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The Life-Sized LEGO X-Wing Fighter Has Landed

A LEGO X-Wing fighter? Cool. A LIFE-SIZED LEGO X-Wing fighter? Insanely cool. Yeah. 5.3 million LEGO bricks, 23 tons, 44-foot wingspan, all ready for the LEGO Star Wars Rebel Alliance to take into battle. And it’s been shipped to New York, where it’s being shown in Times Square for three days to promote the Cartoon Network’s The Yoda Chronicles before being moved — be still my heart — here… more

An Animated Calvin and Hobbes

In case you haven’t seen this very brief Calvin and Hobbes animation by Adam Brown yet, stop what you’re doing and watch it. Adam took the art from a C&… more

The Inevitable LEGO Star Trek Into Darkness

Well, of COURSE someone remade the Star Trek Into Darkness trailer in LEGO. Why wouldn’t they? Thank Antonio and Andrea Toscano for it. All kinds of awesome, but, come on,… more

Comic Book Day: Transformers Prime’s Mairghread Scott and Mike Johnson

Writers Mairghread Scott and Mike Johnson have robots on the brain – robots in disguise, to be precise. They’ve worked on scripts for The Hub’s excellent Transformers Prime and spinoff… more
 

Welcome To Downton Zombey

If you’re a Downton Abbey fan, you know, assuming that you’ve seen Season 3, that SEMI-SPOILER ALERT there have been a few key, shall we say, reductions in force. This… more

New “Despicable Me 2″ Trailer: Gru Saves The World

A third trailer for Despicable Me 2 is out, with Gru recruited, after a fashion, by the Anti-Villain League to save the world. Kristen Wiig is the “recruiter,” and Al… more

The Shelf: The Hobbit Journeys Onto Blu-ray

The big release this week on The Shelf is the arrival of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D. Dwarfs, Goblins, and Gollum in… more
 

Flaming, Exploding “Blood and Guts”

The Nerdist Channel’s Fangoria’s Blood and Guts with Scott Ian is back for another season of special effects insider stuff, and Scott checks in with SFX guru Ron Trost for… more

Martin Freeman: Actor, Hobbit, LEGO

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which is out today on DVD and Blu-ray, recently cracked $1 billion at the worldwide box office, only the 15th film ever to do so…. more

It’s Only A Movie: A Breaking-The-Fourth-Wall Supercut

Leigh Singer at Indiewire’s PressPlay did a great job editing this supercut of movie characters breaking the fourth wall, with scenes from everything from The Great Train Robbery to Spaceballs… more