New Trailer for Del Toro Produced Julia’s Eyes

Plotting yet again...

Our friends over at Twitch have unveiled what is to be the final trailer for the Guillermo Del Toro produced horror film, Julia’s Eyes, before it’s Spanish debut.

Belen Rueda stars as a woman who is investigating the death of her blind sister, which the authorities claim was a suicide and while this is all happening, she is losing her eye sight as well. Sounds like a take on the Pang Brotehr’s film The Eye, only with a bit more atmosphere that Del Toro knows horror films with supernatural forces tend to need. Look no furthen than The Orphanage to see Del Toro’s producing hand at work.

Check the trailer out after the break.

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Who is the Killer in Scream 4?

Wes Craven is of course working on the new Scream movie, Scream 4. Or Scr4am, as I’ve seen it listed stupidly on some sites. I just really hate when numbers are put within words. But this news article isn’t about my gripes with stupid marketing people. No, not at all. But with Craven’s decision to show us a spoiler so vast, I’m not sure how I’m going to be able to go into this new Scream installment without an open mind.

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Scott’s Friday Sci-fi Roundup!

20,000 leagues of brooding psychological drama

Good afternoon, sci-fi-ophiles.  It’s Friday again, and that means a bit of science-fiction news to go with your danish and five o’clock martinis (or whatever it is that you’re sipping on).  I finally got a chance to check out Inception, which (I have to admit) is a fantastic dreamscape of a movie that remained compelling throughout.  DiCaprio is stunning (as always), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt has really come into his own.  Even so, there are some pacing issues in the third act, and the dreams feature a somewhat underwhelming winter fortress (reminiscent of Goldeneye) that just doesn’t mesh with the general tone of the film, but overall, the vision is engaging and stunningly delivered.  If you ignore the logical inconsistencies associated with the “limbo” layer of dreaming that Nolan obviously didn’t spend enough time fleshing out, you’ll find yourself enamored with striking visuals and psychological uncertainty of the Nolan’s dream, and I can guarantee that you’ll be thinking about the film for days to come.

Okay, enough about Inception.  How about the latest project from David Fincher?  Serial-killer tale? Dark vision of American consumeristic apathy?  Man who ages in reverse?  No.  How about Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?  That’s right, David Fincher is set to direct the new version of 20,000 Leagues, which he has referred to as his Empire Strikes Back, whatever the hell that means.  Apparently, Fincher is going to make something dark and brooding in which the protagonist gets his/her hand sliced off by an estranged family member.  Fincher was also quoted as saying that it’s “a gigantic steampunk science fiction movie from 1873,” which sounds perfect!

That’s about it for this week, sci-fans.  Check back next Friday for more on the future of sci-fi to come!

Inception...or Goldeneye?

Scott’s Friday Sci-fi Roundup!

Jeremiah lives...

It’s Friday night (well, technically Saturday), and that means it’s time for another Friday Sci-fi news spectacular!  Chris Nolan’s Inception has been out for a week now, and after a staggering $21.6 million gross revenue on opening day, the deep-pocketed dreamscape of a movie continues to go strong.  Few reviewers have printed anything short of a rave, but  The New Yorker‘s Dave Denby just has to swim against the current, “‘Inception’ is a stunning-looking film that gets lost in fabulous intricacies, a movie devoted to its own working and little else.”  Talk about vaguely critical!  Well, no matter how well-checked his criticism is, Denby obviously thought the film was a bit cold, “[Nolan's] way of dodging powerful emotion is beginning to look like a grand-scale version of a puzzle-maker’s obsession with mazes and tropes.” … Continue Reading

Friday Sci-fi Roundup!

Prepare to get adjusted

It’s Friday again, and that means more of the goods on speculative films, including (wait for it!) Inception, Chris Nolan’s masterpiece about geographic origami .  The reviews have been great.  Just read this brief bit from Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers: “The mind-blowing movie event of the summer arrives just in time to hold back the flow of Hollywood sputum that’s been sliming the multiplex. ‘Inception’…will be called many things, starting with James Bond Meets ‘The Matrix.’ You can feel the vibe of Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’ in it, and Nolan’s own ‘Memento’ and ‘The Dark Knight.’ But ‘Inception’ glows with a blue-flame intensity all its own.”  That’s right kids, but if you can’t afford the twenty-some-odd bucks to sit through 2.5 hours of folding landscapes, then consider staying home and watching Surrogates on Netflix (new to Watch Instantly), a movie which (after being touted as one of the worst sci-fi films since Battlefield Earth) is surprisingly worth your time.  If both of these ideas seem bit too tame for your liberal and progressive mind, then you might have to wait for the next big thing from the Wakowski…s, CN9, which is a futuristic, homosexual Iraq War love story; think Brokeback Green Zone.  It’ll be a while before we see that on the big screen, though.  According to /Film, they just started casting.  Between now and then, you can catch The Adjustment Bureau March of 2011, which is a new Matt Damon movie about alternate time-lines and a group of Dark City-esque Mad Men who monitor fate.  If you don’t believe me, check out the trailer after the break: … Continue Reading

Friday Sci-fi Roundup

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It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for my weekly Sci-fi post.  Now that I’m done screening films for the NYAFF, I want to shift my focus back to my one true love: sci-fi movies.  This summer is shaping up to be an exciting time for us sci-fi-ophiles, so here’s an update on what’s been going on this week in sci-fi-dom (I know; I can’t help it). … Continue Reading