We all know the Oscars celebrate the best in Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. What you may not know is that the Academy runs a dedicated awards ceremony two weeks before the main event, dedicated to ‘the science bit‘! The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that […]
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Surreal Giraffe Diving Video Is Weird and Wonderful [Video]
Giraffes are graceful, if slightly ridiculous creatures, loping across the savanna with their extraordinarily long limbs and necks. They can certainly make you think, about Darwinian evolution, and the relationship between an organism and their ecosystem. But it takes an extraordinary imagination to conceive of giraffes in the way Nicolas Deveaux has done: in a surreal and unlikely spectacle […]
What if Man of Steel Was in Colour? [Video]
The success of dark-themed and dark-toned Batman films had an influence on the last Superman movie, it appears. Just how much of an influence becomes obvious when you see Man of Steel corrected to give it a brighter look. It would appear that the darker look was a decision taken in post-production, as the brightened images seem to correspond […]
Superbowl Ad for new Jurassic World Movie [Video]
A life-or-death struggle with genetically engineered dinosaurs? No, it’s not the Superbowl – just the commercials. [youtube]http://youtu.be/4mvWuky1g0g[/youtube] Related articles Amazon Enters the Feature Films Business Defy Media Chooses Sci-Fi Thriller As Winner Of ‘Prototype’ Contest Why you should plan to see ‘Jupiter Ascending’ 2015 Honesty Oscars: Help pick our nominees! Interstellar is Coming to Blu-Ray and DVD Translator […]
Got a ‘Very Particular Set of Skills’? Liam Neeson Could Endorse You on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is all about individuals promoting their ‘very particular set of skills’ and having others endorse them. So some of their marketing executives spotted an opprtunity to tie in with the new ‘Taken 3’ movie starring Liam Neeson. The video features Irish actor Liam Neeson, in character as Bryan Mills, hero of the Taken series […]
Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer [Video]
The first official teaser trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie Star Wars The Force Awakens has been released. And no, this is definitely NOT a fan-made clip [youtube]http://youtu.be/OMOVFvcNfvE[/youtube]
That Awkward Moment in Star Wars when the Music Stops
Take a cheesy romantic adventure story with some corny dialogue and ridiculous costumes, then bring in an Oscar-winning composer and let him transform your film into an epic. What would Star Wars be without John Williams’ wonderful score? Well … awkward, I guess. In fairness, though, if you were going to have a medals ceremony, you’d probably […]
Fifty Shades of Frozen
So what happens when you put the soundtrack for the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer on to some cleverly edited scenes from Frozen? Well, apparently this:
Get Paid to Watch Netflix – No, Seriously!
So you like watching Netflix? TV shows, documentaries, movies – you can lose hours in there, I know! But what if you could get paid for it as well? No, I’m not kidding! It turns out that Netflix employ actual humans as taggers. Their job is to watch Netflix content, and then generate tags to help describe and categorise the […]
Astronomer Points out what Gravity got Wrong
Don’t hate Neil deGrasse Tyson for pointing out where multiple Oscar winning film Gravity departs from the physics. The American astronomer argues that he’s a fan of the film and that its special effects got most things spectacularly right. One of the most poetic moments in the film sees a weightless teardrop floating in mid-air, […]