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Watch the first official ‘Jurassic World’ trailer

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As reported on The Verge. By Kwame Opam It’s here! The Jurassic World trailer has dropped, two days ahead of the promised Thanksgiving debut. Here, we finally see the park open to the public. However, the scientists running the park made a gamble by creating a genetically engineered hybrid dinosaur that’s highly intelligent and, to quote Chris Pratt’s character, “will kill anything that moves.” We’ll get to see this new super dinosaur wreak havoc on June…

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Millennium Falcon appears to take shape in new ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ spy shots

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes We knew that Han and the rest of the classic Star Wars crew were returning for Episode VII, and now it appears that Han’s ship of choice is coming along for the ride too. TMZ has new photos of a huge prop under construction, and by all means it looks just like the Millennium Falcon. It’s still far from complete — so we can’t say definitively that this is it — but it looks like a…

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This is Ben Affleck as Batman, and this is his Batmobile

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Zack Snyder’s sequel to Man of Steel is shaping up to be a who’s who of DC characters. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot will play Wonder Woman — and of course Ben Affleck will be Batman. Other than casting announcements and a rescheduled release date, however, official news on the movie has been relatively quiet, but Snyder unveiled the first image of Ben Affleck as Batman today, right alongside his new Batmobile. It…

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Air Force discusses how it would respond to Godzilla

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes As various films have shown, Godzilla is a devastating opponent in a fight. With a new movie coming out just a week from now, Smithsonian’s Air & Space decided to sit down with two in the US Air Force’s 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Japan to see how they would deal with the giant monster should it show up. “I think Godzilla would be expecting an aerial attack, so to catch him…

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Watch the trailer for Aaron Swartz documentary ‘The Internet’s Own Boy’

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes  Those advocating for the reform of hacking laws have rallied around Aaron Swartz’s cause from the beginnings of his prosecution through his suicide last year while facing with the possibility of 35 years in prison. In the short time since, filmmaker Brian Knappenberger has created The Internet’s Own Boy, a documentary that traces Swartz’s early impact on the web and details his struggle with the government after being caught…

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AI Experts On The Reality Behind The Sci-Fi Thriller “Transcendence”

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Peter Barnum, Brad Neuman An ambitious blend of fact and fiction, “Transcendence” is Hollywood’s latest dystopian-edged take on the implications of artificial intelligence. The movie presents the tale of the wildly brilliant researcher, Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), and his team as they perform a radical experiment in uploading a human mind to a computer. It’s set in the near future and, as otherworldly as the plot may seem, director Wally Pfister and writer Jack…

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Scarlett Johansson is a telekinetic superhuman in the trailer for ‘Lucy’

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As reported on The Verge. By Valentina Palladino Even with Captain America: The Winter Soldier hitting theaters, Scarlett Johansson isn’t taking a break. In the movie Lucy, written and directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson, Johansson plays a woman working as a drug mule for the mob. But when some of the drugs she’s carrying start to leak into her system, she turns into a “metahuman” with telekinetic powers and the ability to absorb intelligence instantly. The first trailer promises…

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In this new ‘Transcendence’ trailer computers are the future of evolution

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Cinematographer Wally Pfister has been realizing the worlds of director Christopher Nolan since Memento, and this year he’s going to be taking his own turn behind the camera with Transcendence. While we’d already gotten a glimpse, this latest trailer gives us a better sense of what the plot of the film will be. Johnny Depp plays a scientist whose consciousness is uploaded into a computer system after he’s attacked — with…

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Inside the design of David Lynch’s ‘Dune’

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As reported on The Verge. By Andrew Webster The reception for David Lynch’s theatrical take on Dune was mixed, to stay the least. But for all of its narrative issues, it certainly was a lovely film to look at. Writing on io9, former concept artist Ron Miller provides some insight into how the world of Arrakis was created. Miller — whose job included crafting large-scale paintings to represent scenes from the film — touches on “the immense effort that went…

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‘The Raid 2’ review: bigger and bloodier

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As reported on The Verge. By Bryan Bishop Gareth Evans mixes gangster drama and epic action Let’s just get this out of the way: I wasn’t a huge fan of The Raid: Redemption. Gareth Evans’ Indonesian action flick was a video game riff on John Carpenter’s classic Assault on Precinct 13, and while its intense devotion to martial arts wizardry was certainly impressive, I found myself wanting more when it came to story and drama. So when it…

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