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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Academy Award-winning composer James Horner, known for scoring movies like Titanic and Avatar, is feared dead. He was an avid and experienced pilot, but a small plane belonging to him crashed in central California yesterday and killed the pilot. While it’s not confirmed that the pilot was 61-year old James Horner, his assistant Sylvia Patrycja posted on her Facebook page, “A great tragedy has struck my family today, and I will not be around for a while. I would like some privacy and time to heal. We have lost an amazing person…

Ant-Man (2015) – Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) Check out the latest posters and photos from Ant-Man and find out whether we’ll see Wasp! Ant-Man is coming and he’s the latest underdog superhero from Marvel. While the idea of an ant-sized superhero is ridiculous to most people (my wife especially) Marvel is treating it the same as the talking tree and gun-toting raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy. They’re treating it like it’s completely normal and hope fans will enjoy the ride. They’re hoping for big things from Ant-Man and have released a set of International posters and 12 new photos. Kevin Feige also confirmed…

“As far as a Hulk movie, a standalone Hulk movie, Marvel doesn’t really have the rights to that yet.” Mark Ruffalo said in an interview with Collider, “That’s still Universal’s property, so there’s that issue. That’s a big impediment to moving forward with that. Now I don’t think that’s insurmountable, by the way, but I don’t know where it’s going from here for me.” It turns out Ruffalo was wrong. As confirmed by Forbes last week, Marvel does own the rights to make a standalone Hulk movie. So, why haven’t they made one yet? It’s a complicated question. So let’s…

Above Image: Tippett responds to hilarious meme. For Jurassic World, he was “demoted” to “dinosaur consultant” I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Links ‘Star Wars’ Could Beat ‘Jurassic World’s’ Box Office Record Review of Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1 (via Armchair Squid) Monday Movie Meme: What movie features characters sneaking items into movie? (via The Madlab) Justice League: Gods And Monsters Chronicles – Wonder Woman, Batman & Superman As You’ve Never Seen Them Before (via The 7th Matrix) Three very different takes on Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. [Warning: Strong…

Supergirl (2015) – Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist), James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks) It ain’t easy making a superhero show. While DC Comics has two hits with Arrow and The Flash on the CW Network, they’ve faltered on other networks. Both Fox’s Gotham and NBC’s Constantine have been ratings disappointments despite heavy promotion and vocal fan bases. Executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, who also produce The Flash and Arrow have had they’re hands full working on they’re latest show Supergirl. The cast of Supergirl Melissa Benoist (“Kara Danvers”), and her co-stars Chyler Leigh (“Alex Danvers”) and Mehcad Brooks (“James Olsen”) talked to…

Spectre (2015) The latest video takes you behind the scenes of the “Day of the Dead” sequence in the latest James Bond movie. James Bond has traveled all over the world, but the films have never been to the exotic land of Mexico. In the latest Spectre video the costume and makeup designers talk about the challenge of making up 800 extras for the crowd scenes without using CGI. Spectre is the twenty-fourth James Bond film. It’s the second James Bond film directed by Sam Mendes and Daniel Craig’s fourth movie playing James Bond. The villain, Franz Oberhauser, is played by…

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994) – Captain Picard Day – Captain Pipcard (Patrick Stewart) Here are some awesome ways to help Sir Patrick Stewartcelebrate “Captain Picard Day.” According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Pegasus” Captain Picard Day was an annual event held aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the ship’s schoolchildren. Part of the celebration involved a contest where the children would make paintings and models of the captain and he had to choose a first, second and third place winners and four honrable mentions. What makes it funny was that Picard was obviously uncomfortable about the event.…

Jurassic World (2015) – Indominus Rex Jurassic World broke 11 box office records in one weekend. Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, said, “It is extraordinary. The film has resonated with audiences around the world.” The movie about the dinosaur theme park making a genetically engineered hybrid that escapes wowed movie-goers this last weekend. Everyone expected it to be big, but no one expected Jurassic World to dominate the box office and become the first film to make over half a billion dollars worldwide in it’s opening weekend. Here are all the other stunning box office numbers. June opening…

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) – Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) Thank you for visiting us but this giveaway has ended. To see more contests click on our Contests and Giveaways page Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) is coming and we’re giving away a free ticket! Based on the Mission: Impossible TV series by Bruce Geller, the movies starring Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames have been blockbusters since the first film back in 1996. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation release date is in theaters July 31, 2015 and we want to send you to the movie for free! Update: We’ve gotten our…

“The Creation of Adam” by Leonardo da Vinci meets Batman via Vartan Garnikyan I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” PollThis week’s poll question is about Jurassic World. Which is your favorite movie in the Jurassic Park franchise? Links Vartan Garnikyan Mashes Batman with Famous Paintings Land of the Giants Comic Book Page (via Being Retro) How to become Otaku. (via blahblahblahyackitysmackity) 8 Disaster Movie Cliches in San Andreas (via MsMariah’s Space Blog-yssey) LOTR Director Peter Jackson Posts A Touching Tribute To His Friend Christopher Lee (via Comic Book Movie) NAACP Leader…

Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002) – Count Dooku (Christopher Lee) The noted actor Sir Christopher Lee has died at the ripe old age of 93. While he’s best known for playing Count Dracula in Hammer Horror films and Count Dooku in the Star Wars films his career spanned seven decades.Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ was born May 27, 1922 and died June 7, 2015 while being treated in a hospital for respiratory problems and heart failure. He was a British actor, singer and author. Here are some of his best roles. The Curse of…

Yesterday, Marvel dropped the bombshell that Jon Bernthal will play the Punisher in Netflix’ Daredevil season 2. It’s exciting, but does that mean that Jon Bernthalwill play the Punisher in an upcoming movie? Not necessarily. We’ll examine the history of the character, his appearances in film and television. Finally, we’ll delve into the question of whether his television appearance guarantees we’ll see him in the movies. Who is the Punisher? The character of Frank Castle, known as “the Punisher”, was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita, Sr., and Ross Andru. Stan Lee came up with the name.…

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977) – Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Greedo (Paul Blake) [Source] We always knew George Lucas lying when he said Han Solo shot first, but now we have proof! It’s hard to believe that the question of whether Han Solo (Harrison Ford) shot Greedo first ever came up at all. The scene is pretty clear when you watch the film. Han Solo gets jumped by Greedo who says, “I’ve been looking forward to killing you for a long time.” Han Solo says, “Yes, I’ll bet you have” and blasts a hole into Greedo. Pretty straightforward…

Super Mario Bros Video Game Cover 1985 If you think of video game music, then you think of Super Mario Bros. But why? Why does a song made decades ago still get stuck in our heads? PBS’ Game/Show produced a video hosted by Jamin Warren that explains exactly why. Psychology Today wrote a wonderful article about how music evokes nostalgia and that psychologist “Schulkind and his colleagues found that the more emotion a song generated for someone, the more likely the song would cue a memory. In addition, older songs more often evoked memories for the older participants whereas recent…

I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Poll This week’s poll question is about National Donut Day which happens every year on the first Friday of June. Randy’s Donuts is a landmark donut shop in Inglewood, California, near Los Angeles International Airport. Director Jon Favreau said Randy’s Donuts was the perfect place for Tony Stark to recover from his hangover. “The idea was, ‘What’s this guy like the morning after?’ ‘Where would this guy go if he had a hangover?’ And then the answer we came up with was…

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015) – Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) The summer blockbuster season is in full swing and the next Mission Impossible movie is coming on July 31st. Paramount has released a brand new set of seven gorgeous character postersand a mind-blowing trailer. Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt Jeremy Renner as William Brandt Alec Baldwin as the Head of the CIA named Hunley Simon Pegg as Benji Dunn Ving Rhames as Luther Stickell Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust Sean Harris as Lane Also, check out the second Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation trailer which features insane spy gear, Tom…

The Flash (2015) – The Flash (Grant Gustin) The season finale of The Flash was a few weeks ago and it left a few answers and many questions. To try and sort it out here is an infographic I made that outlines everything we know about the multiple timelines on the show. Since it contains MASSIVE SPOILERS I’ll warn you that if you haven’t watched the show you should before reading further. Updated*** SPOILER WARNING *** On the show, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Reverse-Flash (Tom Cavanagh) are able to run fast enough to travel through time. This was hinted…

Jurassic World (2015) – Nick Owen (Chris Pratt) Thanks for visiting! This Contest Has Ended Jurassic World (2015) is coming and we’re giving away a free ticket! The first Jurassic World trailer has over 60 million views on YouTube. Jurassic World toys promise insane fun. The Jurassic World release date is less than two weeks away and we want to send you to the movie for free! The Prize (1) Fandango movie gift card for $15 You can choose one of four designs and get a digital or physical card (physical card can take up to 14 days to deliver).…

I’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Poll This week’s poll question comes from Invaluable.com, the world’s premier online auction marketplace. Invaluable offers live auctions from all over the world covering pretty much anything you could think of. They often feature all sorts of movie memorabilia as well as other great collectibles. If you could buy any prop from a movie what would it be? Han Solo’s blaster pistol? Spock’s rubber ears? Thor’s hammer? What would your dream movie memorabilia piece(s) be? Let us know in the comments! Links Chinese Millionaire Secretly built…

Jurassic World (2015) – Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) The latest Jurassic Park sequel is coming, called Jurassic World, and Universal has made a new featurette called “A Look Inside” that explains what the film means to the cast and crew. Steven Spielberg explains why the movies are so enduring and director Colin Trevorrow explains how he wants adults to feel while watching the movie. Star Chris Pratt talks about how he feels responsible to keep the franchise going. Official Jurassic World Summary “Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, off of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, now features…

