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Here’s the 1st glimpse of Chris Hemsworth (George Kirk in STAR TREK) as the titular Marvel Comics hero in THOR.

In horror, fantasy, and science fiction, sometimes even the worst of the worst garner a moment of sympathy.

Here’s Warner Brother’s trailer (courtesy of Yahoo Movies) for JONAH HEX, the film adaptation of DC Comic’s western hero of the same name.
The trailer makes it clear that liberties have been taken with the character. Long time antagonist Quentin Trunbull (John Malkovich) appears to have replaced the Apache tribe’s role in Hex’s (Josh Brolin) [...]

[ May 7, 2010 to May 13, 2010. ] Godzilla fans in San Francisco have a rare opportunity to view their favorite radioactive reptile on the big screen, courtesy of this week-long celebration of kaiju eiga (that’s “monster movies” to you Occidentals out there). The event kicks off on Friday, May 7, with “TokyoScope Talk – War of the Giant Monsters,” a discussion among Otaku [...]

The second trailer for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET brings back lots of memories from the original, with several famous scenes recreated with glossier production valuges and 21st-century style visual effects. Jackie Earle Haley cuts a mean figure as Freddy Krueger, but the overall effect of the trailer is…how shall we put it? Slightly blase. [...]

The convoluted plot of Dinosaur Park is kicked of by a prank played by a ten-year-old Kerryl Ryson of the dinosaur planet Stohlson’s Redemption.
Egged on by his seven-year-old bride to be, he causes a dinosaur to upchuck on a visiting offworlder, the Immaculate Ultim of Aberdown. This isn’t taken as a youthful indiscretion; a soldier [...]

Actress Sara Paxton
According to Shock ‘Til You Drop Sara Paxton (THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE) has signed on for Ti West’s (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL) new horror film, THE INKEEPERS. She’ll be joining a cast which already includes Kelly McGillis, George Ridley and Pat Healy.
THE INKEEPERS will follow the last two [...]

Still from District 9
Sharlto Copley, star of last years sci-fi sleep hit, DISTRICT 9, has been talking to Empire during the press tour for THE A-TEAM and sheds some light on its follow up. Copley explains how he and DISTRICT 9 director, Neil Blomkamp, are thinking of making a prequel rather than a direct sequel [...]

Gandalf The Grey in the Lord of The Rings
Following Peter Jackon’s previous recap on highly anticipated fantasy prequel, THE HOBBIT, comes a new press release from IMAX.com which states the film is due for release in 2013. A lot could happen between now and then but it’s a good signal that the troubled production is [...]

IGN has posted a new red band trailer for George A. Romero’s SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD. The film, a sequel to DIARY OF THE DEAD, will makes its Video on Demand debut on April 30, followed by a platform theatrical release in May. The story is set on a small North American island, where the [...]

According to EW’s The Ausiello Files ABC Studios/Ghost House Pictures’ LEGEND OF THE SEEKER has been canceled.
The New Zealand-produced syndicated fantasy show, based on Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth book series has run only two seasons.
EW attributes the series’ apparent demise on the fact the Tribune Group’s local stations had dropped the series, and that [...]

Trailer for the 2009 restoration of Metropolis

[ February 24, 2011; 6:30 pm; ] After screenings in Europe, the newly restored version of METROPOLIS (1927), German director Fritz Lang’s silent science fiction classic, made its U.S. debut in Hollywood as part of the Turner Classic Movies film festival. Subsequent play dates are scheduled in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tampa, Detroit, Ann Arbor, New York, and Cleveland (full schedule below).

Touted [...]