10 Bad Movies (That Could Have Been Good With Just One Change)

By Charlie Jane Anders and Katharine Trendacosta. Netflix is a crapshoot. Your local movie theater is a garbage scow. Most movies barely manage to be so bad they're good. But what's really annoying is when you can just see how a movie could have been decent. Here are 10 films that really could have been good, if you…

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Safety Not Guaranteed's director has been chosen to save Jurassic Park …

Jurassic Park 4 finally has a director, Colin Trevorrow. You may remember him from the indie picture Safety Not Guaranteed, which is kind of short on its T-Rex-fighting-humans moments. But maybe that's a good thing?

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This Taiwanese animated trailer may be the closest we ever get to a…

Hey Steven Spielberg, your Robopocalypse movie may be "indefinitely postponed" but the Taiwanese Animators at NMA TV just gave you a HUGE jump start. Behold, your trailer for Robopocalypse — complete with state-of-the-art technology! Just rip the Svedka robot baby-killing scene straight from this YouTube vid and you…

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Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse has been "indefinitely postponed"

Sad news! Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse has been pushed back (yet again) until who knows when. The movie was rapidly picking up big name talent: Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods) was working on the script, and Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway were attached to star. So why is…

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Jurassic Park's one week only IMAX, 3D rerelease dates announced

For one glorious week, Jurassic Park will be rereleased in 3D on giant IMAX screens. Which means, giant bloody goat leg, flailing lawyer parts and 3D lime green JELL-O shakes. We can not wait. A new press released has finally announced the dates: April 5th through April 12th. Party at our house beforehand.
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A third Roger Rabbit novel is coming!

We may or may not ever get to see a movie sequel to the classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit — but there's definitely a new Roger Rabbit novel in the pipeline. Gary Wolf, the author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit (which became the movie, under a slightly different title) has a new science fiction book out, Typical…

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Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

It's the 30th anniversary of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the groundbreaking "boy and his alien" movie. And a brand new book illuminates everything about the making of the film. We pored over E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: from Concept to Classic, and while we were admiring the gorgeous art and behind-the-scenes photos, we …

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The Latest Source of "Profanity" in Schools: Daniel H. Wilson's…

Every now and then, a parent complains about their child being exposed to a science fiction book that contains challenging ideas or language — most notoriously, last year there was the whole kerfuffle over Ender's Game. But the latest outcry is over what might be the most unexpected text of them all: Robopocalypse, the …

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