Originally published on http://www.slashfilm.com/i-origins-interview-mike-cahill/ Normally when discussing a movie, you don’t get to have a conversation about how science can potentially explain religion and the impact that has on the world. But not every movie discussion is with director Mike Cahill about his new movie, I Origins.
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"Guardians" Tops Weekend Box-Office (Updated)
Originally published on http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/33237/-guardians-tops-weekend-box-office-updated Weekend estimates for Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" continue to be revised upwards following extremely healthy showings. It began with Thursday night's $11.2 million Thursday night preview haul, the year's best so far. Another $26.
Harry Potter Done In The Style of Scott Pilgrim Is REALLY Well Done
Originally published on http://io9.com/harry-potter-done-in-the-style-of-scott-pilgrim-is-real-1615070840 YouTuber The Unusual Suspect (who last month brought us this uncannily perfect Star Wars/GotG mashup) took scenes from Harry Potter and dressed them in the trappings of Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, to seriously fantastic effect.
Through the Google lens: search trends July 25-31
Originally published on http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/through-google-lens-search-trends-july.html The dog days of summer are upon us (just look at the last time we posted on this here blog), but there’s still plenty of excitement to keep search buzzing.
Doctor Who K-9 Talking Plush is Not Programmed to Bark
Originally published on http://technabob.com/blog/2014/08/02/doctor-who-k-9-talking-plush/ Sure, you call yourself a Doctor Who fan, but you can’t really say that unless you have this cool Talking K-9 plush. True fans have their own plush pet dog and they cuddle with it while watching marathons of the show.
The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know
Originally published on http://lifehacker.com/5881604/be-a-grown-up-boy-scout-the-wilderness-survival-skills-everyone-should-know A few hours watching the Discovery Channel can prompt extreme survival fantasies involving frog licking and urine drinking, but what basic skills would you actually need to survive in the wilderness? Here's a look at the basics you need to become an adult Boy Scout straight from a cadre of surviva
President Obama makes smartphone unlocking legal again
Originally published on http://www.cultofmac.com/289725/president-obama-makes-smartphone-unlocking-legal/ Today The White House announced that Obama will sign the “Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act” into law, which gives the right to unlock your phone after your contract is up and take it to another carrier.
NASA successfully tests microwave thruster, paving the way for speedier space travel
Originally published on http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/nasa-microwave-thruster/ As with airplanes and many other self-powered machines, the fuel a shuttle engine requires can weigh nearly as much as the object it's propelling, increasing costs while significantly limiting range.
Flappy Bird Is Back, Exclusively on Amazon's Fire TV
Originally published on http://gizmodo.com/flappy-bird-is-back-exclusively-on-amazons-fire-tv-1614827900 Amazon's Fire TV is a great, speedy, oddly expensive piece of hardware, and so naturally Amazon needs to find something that can make it special. Something that can make use of that controller. And what better console-selling exclusive than...Flappy Bird? Yep.
Tara Reid Is Selling Shark Perfume, Of Course
Originally published on http://mashable.com/2014/08/01/tara-reid-shark-perfume/?utmcampaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&tmcid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&tmmedium=feed&tmsource=rss What's that smell? It's just the odor of a C-list celebrity capitalizing on fame from a made-for-TV movie. Tara Reid, star of Syfy's Sharknado film series, is selling her own perfume.
There's An Idea For A Galaxy Quest Sequel — Make It So, World!
Originally published on http://io9.com/theres-an-idea-for-a-galaxy-quest-sequel-make-it-so-1614570598 We've been talking about a Galaxy Quest sequel forever. But maybe, just maybe, the time is right, and the writer allegedly has an idea. Plus, what was in the Rated-R version we never saw? Jordan Hoffman has created an impressive oral history of Galaxy Quest over at MTV.
Kevin Feige On The Present, Future and 'Guardians' of Marvel
Originally published on http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/kevin-feige-geek-inherited-earth.php?utmsource=feedly&utmreader=feedly&utmmedium=rss&utmcampaign=kevin-feige-geek-inherited-earth Marvel Studios is still new. Based on their track record, that’s almost hard to believe. Of the nine movies they’ve put out, all of them have performed considerably well, if not completely gangbusters, at the box office.
Crowdfund A Robot Insurgency Film From The Writers Of Feast
Originally published on http://io9.com/crowdfund-a-robot-insurgency-film-from-the-writers-of-f-1614829132 The writers of Project Greenlight's Feast have written a screenplay about a robot insurgency—and the team needs your help bringing the film to life. You can also help fund some wonderful comics, a Mouse Guard board game, and a documentary about working visual artists.
Stoll Talks Yellowjacket Costume In "Ant-Man"
Originally published on http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/33230/stoll-talks-yellowjacket-costume-in-ant-man Comic Con finished last weekend, but some quotes of importance are still trickling out from convention. One today comes from "House of Cards" scene stealer Corey Stoll who spoke with Nerd Repository about his villainous turn as Darren Cross in Marvel's upcoming"Ant-Man" film.
Breaking : Art Student Makes Synthetic Leaf, Solves Everything
Originally published on http://www.core77.com/blog/materials/breakingartstudentmakessyntheticleafsolveseverything27419.asp?utmsource=feedburner&utmmedium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%29 Stop the Green Dream presses. Julian Melchiorri has built a leaf that absorbs CO2 and sunlight and produces oxygen. Rather than just growing a plant like most of us who want leaves in our lives, Melchiorri's work got positively semi-scientific.
Don't Expect to See Thanos in Avengers Age of Ultron
Originally published on http://www.slashfilm.com/thanos-avengers-age-of-ultron/ The Marvel supervillain Thanos was first teased in the post-credits sequence for The Avengers, and his influence is felt in this weekend’s Guardians of the Galaxy. But it’ll be a while before we really get to know him better.
How Soviet psychiatrists found the secret of cinema magic
Originally published on http://sploid.gizmodo.com/how-soviet-psychiatrists-found-the-magic-secret-of-cine-1614141336/+caseychan Back in the 1920s, a group of Soviet psychiatrists discovered that film editing manipulates not only our sense of space and time but also our emotions. That's why editing is the magic sauce that brings a film to life—or kills it.
‘Doctor Who’ Blasting Off Season Premiere With Chris Hardwick, Theatrical Screenings
Originally published on http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/doctor-who-bbc-america-premiere-launch/ For the Saturday, Aug. 23 season launch of Doctor Who, BBC America is pulling out all the stops with a slew of televised and theatrical events. It’s all a part of celebrating actor Peter Capaldi’s first season as the mysterious, time-travelling Doctor.
'The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water' trailer will fry your mind
Originally published on http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/31/5957153/the-spongebob-movie-sponge-out-of-water-trailer-3d In case you've been living in a pineapple under the sea for the better part of two decades, you should know that Spongebob Squarepants is an enormously popular animated series on Nickelodeon about a talking yellow sea sponge created by a marine biology teacher.
Peter Jackson Briefly Talks "Skull Island"
Originally published on http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/33216/peter-jackson-briefly-talks-skull-island Almost immediately following Legendary's "Skull Island" announcement at Comic-Con, a wild rumor began to swirl that Guillermo del Toro was involved with the project despite the filmmaker's commitment to "Pacific Rim 2".