After Birdman, Hugh Jackman Wants to Play Wolverine Forever
The film Birdman, which recently won the Academy Award for Best Picture, tells the story of an actor haunted by the superhero role he played for years. Casting Michael Keaton in that role is both brilliant and ironic since he, in real life, played Batman when the character was resurrected on screens in 1989, after […]
Wonder Woman to Begin Filming This Fall
The long-awaited and much-rumored Wonder Woman movie will start filming this fall. Wonder Woman, a female superhero born in the Amazon and wielding weapons like the Lasso of Truth and indestructible bracelets, first appeared in comic books in 1941. Gorgeous Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, will play the iconic character in the film directed by Michelle […]
Watch: Python Gets Its Meal
Ready for the scariest thing you’ll see all day? Well, a python was crawling along and decided it was hungry. So it ate an alligator. Creepy, right? The video has been sped up 12 times, so you won’t get bored watching as the giant snake slowly-but-terrifyingly swallows its prey. Definitely not for ophidiophobes (anyone with […]
Watch: Awesome First-Person Footage of a Rocket Launch
Ever wondered what it’s like to be shot into the upper atmosphere on a rocket? Thanks to the magic of GoPro, now you can find out – from the comfort of your computer. The video below is from the launch of the GoFast 2014 rocket, which set the record for the highest and fastest amateur […]
10 Books You’ll See on Movie Screens in 2015
Literature has always been a favorite source for films. Many of your favorite films actually started out as books, whether you realize it or not. Best Picture winners The English Patient, Out of Africa, Gone with the Wind and The Godfather all began as books. Among the 2015 Oscar nominees, six book adaptations are featured […]
Watch: How Your Weird Subconscious Mind Might Look, Animated
Sigmund Freud popularized the idea of the conscious vs. subconscious mind. He explained the conscious mind as being made up of all the mental processes of which we are aware. You feel hungry. You eat something. The subconscious mind, however, contains biological instincts, forgotten memories, desire and urges for sex and aggression that must be […]
Unsung Heroes of the Film Industry: Sound Mixers
It’s not shocking that you didn’t notice how good the sound mixing was during the last movie you watched. Most people don’t – at least, not consciously. What is sound mixing? It is the entirety of the combined sounds in a movie – spoken word, music, and sound effects – and how they blend […]
5 Movie Theater Inspired Snacks Perfect for Home
It’s Oscar season. Have you seen all the films up for awards? “I’ll catch it on Netflix,” is the newest, most common answer. In this day and age, when feature films are downloaded or streaming on everybody’s home computer, we have lost a lot of the drama and fun that people used to love about […]
Pussy Riot’s First English Single, ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ is Inspired by Eric Garner
The Russian punk protest band, Pussy Riot, has just released their first English-language Track, titled “I Can’t Breathe,” a reference to Eric Garner, the man who infamously died after a confrontational arrest by officers of the New York Police Department. Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina achieved worldwide fame and support from musicians […]
Man Who Walked 21 Miles To Work And Back Now Fears For His Safety
When the story of a Detroit man who had been walking 21 miles to work, every day, went viral, it inspired a tidal wave of kindness. James Robertson, 56, asked the Detroit Police to help him move to a new neighborhood. He had been walking to work every day, over an enormous distance of 21 […]