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9 new Sherlock Holmes clips are packed with copious sexy steampunk sleuthing

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:51:37 PST

Prepare for another round of sciencey crime-solving with nine new clips from Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Looks like director Guy Ritchie has upped the action and sexual tension between Holmes and Watson. These clips include your first glimpse of Jared Harris as the nefarious Professor Moriarty. More »

From the maker of the "psychic tire" movie Rubber comes another demented movie, Wrong

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:02:51 PST

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Quentin Dupieux's latest film Rubber, (about murderous car tire that kills people with mental powers) looks like Marmaduke after watching the trailer for his next feature Wrong. Clearly Dupieux's only motive is to just mind-fuck the audience into oblivion. Watch the trailer now. More »

First trailer for "The Con Of Wrath" a documentary about the most infamous Star Trek convention

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:58:04 PDT

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The most notorious science fiction convention of all times might well be Houston's "Ultimate Fantasy" convention, now nicknamed "The Con of Wrath." When audience attendance plummeted, the convention's guests reached inside their own pockets to give the fans a show. Check out the first trailer for the documentary behind it directed by Star Trek aficionado Larry Nemecek. More »

Must Watch: Community's Dead Brilliant Parodies of Doctor Who and 2001

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:20:00 PDT

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Last night's Community reminded us why it's arguably the greatest nerd comedy of our era, with this devastatingly funny Doctor Who spoof. Is it wrong that I actually want to watch a few hundred episodes of Inspector Spacetime now? More »

Breathtaking time-lapse video shows two years of nature in constant flux

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:00:00 PDT

Prepare to be blown away by the constantly shifting glory of nature. Photographer Henry Jun Wah Lee with Evosia Studios has collected two years worth of gorgeous moments in one four-minute time lapse video that takes our breath away. More »

All of the Greatest Rory Williams Moments from Doctor Who

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:17:13 PDT

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Many people would assume that the hero of Doctor Who is the time-traveling main character, played by the rakishly British Matt Smith. But it's not so. The real stand-out hero of the new series is the steadfast (and studly) Rory Williams. More »

Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:40:00 PDT

Some things are just more terrifying in high definition. Watch as a pack of mosquitoes gorge themselves on human blood, then go vomit in your trashcan. More »

How Anthony Stewart Head Feels About What Happened to Giles

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:00 PDT

Rupert "Ripper" Giles is a mainstay of Buffy the Vampire Slayer — even when he went off to Britain to ride horses, he was still a vital part of Buffy's messed-up world. More »

Falling Skies just keeps getting better... and creepier

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:30:00 PDT

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If you gave up on TNT's Falling Skies after the first few episodes, now's a great time to give it another chance. The just-concluded "Sanctuary" two-parter was genuinely intense and awesome. And this Sunday's new episode has answers, action and weirdness. More »

Does this Fringe Comic-Con video contain a clue about what happened to Peter?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:30:00 PDT

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Ever since the end of Fringe season three, we've been wondering what's up with Peter Bishop. Does this video which played at the show's Comic-Con panel give a hint? More »

First Fright Night Clips: Colin Farrell is a sleazeball and David Tennant is majestic!

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:38:32 PDT

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When Colin Farrell comes to your house and wants to talk to you about your girlfriend, it's never a good thing. At least, not when Farrell's an evil psychotic vampire. More »

A Really Nice Moment of Warmth and Irony from Last Night's Warehouse 13

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:30:00 PDT

This is how you do character development, people. This moment from last night's Warehouse 13 managed to stack a few clever bits on top of each other, while staying true to the characters — and yanking the narrative rug from under us. More »

The Most Ludicrous Moments from Lifetime's J.K. Rowling Biopic

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:30:00 PDT

It's almost impossible to pick the greatest bits of wrongness in last night's Lifetime Original movie about the life of Harry Potter's creator... but we'll try. Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story was a casserole of crap British accents and sentimentality, covered with cheese. More »

Alternate ending to Limitless: Is Bradley Cooper heading for the ultimate hangover?

