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You just never know what movie that bombed in theaters will become a streaming hit. The latest example is 65, the much-maligned dinosaur sci-fi thriller with Adam Driver. It opened to a measly $12.3 million on its way to $60.7 million worldwide on a reported $45 million budget (not including marketing costs). Considering studios and theaters split the box office almost evenly, it was nearly a total disaster.

And yet, it recently roared to number two on Hulu's Top 10 streaming list, making it a streaming hit for another otherwise dismal film. It currently sits at a terrible 36% by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, yet audiences love it more, giving it a surprisingly high 64%. Just months after its terrible March 2023 theatrical debut, 65 was number one on Netflix. Audiences still love dinosaur movies.

Driver stars as Mills, an astronaut who leaves Earth along with his wife and sick daughter to explore the galaxy on a multi-year mission.

The folks behind The Simpsons seem to be betting that interest in “Treehouse of Horror” episodes will only rise in the weeks following Halloween, not unlike pumpkin stocks.

That’s because the next episode of the show, which doesn’t air until November 24th, is titled “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes.” This is only the second time that The Simpsons has used their annual Halloween show’s branding for other episodes, following 2022’s “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It.”

But “Not It” still aired during the height of the spooky season, just one week before Halloween. “Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes,” on the other hand, is airing weeks after everybody’s already finished eating their discounted candy and most Spirit Halloween locations have converted back into raccoon-infested abandoned box stores.

Admittedly, the show does have a long history of airing “Treehouse of Horror” episodes after October 31st,...

As audiences await the next Jurassic Park movie, a forgotten classic of dinosaur horror awaits rediscovery. Dinosaurs have captivated humankind's imagination and influenced their stories since civilization's infancy. Whether taking the form of a fire-breathing dragon or a rampaging T.Rex, the fossils of the past have always shaped humankind's nightmares. However, famed author Ray Bradbury took it to new heights when he wrote "A Sound of Thunder." While by no means the first dinosaur horror story nor the last, Bradbury's twisted tale of time travel represented a masterpiece within the genre. The Jurassic Park of its day, "A Sound of Thunder," draws many parallels but also raises the question of what happened to this story and how Jurassic Park managed to overshadow it in the decades gone by.

Considered one of the great authors of the sci-fi and fantasy genres, Ray Bradbury produced numerous noted novels, including Something Wicked This Way Comes,...

The 90s was a great time for adaptations. Jurassic Park is the gold standard, of course, but there was so much more. That book’s author, Michael Crichton, also had Sphere and Congo get greenlit and released while we would see non-horror output like Forrest Gump and Shawshank Redemption, which account for the greatest film of all time… and Forrest Gump. On the horror side we would have Silence of the Lambs, the wonderful It TV miniseries, Exorcist III, and a fun little monster movie throwback called The Relic. At the time, I just thought it was a cool creature feature designed specifically for 12-year-olds like me but looking back all these years later I found out it was an adaptation of a book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child in what would be the first of 22 separate stories for one of the chief protagonists. That’s all well and...

The rules of time travel in TV and film are, for lack of a better word, eclectic, as are the consequences of not adhering to them. In some cases, the slightest change made in the past can radically alter the future, the so-called "butterfly effect," as evidenced in The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror V" story "Time and Punishment," where Homer (Dan Castellaneta) inadvertently turns the toaster into a time machine. In others, meeting yourself in the past could result in the destruction of the whole space/time continuum, as Back to the Future's Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) ominously asserts. The rules and consequences of time travel can also be entirely convoluted, necessitating immense flow charts to track how a timeline-changing event in one project alters two or three others. Star Trek, though, probably plays with the concept best by simply ignoring any time-travel rules altogether.

It’s not often I’d be talking about Agatha Christie, Renny Harlin, Val Kimer and LL Cool J in the same breath, but thanks to the world of Tinseltown magic, here we are! And, before you’re mis-led into thinking this video is about the great Netflix show of the same name, let me just set the record straight. This ain’t that one folks. Nope, the movie we’re focusing on today somehow manages to blend the classic British literary world of Agatha Christie with LL Cool J spitting out lines like. That’s right gore-hounds, twenty years ago director Renny Harlin was best known for action classics, pirate movies, dangling Sylvester Stallone from great heights and giant sharks; way before the likes of The Meg and more recently, Under Paris. Then, an intriguing project came his way that would blend the worlds of Agatha Christie and gangster rappers,...

