Movies

People care too much about long takes. Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself. This thought got in my head a few weeks ago, when the trailer for Gravity dropped online. You can watch it here,…

  Rarely are products designed for the classy Star Wars nerd, but this one certainly qualifies. It’s an AT-AT drink cabinet, made entirely of wood and metal, and with just a twinge of a steampunk…

I’m still trying to sort out in my own mind whether this Toothless costume from How to Train Your Dragon is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, or just a little bit scary when you…

Outside my window, the world is dying. Heaving her crimson guts against an ash grey sky. I can see the roving bands of wanderers and nomads, scavenging for food and any other scrap they can…

As CGI slowly seems to be eclipsing more and more movie sequences that might have been rendered using practical effects, its important to look back and honor the work of Stan Winston, special effects pioneer….

Movie trailers are the tip of the sword when it comes to the cinematic experience.  They’re the leading argument, the initial point, the first move in the game of, “hey, you should spend your money…

So, what do you do when you own two perfect replica suits of an Alien Xenomorph and a Predator, uh, Predator? Why, make a series of elaborate comical photoshoots, of course! That’s what Pedro and…

Artist Timothy Anderson didn’t think that the original Star Wars films had enough..spice to them, so he decided to revisit the trilogy with new titles and a visual style reminiscent of old pulp novels. A…