Articles about Movies – Page 7 of 9

GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Snowden’ rallies defenders of fugitive whistleblower

Whether you see him as a patriot or a traitor, it’s a big week for Edward Snowden, who was forced to… Read More

Design a Kung Fu Panda jet, and Hainan Airlines could make your Dreamliner come true

How can you top a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet painted to look like Star Wars’ R2-D2 robot? How about a Kung… Read More

‘Believe her’ or ‘suspect her’? Two trailers preview ‘Amanda Knox’ documentary coming to Netflix

Fans of true crime television who couldn’t get enough of the popular Netflix series “Making a Murderer” or ESPN’s “O.J.:… Read More

PAX West concludes with a real-life version of ‘The Wizard’ in Seattle

It’s going to be tough for the organizers of PAX to out-do themselves after this. For the big finale of… Read More

Amazon wants Star Wars fans to go ‘Rogue,’ shop its store for new toys and exclusive deals all month

We’re still a few months from the release of the spinoff film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” but Star… Read More

Want to find ‘Dory’? She might be in your fish tank, as scientists learn to breed movie’s blue tang species

“Finding Dory” might get a whole lot easier if all you have to do is look in your home aquarium.… Read More

Be afraid. Be very afraid: IBM’s Watson makes AI trailer about ‘Morgan’ AI movie

Experts may reassure us that artificial intelligence won’t take over the world anytime soon – but they just might invade the… Read More

GeekWire at the Movies: Genetically enhanced ‘Morgan’ is an intriguing concept, poorly realized

Any movie featuring a precocious, genetically enhanced super-human raised in a lab who runs amok among her creators, thereby causing considerable… Read More

Worth talking about: ‘Arrival’ trailer features Amy Adams as linguist who makes contact with aliens

The best movie trailers are the ones that actually tease you. That make you need to see a film to… Read More

Scary film shot on a phone is Amazon Video Direct’s first winner in monthly $1M Stars program

Creepy “found footage” is still a thing that can engage and scare film fans, it seems, as the Amazon Video… Read More

Starship Enterprise in "Star Trek Beyond"

5 tech tidbits from ‘Star Trek Beyond’

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore some new twists seen in “Star Trek Beyond.”… Read More

Report: Redbox tests another streaming service, two years after axing digital subscription program

Redbox is testing a new streaming service with a small group of customers called Redbox Digital, Variety reported on Thursday. The… Read More

Get a look at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as an alien in ‘Star Trek Beyond’

You’d hardly recognize Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos in the super-heavy makeup he wears as an alien Starfleet official in “Star… Read More

Video: Behind-the-scenes footage stokes excitement for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

Fans of gritty, classic war footage like that in “Saving Private Ryan” will be inspired by what they see in… Read More

‘Star Trek Beyond’ will reveal Sulu to be gay in nod to George Takei; actor calls the move ‘unfortunate’

Update: In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, George Takei says he thinks it’s “really unfortunate” that the Sulu… Read More

30 years in the making, ‘Voyage of Time’ trailer sends you on a cosmic trip

The video trailer for “Voyage of Time” provides a trippy taste of a movie that’s been more than 30 years… Read More

What’s next in space is beautifully animated in ‘Space Next,’ showing at The Museum of Flight

The line between “can we really do that?” and pure science fiction seems to blur more every day, especially when… Read More

Out of ‘Office’: Netflix grabs rights to Ricky Gervais spinoff movie ‘Life on the Road’

Ricky Gervais ushered in a new era of uncomfortable television comedy with the original British version of “The Office.” The… Read More

GeekWire Interview: World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on the fight for the web’s future

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, emerged from an elevator into the lobby of his Seattle hotel Sunday morning,… Read More

Seattle teen builds on his filmmaking passion with short ‘Killer Legos’ movie showing at festival

A very short movie called “Attack of the Killer Legos” shows that the building blocks of a future film career are already… Read More

SIFFX will showcase VR and 360-degree video as a four-day program within Seattle Film Festival

The Seattle International Film Festival will embrace enhanced modes of storytelling such as virtual reality, 360-degree video and augmented reality… Read More

Video: ‘Star Trek’ shows its age – and agelessness – in EMP Museum’s 50th-anniversary exhibition

From several yards away, the bridge of the Starship Enterprise looks as if it was beamed down from the 23rd century… Read More

Terry Virts on International Space Station for 'A Beautiful Planet'

‘A Beautiful Planet’: Astronauts and space moviemakers reflect on film’s final frontier

“A Beautiful Planet” is a 3-D visual feast for the eyes, but the astronauts who filmed the IMAX space extravaganza made… Read More

Eyebrow-raising ‘Angry Birds’ website helps you show how thrilled you are for new movie

If you want to show how happy you are about the upcoming “Angry Birds” movie, you’re going to need to… Read More

Nintendo will use cash from Seattle Mariners sale to produce its own movies

Get ready for your close-up, Mario. Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima told a Japanese newspaper that the company will begin releasing… Read More

How a longtime Seattle tech exec ended up bankrolling the new Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy

Director Garry Marshall’s new romantic comedy “Mother’s Day” opens this Friday with an all-star cast that includes Julia Roberts, Jennifer… Read More

EMP going extra purple with free screenings of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ in Sky Church

The “Purple Haze” of Jimi Hendrix will give way to the “Purple Rain” of Prince on Friday as Seattle’s colorful… Read More

Fast-paced new ‘Warcraft’ trailer catches fantasy fans off guard with dubstep musical score

War is coming. But, first, a new trailer! “Warcraft,” the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the online role-playing game, has… Read More

Amazon Studios gets another boost with Woody Allen film ‘Cafe Society’ picked to open Cannes Festival

Amazon Studios scored a major victory this week with the news that its latest film, Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society,” will… Read More

Even sad Ben Affleck can’t stand to listen to the ‘Batman v Superman’ reviews

Hello Dark Knight, my old friend. With “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” opening to a rash of negative reviews,… Read More