Quick Links The Evolutionary Fear of Dinosaurs Explained How Jurassic Park Revisited One of Humanity's Greatest Fears Why Humanity Must Acknowledge Its Fear of Dinosaurs If humanity and Jurassic Park's dinosaurs never co-existed, it raises the question of why they're terrifying. Humanity's fear of dinosaurs is deep-rooted and believed to have a long history. Understanding why dinosaurs are so frightening could help to understand humanity's own prehistoric past.

The Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies featured a vast Mesozoic menagerie, but for audiences, it produced some of the most terrifying dinosaurs to ever erupt onto the big screen. For many, it’s easy to be frightened by the prospect of being chased by a pack of Velociraptors or being on the wrong side of the fence when a T-Rex escapes. However, it raises the question of why humanity fears the animals cloned by Jurassic Park when, in reality, they never occupied the same period.

Stellar cast elevates father-son complexities Knox's memory loss inconsistencies are detrimental Noir mood and tension create compelling atmosphere

Michael Keaton pulls triple duty as star, director, and producer of an engrossing but narratively flawed crime drama. Knox Goes Away has an erudite contract killer wrapping up his affairs after a tragic medical diagnosis. Those efforts become complicated when his estranged son shows up at his door in a dire predicament. A heavyweight supporting cast, brooding noir execution, and sophisticated themes work until the labored third act where the protagonist's intricate plan to rectify all woes feels unbelievable given his deteriorating condition. There are too many variables in play, but at least every character is well-developed.

John "Aristotle" Knox meets his partner at their usual diner before proceeding to discuss a looming hit. Thomas Muncie (Ray McKinnon) gobbles a steak as Knox flags down the waitress for coffee. She reminds him that he's already ordered.

Quick Links What is the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Series? Why Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is the Perfect Jurassic World Successor Why the World Needs a Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Movie As Jurassic World gears up for another sequel, it raises the question is it time to pass the torch. Xenozoic Tales was born from a unique idea and a world "nobody was making." Cadillacs and Dinosaurs had fast cars, dinosaurs, and environmental themes in a post-apocalyptic world ideal for the big screen.

As another Jurassic World sequel prepares to revive its dinosaurs, it's the perfect time to consider a once-forgotten series as its post-apocalyptic successor. The world of dinosaur cinema has been limited in recent years, mainly dominated by the Jurassic Park franchise. The evolution of the original Jurassic World trilogy has been fascinating to watch. However, beyond the works of Michael Crichton and Steven Spielberg lies over a century of stories about the prehistoric world.

Hollywood studios often release unfinished movies to the public, causing backlash due to incomplete visual effects and plot holes. Films like "Cats" and "Thor: Love And Thunder" faced criticism for their overuse of CGI and unfinished effects. Budget cuts, production disputes, and last-minute re-cuts can contribute to the release of half-finished films like "Masters Of The Universe" and "A Sound Of Thunder."

Hollywood studios occasionally release movies that are incomplete, but a few have made it glaringly obvious that they were unfinished. Just because a movie hits theaters doesn't mean that all the work on production has been finished. Multiple films have in fact been released to the public only to face backlash due to their incomplete visual effects, plot holes, and endings that were cut together from previously existing footage. The possibility that a studio might make back at least some of their money by releasing such problem-ridden movies may be enticing,...

Warning: contains potential spoilers for Venom #25!One major rule of time travel makes the Marvel Universe almost unique in modern pop culture. Time travel stories have been a staple of the science fiction genre for over 100 years, and with its explosion in popularity came certain rules regarding time travel - including one infamous law known as "the Butterfly Effect." Now, in a preview for Venom #25, fans learn exactly how this rule works in the Marvel Universe.

Venom #25 is written by Al Ewing, drawn by Sergio Davila, Sean Parsons, Ken Lashley, Cafu and Julius Otha, colored by Frank D’Armata and lettered by Clayton Cowles. The preview opens with Doctor Doom and Eddie Brock arriving in what appears to be prehistoric times. As they make their landing, Doom reflects on the short story 'A Sound of Thunder' by Ray Bradbury. In that story, a time traveler steps on a butterfly in prehistoric times,...

This article contains 65 spoilers.

65 is a movie about aliens crash landing on Earth during the age of the dinosaurs. Except that the aliens look an awful lot like they come from Earth, and the dinosaurs… don’t.

