Variety (via Hyperspace) reports that Casino Royale, Eragon, Night at the Museum, X-Men: The Last Stand, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Poseidon and Superman Returns are finalists for the three visual effects Oscar nominee spots. ILM worked on Pirates, Posidon, and Eragon.
Quick take: RePern of the Jedi
I saw Eragon yesterday. Owwie. Short review, not all that spoilery (IMO) under the cut.
Lowest common denominator
Did fanboys kill film criticism? Quick survey… Does anyone actually take AICN’s movie reviews seriously? Mostly I just miss Roger Ebert.
There’s something familiar about this…
Top 5 movie posters
Sam Smith’s picks for the best movie posters of 2006. I don’t necessarily agree with his ordering, but on the whole I agree with his choices.
Nothing you haven’t seen before
So the teaser poster for Pirates at the Carribean: At World’s End is out. Same standard skull and crossbones, this time with some random Chinese stuff thrown in. There better be ninjas in this movie, Disney.
One end of this galaxy to the other…
Stars in Science Fiction collects star locations and starmaps from several different fictional galaxies, including those of Star Trek, Babylon 5, Dune, Heinlein, Asimov and more.
Also found a map of Tatooine at Strange Maps. Looks fairly vintage, but it’s the same one linked at Wookieepedia so I assume it’s still considered (somewhat) up-to-date.
Disney pulls out all the stops
Today in L.A.: Dress up like a pirate, walk the plank, get a free Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest DVD. Okay!
Or, just check out these pictures from At World’s End
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Wired asks why has Hollywood stopped making serious sci-fi? Umm… (via SF Signal.)
Daily dose of ‘What the hell?’
Starship Troopers 3 is reportedly on the cusp of being greenlit, Casper Van Dien and all. (Yes, it seems there was a Starship Troopers 2.) But what about Doogie?