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7 Modern Werewolves You Need To Know

Time to get in the mood for Halloween! While werewolves predate Greek mythology, the story of Lycaon is still one of the earliest examples of a man shapeshifting into an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature. If you recall, Lycaon was transformed into a wolf after eating human flesh. Skip ahead to our times and shapeshifters abound on big and small screens everywhere. Here are seven you need to know. 1. Wilfred... READ ON

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Tommy Wiseau's New Bad Movie

Tommy Wiseau is best known (okay, only known) for his awful movie The Room; if you haven't seen it, check out Ransom Riggs's post The Remarkable Success of the Worst Movie Ever. The Room is generally considered "so bad it's good" because Wiseau is such an awful writer, actor, and director. Well, now he's back -- with a twelve-minute horror spoof called The House That Drips Blood on Alex. Guess what the plot is? The new movie features Wiseau as "Alex" and he directs the thing, except this time it was... READ ON

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Star Wars Trilogy Paper Animation

This Thursday not nerdy enough for you? Sounds like you need to watch a version of Star Wars done in paper cut-outs, animated via stop-motion, set to the song "Tatooine" by Jeremy Messersmith. Yes, really. It's only a few minutes (the entire trilogy in under three minutes!), why not give it a shot? It's kinda wonderful. Oh, and, uh, spoiler alert re everything that happens in the original trilogy. Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine from Eric Power on Vimeo. The video is by Eric Power (bonus points... READ ON

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I’m Dying to See That Movie

The best part about watching a horror film is that no matter how grisly and gruesome it gets, you can still tell yourself that it's all just make-believe. That is, unless the terrifying scene is happening to you in real life, too. That was the case recently with four horror film fanatics that won the unenviable right to view the premier of Buried – a film that features a main character who spends the duration of the film buried alive in an underground coffin. So what's so unenviable about winning the... READ ON

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The Quick 10: 10 Films Roger Ebert Really Loved

To counter yesterday’s “10 Movies Roger Ebert Really Hated” post, today we’re checking out a few movies he really loved. Here's what h`e had to say about them. 1. Batman Begins, four stars. I said this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically in addition to being an... READ ON

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The Scientists Behind the Movies

Without science, there would be no science fiction. Here are some stories of real life researchers whose work was the inspiration for literature and eventually the Hollywood... READ ON

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A Color Movie from 1922

The first full-length color movie (Becky Sharp) was released in 1935. But thirteen years earlier, Kodak made a short film test, photographing actresses vamping for the camera -- in color. It's a fascinating look into the fashion (at least the movie fashion) of 1922, and the lack of audio makes me wonder what the women are saying (any lip-readers out there?). Most curious are the poses being struck -- the woman around 2 minutes in (Mae Murray, I think) has a variety of strange poses in her repertoire,... READ ON

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"The World Vs. Scott Pilgrim"/"The Matrix" Mashup Trailer

I saw Scott Pilgrim last week and thought it was a fun romp. In the video below, YouTube user AEmovieguy has combined the audio of the Scott Pilgrim trailer with video from the three Matrix movies. Note that this is probably only funny if you've seen the real Scott Pilgrim trailer or the whole movie. Here's what the creator has to say: Once upon a time, while serving as battery fodder for machines who've imprisoned the human race to a cyber reality, Scott Neo Pilgrim met his dreamgirl, Ramona... READ ON

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The Late Movies: The Jerk

In 1979, Steve Martin appeared in his first starring movie role. He played Navin R. Johnson in The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner. This movie has a special place in my heart, probably because it was one of the few VHS tapes my family owned when I was a kid. I've seen it a zillion times. Here are some of my favorite clips, though, to be honest, pretty much the whole movie is one long favorite clip. Note: a few of these clips have mildly salty language. "I Slit the Sheet, the Sheet I Slit, and on the... READ ON

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Return of the Jedi - New Deleted Scene Released

Update: it appears that all YouTube versions of the clip have been removed, though there is a version available here. For now, anyway. This past weekend, a Star Wars fan event called Star Wars Celebration V took place in Orange County, California Orlando, Florida -- basically a galaxy far, far away. The main event was the unveiling of a deleted scene from Return of the Jedi, a scene that has been known about and discussed by nerds for more than 25 years, a scene in which Darth Vader uses the Force to... READ ON