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war, inc.

Corporate Takeovers Swallow A Whole Country In War, Inc.

War, Inc. is best known as "the movie where Hilary Duff puts a live scorpion down her pants," but it's also one of the wildest stabs at future dystopian satire in ages. The John Cusack vehicle, coming out in May after two years on ice, will probably be a brave failure rather than a sleeper hit, but that doesn't make the attempt any less admirable. This trailer makes it look look like a mashup of Cusack's Grosse Point Blank and a Max Barry novel. Click through for details, and more of the aforementioned scorpion-pants scene. More »

6:30 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,071 views, 24 comments

Latest by Phy: Whether this is a genuine sequel or not, this is clearly a spiritual successor to Grosse Point Blank; everyone knows that professional killers are 'a growth industry.' Can we please get a cameo from Alan Arkin as Dr. Oatman, 20 years more »

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Admiral Adama's Death Race With A Rocket Bike

Battlestar Galactica's post-apocalyptic leader, Edward James Olmos, races his sportscar through a world of flying cars, elevated trains and missile-firing rocket bikes, in this commercial for Farmers Insurance. Olmos has been appearing in Spanish/English Farmers ads for a while now, but this one features CGI world-building by Zach Mandt, who just finished working on Speed Racer. Also, that exploding building Olmos drives up to at the end? According to reader cde, it's the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Command Center, where Zordon and his cylon-esque robot Alpha-5 hung out. Click through for a side-by-side comparison. More »

6:30 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,918 views, 20 comments

Latest by LicenseFarm: This building has shown up all over sci-fi. It was where the lab in The Lawnmower Man was located, and it was Lore's base of operations in the ST:TNG two-parter "Descent." There's probably other places it's appeared, too; more »

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Now That Plagues Are Played Out, What Should Be Movies' Next Apocalypse?

We fell in love with Doomsday's plague-quarantine horror, but sadly the rest of the world failed to fall with us. And maybe the failure of yet another movie about a deadly virus wrecking civilization means that people are finally sick of plagues? After I Am Legend, 28 Days/Weeks, and countless others, it's time for something else to take its turn crashing everything down. What do you think should be our new global disaster movie meme? More »

1:52 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,796 views, 104 comments

y: the last man

Must Read: Y: The Last Man

Must-read graphic novels 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: Y: The Last Man
Date: 2002-2008

Vitals: A mysterious plague wipes out every single male on Earth — except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand. As you'd expect, the first thought that enters their minds is... ROAD TRIP!

Famous names: Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra

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12:08 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By charliejane
273 views, Comment