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Voyager at 40: ‘The Search for Life in Space’ puts big question on the big screen What better way to celebrate 40 years of NASA’s interplanetary Voyager mission than with an eye-filling movie that brings the… Read More
Short film teasing ‘Blade Runner: 2049’ reveals the life and death dispute over artificial humans Thirty-five years is a long time to wait for a sequel to one of the all-time great science-fiction films. But… Read More
Amazon becoming a full-fledged film studio, will self-distribute Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’ Amazon has already proven itself to be a legitimate force in the movie industry by winning three Academy Awards this… Read More
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This was the droid someone was looking for: Star Wars R2-D2 unit sells for $2.76M at auction Step aside, C-3PO. This little guy over here is the droid someone was looking for — and willing to pay… Read More
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‘Long Strange Trip’ indeed — Amazon’s 4-hour Grateful Dead film hits Prime Video on Friday Decades of music, concerts, films and countless hazy recollections about the Grateful Dead will give way Friday to a new documentary on… Read More
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GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Alien: Covenant’ delivers the gory goods, and some answers Spoiler Alert: This item avoids discussing major plot twists in “Alien: Covenant,” but wait until after you see the movie… Read More
‘First date from hell’: Texas man sues woman he met online after she texts during movie Today in “when your first date is your last date” news, a Texas man is suing a woman who he… Read More
Watch: Stunning new ‘Blade Runner 2049’ trailer increases the hype for sequel to sci-fi classic Oh, K! This is just the thing we need to jump start a Monday morning. The new trailer for “Blade… Read More
And so it begins: First trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ turns to the dark side Did you feel a disturbance in the Force? As if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in delight? That… Read More
Why Amazon is spending $4.5B on video this year — and how it compares to competitors like Netflix Amazon will dedicate an estimated $4.5 billion on video content this year, narrowing the spending gap between the Seattle e-commerce giant… Read More
‘Life’ horror movie sparks reality check on procedures for studying Mars samples Spoiler Alert! This article doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you’re trying to stay… Read More
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‘I’m poop’ … Patrick Stewart says he’s ‘honored and delighted’ with role in animated ‘Emoji Movie’ When Sir Patrick Stewart says he has a philosophy of “finding diversity” in the acting work that he takes on,… Read More
Photos: Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and more cool artifacts in MoPOP’s Sci-Fi Hall of Fame exhibit Items that were worn, handled, scribbled in and typed on during the creation of some of the most iconic science fiction… Read More
Amazon wins 3 Oscars in a first for streaming studio — and Jeff Bezos gets a fun shout-out Amazon Studios won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues in what was a historic… Read More
Horror movie ‘Life’ draws upon real-life biology and worst-case space scenarios A real-life organism provides the inspiration for the alien monster at the center of “Life,” a horror movie that’s set on… Read More
First photo: Cast and crew of Han Solo Star Wars movie take controls of the Millennium Falcon There’s a new (but familiar) crew at the controls of the Millennium Falcon. As cameras began rolling this week for… Read More
