Monthly Archives: December 2011

TGB Episode 90: 2011 Retrospective (Guest: Director Kyle Newman) December 30, 2011by Tim Buel On this week’s episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim, Jeremy & Alex are joined by Fanboys director and friend of the show Kyle Newman to go … Continue reading →

Composer Marco Beltrami Scoring Marc Forster’s ‘World War Z’ Movie December 30, 2011Source: Film Music Reporterby Alex Billington Some interesting scoring news to wrap up this year, for a highly anticipated film that will arrive at the end of next … Continue reading →

A cool new sci-fi mashup transforms footage from Alien into a Prometheus-style clip. Screengrab: Wired.com A video-editing whiz has remade the new Prometheus trailer using footage from director Ridley Scott’s Alien. “Alien Teaser Trailer — Prometheus Style,” by Joel … Continue reading →

Sam Dunn and Scot McFayden are to heavy metal documentaries what Spielberg and Scorsese are to quality drama. Except these two work together. The Banger Films duo, who made the award-winning docs Iron Maiden: Flight 666 and Rush: Beyond … Continue reading →

The adaptation of magical realist Haruki Murakami’s meditation on love, loss and The Beatles arrives stateside Jan. 3.Image courtesy Soda Pictures Beatles geeks, Occupy populists and postmodern fiction nerds should merge sweetly, and sourly, in Norwegian Wood, director Tran … Continue reading →

Looking Back: Ethan Chooses His Own Top 10 Favorite Films of 2011 December 30, 2011by Ethan Anderton Well, after tomorrow, 2011 will be yet another chapter in the history of cinema, and while we’ve already gone over some of the … Continue reading →

Flip Through Prod. Designer Syd Mead’s ‘Blade Runner’ Sketchbook December 30, 2011by Ethan Anderton The final version of any futuristic sci-fi film is a wonder to behold when settings of entire cities are designed to look like they were crafted … Continue reading →

What technological marvels failed to turn heads in 2011? Witness the horrible truth.Photo: Peter Taylor/Flickr It’s the end of year, which means it’s the time for all good columnists to whip out their “best of the year” lists. Or, … Continue reading →

This sketch of a Spinner is just one of dozens of production designs for Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner.Image: Blade Runner Sketchbook It pretty much goes without saying — but we’ll say it anyway — that Blade Runner is … Continue reading →

Superman’s origin story gets retold in Action Comics No. 5, written by Grant Morrison.Images courtesy DC Comics. Click to enlarge. Superman’s origin story gets retold like never before in Action Comics No. 5, previewed exclusively on Wired.com. As the … Continue reading →

Looking Back: Jeremy Picks His Own Top 10 Favorite Films of 2011 December 29, 2011by Jeremy Kirk Out with the bad. In with the good. But not just the good. No, save the good for the ten most “it was … Continue reading →

Check These Out: Mondo’s Set of Posters for Bela Lugosi’s ‘Dracula’ December 29, 2011Source: Mondoby Ethan Anderton Before the holidays, Mondo released a spectacular set of posters for Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Now the collectible art house … Continue reading →

Looking Back: Jeremy Picks the Top 10 Most Terrible Movies of 2011 December 29, 2011by Jeremy Kirk Sure, there were good movies in 2011. There were even great movies released in 2011. But that’s not what we’re talking about here. … Continue reading →

Schwarzenegger’s ‘Black Sands’ Gets Supernatural Twist & New Title December 29, 2011Source: The Arnold Fansby Ethan Anderton In October we learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s return to the big screen meant new projects for the action icon left and right. In … Continue reading →

Most documentaries involve months of planning before the first frame of film is shot, but the creators of an in-the-works Occupy Wall Street documentary didn’t have that luxury. The protest movement was happening around them when they decided to … Continue reading →

Pariah stars Aasha Davis, left, and Adepero Oduye.Photo courtesy Focus Features There’s not really any reason to write about Pariah on a Wired blog. It’s not a sci-fi film, it’s not based on a comic book, and the word … Continue reading →

Watch: Original ‘Alien’ Teaser Remade Like the ‘Prometheus’ Trailer December 28, 2011Source: YouTubeby Alex Billington In space no one can hear you scream. We all know the tagline by heart. While the first official teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s long-awaited … Continue reading →

Looking Back: Ethan Picks Five Pleasantly Surprising Hits from 2011 December 28, 2011by Ethan Anderton Yesterday, I counted down the biggest disappointments from this year in film, which included a set of blockbusters that just didn’t live up to the … Continue reading →

Two More Hilarious Posters for Will Ferrell’s ‘Casa de mi Padre’ Movie December 28, 2011Source: IMPAwardsby Alex Billington The “Funniest Movie You’ll Ever Read” ha! Our friends at IMPAwards have posted the third official poster for Will Ferrell’s Casa de … Continue reading →

In Unmanned, soldiers played by Jonah Wharton, left, and Dan Stransky celebrate a destroyed target. Being a soldier these days can mean driving your SUV to a joystick-ridden office full of gamer-generation co-workers and popping off enough explosives to … Continue reading →