I recently saw Buried and though I immediately told everyone to see the film – and will continue to do so – there are a couple things that bothered me after I saw it. The movie has some interesting tricks to keep the viewer engaged, including building different coffins with varied dimensions to get interesting angles for filming and a …
In college I wrote this paper about our society’s growing fascination with torture porn and fake snuff films. I watched the worst of the lot, including the Guinea Pig films, Cannibal Holocaust and August Underground, for research. My professor, who probably thought I was crazy, gave me a B on the paper, commenting that although it was …
WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 is coming closer to the gauntlet, the final gaming match to determine the winner of $100,000 and the title of WCG Ultimate Gamer. Last night, we said goodbye to the sixth person eliminated, Faye Mata.
Mata might not have been as controversial as some of the other gamers, but she did have an interesting story line …
Seeing your work turned into a movie can be an exciting and terrifying thing at the same time. Kathyrn Lasky, who wrote the 15 book Guardians of Ga’Hoole series, is now experiencing it. The first three books have been made into The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, directed by Zach Snyder. She talked about the anticipation …
“When a woman, whether she’s a wife, a lover, or a slave you’ve purchased to be a wife or lover, leaves you repeatedly… take the hint.” – Dominar Rygel XVI from Farscape
Blogger Who Has Been Chronicling His Weight Loss In Order To Fit On the Harry Potter Ride No Longer Has …
Screenwriter John Orloff might be a veteran in the movie industry, but The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3D marked the first time the writer ventured into animated features. (His previous works include writing A Mighty Heart and episodes from Band of Brothers.) Though there are many things he was able to draw on his …
We’re getting a little emotional that the first part of the end of Harry Potter is coming. Although November is still far, we didn’t like it when we had to come to the last page of the epic saga… actually, that might be because we thought the epilogue was entirely unnecessary. We’re going to like it less when there’s few new things for …
Besides not liking Paris H(ilton) and Philip Kindr(ed Dick), here’s some other words Google has blacklisted on instant search. We stopped where Google Instant Search stopped searching but you can fill in the blanks. (More on Techland: Google Announces Instant Search Results Feature)
– one cup two girls (but it will find one cup two …
A long time ago, in a magazine published far, far away George R.R. Martin wrote And Seven Times Never Kill Man! The plot included furry war-mongering creatures. Illustrator John Shoenherr came up with the corresponding image, and it was published in July 1975.
The Wertzone is reporting that George Lucas gave conceptual artist Ralph …
The fine people of Denmark are getting a closer look at their cobblestone-paved streets. Google Street View Bike (well, technically tricycle) has come to the country to track bike paths and small spaces that a car can’t get to.
So far the tricycle has logged 300 kilometers in the Danish countryside including a trip to the Round Tower, …
“By golly, Jim… I’m beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!” – McCoy from Star Trek
Human-Powered Ornithopter Becomes First Ever To Achieve Sustained Flight [Physorg]
First the Taser, Now the “Pain Ray”? [The Freeman]
Rebuilding Bones With Titanium Foam …
Teri Hatcher is Coming to Smallville To Play Lois Lane’s Mom
EW is reporting Teri Hatcher – aka Lois Lane from Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – will be back in a Superman TV show. The only difference is she’s going to play Lois Lane’s mom in Smallville instead of Superman’s lady love. …
