Posts Tagged ‘sci-fi’

J.J. Abrams is Focused on ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′

Tweet Millions of voices cried out in terror (among other emotions) earlier this year, when Disney and Lucasfilm announced that J.J. Abrams – the man who rebooted Star Trek back in 2009 – would be taking the helm on Star Wars: Episode VII. It has since been confirmed that Abrams’ installment in George Lucas’ operatic [...]

5 “Star Wars” Characters Who Don’t Deserve Their Own Movie

Tweet Rumor has it that J.J. Abrams’ new Star Wars movies will follow known characters from the established cinematic universe, and give us their back-stories and/or further adventures. Which sounds like fun, but not if it’s any of these guys. Check out the full story at Maxim.

The Star Wars News Roundup

Tweet Several rumors popped up this week and were promptly shot down. First up, Marketsaw reported that actor Simon Pegg was being courted for a role in Episode VII and director Alfonso Cuaron was being considered to direct one of the standalone films. Simon Pegg took directly to Twitter to address the rumor. See it [...]

Yoda May Get Lucasfilm’s First ‘Star Wars’ Movie

Tweet Rebooting this franchise, they truly are! While we know for certain that J.J. Abrams is directing a new Star Wars movie that will indeed be Episode VII continuing that saga and storyline, it sounds like Lucasfilm has much bigger plans for this franchise/universe than anyone really knows. Harry of Ain’t It Cool News has [...]

J.J. Abrams Will Direct Star Wars

Tweet J.J. Abrams will direct the next “Star Wars” film for Disney, taking stewardship of one of Hollywood’s most iconic and lucrative film franchises, an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap. Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm last year and announced it would make new “Star Wars” films, fans, members of the media and [...]

10 Best Time-Travel Movies

Tweet ‘Looper’ is just the latest in a long tradition of movies that have challenged the boundaries of the space-time continuum (and our brains). Best for Edward Furlong Fans, Best for Chainsaws and Best Movie, Period, check out the top ten all-time greatest time travel movies brought to you by Maxim.

19 Things You Didn’t Know About Total Recall

Tweet Before you see the updated version of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1990 sci-fi/action classic starring Kate Beckinsale, Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel (Read about it here!) reacquaint yourself with the original. We poured through the newly released pristine-looking Total Recall Mind-Bending Edition Blu-ray and learned tons of things about a movie we’d already seen more times [...]

Sci-Fi High

Tweet Billy becomes involved with his high-school science teacher, who leads him closer to the truth behind the strange things occurring at school. This leads to a thrilling climax in which the students must fend for their lives against an alien invasion of the school.

Synopsis Revealed For Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’

Tweet It’s been nearly three years since Neill Blomkamp made his stunning directorial debut with “District 9″, turning what could have been a ho-hum, low-budget alien invasion movie into a stirring and occasionally heartbreaking action drama, enough to earn itself a Best Picture nomination and Blomkamp plenty of fans for life. But unlike so many [...]

The Classic War Of The Worlds

Tweet Acclaimed author H.G. Wells’ terrifying tale of the 1st ever alien invasion was published in 1898. In a time of growth and prosperity came the ultimate threat to our very existence.