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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Cloud Atlas (2012)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Cloud Atlas (2012)

Nix May 13, 2013

Talk about ambitious. The Wachowskis (that would be Lana and Andy) and Tom Tykwer have combined their immense talents to tackle David Mitchell’s “unfilmable” book “Cloud Atlas” and made it, well, filmable. Many years...

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Caesar Rides Again in First Official Image from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Caesar Rides Again in First Official Image from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Nix May 10, 2013

Ah, you gotta love Twitter. Used to be the studios would drop little official pics here and there to various sites over a week or so. Now the directors are going directly to Twitter...

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Warner Bros. Delays 300: Rise of an Empire to 2014 and Tom Cruise’s All You Need is Kill

Warner Bros. Delays 300: Rise of an Empire to 2014 and Tom Cruise’s All You Need is Kill

Nix May 9, 2013

I have to say, I sort of saw this coming. No, really. Scheduling “300: Rise of an Empire” for August 2nd of this year was way too optimistic, especially when the first time we’ve...

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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are Lost in Space in First Gravity Trailer

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are Lost in Space in First Gravity Trailer

Nix May 9, 2013

Space is awesome. It’s, you know, space! Who doesn’t want to go into outer space? I know I do. Of course, films like Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” will probably make me have second thoughts. After...

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Get to Know the Trekkers of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness

Get to Know the Trekkers of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness

Nix May 9, 2013

In case you haven’t been keeping up with all the minute-long character profiles the studio has been releasing for all the major characters (or major-ish, in some cases) in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into...

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YA Franchises Mortal Instruments and Divergent Already Have Sequels in the Works

YA Franchises Mortal Instruments and Divergent Already Have Sequels in the Works

Nix May 9, 2013

The folks behind the upcoming adaptations of Young Adult novels “Divergent” and “The Mortal Instruments” are so sure their movies are going to launch the “Twilight”-esque franchise they want so badly, they’ve already begun...

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Fox Releases First Looks at Almost Human, Gang Related and Sleepy Hollow

Fox Releases First Looks at Almost Human, Gang Related and Sleepy Hollow

Nix May 9, 2013

Fox has released official looks at the shows they have scheduled for the upcoming 2013-2014 new season, including our first looks at a trio of interesting genre offerings. Up first, Karl Urban and Michael...

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Simon Pegg and the Lads vs. Yuppiehood and Aliens (?) in First The World’s End Trailer

Simon Pegg and the Lads vs. Yuppiehood and Aliens (?) in First The World’s End Trailer

Nix May 8, 2013

So, uh, what’s going on here, a movie about a bunch of guys getting together to drink turns out to be an alien invasion movie? Or something like that? I haven’t a clue, though...

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First Trailer for Ender’s Game Goes to War

First Trailer for Ender’s Game Goes to War

Nix May 7, 2013

I have to admit, I’ve been dying to see a big-screen, big-budget adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game” ever since I read the book in high school. It’s a fantastic read, with some...

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Keanu Reeves’ Sci-Fi Love Story Passengers Adds Reese Witherspoon

Keanu Reeves’ Sci-Fi Love Story Passengers Adds Reese Witherspoon

Nix May 7, 2013

Reese Witherspoon, nowadays known more for her, er, law-enforcement antics than her professional movie career as “America’s Sweetheart”, has joined the cast of the long-gestating Keanu Reeves sci-fi film “Passengers”. The film, set to...

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Sharlto Copley’s Found Footage in Space Movie Europa Report Lands on VOD This June

Sharlto Copley’s Found Footage in Space Movie Europa Report Lands on VOD This June

Nix May 7, 2013

Although I haven’t really been covering it here, I was looking forward to Sharlto Copley’s sci-fi flick “Europa Report”, though the fact that it turns out to be a Found Footage in outer space...

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British Lovely Sophia Myles Will Class Up Transformers 4

British Lovely Sophia Myles Will Class Up Transformers 4

Nix May 6, 2013

Looks like Michael Bay has decided to classed up his latest transforming robots from outer space movie with British actress Sophia Myles, an honest to goodness actress who was last seen on TV as...

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Men in Black 4: Aww Hell Nah Not Again

Men in Black 4: Aww Hell Nah Not Again

Nix May 6, 2013

“Men in Black 3″ had some pretty nifty moments. Okay, it had exactly two. Josh Brolin playing a dead-on younger version of Tommy Lee Jones and that guy who can see all the possibilities...

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Fanboy Posters Saturday: Wolverine, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, and Lone Ranger

Fanboy Posters Saturday: Wolverine, Pacific Rim, Man of Steel, and Lone Ranger

Nix May 4, 2013

It’s Saturday, so you know that means — yup, it’s Fanboy Posters Saturday! (Just go with it.) First up, check out what Guillermo del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” has put out recently. Yup, it’s one...

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Watch 6 Space Fightin’ Clips from Star Trek Into Darkness

Watch 6 Space Fightin’ Clips from Star Trek Into Darkness

Nix May 3, 2013

Ready to see Benedict Cumberbatch destroy the Starship Enterprise and its crew in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek Into Darkness”? Well you’ll just have to wait a few more weeks, buddy, sorry about that. Until...

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Watch About 10 Seconds of the Ender’s Game Teaser Trailer

Watch About 10 Seconds of the Ender’s Game Teaser Trailer

Nix May 3, 2013

“Ender’s Game” stars Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford would like you to know that the official teaser trailer for director Gavin Hood’s “Ender’s Game” doesn’t drop until next week on May 7th via Google...

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Jessica Chastain is Also Boarding Christopher Nolan’s Sci-fi Spectacular aka Interstellar

Jessica Chastain is Also Boarding Christopher Nolan’s Sci-fi Spectacular aka Interstellar

Nix May 2, 2013

Jessica Chastain is the latest name to sign up for Christopher Nolan’s super secret “Interstellar”, the director’s follow-up to “The Dark Knight Rises”. The film is already set to star Matthew McConaughey and Anne...

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New Concept Art And Behind The Scenes Details For Guardians Of The Galaxy

New Concept Art And Behind The Scenes Details For Guardians Of The Galaxy

Brent McKnight May 2, 2013

“Guardians of the Galaxy” is going to play a key role in phase two of Marvel’s quest for cinematic world domination. It’s definitely something of a departure from their traditional superhero fare, but the...

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What Robopocalypse? Steven Spielberg to Direct Bradley Cooper’s American Sniper

What Robopocalypse? Steven Spielberg to Direct Bradley Cooper’s American Sniper

Nix May 2, 2013

Trade news has Steven Spielberg boarding the Bradley Cooper-produced/starring “American Sniper” as a director, which would seem to bode poorly for Spielberg’s “Robopocalypse”, a sci-fi “Terminator”-like project that he’s been attached to direct for...

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New Pacific Rim Japanese Trailer, Now With 100% More Little Japanese Girls

New Pacific Rim Japanese Trailer, Now With 100% More Little Japanese Girls

Nix May 2, 2013

Director Guillermo del Toro has a message for all you Japanese folks out there in Japan Land — this new “Pacific Rim” trailer is just for you, and to prove that point, there are...

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