage of her grandson getting his brand new Iron Man-styled hand. … Continued
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Add Legion Of Super-Heroes To The Pile Of DC Movies WB Wants To Make
A new rumor posits that Warner Bros. is searching for scriptwriters to take a shot at adapting the 31st century teens of the Legion of Super-Heroes for a movie. Seeing as even DC can’t get a Legion of Super-Heroes comic to stick around more than a year or two, I wouldn’t get too excited. I … Continued
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Here Are Bill Murray’s Choices for an All-Female Ghostbusters
Asked about the Paul Feig-helmed, all-female reboot, Bill Murray gave his ideas for the new cast. Some stalwarts are included, but there are few new names, too. No matter what, it’s kind of hard to dismiss anyone endorsed by Bill Murray himself. Murray first gave his stamp of approval for the idea, saying, “I’m fine … Continued
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The Sci-Fi and Fantasy-Themed Art Explosions of “Alphabet Attack!”
Dave Crosland, aka King Gum, finished the fourth iteration of his daily art project “Alphabet Attack!” in July. Each time he does this, he goes in alphabetical order for his inspirations, covering everything from single words like “Yonder” to fanciful takes on pop culture like “Ewok Engineering.” Above: Ewok Engineering, Dalek’s Disagreeable Disposition, and Quarantine … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidSuper slick CGI movie teaser makes me want to see the whole thing
CGI and visual effects are often over used in mainstream movies these days but there are still some really cool sequences that can only pop and make you gasp with the help of VFX. This short teaser for The Message, a short film by Industry Visual Effects, goes all in on CGI and it looks … Continued
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io9TrailersJapan’s Made the Best, and Funniest, Guardians of the Galaxy Trailers
Guardians of the Galaxy is premiering in Japan this week and director James Gunn has been kind enough to inform the world of the beauty that are their trailers. Rather than the more team-focused trailers we got, Japan went for a route that picked out the anthropomorphized characters, using some perfectly chosen stock images. You … Continued