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:17:51 PDT

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Did you think the ending of Limitless was too neat and tidy? Did you think Bradley Cooper got off too lightly after spiraling down the rabbit hole of brain-enhancement drugs and superdickery? More »

Panthro performs a cabaret-style version of the Thundercats theme, with backup dancers

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:30:00 PDT

Quite probably the most amazing TV theme tune cover version you're likely to see today. On last night's Jimmy Fallon, a man claiming to be Panthro showed up and did a stirring cabaret-esque performance of the Thundercats theme. More »

The Coolest Scene of Alien-Fighting from Last Night's Falling Skies

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:35:18 PDT

Steven Spielberg's new show Falling Skies launched last night on TNT, and the good news is, it got gangbuster ratings for a basic cable show: 5.9 million viewers, more than The Walking Dead's first episode on AMC. More »

The Best Memory Stories from io9

Tue, 31 May 2011 17:30:00 PDT

A drug that could erase your memories of being afraid

Best io9 Videos of the Week

Fri, 27 May 2011 18:32:06 PDT

MUTANT LOVE | Image from X-Men: First Class. Here are the best io9 videos of the week, for your Friday evening enjoyment.

The Real Reason Why A Clockwork Orange Was So Disturbing

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:00:00 PDT

Why was A Clockwork Orange such a controversial film when it originally came out? It's not just because of all the sex and violence — or even the combination of the two. More »

Greatest "Cowboys Vs. Dirt Bikes" Movie of All Time

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:30:00 PDT

The Monkees, the 1960s' greatest prefab superband, just did a few reunion shows — except that one Monkee, in particular, was not present: Mike Nesmith, who went on to have a varied and illustrious post-Monkees career... including one time-travel movie. More »

Emma Frost scares you stiff in 6 new X-Men: First Class videos

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 26 May 2011 06:30:00 PDT

Watch Emma Frost shock and amaze, in her first clip which showcases the icy heart of X-Men: First Class' sexiest villain. Plus check out three more never-before-seen clips! More »

First Clip from J.J. Abrams' Super 8: Indie movie-making meets giant CG collision

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:38:30 PDT

The first snippet from J.J. Abrams' 1970s throwback movie Super 8 shows the kids are all right — at least until the nasty train crash happens. Just in this brief 30-second excerpt, you can already tell this movie has heart. More »

Cillian Murphy has the worst romantic getaway ever, in the first trailer for the plague drama Retreat

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:30:00 PDT

Cillian Murphy's been an old pro when it comes to being one of the last survivors of a deadly outbreak — but in Retreat, he's not even sure what's going on. More »

Vincent Price Vs. the Bee Gees. No, really.

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:43:52 PDT

This is possibly the worst thing I've ever seen. Long before Vincent Price rapped on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," before his stint on Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare," he took part in this atrocity, the Bee Gees' Cucumber Castle. More »

An amazing infographic explains what we'd have done with the 205 million gallons of oil if the Gulf Oil Spill hadn't happened

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:09:31 PDT

Last year's Gulf Oil Spill released 205 million gallons of oil — such a huge amount, it's hard to get your mind around. To help conceptualize it, Chris Harmon created this amazing animated infographic. More »

Beyonce goes "Game of Thrones meets Mad Max" in latest video shoot

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:30:00 PDT

You've seen Beyonce Knowles' post-apocalyptic shuffle and her cyborg hand dance, now feast your eyes on the next Beyonce creation: Mad Max meets hardcore fantasy. More »

Gorgeous book trailer for Paolo Bacigalupi's "Ship Breaker"

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:30:00 PDT

Concept artist Diego Gonzalez created tons of art based on Paolo Bacigalupi's dystopian young adult novel Ship Breaker, and now he's edited it together into a harrowing, intense trailer. It will make the novel's environmental collapse feel all too real. More »