The dinosaurs presented in writer-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ film might have some recognizable body parts, and some may even bear a passing resemblance to a few of the bigger names from the My First Dinosaur book you had as a kid, but for the most part, the giant killer reptiles we see in that movie are monsters, nothing more, and nothing less. At one point there is a baby dinosaur that looks like a cross between a T-Rex and an Ankylosaurus, a species so far unknown outside of one episode of the Lego Jurassic World animated series. And while the fossil record is incomplete, and there may have existed many species...

Cbr supports the hard work of creators and industry professionals to create movies fans all know and love, but it's important to remember the ongoing controversy with Ezra Miller. You can find Cbr's continuing coverage of Miller here.

The following contains spoilers for The Flash, in theaters now.

Superheroes have always embraced a creed of "go big or go home," with epic storylines and larger-than-life conflicts. Modern effects and A-list budgets have made it the default setting for most comic book movie adaptations, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe has demonstrated the potential of multi-movie arcs and ongoing plot threads. Bigger is often better in superhero stories, and while the good ones never lose sight of the characters at their heart, it's easy to forgive them if the bombast thunders a little heavier than most movies.

So it comes as something of a surprise that the time-travel paradox at the heart...

This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 4, Episode 1. Read our full review here.

The crew of the USS Discovery might be firmly established in a century well beyond the rest of Star Trek canon, but that doesn’t mean the rich history of the Final Frontier isn’t always with them. In fact, even the title of the very first episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Season 4, is an Easter egg. “Kobayashi Maru,” references Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and the famous no-win scenario first introduced in that film. The idea of a no-win scenario is a big deal for Captain Burnham in this first episode of Season 4. But, that very big thematic concept isnt’ the only Trekkie call back in the debut episode of Disco’s latest season.

From shout-outs to Captain Archer from Enterprise, to the tech that makes transporters beam you up, here every...

This article contains spoilers for Saving Private Ryan.

Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan (1998) is known for a number of things: the gut-wrenching, visceral terror of its battle scenes (especially the opening landing at Omaha Beach), the shocking way in which bodies are torn to pieces during the course of those battles, the attention to period detail, and a powerful performance by Tom Hanks that rates as one of his finest.

But one thing that the film may not be as widely recognized for is the lineup of young actors who played members of Capt. John Miller’s (Hanks) squad, or soldiers they met along the way as they searched throughout Normandy for the missing Pvt. James Francis Ryan. From Matt Damon to Vin Diesel, Spielberg recruited relatively new faces who were all, in one way or another, either launching their careers outright or just starting to make their mark on Hollywood.

Ryan Britt Feb 21, 2019

Did you catch all of these Star Trek references in "The Sounds of Thunder"?

The sixth episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 feels, in some ways, like a smaller story that eventually becomes huge. And although the story mostly focuses on Saru and the Kelpiens clashing with the Ba’ul, there are still several subtle references, not just to Star Trek, but to science fiction in general.

Here’s all the winks and Easter eggs for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 6. From old school sci-fi stories, to Kelvin Universe nods, to a visual shout-out to Tasha Yar, here’s everything you might have missed.

“The Sound of Thunder” probably references a Ray Bradbury short story

The title of this episode is very close to a famous short story by Ray Bradbury called “A Sound of Thunder.” In that story, time traveling big game hunters accidentally alter history...

The key to successfully using CGI is to at least semi-convincingly integrate it with everything else, a task that many, many movies have failed to do over the last few decades. So let’s take a look at some of the worst offenders.

“Justice League” (2017) — We probably all know the story by now. Henry Cavill had to pop in for reshoots while “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” was still in production and had to wear a mustache as Superman. Warner Bros tried to CGI out the mustache, but it was not at all convincing and ended up honestly being really hilarious.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) — For the most part, the CGI in this “Avengers” sequel was as good as it needed to be. And then Iron Man would pop into a scene looking like a test render from the original 2008 “Iron Man” flick.

“Fantastic Four” (2015) — The behind-the-scenes drama on this flick involved,...

Well, the fall television season has begun, which means I’ve been watching the return of my favorite series and the premiere of new shows that have tickled my interest. Here’s a rundown.

Timeless (Mondays, 10 P.M., NBC)

Everyone who reads this column regularly knows that I’m a nut for alternate history and time-travel stories, so of course I was going to check out Timeless, which premiered last week, October 3… and, of course, I missed it. So on Saturday I logged onto Hulu and caught up.

