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10 films have made it onto the shortlist for the 85th Academy Awards’ Visual Effects Oscar. Five of the films will be selected as the finalists after members of the Visual Effects Branch view 10 minute excerpts of each of the 10 films.   The Amazing Spider-Man   Cloud Atlas   The Dark Knight Rises [...]

Reviewed by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion If science fiction films have taught audiences anything, it’s that finding signs of an ancient alien civilization and mistaking evidence of their existence for a welcome message is a bad, bad idea. So when scientists on a archeological dig to determine the origins of humankind think they’ve found a [...]

The Soup‘s Joel McHale steps in for Michael Fassbender in this parody of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller, Prometheus. McHale plays an android TV show host who can do anything a normal human can do, but better. Watch the video:

Starring: Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Directed By: Ridley Scott Release Date: June 8, 2012 Running Time: 124 minutes Genres: Sci-fi, action, 3D MPAA Rating: R for sci-fi violence including some intense images, and brief language Review: Read the full review   Official Synopsis: With Prometheus, Ridley Scott [...]

Director Ridley Scott and writer Damon Lindelof discuss the basis for the story of Prometheus in this behind-the-scenes look at Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre. Who are we and where did we come from are the key questions explored in Prometheus, and Scott says in the featurette that it’s fundamentally based on feasibility. Prometheus [...]

It’s not an Alien prequel or sequel, although you can’t really tell that by the Prometheus trailer. Director Ridley Scott creates a new world with his return to the sci-fi genre, but it does appear to be a world inspired by the Alien franchise.   Starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, and Noomi Rapace, Prometheus is [...]

Check out the latest trailer for Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre and try to not think of it as an Alien spin-off. This new Prometheus trailer is actually a tad more interesting than the original, and shows us Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender in action. Watch the trailer: Prometheus – International Teaser Trailer [...]

Following a leaked trailer which pissed off 20th Century Fox executives and days of having the real Prometheus trailer’s release hyped up by the studio, the real deal is now here. Ridley Scott returns to the sci-fi genre with this action-filled film which Fox keeps claiming has nothing to do with Alien. But now that [...]