Duncan Jones to Direct World of Warcraft Film Adaptation
According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter, Moon and Source Code director Duncan Jones will be helming Legendary Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the online role-playing game World of Warcraft... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMona Lisa Goes to the Moon
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa went to the moon (well, into lunar orbit) and back yesterday from Maryland’s Goddard Space Flight Center. And you thought you were well travelled.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch the Video for Björk's "Moon"
Icelandic singer-songwriter and all around eclectic pop star Björk has released a new music video for her song "Moon", off of her upcoming album Biophilia, which is due for release next month on October 10. The album has been described by the singer as a multimedia collection, ""encompassing music, apps, internet, installations, and live shows". read more
Found in: Music, News, Shop TalkMashup Producer Releases Concept EP Based on Sam Rockwell's Moon
Max Tannone, mashup artist behind the Jay-Z/Radiohead Mixtape Jaydiohead, has just released a sci-fi hip-hop concept EP. Selene was inspired by the 2009 Sam Rockwell film, Moon, about man isolated on the moon during a three-year stint for a mining company.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThis Year's Five Most Egregious Oscar Snubs
The 2010 Academy Awards were just announced, which means film fans now have the opportunity to engage in their favorite annual pastime: complaining about and calling attention to the films overlooked by those nefarious Academy elites, ensconced as they are in their Star Chamber of film criticism. And no matter what kind of movies you’re particular to, there’s some grade-A grousing to be done about this year’s nominees.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCatching Up With... Sam Rockwell
With over a dozen films to his credit since 2007, Sam Rockwell is currently garnering Oscar buzz for his performance(s) in Moon. He discussed the role with Paste as well as his dual portrayal in the just-released Gentlemen Broncos which was helmed by Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesSitges Film Festival 2009: Amer, The Loved Ones, Doghouse, More
What you do in Sitges, Spain, during the annual Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic, is pretty much this: Wake up at 7:30 a.m. Eat breakfast. Hit first movie at 8:30 a.m. Continue throughout day. Break for late-afternoon nap, snack, interview or hang in the lobby bar of the Hotel Melia. Go see more movies. Go to dinner. Go drinking. See a movie (maybe). Go to the late-night party that usually begins after 1 a.m. Get back to room about 4:30 a.m. (with luck). Wake up at 7:30 a.m. And repeat. For seven or eight days straight. If your eyeballs haven’t... read more
Found in: Blogs, Festivus, Film FestivalWas This the Summer that Saved Sci-Fi?
There were enough awful sci-fi movies this summer to leave discerning fans a little queasy about the state of the genre... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesMoon
Moon is, at first glance, a derivate take on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsTrailer Stash: Antichrist, The Girlfriend Experience, Harry Potter 6, more
And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up blogs and message boards: ... read more
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