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Video: Man Creates Real-Life Spider-Man Web Shooter By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2014 11:05 am EST In the comics, and the new movies, Peter Parker is a genius who constructs a device that shoots super-strong webs over incredibly long distances. It’s one of the absolute staples of being Spider-Man, because what’s a spider without its web? And while technology hasn’t yet created a substance like Parker generates in the comics and films, one man has created a super cool mechanism that attempts to shoot stuff like Spider-Man....

VOTD: DeLorean Hovercraft Flying Around The Water’s Edge In San Francisco By Germain Lussier/Jan. 17, 2013 6:00 am EST Tourists taking a leisurely walk along the San Francisco bay this week were likely heard exclaiming, “Great Scott!” A DeLorean themed hovercraft could be seen zipping along the water, and beach, in a scene straight out of Back to the Future…if Back to the Future was set at the beach. Check out the video below along with some info on the vehicle itself....

VOTD: Is ‘Star Wars’ Secretly Racist? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 8, 2014 11:00 am EST The latest edition of Cracked.com’s After Hours video series tackles the question: Is Star Wars secretly racist? Its a Kevin Smith Clerks-style diner discussion of the topic, taking on a serious subject with pop culture reference-heavy geek humor. Watch the “is Star Wars racist?” video embedded after the jump. Is Star Wars Racist Video Or how about this classic clip from Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy:...

WorldStarHipHop Movie Coming From Paramount And Russell Simmons By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2014 6:00 pm EST Paramount Insurge, the micro-budget division of the big studio, is teaming with Russell Simmons and a host of other producers to make a WorldStarHipHop film. The movie will be loosely based on the site that does huge traffic numbers thanks to a steady parade of videos of fights, hip hop performances, and other phone-captured weirdness....

‘Big-Ass Spider!’ Trailer: SXSW Midnight Entry Delivers Exactly What It Promises By Russ Fischer/Feb. 7, 2013 2:01 pm EST If you read through yesterday’s announcement of the Midnight features lined up for March’s SXSW Film Festival, one film title may have caught your eye. Nestled in among the serious entries is the film called Big Ass Spider!, from director Mike Mendez… and yeah, it’s about a giant spider. I really don’t know what to say about the film beyond that....

‘Creep:’ Mark Duplass’ Horror Film Gets Trilogy Treatment By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2014 2:30 pm EST On the eve of one potential horror franchise from Jason Blum, the producer has just inked a deal for yet another. Creep, produced by Blumhouse and co-written and co-starring Mark Duplass, has just been picked up by Radius/The Weinstein Company with an eye on creating a trilogy. The film premiered at South by Southwest 2014 to solid buzz....

‘Frontera’ Trailer: Ed Harris Will Find The Truth About His Wife’s Death By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 1:30 pm EST Enjoyment of the work of Ed Harris and Michael Peña looks like the primary reason to watch the politicized Frontera. In the thriller, an illegal Mexican immigrant (Peña) is accused of the murder of an Arizona woman. Her widower husband, a former Sheriff played by Harris, starts to look into the case, and finds that there are multiple layers of information no one is talking about....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Promotional Poster Looks Fake, But Still Works By Germain Lussier/Nov. 1, 2013 9:39 am EST Briefly: James Gunn has completed filming next year’s Phase Two Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy, and a legit teaser trailer is likely to land in the coming months. If we’re following the Marvel Studios marketing trajectory, though, we’ll get a teaser poster long before that. This image is not that poster....

‘Oldboy’ Red-Band Trailer: “You Might Want To Think About What You’re Doing Here” By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2013 1:00 pm EST It seems like we’ve been talking about the potential for a remake of Park Chan-wook’s film Oldboy for years. Spike Lee finally came on to direct, with Josh Brolin in the title role, playing a man who is kidnapped and held in a strange prison for 20 years. Released just as unceremoniously as he was taken, the man is encouraged to find the identity of his kidnapper, and in so doing eventually comes face to face with uncomfortable truths about his past....

‘Shadow Of The Colossus’ Movie Gets New Director By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2014 11:45 am EST With Josh Trank kind of busy for the next several years, his adaptation of the Sony game Shadow of the Colossus needed a new director. Sony has found one in Andy Muschietti, the director of Mama, who had recently been attached to The Mummy reboot. (Among other things.) Russ described the game as follows back when the film first went into development: “[It] features a young male protagonist who is told that his dead love can be revived if only he kills a collection of giant beasts that reside across the countryside....

