Category Archives: Books

Not So Fast Tablets, Amazon’s New Kindle 3 is Smaller, Lighter and Faster

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Erik Jensen

With the launch of the Apple iPad, along with the rise of tablet-based devices in general, the mainstream tech media began to sound the death knell for dedicated eReader devices, the Kindle included. Surely they would be eclipsed by tablets … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Gear, Geek, News, Tech | Tagged Amazon, eReader, Kindle 3, Kindle 3 3G, Kindle 3 WiFi | 5 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘MAS*H’

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1970 comedy classic M*A*S*H, from acclaimed director Robert Altman. M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) was adapted by screen writer Ring Lardner, Jr. and based on the hit novel from Richard Hooker about three military surgeons … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Blu-Ray, Books, Classics, Comedy, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Blu-Ray, Donald Sutherland, DVD, Elliott Gould, Gary Burghoff, Korean War, Neflix, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Hooker, Ring Lardner, Robert Altman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Sally Kellerman, Tom Skerritt | Comments Off

Sci-Fi Epic ‘Ready Player One’ Coming To Warner Bros

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Matt Raub

When the statement “think Willy Wonka, The Matrix, and Avatar rolled into one” is used, and not referring to a drug-induced coma, you can understand why a studio like Warner Bros. would greenlight the project. Not only did the studio … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Books, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Scripts, Warner Bros | Tagged Avatar, Donald De Line, Ernie Cline, Fanboys, Green Lantern, Ready Player One, The Matrix, Warner Bros, Willy Wonka | Comments Off

Full Trailer For ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Goes Online

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Matt Raub

This year isn’t all that heavy with comic book movies. While we have films like The Losers and Jonah Hex, they don’t really compare to the anticipation by both comic fans and video game fans alike for Scott Pilgrim Vs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Animation, Books, Comedy, Comics, Games, Geek, Movies, News, Trailers, Video, Video Games | Tagged brandon routh, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Chris Evans, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Jason Schwartzman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, shaun of the dead | Comments Off

‘Official’ Trailer and Poster for ‘The Killer Inside Me’ Now Online

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Chris Ullrich

Previously, we brought you an extended trailer for director Michael Winterbottom’s upcoming film The Killer Inside Me. Sadly, as we found out later, it wasn’t the “official’ release and was subsiquently removed from the Internets. That was unfortunate because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Books, Drama, IFC Films, Indie, News, Trailers, Video | Tagged Bill Pulman, Casey Affleck, Crime, Elias Koteas, film noir, IFC Films, Jessica Alba, Jim Thompson, Kate Hudson, Michael Winterbottom, Movies, Ned Beatty, Posters, Simon Baker, The Getaway, The Grifters, The Killer Inside Me, Trailers | Comments Off

Amazon Brings Kindle to Android

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Joe Gillis

It looks like Amazon isn’t going to simply wait around while Apple’s iPad and iPhone kill their eBook market. Instead, they are expanding beyond Apple and RIM and into the Android market by bringing their Kindle reader to the platform. … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Books, News, Software, Tech | Tagged Amazon, Android, Apple, Blackberry, DROID, eBooks, Google, HTC Droid Eris, HTC Incredible, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Nexus One, RIM, Software | Comments Off

Sam Worthington Takes On Title Role In ‘Quartermain’

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Sebastian Suchecki

We have been more than vocal about our feeling that Sam Worthington is being pushed onto worldwide audiences as an action star, regardless of his relative merits. His work in films like Avatar, Terminator Salvation, and most recently Clash of … Continue reading →

Posted in 3-D, Adaptation, Announcements, Books, Casting, Dreamworks, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Sci-Fi | Tagged Alfred Gough, Allan Quatermain, Dreamworks, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Miles Millar, Quatermain, Sam Worthington, Smallville | Comments Off

‘Breaking Dawn’ Picks Up A Release Date

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Matt Raub

We’re less than 2 months away from the third film in the Twilight Saga, titled Eclipse, to hit theaters, but that won’t slow down Summit Entertainment, as they’ve already locked the final film, Breaking Dawn, in with a release date … Continue reading →