The premise is a familiar one to science fiction geeks like me – what happens to our present if someone goes back and either deliberately or accidentally changes the history we know? This is best illustrated, at least for me, by Ray Bradbury’s classic and beautifully written “A Sound of Thunder,” in which a big game hunter travels back to the Jurassic...

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If you look down the list of the biggest hits of all time (adjusted for inflation), it could double as an All Time Best list. Jaws is on there, of course, as are Star Wars, E.T. and The Exorcist. Further down, you’ll find the likes of Back To The Future, Ghostbusters and Blazing Saddles. A relative what’s what of Hollywood accomplishments.

Now look down the list of box office bombs, and note the drop off in quality: Cutthroat Island is on there, of course, as are Heaven’s Gate and The Adventures Of Pluto Nash. Further down, you’ll find the likes of A Sound Of Thunder, Sahara and The Wolf Man. If you haven’t seen them, here’s a one-word review: “Meh.”

It’s probably an oversimplification, but if you were to compile a list of blah movies you regret watching, it would closely...

I remember when I was young, my father, a sort of rogue ecologist who learned everything he knew about rivers and their ecosystems secondhand, told me about these species of bottom feeders that lived in streams all over the Missouri and Mississippi river basins. I don’t remember what species they were but the thing about them was that they only flourished in polluted bodies of water. They didn’t flourish because of the pollution necessarily so much as their natural predators, killed off by the pollution, ceased to keep them in check and so their population would explode. Despite their usefulness as a gauge for the health of a stream, they were generally unwelcome.

I think I’ve come to regard Ben Kingsley in the same manner. It all started with a film called Suspect Zero (though really, it must’ve really started with House of Sand and Fog...

While Michael Bay makes time travel awesome in Project Almanac, we look at one of the worst movie ever made on the subject… A Sound of Thunder (2005) Director: Peter Hyams Stars: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack Time traveling tourists accidentally alter the past, causing a chain reaction that turns their reality in to horribly rendered CGI environments that… Oh wait; those aren't part of the plot? Fuuuuuu—...

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving, dear readers, and I hope a lot of you got out to see Frozen over the holiday weekend. December is finally here, and it’s time for us all to start preparing for our preferred winter holidays. In the meantime, this week’s slightly belated Trailer Trashin’ column takes a look at Enemies Closer, one of next January’s more low-profile releases.

Premise: Henry (Tom Everett Scott), a forest ranger and ex-Navy Seal, has his quiet life disrupted by the arrival of Clay (Orlando Jones), a former comrade with a vendetta against him. But before Clay can attempt to get revenge, the two men are caught by a ruthless drug cartel led by a man named Xander (Jean-Claude Van Damme). The cartel forces the two men to help retrieve a major shipment of heroin which went missing deep in a forest on the Us-Canadian border.

There's been a lot of buzz surrounding Jean-Claude Van Damme lately from his viral splits stunt (parodied by Channing Tatum on the set of 22 Jump Street) to the trailer for his first comedy Welcome to the Jungle. Now we have a trailer for the action film Enemies Closer, but this film also has some hilarity sprinkled throughout, if only because Van Damme truly looks like a mad man in this story about a former Navy Seal named Henry sent to retrieve a lost drug cartel package. But he also has to contend with Clay, a man with a personal vendetta, who is played by Orlando Jones for some reason. Honestly, this looks terrible, but at least Van Damme is keeping himself busy and seemingly having a good time. Watch below! Here's the trailer for Peter Hyams' Enemies Closer, originally from Yahoo: Enemies Closer is directed by Peter Hyams (A Sound of Thunder,...

In theory, time travel sounds like it might be quite a bit of fun, darting from one time period to the other to witness great historical events as they happen or or engaging in more simple pleasures like stopping Chris Brown from being conceived.

It could also improve your standard Friday night out, instead of spending in your regular pub, why not travel for some drinks and debate with Hemingway, like in Midnight In Paris? Or instead of your boring African safari’s, you go back sixty-five million years and hunt dinosaurs, which is what happened in B-Movie crapfest A Sound Of Thunder?

Both sound like far more fun than happy hour at Pitcher & Piano, but as the face palm above illustrates, time travel is actually a spectacularly annoying and pretty dangerous way to spend your free time. Here are ten ways that films have shown us why it should be avoided at all costs.

