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batman

Batpod Makes Its Way to the British Formula One Grand Prix

One of the coolest things about the Batpod from the upcoming Dark Knight movie is the fact that it actually works. Previously seen being straddled by Meredith Viera on The Today Show, the decked out motorcycle burned rubber at the slightly more dignified British Formula One Grand Prix this weekend. Who else would give anything to be Jean-Pierre Goy, Christian Bale's stuntman, right now? [Gizmag] More »

8:30 PM on Sat Jul 5 2008
By Elaine Chow
33,205 views, 33 comments

photoshop contest

Nearly 50 Movie Remakes and Sequels So Bad They Wouldn't Even Go Straight to DVD

Last week, I asked you to imagine horrible movie remakes and sequels that not even the folks in Hollywood would be so bold as to create. You responded. Oh, how you responded. I have to share with you nearly 50 movies that, god willing, we will never, ever have to see. I hope. OK, hit the jump to see your top three winners and then all the other winners in our Gallery of Champions. More »

Feature

12:30 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Adam Frucci
27,323 views, 67 comments

Latest by n/a: Princess Bride 2 gets my vote. more »

movie magic

Secrets of Wanted's Action Scenes Revealed

For those of you who have seen the Angelina Jolie/James McAvoy violence-fueled campfest Wanted, Wired has an expose up on how they filmed some of their craziest scenes. Russian director Timur Bakmambetov used his own Moscow-based special effects company to create the movie's non-stop, over-the-top action. At his disposal was everything from a European high-speed train equipped with hydraulics that rotated 360 degrees to scanned digital stunt doubles. Warning: If you haven't watched the movie yet and actually want to, the article contains a load of spoilers. [Wired]

7:15 PM on Sun Jun 29 2008
By Elaine Chow
15,428 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: Nice action scenes...I'll be getting it on VHS more »

lego

Wall-E Animator Tops Everyone Who Ever Wanted to Make a LEGO Wall-E

Were you thinking of building your own Wall-E out of LEGO? Pfft. I mean, no, go ahead. Just don't ever put it next to this model by Angus MacLane, who actually helped animate the film. Because, as good as yours may look, he can always play the "well, the way we do things at Pixar..." card on you. So how does he rate his own performance? More »

1:30 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Mark Wilson
22,607 views, 28 comments

movies

Wall-E Review: One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies in Years, Disguised as a Cartoon

Wall-E might be the most sympathetic, lovable robot ever created on film. While R2-D2 was hilarious and endearing, he had the benefit of C3PO to translate for him and a cast of human characters to carry the weight of the story. At the end of the day, R2-D2 was simply comic relief, but his descendant, whose voice was also created by Ben Burtt, is so full of humanity that you feel like your heart might just burst. Simply put, Wall-E is a masterpiece. More »

Feature

11:00 AM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Adam Frucci
44,308 views, 151 comments

Latest by n/a: MUST STAY for the animation in the credits!!! There's an AWESOME progression of art using the WALL-E theme: It goes through cave drawings, hieroglyphics, mosiacs, davinci-ish sketches, and post impressionism. It finishes w/ portraying the adorable characters more »

photoshop contest

What Geek Movie Remakes and Sequels are Too Horrifying for Even Hollywood to Create?

Hollywood is going a little bit crazy with the unnecessary sequels and remakes these days, more often than not taking a beloved show or movie from our younger years and holding it down while it drowns in a bathtub. Still, there are properties left unmolested, memories that have yet to be tarnished. Trust me: it's only a matter of time. For this week's Photoshop contest, I want to see you imagine some new sequels or remakes that would be so offensive to your precious memories that you would swear off movies for good. More »

12:50 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Adam Frucci
8,118 views, 81 comments

Latest by n/a: ALF Vs. Godzilla 3: Hawaiian Adventures. House of the Dead, starring Bob Marley, Elvis and The Muppets. more »

movies

Shooting the Dark Knight With Little CGI and Massive Film Stock

Wired recently published an excellent article on the Dark Knight (Batman Begins 2). It's a must-read for anyone who's a fan of Batman, the film's director, Christopher Nolan, or just doing things the old fashioned way. Between interesting tidbits like Christian Bale himself standing on the edge of the Sears Tower, arguments with the Chinese government to allow stunt helicopters over Hong Kong, and the film's huge 8K Imax cameras outright cracking their mounts, you really get a glimpse of the trouble the filmmakers went through to nail a gritty visual effect while using CGI only sparsely.

