During the course of a long weekend, a handful of the world's greatest thinkers assembled in California with the single goal of creating the next XPRIZE winner. In a brand new issue of our weekly, Tim Stevens takes a look inside the making of the next visionary challenge and offers a glimpse at how the the outfit decides which revolutionary ideas have earned its support. Weekly Stat tallies up the … [Read more...]
SR Geek Picks: Building Sora’s Keyblade, Will Smith and Carlton Sing and Dance on Graham Norton, The Truth Behind Disney Movies & More!
May 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web. Today you’ll find Hayao Miyazaki’s thoughts on Good vs Evil; Daleks starring in classic movies; how to build a keyblade; Mad Men + Daft Punk; Star Wars wedding cookies; and a FreshPrince reunion courtesy of Graham Norton. All that and more on this edition of … [Read more...]
SR Geek Picks: 66 Behind the Scenes Photos from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to Screen Rant’s “Geek Picks,” where we collect the finest movie-related geekery from around the Web. Today you’ll find Bane at at birthday party; Iron Man 3 fan art; and 66 behind the scenes pics from The Empire Strikes Back. All that and more on this edition of SR’s Geek Picks! If you have any Geek Picks of your own, please send them … [Read more...]
Hannibal Review: Left Behind
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
"Coquilles" is technically the fifth episode of Hannibal Season 1, but in light of the events in Boston last week the fourth episode was pulled. NBC did post webisodes of the now forgotten episode for viewers, but not everyone has watched them. Therefore, this review will operate without the knowledge or context of them. A theme that really stood out for “Coquilles” is the idea … [Read more...]
Distro Issue 84: The inside story behind the Lenovo ThinkPad redesign
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Back at Expand, the folks at Lenovo unveiled the ThinkPad T431s, a unit that embodies an overhaul of the outfit's iconic laptop. The latest issue of our weekly magazine goes inside the process of balancing customer preference, perception and tradition with forward-facing design in order to construct the final model. As far as reviews go, Ableton Push, Sonos Playbar and Dell Latitude 10 all get put … [Read more...]
SXSW 2013 Interview: Twitch Talks to the Mooninites Behind LUNARCY!
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Lunarcy! is a charming and humorous story of four eccentrics who've dedicated their entire lives to the Moon. We've got Christopher Carson, the young founder of the Luna Project and a supporter of abandoning Earth forever in favor of a new lunar colony, Dennis Hope, president of the Galactic Government and the official owner of the Moon, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon and the … [Read more...]
Editorial: Is that Kevin Spacey behind all those Apple products?
February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Up until this one specific camera shot, 31 minutes and 42 seconds into the sixth episode of House of Cards, it had all been going pretty well. The endearing evil of the series' anti-hero Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey, there on the left) had carried me through the first five installments at a brisk pace, to the extent that even the most blatant Apple and Sony product placements had largely gone … [Read more...]
John Krasinski Talks ‘Promised Land,’ Leaving ‘The Office’ Behind & Life as an Ivy League Playwright
January 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This is John Krasinski’s time to shine on the big screen. Best known for his role as Jim Halpert on The Office, Krasinski actually graduated as a playwright with honors from Brown University and makes his screenwriting debut with Promised Land. Krasinski took an original story written by Dave Eggers, writer of Away We Go (which Krasinski starred in) and Where the Wild Things Are, to his … [Read more...]
Behind The Scenes Shots From James Lee’s Teen Horror SUNTII@facebook.com
December 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Malaysian director James Lee never stops working. Never. And he seemingly has never met a genre that he's not game to tackle at least once or twice, either, his filmography a hugely varied affair ranging from acclaimed indie arthouse fare to gangster dramas to comedies to action and teen horror. And he's headed back to the teen horror world for the first time since his ultra bloody tour de force, … [Read more...]
Opera confirms its Devices SDK is behind Boxee TV’s HTML5 apps
December 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It's been available since last month, but browser-maker Opera has only today confirmed that it's Opera Devices Software Development Kit is providing the backend for the Boxee TV's HTML5 apps. Those already include the likes of YouTube, Spotify and Vimeo, but Opera says one of the big advantages of Boxee using the SDK is that future apps built with it will be able to be easily ported to the Boxee … [Read more...]
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