‘The Lifeguard’ Trailer: Kristen Bell’s Not-Quite-Midlife Crisis By Angie Han/July 9, 2013 9:06 am EST Like next year’s Veronica Mars sequel, The Lifeguard features Kristen Bell returning to her hometown and reconnecting with old pals. Unlike Veronica Mars, though, The Lifeguard’s Leigh London is in the midst of a personal crisis that sends her regressing into adolescent behavior. That includes moving back in with her parents, resuming her high school job as a lifeguard, drinking and smoking pot like a rebellious teen, and even striking up a flirtation with an actual teen (David Lambert)....

‘The Simpsons’ Debuts New Character In Mobile ‘Tapped Out’ Game Rather Than TV Show By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2014 4:00 pm EST The Simpsons has a history of making history and, last week, it quietly did it again. In a world populated with hundreds of recognizable characters, the franchise introduced a brand new one. Not on TV, but in the popular mobile game The Simpsons Tapped Out. His name is Chester Dupree and he’s the unemployed slacker brother-in-law to everyone’s favorite laughing doctor, Julius Hibbert....

‘White Bird In A Blizzard’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley In A Suburban Dramatic Thriller By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2014 1:00 pm EST Get it? Its a metaphor! Magnolia Pictures has released a new trailer for Gregg Araki’s White Bird in a Blizzard, which premiered this year at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Shailene Woodley stars in the adaptation of a 1999 novel of the same title by Laura Kasischke. The drama follows as a teenager whose life is thrown into chaos by the mysterious disappearance of her mother (played by Eva Green)....

A Cast Of King Bonus Ep. - S1E06 ‘Golden Crown’ Discussion Featuring The Nerdist’s Matt Mira By David Chen/April 27, 2014 3:06 pm EST Podcaster extraordinaire, Matt Mira, joins Joanna for an in-depth discussion of his first episode of Game of Thrones ever. We chose Season 1, Episode 6 “Golden Crown”. Tune in for out of context nicknames, Shawshank Redemption sequels, and a reminder of just how many of these characters are dead now....

Brad Bird Still Thinking About ‘Incredibles 2;’ Was Asked To Helm ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2013 9:15 am EST With each and every movie he releases, Brad Bird raises his own bar. He went from small amazing animation in The Iron Giant, to big amazing animation in The Incredibles. That was followed by transcendent animation in Ratatouille, then live action blockbuster in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. That resume puts a ton of pressure on the director not only for his next movie, the Disney themed-Tomorrowland starring George Clooney, but anything he does next....

Brie Larson In Talks To Join Mark Wahlberg In ‘The Gambler’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 18, 2013 7:30 am EST Briefly: Brie Larson has been on the rise for a few years, but 2013 has been a big year. Her role in Short Term 12 has proved to be an attention-getter; she’s great in The Spectacular Now, and she was terrific in a minor but important role in Don Jon as well....

BOO First Look B.O.O. features the voices of Seth Rogen and Melissa McCarthy as the lead ghost agents who stumble into an evil plot. Rashida Jones, Matt Bomer, Jennifer Coolidge and Octavia Spencer voice additional roles. Tony Leondis (Igor) directs from his own story concept; Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots) scripted. The film is set for release on June 5, 2015. The supernatural action comedy follows two bumbling apparitions who find themselves in an extraordinary after-life adventure when they join the Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B....

Jared Padelecki To Star In Lead Role In Friday The 13th Remake By Hunter Stephenson/March 21, 2008 3:18 pm EST “Jason never had a show on The CW.” Can actor Jared Padelecki (Supernatural, Paris Hilton’s House of Wax) defeat one Jason Voorhees? We’ll find out next Valentine’s Day the 13th, when Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes and MTV Films unleash the Friday the 13th remake on hickey’d teens and horror fans still mesmerized by Crystal Lake (my hand is raised)....

Johnny Depp Will Play Harry Houdini, “America’s First Superhero” By Angie Han/May 27, 2014 5:00 pm EST Johnny Depp is getting in on the superhero game. Kind of. The A-list actor is in talks to portray Harry Houdini in Lionsgate/Summit’s The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero. As the title suggests, this isn’t about Houdini as a mere escape artist. No, in this version of events, he’s also a secret spy who’s “part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes....

Kevin Smith’s ‘Helena Handbag’ Might Become A Stage Musical By Germain Lussier/Jan. 13, 2014 11:30 am EST While most people in Hollywood keep their creative process secret, Kevin Smith is an open book. He loves to let his fans in on every thought and idea, which usually means we get to imagine various different projects in various different forms. Every creative type changes their mind about things; usually, however, they do it in private....