But one thing I wanted to highlight was a particularly interesting segment from Wally Pfister, the film's director of photography. He explains the relevance of using huge Imax film stock in the days of 1080p televisions and digital compression.

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5:20 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Mark Wilson
18,497 views, 18 comments

Latest by scotth0: Best movies I've seen on IMAX - The Matrix, and LOTR: Return of the King. more »

iron man

Origami Iron Man Has a Reasonable Handicap

A real Iron Man would be too powerful for this world. That's why origami artist Brian Chan used a bit of restraint while constructing his own super suit and utilized only one piece of paper for the fabrication. Our own Jason Chen calls it "beef jerky man." Takes one to know one, Jason! Here's a shot of just the tiny mask: More »

1:00 PM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Mark Wilson
14,507 views, 23 comments

robots

Wall-e Is Huge Glorious Robot Clusterfrak

Explorer robots, pilot robots, cleaning robots, broken robots. Robots robots robots. Robots everywhere. After drooling over this featurette on Pixar's Wall-e robot cast—with the creative team getting all Jon Iveish with us, explaining how their design follows function—we can only say two things: first, consider us officially excited. And two, we are happy George Lucas is not involved with this movie at all.

7:26 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By jesusdiaz
4,796 views, 26 comments

wall-e

New Wall-E Promotion Posters Invoke 1950s Ad Stylings

Fans of retro-styled poster art and Pixar films can now buy Eric Tan's 1950s throwback WALL-E prints. The WALL-E designs, which include pictures of Wall-E and Eve next to slogans such as “The Future is NOW!” were previously handed out as promotional postcards at the San Diego Comic Con 2007. These new poster-size versions measure 13 inches by 19 inches and cost $165 unframed. More »

2:30 PM on Sun Jun 22 2008
By Elaine Chow
16,501 views, 44 comments

Latest by Jones91: @keene: words that would make Dave Ramsey proud :-) kudos more »

alien

Real-Size Alien Statue Guaranteed to Kill You at Night

Standing 7 feet 7 inches, this ultra-realistic alien statue made of steel, resin and rigid foam—with transparent dental acrylic lips—is designed to kill everyone who tries to break into your house with the sheer power of pure fear. The only bad this is that, most probably, it will also kill you when you go to the fridge in the middle of the night. As you can see in the nine-image gallery, the detail is amazing. More »

7:44 AM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By jesusdiaz
14,574 views, 56 comments

Latest by n/a: @ps61318: Must post link! :D more »

dealzmodo

Dealzmodo: Buy 2 Get One Free Blu-ray Disks on Amazon (Psst...Father's Day)

At a loss about what to get your Dad for Father's Day? If he likes movies you could always take advantage of the buy 2 get one free sale going on Amazon right now. There are 95 titles to choose from and you just might get them in time for Father's Day if you hurry. However, if you choose to disappoint dear old Dad empty handed on the big day, you have until the 16th to procrastinate. [Amazon]

2:00 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,690 views, 10 comments

Latest by SeattleTed: @schmere: Agreed. Society loses IQ points for Hellboy and it's impending sequel..much like ice skating with the fatties tv shows. I'm still trying to get my head around the concept of buying movies I likely won't watch more than 2 more »

rube goldberg machines

The Top 10 Rube Goldberg Machines Featured On Film

Who doesn't love the intricacy of Rube Goldberg machines? A celebration of the most mechanical, complex and absurd way of performing an everyday task, there's nothing quite like watching a cuckoo clock set off a bowling ball that rolls into a pie pan which lifts up some guy's pants before he gets arrested for exposure—again. And combined with the over-the-top designs of Hollywood movies, these gadgets of pure imagination find their most welcome (and plausible) home.

So in celebration, here are the top 10 Rube Goldberg machines in movies, listed in handy clips for your viewing pleasure. Warning: the best Rube Goldberg machines are not always found in the best movies.

