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Some Incredible Jurassic Park Movie-Making Memorabilia Is Going Up for Auction Next Week

Jurassic Park ushered in a new era of digital visual effects in Hollywood, but did you know the filmmakers originally planned to bring the movie’s dinosaurs to life using stop-motion animation? Twenty-seven years after the film’s release, some of the incredibly rare puppets used to create Jurassic Park’s earliest dino screen tests are going up … Continued

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Here’s What Critics Think of Tenet, a Movie the Rest of Us Should Absolutely Not Go Out and See

Christopher Nolan’s latest Nolany-pile of Nolan-ness, Tenet, is currently set to release in American theaters in September, but it’s releasing in Europe and other parts of the world that have had a marginally better time—“marginally” being the operative word—handling the novel coronavirus pandemic. That means reviews are trickling in. But while they have plenty to … Continued

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Keanu Reeves on The Matrix‘s Trans Allegory: ‘Cool!’

Truly, it’s the most Keanu response to something that is, indeed, very cool. The Wachowskis have never been afraid of discussing how their revolutionary work on The Matrix and its sequels helped navigate their trans identities. But readings of the original film through a specifically trans lens have seen a resurgency thanks to a viral … Continued

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Stranger Things Is Getting a Socially Distant Drive-Through Haunted House

The scariest part is knowing you can’t leave your car. Netflix has teamed up with Fever and Secret Cinema to debut a drive-through immersive Stranger Things adventure in Los Angeles this October, where fans will experience nostalgia and frights from the Upside Down…from the safety of their vehicle. According to an email press release, the … Continued

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Let’s Talk About That Star Trek: Lower Decks Ending

Star Trek: Lower Decks isn’t the sort of show for big, shocking reveals. But ever since I saw this week’s episode “Temporal Edict,” I have been unable to stop thing about the delightful thing that happens at the end. As this week’s story wraps up and the day is saved by Ensign Boimler getting Captain … Continued

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Tackles One of Starfleet’s Oldest, Funniest Questions

We all have questions about some of the banal things that happen on Star Trek ships. One I’ve always loved thinking about the most is that interplay when an officer asks somehow how long it’ll take do some technobabbley thing, and they reply that it’ll take hours. Why does it take so long to do … Continued

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Stranger Things Will Continue Beyond Season 4

Though the next season of Netflix’s Stranger Things remains mostly shrouded in mystery, as is tradition, there’s a scrap of new information for fans to cling to as they await the series’ return. According to creators the Duffer Brothers, the show won’t wrap with its upcoming fourth season. “Season four won’t be the end,” Ross … Continued

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Giancarlo Esposito on What It’s Like to Play a Person of Color Among Star Wars‘ Fascist Villains

When we first met the Empire in Star Wars’ original trilogy, their fascist roots in the real world iconography of forces like the Nazis were immediately apparent: not just in their stark uniforms and the dehumanizing armor of the Stormtroopers, but in the whiteness of their officers. But when we see Star Wars’ villainous Empires … Continued

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Nichelle Nichols’ Family Turns to GoFundMe in an Ongoing Legal Battle With Her Manager

Star Trek star Nichelle Nichols is one of the most influential sci-fi actors of the 20th century, but the actress who played Uhura remains the focus of a legal battle over her finances, career, and well-being—one which continues to escalate, as more members of her family have stepped in to help. “It’s positively devastating. I … Continued

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A New Bill & Ted Face the Music Clip Introduces Another of the Movie’s Excellent Daughters

In this new clip from Bill & Ted Face the Music, the mysterious Kelly (Kristen Schaal) arrives seeking the dude duo’s help in a time-travel vessel that is decidedly not a phone booth. Who is she, exactly? Watch and see. Whoa! So while the great George Carlin is sadly no longer with us, his Bill … Continued

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The New Space Jam Has a Suitably Ostentatious Outfit

There are arguably two vital components to making a new Space Jam. One is that the almighty clash of animated Looney Tunes enmeshes with the real-world stuff as well as our brains remember the original doing. The other is the Tune Squad must be decked out in an iconic look, and Space Jam: A New … Continued

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Court Reaffirms Star Trek: Discovery Copyright Suit Dismissal, and Also, Tardigrades Are Cool

Tardigrades’ rights to be kickass water bears hardcore enough to survive in space’s vacuum just got defended by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second City Circuit. Oh, and that Star Trek: Discovery’s use of one of the creatures didn’t infringe copyright, ending a legal battle that’s been brewing since the show’s first … Continued

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Sputnik‘s Space Invader Strikes in This Gruesome Clip From the Russian Sci-Fi Horror Film

Russian import Sputnik hit theaters, digital platforms, and VOD on Friday, and if you haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, here’s a tip for fans of tense, gruesome, creature-tastic sci-fi horror: it’s excellent. Need more convincing? We’ve got an exclusive clip from one of Sputnik’s, ah, juicier scenes below. First, a little context. … Continued

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George Miller Isn’t Sure Whether Furiosa Would Stay a Hero or Turn Tyrant After Mad Max: Fury Road

What happens after you win? That’s the question George Miller was asked during a recent interview at this year’s digital New York Comic-Con event, particularly in regards to Furiosa, the most interesting character to come out of Mad Max: Fury Road and the subject of an upcoming prequel movie. Since we are getting a look … Continued

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You Can Watch Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Premiere for Free on YouTube…If You’re in the U.S.

For a brief while, you didn’t have to be in the United States to get a free snifter of Star Trek goofballery. Yesterday, as CBS has done so before for Star Trek: Discovery and Picard’s premieres, the network made thefirst, lovely episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks available to stream on the CBS All Access … Continued

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6 Delightfully Absurd TV Shows to Help You Ignore Reality

Absurdism, as a philosophy and artistic movement, is about humanity’s inability to find meaning in our strange, chaotic universe. Instead, we seek to embrace the bizarre, finding comfort in the things that exist outside of our reality. Given the state of the world right now, is it any wonder we might need that? Here’s a … Continued

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Get Out‘s Daniel Kaluuya Will Become a Time Traveler in Netflix’s The Upper World

He’s faced the racist horrors of suburbia in Get Out, and weathered Wakanda’s superpowered royal strife in Black Panther. Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya next expands his genre filmography with an intriguing new project for Netflix, based on a buzzed-about YA fantasy novel by debut author Femi Fadugba. The book, The Upper World, isn’t even out yet, … Continued

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In Monsters of Man‘s First Trailer, Robots Engage in Some Criminal War Games

A corrupt CIA operative and a robotics company decide to test out their new animatronic army in a remote part of the jungle. But when it turns out some American doctors have seen their crimes, it becomes a race to survive so the truth can be known. io9 can exclusively reveal the first trailer for … Continued

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On Star Trek: Lower Decks, Everyone’s Just a Bunch of Adorable Nerds

Star Trek has a reputation as the “serious” sci-fi adventure series for a reason. Put away your whizzbang space-dogfights and your glowstick swords, this is the franchise where serious science happens! Diplomatic talks! Sample analysis! Everyone’s basically a bunch of geeks. That’s not a bad thing, of course—and this week’s Lower Decks leaned into that. … Continued

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Being John Malkovich Is Better Now Than It Was in 1999

Being John Malkovich—the brainchild of writer Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze—is still one of the great modern American films. However, what it meant to me at the time of release is not what it means to me now. And looking at it in a macro sense, it represents a lot more than just a … Continued