Most Pathetic Sasquatch Ever

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:30:00 PDT

Bigfoot movies don't get much sillier than Snow Beast, the 1977 TV movie about a mutant Bigfoot attacking a small town during its Winter Carnival. Here are our favorite Snow Beast moments, including the "deadly log rolling attack." More »

How District 9 should have ended

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:33:44 PDT

The latest "How It Should Have Ended" web video is out, and this time it's focusing in on District 9. Can this possibly top their video assault on Lord Of The Rings' plot hole? More »

Eric strips down in the first footage from True Blood season 4

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 06:30:00 PST

Hooray — it's almost time for more of the vampire humpy-hump show, True Blood! Watch the first clip from season four, in which Vampire Eric wanders around lost and naked. Spoilers below... More »

Local vampire outsmarts bank, goes on Fox News to brag about it

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:30:00 PST

Did you know that the bank might be screwing you out of your hard-earned cash? Patrick Rodgers, Philadelphia vampire, stopped by the local news to share his money-making secrets with the mortals of the world. More »

New Sucker Punch trailer could be about WWI strippers and their dragon... maybe

Meredith Woerner — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:38:19 PST

Could Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch be about a troop of burlesque dancers doing meth and samurai sword fighting, while stuck in the muddy trenches during WWI? This new trailer seems to think so, and we love it. More »

First Avengers fan trailer assembles so much awesome

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:46:42 PST

The best part about Marvel releasing the Captain America trailer is, now we have enough footage of each Marvel character to create an Avengers fan trailer. You gotta admit, it's pretty exciting to see all the Easter Eggs piled up together — and Tony Stark directly referencing Captain America's shield, directly followed by a Cap scene. More »

The short film "Exist" proves that aliens don't need to be flashy to be scary

Meredith Woerner — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:30:31 PST

The short film Exist was lodged in our brains ever since we saw the first trailer. Now that it's out, we're thankful that — like the poster — the actual movie kept it free of crappy CG aliens and stunts. It relies on the simple horror of the act of an abduction and gave us chills! Plus, take a look at a new Dylan Dog film. More »

Watch what Disney's Wicked movie could look like

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:00:00 PST

Disney animator Heidi Jo Gilbert created a Wicked storyboard video, set to the tracks from Wicked, the musical, hoping to convince her bosses to make Elphaba the next Disney princess. Our reaction: Holy Hell, this is amazing. UPDATE: Youtube pulled the clip but if you go to her site you can watch the original (not embeddable) video. Thanks! More »

Dragons, mermaids and test babies the best of the super bowl commercials

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:09:20 PST

Miss the best part of last night's Super Bowl — the commercials? Don't worry: We collected the best of the science fiction shout-outs, fantasy freak-outs and mad-science moments right here. So was this year's collection of 30 second spots a success? Or did it leave you yearning for the crotch-shot ads of yesteryear? More »

If you let this skeevy guy kiss you, you'll never be able to get him off your mind

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:20:12 PST

A blonde sex-worker breaks her rule against kissing clients — only to run into the worst case of identity theft in history, in this clip from Marvel's animated Black Panther, out now on DVD. More »

Incredible video of a cheetah hunting at top speed

Annalee Newitz — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:49:49 PST

This classic video of a cheetah hunting down gazelles is an edge-of-your-seat, intense story about the power that can be packed into a single tetrapod's body. And it even has an unexpected twist ending. More »

Kevin Costner's supernatural experience is just as cheeseriffic as you'd expect

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:30:00 PST

Kevin Costner has an encounter with the other side, and there are flashy lights and montages of children shouting, and a white light, and then his dead wife reaches out. Is Dragonfly the worst supernatural film of the early 2000s? More »

Did the lead singer from Blink 182 just make the next scifi indie smash?

Meredith Woerner — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:10:29 PST

Rock group Angels & Airwaves' Tom DeLonge (formerly of Blink 182) produced and created the music for the spacey film Love. The movie's about a astronaut stuck alone on a space station, and the visuals are remarkable. More »