Surrogates Featurette Should Turn You Around Dan Koelsch, September 7, 2009September 7, 2009 Update: Geez, I’m 2 for 2 this weekend. Contributing editor Scott notified me that the video is not new. IGN posted it a few weeks ago. Click HERE for the original article we posted about it. As many readers of this site know, I have been a big advocate for the upcoming Surrogates film, starring Bruce Willis and directed by Jonathan Mostow. Some have been critical of it, mainly noting Willis’ bad toupee among other insignificant details. However, the concept (based on Robert Venditti’s graphic novel) is amazing, and the action looks pretty cool. Film School Rejects posted this video today which drives the point home for me: I love how the surrogate robots have enhanced abilities and can really take a beating. There’s lots of potential for carnage. I am also captivated by the potential social commentary on people living their lives vicariously through something else (i.e. the Internet). What do you think of the footage? Surrogates opens September 25th. Check our Surrogates Page for more information on the film and it’s viral campaign. News Surrogates
2012: New Sweepstakes and Another SFX Video October 17, 2009Sony must have a lot of overstock, because we have yet another contest for their film 2012. This time the winner gets their choice of cruises from Cruise West as part of their “Voyages of the Great Explorers”, and four runner-ups get various Sony electronics. You can check out the… Read More
Top 10 Things We Learned At “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Press Day November 18, 2013November 18, 2013Part of what makes The Hunger Games so fascinating is that it has been able to capture the world by storm through its stories about love, friendship, and political allegory. There are also some pretty thrilling action sequences that make for an exciting read. So now these trilogy of books… Read More
Avatar News: Banned in China, 23 Minute Featurette, and Man Dies From Excitement January 20, 2010January 20, 2010James Cameron’s Avatar tends to attract some pretty strange news. There has already been the report of a woman getting shot during an Avatar screening, and now we have another death related to Avatar. More on this story, plus China banning the film, and a 23 minute behind-the-scenes featurette. Read More