Okay. So, I know what you’re thinking, ‘Universal Solider: Day of Reckoning? Why the hell should I care about the sixth entry in a series I haven’t thought about in twenty years, if ever?’ The answer is simple; the movie is damn good and incredibly ambitious. John Hyams’ second foray into the franchise after Universal Solider: Regeneration – possibly the best direct-to-video film of all time – is a mind-bending and incredibly violent epic that owes more to Apocalypse Now and Mulholland Drive than it does to the works of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. It is a film that demands to be seen by any serious fan of edgy action, especially those who haven’t seen any of the others. Recently, I got on the phone with Hyams to talk about the Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins vehicle, which can be seen on On-Demand, iTunes and in select 3D theaters.

As is standard at the end of August, the box office is set to cool off substantially this weekend; it's looking abnormally bad this year, though, with all three of this weekend's new nationwide releases poised to fall short of $10 million. This means The Expendables 2 will repeat in first place, albeit with the lowest number one gross so far this year. Also worth keeping an eye on is the performance of conservative documentary 2016 Obama's America, which is expanding in to over 1,000 theaters after a strong run in limited release.Playing at 2,255 locations, Premium Rush seems to have the most potential among the three new nationwide releases, though that isn't saying much. After successfully shaking the child star label thanks to roles in cult hits like Brick and (500) Days of Summer and memorable supporting turns in Christopher Nolan blockbusters Inception and The Dark Knight Rises, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is taking his first...

Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, who is best known for "A Sound of Thunder," "The Illustrated Man," "It Came from Outer Space," "The Martian Chronicles," and "Fahrenheit 451," died on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. He was 91 years old. Countless of Bradbury's works have been turned into movies, shows and plays. The author also inspired a number of directors like Steven Spielberg, Guillermo Del Toro, Frank Darabont and countless others. Del Toro commented on Bradbury's passing: "I feel lonelier. The world is vast and barren: Bradbury was one of the titans of fantastic fiction and a unique voice in American literature. The lyricism of his prose influenced many generations across the globe. A humanist before anything else, Bradbury nurtured my youthful hopes, my flights of fancy. His soul was gentle but his imagination was fierce." Spielberg added: "He was my muse for the better part of my sci-fi career. He lives...

"If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder." These words were spoken by sci-fi author Ray Bradbury, and sadly, a little bit of wonder is gone from the universe today as io9 has learned that the iconic and influential writer passed away this morning at 91-years old in Los Angeles. Biographer Sam Weller confirmed his passing which will shake the world of sci-fi today. Bradbury's seminal work includes stories that have made it to the big screen like A Sound of Thunder, The Illustrated Man, It Came from Outer Space and, of course, Fahrenheit 451. And his legacy on TV was impressive, too. Bradbury also found many of his stories worthy of "The Twilight Zone," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and had hundreds of novels, plays, screenplays, TV scripts and more published. Bradbury's grandson Danny Karapetian told io9 this morning: "If I had to make any statement,...

Famed sci-fi author Ray Bradbury has died in California at the age of 91.

Bradbury penned 600 short stories, 30 novels and various plays and screenplays over the course of his life. One such film script was John Huston's 1956 adaptation of Melville's "Moby Dick".

His most famous work however was the dystopian tale "Fahrenheit 451" about a book burner in a repressive futuristic state. That novel has since became a cornerstone of all sci-fi literature and inspired the François Truffaut 1966 film adaptation.

Other classic works include "The Martian Chronicles," "Dandelion Wine," "The Illustrated Man," "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "A Sound of Thunder".

Bradbury is survived by four daughters.

For all their success so far, the Marvel movies have, aside from a few smallish parts, been a pretty lilywhite affair to date: only Samuel L. Jackson was a significant minority presence in "The Avengers." But signs are that the studio aren't going to keep that up for too long: yesterday, it was reported that the company are actively moving ahead with a movie about "Black Panther," the African prince-turned-crimefighter, and are targeting a release in 2014 or 2015.

Marvel has denied the reports, but this wouldn't be the first time they've denied something that turned out to be bang-on, and Latino Review's track record with Marvel scoops is pretty strong, so it seems to be a good bet that there'll be an official announcement about a "Black Panther" movie before too long. Which of course leads to the question: Who could play the character?

For the uninitiated, Black Panther is T'Challa,...

