The Lego Movie being the unmitigated success that it is, the folks at Yahoo! Movies decided to commission Graphic designer Old Red Jalopy to create a series of LEGO-themed movie posters for the 86th Academy Awards‘ Best Picture nominees. Not that we’re complaining – they’re actually pretty excellent. Check more of them here at Yahoo!…
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Heroes returns finally, NBC Announces Heroes Reborn Miniseries
NBC is re-engaging the “Heroes” team, ordering 13 episodes of an event miniseries to air next year with series creator Tim Kring at the helm. During NBC’s airing of the Winter Olympics on Saturday, the network surprised viewers with a teaser for Heroes Reborn. Set to air in 2015, Reborn will be a 13-episode miniseries…
Why Engagement Rings are a Scam
For decades, De Beers has been the preeminent name in diamonds. Thanks to a stockpile of the world’s rough diamond supply, indelible marketing schemes and even negotiations with foreign governments for their diamonds, De Beers — owned by the Oppenheimer family since the 1920s — has been the most important name in one of the…
Kickstarter hacked, user data stolen
The crowd-funding site says hackers broke into its systems and made off with data. Apparently credit card numbers escaped the attack. Hackers hit crowd-funding site Kickstarter and made off with user information, the site said Saturday. Though no credit card info was taken, the site said, attackers made off with usernames, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses,…
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Official Trailer is here, and It’s Awesome!
Here it is: The very first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, the misfits in space movie from Super director James Gunn. And it’s hilarious. The Cosmic Avengers, so to speak, are lead by Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) as Star lord and include Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) as Gamora and Dave Bautista as…
It’s not happening here but it’s happening now
Amnesty International in Switzerland broke a new outdoor campaign May 29th that was created by Walker Werbeagentur Zuerich. The campaign uses the tagline “It’s not happening here but it’s happening now”, in various languages, from French to German. Using the transparent billboards, the campaign aims to show people what is going on in the world, even…
The New look for the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Revealed
It was announced a while back that Michael Bay (Transformer Series), was producing the film based on a new iteration of the beloved ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ . The director of the movie is Jonathan Liebesman (Battle Los Angeles) and Megan Fox was cast as reporter April O’Neil. This is all we have known for quite…
Vin Diesel Says Thank you to fans, while hinting at Fourth Riddick
The cult hit Sci-fi action/horror movie Pitch Black introduced audiences to survivalist Riddick, played by Vin Diesel; which eventually gave rise to a bigger-budgeted followup, The Chronicles of Riddick, which under-performed both critically and financially. However, after nine years of stop-and-go progress and relative shoestring budgeting, a third installment was released last year, in the…
‘The Flash’ TV Show Casts Reverse-Flash & Killer Frost
Even though the DC fans hopes of seeing two of the greatest DC superheroes on the big screen have been delayed (Maybe not?). Fans can still rejoice in the fact that the DC TV universe is going stronger then ever. With the The CW’s hit series Arrow is going strong, with its return from mid-season hiatus carrying…
Hannibal Season 1 Review
‘Walking Dead’ Season 4 Part Two Featurette
The Walking Dead, which has been on a hiatus since early December will return on AMC on the 9th of February. It ended in what was arguable one of the best episodes of the entire series, and left the fate of much of it’s characters open for debate. Rick, Carl, Michonne, and the rest of…
Hannibal: Season 2 Trailer Shows Things getting Worse for Will Graham
NBC has dropped a spoilery preview for season two, and it picks up right where things left off. With Agent Will Graham now behind bars, framed for Dr. Hannibal Lecter’s crimes, it seems the new episodes will see him trying to prove his innocence. And it looks like he casts enough suspicion on the cannibal…
Quentin Tarantino Drops the upcoming ‘The Hateful Eight’ After Script Leak
Earlier this January, it was reported that director Quentin Tarantino was working on a Western called “The Hateful Eight“. Well, now after a script leak Tarantino himself has said that ‘that he is so angry about The Hateful Eight script leaking online that he has delayed the film, if he even makes it at all’ ….
What will be the Tone of the TV Adaptation of Constantine, and Potential Crossovers
A week ago it was reported, that NBC has ordered a TV pilot for Constantine, a potential series based on the DC Comics/Vertigo character. NBC also hosted the dark and beautiful first season of ‘Hannibal’ which has won the network much respect for its ability to create high-quality horror television. So expectation will be high…
5 Things that Got us Excited in CES 2014
The Consumer Electronics Show (aka CES) held annually January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Usually previews new technology and gives us exciting new product announcements. This year was no exception from the Razer’s Modular Desktop PC to the Oculus Rift’s latest prototype, there was plenty to be excited about. Here…