We’re all interested in seeing Star Wars back on the big screen this December, but will the film actually deliver on its hype? I remember back in 1997 when George Lucas announced 3 new Star Wars films detailing the origins of Darth Vader. I saw the trailer and nearly bounced out of my seat in excitement. …
If there wasn’t enough hype surrounding the resurrection of the Star Wars franchise, now audiences can look forward, or not, to two stand-alone spinoffs. Now, there’s not much to know about the plot of either film. There are rumors that one film will be an origin story for Boba Fett, a young Han Solo, or at least…
Written and directed by The Spierig Brothers (Michael and Peter), Predestination is fast-paced, haunting and visually stunning. The duo previously collaborated with lead actor Ethan Hawke on their film Daybreakers (2009), another sci-fi thriller worth a watch. The Spierig Brothers based the film on the short story “—All You Zombies—” by Robert A. Heinlein. I have…
Now we can put some names to those mysterious faces in the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Very few names, but names, guys. The characters were revealed through some retro Topps trading cards exclusively through Entertainment Weekly that featured screenshots from the teaser. The gallery is over at EW, here. The rolling droid is…
Feast your eyes on J.J. Abrams’ tasty new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The teaser has already racked up over 41 million views on YouTube and has been spoofed a dozen times. There’s also been all sorts of complaints and speculation, but we’ll get to that. The trailer focuses on the new, which…
Since beginning filming in May, the shooting on the next Star Wars movie has ended. The news was leaked via a Twitter user who let everyone in on the sincerity of J.J. Abrams words to the cast and crew of Episode VII. Filming of Star Wars Episode VII has officially wrapped on Oct 31 via…
tSo, you’ve had a few weeks to figure out The Sims 4. It’s definitely different. There are new emotions and tasks, and the Create-A-Sim offers loads of new features for you to choose and manipulate. Monthly updates have been adding content to the players simulated reality. Recently, they added ghosts, gnomes and, most excitingly, the…
WARNING: This article contains heavy spoilers. The Force Unleashed multimedia project introduced Starkiller, a Sith apprentice raised in secret by Darth Vader. He begins his journey on the dark side but redeems himself at the end by making the ultimate sacrifice for his friends and laying the foundations for the Rebel Alliance. The Force Unleashed II deals…
Some sort of weird/great war is brewing on Twitter, and it’s fantastic to watch. Zach Snyder, director of Man of Steel and the upcoming Batman v Superman, tweeted a picture at the end of July of current Superman Henry Cavill dressed as a Jedi. Just a week later, he sent out another picture of Batman,…
When first describing this series to a friend, the TV shows Osmosis Jones and The Magic School Bus came up in the conversation. The concept of the human body being used as sci-fi terrain is not unexplored, but Biowars is more than a trek through the biological system with the help of a magical vehicle. It’s more…
Before we begin, take a look at this. A long time ago on a ranch far, far away, George Lucas created a phenomenon. The saga, simply titled Star Wars, captured the imaginations of audiences all over the world. Its complex characters, the journeys they undertook to maturity, the losses they suffered on the way and the victories…
Enter a futuristic society where humanity has branched off of Earth and settled among its extraterrestrial neighbors in the Spiral Arm. Kevin J. Anderson’s The Dark Between the Stars is the compelling first installment of a brand new trilogy called The Saga of Shadows. Humans have divided themselves into the independent, spaceship-savvy Roamer clans and…