Science-fiction has lost one of the greats this week as legendary author Ray Bradbury reportedly passed away this morning in Los Angeles. The cause of death has not yet been revealed, but the creator of such classics as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles was 91 years old. I can't say it's a huge shock as I was becoming acutely aware of how old he was every time I saw a recent picture or interview with him. Still, that doesn't make the news any less heartbreaking. He will definitely be missed. Bradbury's grandson, Danny Karapetian gave the following statement to io9: "If I had to make any statement, it would be how much I love and miss him, and I look forward to hearing everyone's memories about him. He influenced so many artists, writers, teachers, scientists, and it's always really touching and comforting to hear their stories. Your stories. His...

The science fiction author Ray Bradbury, whose work inspired dozens of films, died today at the age of 91. He was well known for his inspirational television series The Ray Bradbury Theatre and his most famous book, Fahrenheit 451, was made into a film with Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, directed by François Truffaut, in 1966.

The largely self-educated Bradbury, who grew up in Hollywood and once dreamed of becoming an actor, got his start in film with the sensational 1953 hit It Came From Outer Space. Other adaptations of his work include The Illustrated Man, A Sound Of Thunder and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He also wrote several screenplays including that for John Huston's acclaimed version of Moby Dick. Enormously admired within the industry, he had close friends including Ray Harryhausen and Federico Fellini.

Bradbury is survived by four daughters and several grandchildren. He was the proud holder of a.

 

Ray Bradbury is no stranger to having his literary works adapted to the big screen. Films like Something Wicked This Way Comes, It Came From Outer Space, A Sound of Thunder, and Farenheit 451 are all based on his writings, and now MGM has put another of his projects on the fast track toward production. Deadline reports that the studio has acquired screen rights to From The Dust Returned, a series of short stories about a young boy named Timothy who is adopted by a family of ghosts.

Seems like a pretty common sense adaptation in today's marketplace, especially considering all of the similar projects out there from Beetlejuice to the upcoming Hotel Transylvania. Timothy tells the short stories to his grandmother (who happens to be a mummy) at a family reunion that happens every year on Halloween.

Mom and dad are loving vampires; teen sister Cecy is immobilized and bed-ridden,...

While there's no doubt that Ben Kingsley is no longer what he once was - his cachet eroded to a huge degree in recent years thanks to his willingness to take on any job for a paycheck - there's also no doubt that when he's on his game Kingsley is as fierce and intense a performer as any on the planet. So if you're a superhero fan I'd begin praying now that Kingsley's proposed turn in the upcoming Iron Man 3 is more Sexy Beast than it is BloodRayne or A Sound Of Thunder. With the release of The Avengers right around the corner, Variety have broken word that Kingsley is in talks to play the villain in the upcoming Iron Man 3. The...

This week in our Fringe Round Table, we dissect "And Those We've Left Behind." Time jumps, Peter and Olivia and the space time continuum... what more could we ask for?

Join yours truly - our resident Fringe critic - along with staff writers Nick McHatton and Sean McKenna as we try to decipher events clearly above our pay grade.

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How do you think they will rectify the rip in the space time Awesome continuum?

Nick: I keep thinking Peter is going to look up at the sky at some point with his flashlight and phone home. Now that you've raised your head back after looking down in embarrassment my only guess of how the timeline will be rectified is with Peter. His appearance into this timeline started it and perhaps his disappearance will fix it. Peter knows he's not in the right place, and I can't help but wonder if...

One of history’s most iconic action heroes makes his home entertainment debut when Lionsgate releases Conan The Barbarian on Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D +Blu-ray +DVD + Digital Copy). The film will also be available on DVD and for Digital Download and On Demand November 22, 2011. Check out all the details and the trailer below!

A home entertainment debut as fierce as the warrior himself, Conan The Barbarian brings the iconic action hero back! Based on the character of Conan as originally created by Robert E. Howard, a boy born on the battlefield grows into a hulking warrior hell-bent on avenging his father’s death. But Conan’s personal vendetta soon escalates into an epic battle of impossible odds, facing the fiercest of rivals and the most horrific of monsters. Loaded with special features, the Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and 2D DVD contain audio commentaries and numerous featurettes. Own Conan The Barbarian...

David Oyelowo first came to the attention of myself(and likely many others here in the States) as the ill-fated doctor opposite Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland. Here's hoping you weren't introduced to him in the abysmal A Sound of Thunder. I'm hoping nobody other than me had to sit through that debacle. Since then he's kept busy with some high profile supporting roles in films like...

Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury, author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, A Sound of Thunder and, perhaps most famously, Fahrenheit 451.  And what better way to celebrate turning 91 than with official news of your semi-autobiographical novel Dandelion Wine heading to the big screen?   First published in full in 1957, Dandelion Wine is actually a collection of short stories that mostly revolve around a 12-year old boy living in 1928 small town America discovering a wondrous world, and his place in it, for the first time.  It's a meditation on that pivotal summer we all experienced as young boys and girls; that one summer where the bright sun made everything seem magical, where you first realized that people weren't only mortal, but that they were...

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In yesterdays’s TCA panel with Terra Nova cast and executives, several interesting questions came up about the mechanics of time-travel in the show and the impact that the colonists could potentially have on the future of mankind…in the distant, distant future…85 million years in the future!

The Terra Nova Portal

This has been a common question on our forums …the concept of time travel is a thorny one for most people who know anything about physics. The storyline for Terra Nova has been reworked a couple of times in order to make it less polemic among the sticklers for physics, though, in order to deal with the criticisms:

“So many people had the idea they were going back to change history, we wanted to change that,” executive producer Rene Echevarria responded to one critic’s question. Essentially, the Terra Novites aren’t going back to change the future.

As you know, we at Shadowlocked.com get to do some pretty cool things – interviews, game reviews, films reviews, and we get to go to places and do things that we know we are very privileged to see and do. Well, I got to do a very cool thing.

I’ve had the chance to catch-up with one of my all-time heroes, one of the Hollywood legends in the movie making process. He’s a man who has had an incredible career, and not only as a designer of some of the most incredible and iconic vehicles and sets in some of the biggest movies in the world. This man has shown us the future of civilisation, made it feel real; in developing public spaces, restaurants, computer games, watches, cars, posters, books and more. You know who it is? No?

If I said that it was the man who created...

With his latest movie 5 Days Of War out now on DVD and Blu-ray, Luke caught up with director Renny Harlin to chat about his long career in filmmaking…

They say the three time’s the charm. But when you're interviewing Renny Harlin, the second time's not too bad either.

The first time round, he was relaxed, engaging, and made 30 minutes seem like two very quick ones - an interviewer's dream. Especially one doing his first gig for this site, and praying to God that the tape worked okay.

And it's the same story here. This is 20 minutes, Roadrunner-style. They go too fast, leaving me wanting another 20 just to make a proper dent in the vast scribble of questions I have. Especially that one about A Sound Of Thunder.

Harlin is doing the promotional thing for his latest film, 5 Days Of War, a based-on-real-events story of journalists caught in the crossfire...

Spoiler Alert – I’m going to spoil everything.

After a season that groped for, neared, but never quite reached last year’s stunning “Peter” ep, Fringe, my favorite bastard child of The X-Files, let loose with a tight, dramatic high point — “The Day We Died” – which sends poor Peter into the future.

Time travel stories are rife with pitfalls. Logistically silly, they’re nearly impossible to maneuver with grace. Fringe‘s challenge was more so. After all, Peter Bishop’s temporal two-step doubles-down on the dual universe played with from the beginning, giving us (count ‘em!) four versions of each character (i.e., Walter, Walternate, alternate future Walter, alternate future Walternate, ad absurdum.)

Even so, I was hooked. The pacing was electric, the variations fun, the acting, in spots, terrific. It reminded me why I watch the darn show, especially after Anna Torv’s painful vocal impersonation of Leonard Nimoy earlier this year.

It seems like we've heard about a multitude of movie adaptations of the works of Ray Bradbury over the years, but but very few have actually been made...not counting A Sound of Thunder, of course, which might be one of the reasons these other films have had so much trouble.

One of the projects we've heard was getting a movie treatment more than once, is Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. It was first acquired by Universal Pictures in 1997 with Steven Spielberg attached as a producer, but that never worked out. And if Steven Spielberg's name isn't enough to get a movie to happen, you know you have tough road ahead. Back in June of 2010 we once again heard that a movie was on the way, this time at Fox, but apparently that one never worked out either.

It's now being reported that The Martian Chronicles has a new home at Paramount Pictures,...

[1] It looks like 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes prequel/reboot is getting retitled, yet again. When the project was first announced the script was titled Ceasar, a reference to the character in the fourth Apes movie, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, who perpetrates the Ape revolt. The project was later named Caesar: Rise of the Apes, and then more simply, Rise of the Apes, in the early marketing/publicity materials. But apparently Fox wanted to keep the title more in line with the previous installments to the francise. The new title of the movie is Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Expect to see the title on the first movie trailer, which is expected to hit theaters on April 15th 2011. Cbm [2] was the first to report the new title, which I have confirmed with Fox. I actually saw fans in early comments and talkbacks...