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Feature

12:00 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Mark Wilson
85,486 views, 83 comments

Latest by n/a: Goonies was my first exposure to "Rube Goldberg-like" mechanical constructions and ever since then I've had a fascination with them. I'm a little surprised that nobody here has yet mentioned the Final Destination series.Whatever one might think about the movies themselves more »

movies

Robocop Is Back

MGM announced its intentions to resurrect the Robocop franchise earlier this year, but you know Hollywood, it's all just meaningless backseat fellatio until we see the first promotion poster/they call us back about that role. And from the looks of it, Robocop isn't losing the 80s style...but he is getting a red Cylon-eye makeover. Oohh, maybe there's a bad Robocop? (Note: that question is rhetorical, so don't tell us in the comments if you've read the spoilers or something.)

For a walk down memory lane, here are the first 3 Robocop posters:

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9:30 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Mark Wilson
18,871 views, 114 comments

Latest by elgilicious: I hope they bring back the 6000 SUX. more »

movies

Transformers 2 Gets a Name: Revenge of the Fallen

Attention Tranformers fans: the sequel you'll be bitching and moaning about on the internet after waiting in line to see the night it opens has just been named. It'll be called "Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen." I bet that means that the Decepticons aren't really dead after all! And they want revenge! What a bold choice! Or does this refer specifically to Jazz? Or to the obscure character "The Fallen" from the comic books? OK, commenters: set your phasers to baseless speculation. Let's hear what you think. [Latino Review via Jalopnik]

11:15 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Adam Frucci
16,051 views, 89 comments

Latest by achinda99: Alright, so this is what I got to see... Bumblebee (2009 Camaro, looking sexy as hell!), Shia LaBeouf, Isabel Lucas and Michael Bay. If Megan Fox was on set, I didn't see her. There is a scene where Alice (Isabel) opens more »

deals

Dealzmodo: 20% Off Blu-ray and DVD Movies

Deep Discount's running their biannual DVD and Blu-ray sale, and with the coupon code DDAF, you can get 20% off of lots of good titles. DVDTalk has a bunch of other coupons you can use during that time, and our own Matt says he and his cheap brother all time their DVD purchases based on the sales. Twenty off Blu-ray titles is pretty darn good now that prices have popped up to pre-HD DVD pricewar levels. [Deep Discount via DVD Talk]

6:00 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Jason Chen
3,176 views, 9 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Yay. I actually buy Blu-Rays so this makes me happy, on the downside because of the bladdy regions I can't really make much use of this now can it :S more »

vudu

Vudu Finally Gets Wireless Kit (Works Fine, Expensive by Competitive Measures)

So many products, including the $100 Roku Netflix box, come with wireless, so it was surprising that the $300 Vudu broadband video-on-demand box requires a hard Ethernet connection. Today Vudu announces an $80 Vudu-branded Ethernet-to-802.11g bridge kit built by Asus. I tried it over the weekend, and it worked great. More »

12:00 AM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Wilson Rothman
2,860 views, 8 comments

Latest by RobotVampire: I'll be using my Roku mostly on a Linksys wireless bridge (that my Tivo uses as well), but will occasional be using the built in wifi if it goes into the kids room occasionaly. Be intersting to see how well more »

itunes movies

iTunes Movie Purchases and Rentals Go to UK and Canada

Apple's finally taken their movies to the UK and Canada, giving them 700 and 1200 films respectively to buy or rent. The flicks will be available the same day as their DVD release, and if you've got an Apple TV, you can watch 100 (UK) or 200 (Canada) of them in HD on your TV. Both countries have the standard 30 days to start watching a rental, and 48 hours after you've started to finish it. If you've been aching to give Apple the money you used to give retailers and not have to shower and get dressed in order to buy a movie, this is fantastic news! [Apple (UK) and Apple (Canada)]

12:52 PM on Wed Jun 4 2008
By Jason Chen
1,563 views, 13 comments

Latest by sharmanova: @guandi18: It is a rip that the movies are cheap in the US - especially considering the US currency is weaker than the loonie. Actually, Apple's pricing in Canada makes zero sense. It is not like they have to more »

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