Just yesterday, I was complaining about the announcement of G.I. Joe 2, and the lack of strong original material in Hollywood.
Well, I had clearly forgotten about Inception, the crazy-looking, ambiguous and ambitious sci-fi thriller penned by Christopher Nolan and set to come out in …
Spoiler TV got ahold of the casting call for Matthijs Van Heijningen’s prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing, and be warned: It gives away almost the entire movie – chiefly who falls victim to the alien force and who doesn’t. It’s actually rather comical in its specificity, but I guess if you’re an actor going into a film …
Oh Ghostbusters.
Is there a better sci-fi comedy out there than the first Ghostbusters? And is there a more frustrating follow-up than Ghostbusters II?
I think it happened to me about three times during the holidays, where I would flip on a cable channel, ecstatic to see that Ghostbusters was on – only to realize a minute or two …
Everything you love about Sealab 2021 or Frisky Dingo is back in expanded form in Archer, the new animated series that premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on FX. All the random asides. The blunt, offensive punch lines. The awkward silences. The stiff, jagged, minimalistic character animations from Radical Axis studios. The thing looks and …
Consider this your official Techland rapture alert. The antichrist has returned. He has taken over Hollywood. He has green-lit G.I. Joe 2. All hope is lost.
From the pages of Variety:
Paramount is bringing G.I. Joe back for a second tour of duty. The studio is moving forward with a sequel to last summer’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of …
Whatever qualms you may have with James Cameron, you’ve got to admit: He know how to work an emotional payoff. From Sigourney Weaver stomping some alien ass in Aliens to a dramatic underwater resuscitation in The Abyss, he knows how to get under your skin. Even when the surface story is a little obvious. (Techland exlusive: James Cameron …
Okay, so my review isn’t going up until Friday morning, but I’m going to go ahead and say this now: The Book of Eli has the best twist ending I’ve seen in a long, long time. Maybe since The Fountain (which, as we all know by now, was my contender for one of the 5 most underrated sci-fi movie masterpieces)
Maybe you’ll see the …
Has there ever been a superhero movie franchise as bizarre as Spider-Man?
When I saw the first film back in 2002, I thought it worked as a piece of pop fluff, but didn’t quite register on any of the emotional levels one would hope for from one of the most popular comic series in print. Then I almost refused to see Spider-Man 2 …
Watch the full list: The Underrated Sci-Fi Masterpieces
After seeing 300 or so films a year, I’ve learned quite a few things about the moviegoing experience: Popcorn on an empty stomach is bad news, the majority of movies released each year are formulaic drivel – a waste of time even when seen for free – and the only thing sadder …
The Nexus One. The Microsoft tablet. The Consumer Electronics Show. All big stories in the news this week.
All utterly foreign to me.
I’m the TV and movie dude. But with Peter in Vegas, I decided to try my hand at talking gadgets. The results were not pretty. (Watch Peter Ha’s CES Report on the Nexus One and HP Slate here)
On …
“That’s kind of a challenge: How do you play a peacenik vampire?”
Ethan Hawke’s played his fair share of vulnerable guys – I’m thinking first and foremost of the mopey lovelorn chap from Before Sunset, sulking as he sails down the river Seine – but the actor says nothing quite prepared him to stand at the center of Michael …
Boy do I love me some ghost stories.
In all honesty, I tend to approach most poltergeist-obsessed TV series with a certain level of indifference, convinced I’ll be underwhelmed. But more often than not, when I finally get around to watching all that eerie night vision footage – typically in a marathon, as the episodes stack up in …
