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Battle of the Genitals in Science Horror Movies

Critics are always saying that horror movies are about fearing vaginas, but they're wrong. Sure there's vadge imagery aplenty in horror (just watch the run of Alien movies if you don't believe me), but the scariest science horror flicks of the last thirty years are actually about everything that can go wrong with a dude. I'm not just talking about the malfunctioning penis that blows up Tokyo in Legend of the Overfiend. I'm talking about something deeper. And yes, maybe even . . . harder. More »

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10:41 AM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
11,062 views, 79 comments

Latest by SigmundTheSeaMonster: Let us not forget the ever so vaginal orifice of the Dune "spiced" Navigator. more »

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Sunshine Should Be Burning Up the Oscars

The Academy's shortlist for visual effects awards hit the web yesterday, and Sunshine isn't anywhere to be found. If you want to see why this is such a travesty, then head out and pick up a copy on DVD today. We know all of you didn't see it, and it flew under the radar for a lot of people out there, so we'll wait here patiently while you pick one up or add it to the old Netflix queue. Or you can click through to see our analysis of how special effects in the actual nominees compare to the stunning Sunshine. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,702 views, 31 comments

Latest by DarlingMagpie: The animals in Evan Almighty, from trailers and clips I've seen, were COMPLETELY unrealistic. I don't understand...raaaahhhh.And The Bourne Ultimatum? I understand that 'invisible' effects are often the most effective, and that's great but...really?? Oh Sunshine... more »

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Bad Science Looks Killer In "Sunshine"


We can't wait for Danny Boyle's Sunshine to come out on DVD next Tuesday. Sunshine might have been the best SF movie of 2007, even though its science was iffy in places. Take this cool-looking scene, where hapless communications officer Harvey tries to jump from one spaceship to another without a suit and doesn't quite make it. Within a minute or so, he freezes and becomes so brittle his arm shatters like an icicle. What would actually happen to an unprotected Harvey in space? More »

11:20 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By charliejane
6,140 views, 53 comments

Latest by n/a: try to think what makes a good film - characters, plot, story, music, moments that remind of us our humanity sunshine is not the greatest film ever made, and it annoys me that they even had to have a villain, some more »

USA Today Can't See The Sunshine Claudia Puig over at USA Today gets it wrong, yet again. The film critic has posted an article called "Dark themes shine a beacon of light at the theater" which is supposed to be about how depressing flicks were big at the box office, but it quickly devolves into nothing more than a list of her best and worst of the year. Plus she snubs science fiction films altogether. Memo to Claudia: Danny Boyle's brilliant (and underappreciated) film Sunshine was just about the darkest-themed film out there this year, plus shining a beacon of light! It's all about reigniting our dying sun.

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Sunshine's Realistic, Biospheric Spaceship

Just a few more weeks until January 8, the day Sunshine DVDs hit stateside. This flick is director Danny Boyle's space opera about a ship called the Icarus II whose destiny is to plunge into the heart of the sun and "relight" it. OK, dorky science premise aside, this is a seriously awesome show from the director of 28 Days Later, with gorgeous designs and a trippy FX-laced plot. One of the touches of realism Boyle insisted on was exploring how the spaceship would provide its own oxygen via an elaborate system of plant-lined ducts. You can see the "oxygen room" set here under construction — those big washing machine-looking things are ducts, and the floor is soon to be packed with plants. See the final sets after the jump. More »

10:00 AM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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movies

4 Maverick Filmmakers You Should Stalk

Screw McG. The most alarming visions of five minutes from now are coming from a handful of filmmakers who bring their weird imaginations to film after film. Here's a list of four creators you should be obsessing about. Stuff your Netflix queue with their past movies. Hunt down the obscure shit. Show up for their new releases on opening night. Make their movies take out a restraining order on you. More »

2:30 PM on Wed Nov 21 2007
By charliejane
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dante 01

Psychedelic Dante 01 Trailer -- Gorgeous But Familiar


Marc Caro, probably best known from his collaborative directing with Jean Pierre Jeunet on such films like The City Of Lost Children and Delicatessen, has a new scifi film coming out called Dante 01. It combines the visual look of THX 1138, Aliens (especially the third entry in that series), and even Danny Boyle's underrated Sunshine into a package that might give you some deja vu. More »

4:10 PM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By Kevin Kelly
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28 days later

Must See: 28 Days Later

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: 28 Days Later
Date: 2002

Vitals: Animal rights activists release monkeys infected with a virus called Rage that quickly converts all of England into drooling, zombified speed freaks who want nothing more than to bite and infect more people. Cillian Murphy is part of a small band of survivors who must hide from the infected - and escape a group of surviving soldiers who have gone even more buggy than the zombies. A post-apocalyptic nail-biter with a serious political message, 28 Days Later is one of the most terrifying movies of the early twenty-first century.




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7:39 PM on Sun Sep 30 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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