Major Reveals for Oblivion, Elysium, Tron 3, Fringe and Amazing…

Matt Damon praises Neil Blomkamp's sci-fi epic Elysium. Does a casting call give away a huge Amazing Spider-Man 2 plot point? Len Wiseman's new Mummy movie is going full-on horror. Plus check out new trailers for Doctor Who's Christmas special!

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Dracula and Frankenstein are rival kings in the webcomic Ultrasylvania

Webcomics have provided a fertile training ground for neophyte cartoonists. Over the years, I've watched a number of artists go from toddling sketchers to masterfully sequential art storytellers. So it's only natural that professors would look to webcomics as a training tool for students interested in careers in…

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The Star Trek sequel is like a modern myth...and it's all about villain …

Star Chris Pine explains how J.J. Abrams's second Star Trek movie finds time to tell the small human stories in its big blockbuster setting. Co-writer Alex Kurtzman says Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch is the perfect villain to challenge the fully promoted Captain Kirk!

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Big updates for the Star Trek, Avatar, and Hunger Games sequels!

Some new Avengers posters will give you a whole new look at Marvel's premiere super-team. New companion Jenna-Louise Colman talks Doctor Who. The Mummy is getting rebooted... this time, without Brendan Fraser. Plus Supernatural makes a change, and is almost certainly getting a new season!

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The weird, sad story of Egyptian animal mummies

Pharaohs were far from the only ancient Egyptians to be mummified. An entire ancient industry grew up around supplying people with mummified pets to accompany them into the afterlife. Business was even big enough to drive entire species extinct.

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Mummies reveal Ancient Egyptian heart disease epidemic

Although Egyptian hieroglyphics depict a noble class that was forever beautiful and healthy, ancient records tell a far different story, of an aristocracy riddled with heart disease. And now preserved mummy hearts are revealing the full extent of the phenomenon.

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Paul Giamatti dares Hollywood to grow some balls and make Bubba…

Now here's some vampire news we can get into. Paul Giamatti is still on the war path to make the sequel to Bruce Campbell's Bubba Ho-Tep. Starring a retirement-home-living Elvis who now fights vampires, instead of mummies.

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Paranormal Activity Seems Slightly Less Terrifying With Mummies

Paranormal Activity was a scary movie, but we're not really sure how a similar film that swaps demon problems for Mummy issues can be scary. Especially after the Stephen Sommers's Mummy films, but The Mummy Archives is still getting made.

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