Family Matters – Steve Urkel (Jaleel White) From all walks of life, television is representing the Black community like never before. From urban to upper class TV shows all types and classes of African-Americans. There’s still a long way to go, but we’re especially excited about the rise of geeks in culture and Black Nerds. Black Nerds (or “Blerds”) are intellectual African-Americans. While culture at large has mocked intellectuals there’s been a surge in popularity of the intelligent and geeky. Today, the season four finale of The Soul Man on TV Land tonight (May 27) has a special guest star:…

The Arsenio Hall Show (1990) – Marina Sirtis and Arsenio Hall Back in the 1990s The Arsenio Hall show was the most popular and hippest talk show on TV. Several cast members from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation came onto the show including actress Marina Sirits. She played Counselor Deanna Troi on the series and the four feature films that followed, as well as other appearances in the Star Trek franchise like Star Trek: Voyager. I found this wonderful interview on YouTube (7:25 minutes) that showcases her personality and sex appeal. She and Arsenio talked about many…

Unipiper Plays Bagpipes Balancing on BB-8 We’d love to hear what you think of the Internet’s strangest and geekiest moments in this week’s “Geek Bits.” Links This Spider-Man Car is Amazing To celebrate Spider-Man’s long-awaited welcome into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here’s a custom 2000 Toyota Celica that honours the webbed hero. Batman Rollercoaster Offers Riders Darkness…No Parents…Plenty of Thrills After being lifted straight up a 120-foot hill, this 4-D Wing Coaster challenges riders to “face their fears” as they flip head-over-heels at least six times along the weightless, tumbling journey. Along the way, riders face hills and unexpected drops…

Star Trek (1968) “Spectre of the Gun” – Chekov (Walter Koenig), Scotty (James Doohan), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk (William Shatner) Should Star Trek be less “Star Trek-y”? Simon Pegg is writing the next Star Trek movie and he was given very specific instructions from the studio. According to Slashfilm, Paramount decided to make big changes in the tone of the next film. Pegg told Radio Times, “They had a script for Star Trek that wasn’ t really working for them. I think the studio was worried that it might have been a little bit too ‘Star Trek-y’.…

Who’s the most lethal character in the Marvel universe? Morphsuits contacted us about their very cool infographic “The Deadliest Killers of Earth-616! Murderers of Marvel”. They describe this way: “Who is the deadliest character in the Marvel Universe? Wolverine? The Hulk? Deadpool? “We’ve had furious debates over this in the MorphCostumes office, pitting characters against one another in imaginary fights to the death. ‘This month, we decided to settle the argument once and for all. We combed our comic archives and ranked the deadliest Marvel characters, based on the number of people they’ve killed. From dangerous and deadly to downright…

Catwoman (2004) – Catwoman (Halle Berry) Here’s every actor who’s played a character in a DC and Marvel movie or television show. It gets confusing when you have actors playing multiple roles. One minute you see Johnny Storm and the next he’s playing Captain America. Is that the guy from Green Lantern or X-Men? But, it gets even more confusing when actors cross the lines from playing Marvel comic book characters to DC characters and vice versa. So, to help keep it straight, here’s a list of actors that have appeared in multiple franchises for both Marvel Studios and DC…

Black Angel (1980) Watch the two long-lost short films that played before Star Wars. Back in the day it was common for short films to play before movies. This is before they started playing commercials. Pixar is known for keeping up the tradition, but whole generations have grown up without watching a film before the film. The original Star Wars trilogy was no exception, but the films were lost to generations. Now, thanks to the Internet, fans can watch the two films that opened before Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for free…

Asa Butterfield is Spider-Man [Source] Since Asa Butterworth may be the new Spider-Man, here are some articles you need to read about him. Links Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield was born 1 April 1997 in England. He’s best known for playing Bruno in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), the young Mordred in the hit BBC TV Series Merlin, Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and Hugo for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo (2011) and Ender Wiggins the movie Ender’s Game (2013). He’s still been acting and has starred in Morgan Matthews’ X+Y…

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – Thor (Chris Hemsworth) This Contest Is Now Closed Here’s how you can a set of amazing Tervis official Avengers: Age of Ultron cups! Avengers: Age of Ultron is the biggest movie of the year and Tervis has partnered with us to give away an official drink Tumbler and coffee mug to three random winners! Review The sent us some samples and here’s a quick review. The Avengers tumbler and cup are very well made and incredibly durable. They’re a little heavy, but very strong. Hot or cold drinks don’t make them sweat, which can…

Supergirl (2016) – James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), Kara (Melissa Benoist) Yesterday the trailer for the new Supergirl series was released by CW and the reactions have been mixed. Some love it and some hate it, but everyone is surprised by the Black Jimmy (“James actually”) Olsen. He’s played by Mehcad Brooks who’s described as “a photographer at CatCo., where Kara (Melissa Benoist) works. He’s the salt of the earth and this only makes Kara crush on him even more. The character has recently been living and working in National City, though the reason is still a secret. But with Kara…