Snaps have surfaced online of Joel Kinnaman in the new Robocop film. Shooting only began today, so that really didn’t take long. Think it looks pretty badass, tbh. There are supposedly four…
Author: Chris McQuillan
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1,000th Post
A little milestone for the site today, as we hit 1,000 posts. A big thank you to all our contributors and readers over the last seven years on this system. Here’s to…
Hobbit Headshots
Turns out the head-shots of The Hobbit‘s characters have been released. The costume work seems, as ever, to be immaculate. Awesome.
New Robots for Transformers 4
If you were a writer, wouldn’t you love to be able to do whatever you wanted for the Transformers 4 film? Well, you can’t. Because the toys haven’t been selling enough. That’s…
Star Wars Detours Clip
Just found this brilliant clip from the upcoming Star Wars Detours cartoon. Starting to think this show could be pretty damned entertaining.
MAMA Trailer
Universal Pictures have released a new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Mama. Strictly speaking, he didn’t direct it, only executive produced it, but you can see his fingerprints all over it….
Godzilla Release Date Confirmed
The new Godzilla film has been given a May 16th, 2014 release date. Okay, that’s still quite a while away, but director Gareth Edwards is working with David Goyer (Batman trilogy) on this one,…
Mac OS X Battery Life Boost
I’ve recently bought a new MacBook Air, and despite promises of colossal battery life – it really doesn’t last that long when I’m sitting browsing Safari on Wi-Fi. To quote Aldous Snow:…
HD Curiosity Descent (30 FPS)
Someone with apparently too much time on their hands has spent four weeks putting together an HD video of NASA’s Curiosity rover’s descent. He’s retouched the original footage, upping the quality considerably,…
BioWare Test High-Population Star Wars Servers
BioWare have begun rolling out and testing their new high-population server technology for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The move comes ahead of an imminent switchover to free-to-play, a decision that will…
Third Hobbit Trailer Imminent
Word coming out from Alberta Culture is that a third trailer for The Hobbit has been completed, rated as PG, and is 2:25 long. Supposedly, the new trailer will debut ahead of an unspecified film…
The Asteroid That Saved Christianity
The year is 312AD. Constantine, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, has launched a pre-emptive attack on rival emperor Maxentius, with the two meeting in battle at Milvian Bridge. Constantine, by this…
Star Trek Renegades
The latest Star Trek fan project that’s causing people to turn their heads and notice is Star Trek: Renegades. It’s the team behind Of Gods and Men, and they’ve just released their second teaser…
What next for Sci-Fi?
It’s September 2012. Over the last twelve years, I’ve lost count of how many sci-fi shows have flopped and been cancelled; how many sci-fi movies have proved to be massive disappointments. Is…
Apple iPhone launches “no longer excite”
Dan Lyons – creator of the Fake Steve blog – has written a pretty pessimistic piece for the BBC, in which he explains his views on Apple’s launches, and their supposedly accompanying…
TARDIS Trash Can
Got $90 to spare? Who does these days? But if you do, here’s the perfect item to spend it on! ThinkGeek have come up with a TARDIS Trash Can, complete with lighting…
No More Trek! Ad
I remember this airing (terrifyingly, that’s eleven years ago now) but this was a pretty funny commercial launched in the run up to Enterprise. The words Star Trek would later be dropped from…
Fan Made Trek 2 Trailer
This is a great (fan-made) trailer for the next Trek film, supposedly titled Star Trek Into Darkness. To be honest, the editing standard is so high, it’s extremely difficult to tell it’s not real. But…