Tag Archives: Movies
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
After making a mere $84 million at the U.S. box office, Star Trek Into Darkness is considered by some to be a disappointment. Perhaps the problem is that it was a touch confusing. To help our readers better understand it, we've complied and answered th...
Star Trek Into Darkness: The Spoiler FAQ
After making a mere $84 million at the U.S. box office, Star Trek Into Darkness is considered by some to be a disappointment. Perhaps the problem is that it was a touch confusing. To help our readers better understand it, we've complied and answered th...
Unglamorous Space Catastrophes That You’ll Never See in a Movie
We were all impressed with the dramatic trailer for Gravity, with George Clooney weathering an explosion on an orbiting space station and Sandra Bullock spinning off into the void of space. Things like that make good cinema. There are other space crise...
Unglamorous Space Catastrophes That You’ll Never See in a Movie
We were all impressed with the dramatic trailer for Gravity, with George Clooney weathering an explosion on an orbiting space station and Sandra Bullock spinning off into the void of space. Things like that make good cinema. There are other space crise...
How Much Would It Cost to Build the Starship Enterprise?
So you want to build the Enterprise. Don't we all! Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin math, it's possible. Kind of. The bad news? It's going to be stupid expensive. But not unfathomably so! Start scrounging up your space-pennies.Re...
How Much Would It Cost to Build the Starship Enterprise?
So you want to build the Enterprise. Don't we all! Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin math, it's possible. Kind of. The bad news? It's going to be stupid expensive. But not unfathomably so! Start scrounging up your space-pennies.Re...
How Michael Crichton Gave Birth to the Movie Pixel
Pixelation: we rely on it today to obscure nudity and lewd gestures on TV. But did you know that we have a 1973 Michael Crichton sci-fi film called Westworld to thank for the image-blurring digital effect?Read more...
The New Pacific Rim Trailer Is an Orgy of Everything You Love
Giant mechs. Intense score. Inspiring speech. That voiceover. Monsters. Check, check, check, check, and check. If you weren't excited about Pacific Rim before, you are now.Read more...
The New Pacific Rim Trailer Is an Orgy of Everything You Love
Giant mechs. Intense score. Inspiring speech. That voiceover. Monsters. Check, check, check, check, and check. If you weren't excited about Pacific Rim before, you are now.Read more...
Everything Wrong With Jurassic Park
A lot of us remember Jurassic Park as the perfect summer blockbuster. It had everything you could ask for: CG dinosaurs, Samuel L. Jackson, CG dinosaurs, an awkwardly shirtless Jeff Goldblum, CG dinosaurs, and of course Spielberg behind the camera.Rea...