Here’s the poster and trailer for the latest graphic novel adaptation set to enter theaters next month. Originally published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore and created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986, the Dylan Dog series centers on a paranormal investigator and his many adventures/encounters with various supernatural entities within this world. Now from Platinum Studios comes Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, hitting big screens April 29, brought to life by stars Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Sam Huntington (Fanboys, Superman Returns), Taye Diggs (TV’s Private Practice, Rent) and Peter Stormare (The Killing Room, Henry’s Crime) with a screenplay from writing duo Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (A Sound of Thunder, Conan the Barbarian 2011) and directed by Kevin Munroe (Tmnt). Official synopsis and trailer below:

Dylan Dog (Brandon Routh) is the world’s only paranormal investigator. He recently moved to New Orleans to escape a life made of nightmares.

So we have the first villain photo, but where are the babes? Newsarama published a photo of Stephen Lang’s Khalar Zym in the upcoming “Conan the Barbarian” remake. Khalar Zym is the primary villain in the film. He is the villain responsible for slaughtering Conan’s family and destroying his village. Conan the Cimmerian then kidnaps a mysterious girl named Tamara and uses her to draw out the Middle Eastern warlord Khalar Zym. Here is the a synopsis of the remake: "A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil." The original 1982 film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Max von Sydow. The film also stars Jason Mamao (“Stargate: Atlantis,...

Conan the Movie Blog published several scanned images from the upcoming “Conan the Barbarian” remake from April’s issue of Empire Magazine. Most of the scanned images are of Conan, played by Jason Momoa (“Stargate: Atlantis”) and his buff physique. The scanned images also presented the first look of Stephan Lang as Khalar Zym and a really big warrior named Remo. According to the blog, Remo is a character that has not been officially announced and played by Nathan Jones. The blogger also believed the character is the Cycolpean Jailer who is featured early in the script. As for Lang’s Khalar Zym character, he is the featured villain for the film. He is an empire-building Middle Eastern warlord. The blog also published some few chosen quotes from Empire Magazine from the director and scriptwriters. Director Marcus Nispel described on how Jason Mamoa was a perfect choice to play Conan.

There was actually a rip in the space time continuum.

Who knew I could ever say that particular phrase with sincerity and authority? Certainly not me. It appears, however, the Observers have been trying to repair such a rip throughout their many visits to our universe.

We learned a little about the why of their visits, but that about ends any epiphany we might have hoped for in this first Fringe Friday. (By way of explanation, a rip occurs any time a mere observer in the current time takes action, as the Observer did when he helped Walter save Peter from the frozen lake.)

Frankly, it worries me that this particular episode was the first of the new time slot. To say it was difficult to follow would be an understatement, especially if you had not watched previously. I will be interested to see the ratings, and I'm happy a...

Friends With Kids has added another friend; MTV reports that Ed Burns has joined the cast of the Jennifer Westfeldt film. His character will be Westfeldt’s love interest in the movie, a divorced man with kids. He is the latest to join the cast, behind Megan Fox, Adam Scott, Jon Hamm (Westfeldt’s longtime boyfriend/partner…friends in high places much?), and Kristen Wiig.

Friends With Kids centers around a pair of thirty somethings who, after seeing how having kids have affected couples around them, decide that they want to have kids…but also date other people. Usually in these types of movies, that’s just code for “and then the two fall in love anyway”, but if you’ve seen Westfeldt’s other work, especially Ira and Abby, you know that may not be the case. Either way, the cast is excellent and the plot is intriguing to say the least.

The film version of the hit video game Uncharted: Drakes Fortune is moving forward into production with David O. Russell as the films writer and director! We reported on the fact that Russell was on the producers list of possible directors back in May. This news was confirmed by Sony Pictures, and for those of you who don't know, Russell has directed films such as Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees and The Fighter. I liked the two films that I've seen, and The Fighter looks great, so I think Uncharted is in good hands. There's hope the the movie is on the road to a decent adaptation. At least I hope it is, you all know the poor track record video game film adaptations have.

The story follows a descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, a treasure hunter named Nate Drake who believes he has learned the whereabouts of El Dorado,...