Monthly Archives: October 2011

I’ve been reading a lot of books by Malcolm Gladwell and books remarkably similar to books by Malcolm Gladwell. The pattern is pretty straightforward: You give your book a one-word title and then explain what the hell you’re talking … Continue reading →

Each Halloween season, the gourd geniuses at Maniac Pumpkin Carvers crank out crazy, creative (or is it “crazy creative”?) pumpkins with geeky gusto. This year Marc Evan and Chris Soria (aka Master Carver Marc Maniac … Continue reading →

Let’s face it, folks, when it comes to classic animation, it just doesn’t get any better than Peanuts. Charlie Brown and crew have been imitated, parodied and rerun over and over for years. With the end of the year holidays … Continue reading →

The folks out at Lions Gate sent out another three choice titles for us to review, and as such, we’re going to catch up with a set of three from them: Life Is Beautiful, 40 Days and 40 Nights, and … Continue reading →

With two iPad 2s and a little ingenuity, Mark Rober created a Halloween costume that makes it look like he’s had a giant hole blown clean through his torso. “I went to a Halloween party tonight and had tried … Continue reading →

Well, folks, it’s Halloween weekend–not only is this inherently prime time for horror, it’s also the start of the full horror movie season, which will run until sometime around summer movie season in April. Long, cold nights make for prime … Continue reading →

In Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, young Victor (voiced by Charlie Tahan) tries to bring his dog Sparky back to life. In Frankenweenie, Tim Burton puts a nontraditional twist on the story of a boy and his dog. The 3-D stop-motion … Continue reading →

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Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried run from Timekeepers and Minutemen in In Time. They should screen In Time at “Occupy” sleepovers around the country. It’s a tepid sci-fi movie with a simplistic message about “Darwinian capitalism” that should resonate … Continue reading →

Sound Off: Roland Emmerich’s ‘Anonymous’ – What Did You Think? October 28, 2011by Alex Billington Now that you’ve seen it, what did you think? There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Hitting theaters this weekend … Continue reading →

Watch: John Stalberg’s Very Trippy VFX Reel for Sci-Fi Project ‘Limbo’ October 28, 2011Source: Movies.comby Alex Billington “So the good news is, there’s life after death. The bad news is, it’s really cold.” Whoa. A very trippy VFX test reel … Continue reading →

On Boardwalk Empire, crooked Prohibition-era political boss Nucky Thompson seems practically indestructible. But Steve Buscemi, the awesome actor who plays him, hasn’t always had the same luck on screen. In “The Many Deaths of Steve Buscemi” super-cut above, you … Continue reading →

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It was just a couple days ago when we got to go hands on with The Avengers Volume 3, and now, the folks out at Disney are giving us a whole new chance by sending over a copy of The … Continue reading →

Director Craig Gillespie Has Exited ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ October 27, 2011Source: Deadlineby Ethan Anderton All right, folks, time to shut it down. After news broke in August that Fright Night 3D director Craig Gillespie had left the production … Continue reading →

Bigfoot POV Horror Project ‘The Lost Coast Tapes’ Up for Sale at AFM October 27, 2011by Alex Billington Big foot?! Where? The found footage craze continues with a new project called The Lost Coast Tapes, a POV horror-thriller about an … Continue reading →

Newest Poster for Ti West’s Horror ‘The Innkeepers’ Brings the Chills October 27, 2011Source: EW.comby Alex Billington Some guests never check out. Though we’ve been writing about it since March, House of the Devil director Ti West’s latest horror The … Continue reading →

A computer workstation built from Victorian-era bathroom fixtures spells retro-futuristic relief at a new exhibit of geek-friendly “antiques.” The Steampunk Time Machine Antique Master Bathroom Computer Workstation, designed by Bruce Rosenbaum and Walter Parker, melds … Continue reading →

A computer workstation built from Victorian-era bathroom fixtures spells retro-futuristic relief at a new exhibit of geek-friendly “antiques.” The Steampunk Time Machine Antique Master Bathroom Computer Workstation, designed by Bruce Rosenbaum and Walter Parker, melds … Continue reading →

A computer workstation built from Victorian-era bathroom fixtures spells retro-futuristic relief at a new exhibit of geek-friendly “antiques.” The Steampunk Time Machine Antique Master Bathroom Computer Workstation, designed by Bruce Rosenbaum and Walter Parker, melds … Continue reading →