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Best And Worst SF/Fantasy Movies Of 2009
This was a year of extremes: huge CG-heavy spectacles and low-budget gems. Most of all, 2009 made us feel the boundaries of cinema were stretched... for good and ill. Here are the 10 best and 10 worst films of 2009. More »A Tale of Two Leaks: What Happened to the Wolverine and New Moon Pirates?
Cold hard justice showed up at the door of the man who leaked the Wolverine movie onto the internet this year. He was arrested. Meanwhile, a New Moon bootlegger walks free. More »Reclaiming Your Humanity Means Killing A Whole Lot Of People
Choose Your Own Disaster!!
Hello friends. Over the past few months I've been telling you what was a disaster, now the time has come for you to pick your own. More »Hugh Jackman Is Our RoboRocky
It may be time to have a science fiction intervention for Hugh Jackman. Fresh from the moderate success of this summer's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, he's considering taking on the lead role in the upcoming robotic boxing movie Real Steel. More »Will Hancock 2 Lose The Best Part Of The Original? Plus New Deadpool Movie Hints!
Hancock 2 may be missing a key castmember. Plus Deadpool's producers make big promises! There are spoilery Dollhouse clips, and telltale pics from Lost, 2012, The Box and Planet 51. Also: FlashForward, Warehouse 13, Smallville, Chuck and True Blood spoilers! More »Should We Expect New X-Men By 2011?
Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Kid Cyclops twitter-teasing us, or are we closer to the prospect of the X-Men movie reboot than we'd previously thought? Click through for speculations and potential spoilers. More »The io9 Guide To 2009's Fall DVD Releases
Last week, we told you about the movies reaching theaters this fall, but it has to be said: Sometimes, even just going to the theater seems like too much hassle. Here's what you can watch at home, instead. More »Wolverine's Movie Future May Include His Death
Talking about the future of Fox's Wolverine movie franchise, executive producer Lauren Schuler Donner revealed some thoughts about what could happen following the second movie's ninja-filled trip to Japan... including an adaptation of a comic fans wouldn't expect. More »So What Happened To All Those Dark Knight Imitators?
Summer 2009: What Just Happened?
With District 9 a bona fide hit and GI Joe amazing all by not crashing and burning, the summer movie season of 2009 has ended just as it began: Surprising a lot of people. What lessons can we learn? More »Usual Suspects' Writer Takes On Wolverine's Japanese Sequel
Even if X-Men Origins: Wolverine didn't leave you breathlessly waiting for a sequel, there's one sign that the follow-up will be better than the original: Usual Suspects and X-Men screenwriter Chris McQuarrie has signed on to write it. More »Does Watchmen's Leak Matter?
With weeks to go before Watchmen: The Director's Cut hits DVD and Blu-Ray (as well as a few cinema screens), it's leaked onto torrent sites across the internet. But unlike the similar Wolverine leak earlier this year, does anyone care? More »Deadpool Could Have Looked So Much Cooler In Wolverine
Still feeling sad about how weak Deadpool was in the Wolverine movie? You'll feel sadder after perusing the original concept art, from artist Phillip Boutte. More »Is Rupert Murdoch Responsible For The Wolverine Leak?
Rumor has it that Fox may have tracked down the person responsible for breaking the production cone of silence and allowing X-Men Origins: Wolverine to leak online... and it's none other than 20th Century Fox owner Rupert Murdoch. Who'dathunk? More »Gambit And Silver Fox Are Going To Mars
Two supporting leads from Wolverine have signed up to star in John Carter Of Mars. Taylor Kitsch will play Carter, a civil war vet who travels to Mars. Lynn Collins will play Dejah Thoris, heir to Mars' helium kingdom. [THR]Why Does The UK Love America's Flops?
Ignore Terminator Salvation's US box office and look to Britain, where it's just had the best opening weekend of 2009 so far... replacing the previous holder of that title, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Why is Britain more accepting of shoddy sci-fi? More »Action Scenes From Transformers And Book Of Eli Described. Plus A Deadpool Promise!
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Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies
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