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Douglas Trumbull, Effects Wizard Behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, Has Died

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Science fiction cinema would not be what it is today without the work of Douglas Trumbull. Trumbull helped drive effects on films like 2 001: A Space Odyssey , Blade Runner , and Close Encounters of the Third Kind , each time changing the field in ways that would resonate for decades. After an incredible life and career,… Read more.

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Meet UploadVR’s New Editor-in-Chief: Tal Blevins, Co-Founder of IGN Entertainment

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During his tenure there, IGN was spinoff from Imagine and Tal helped to co-found what is now known as IGN Entertainment: the number one games, entertainment and pop-culture media brand in the world. In 1999, Tal became IGN’s editor-in-chief before becoming its editorial director in 2001 and its VP and Publisher in 2006.

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‘Alien’, ‘Blade Runner’ Director Ridley Scott Launches VR Film Division

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is known for work on acclaimed films such as Alien (1979) , Blade Runner (1982) , Gladiator (2000) , Black Hawk Down (2001) , and more throughout his career as a director now going on 40 years. Scott and co. Jen Dennis to head RSA VR | Photo courtesy Jen Dennis.

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Brotherhood of the Wolf Is Still the Greatest French Historical Epic Martial Arts Monster Movie Ever Made

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Yet 2001’s Brotherhood of the Wolf has the audacity to take these wildly incohesive elements, along with… Read more. Martial arts movies that double as historical epics are supposed to be set in Asia. They’re not supposed to take place in the opulent, luxurious, ostentatious mansions of the bewigged aristocracy of 1760s France.

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The New Cinderella Trailer Gives Us Big Knight's Tale Vibes

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Maybe it’s just us, but when we see people in period clothing singing catchy modern pop songs, we’re instantly transported back to 2001. That was when a young actor named Heath Ledger (along with Paul Bettany , Alan Tudyk , and others) gave us A Knight’s Tale , a fun medieval adventure film filled with modern music. What… Read more.

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture Remaster's First Trailer Boldly Goes to Ultra HD

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Way back in 2001, Star Trek fans were delighted to receive a director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , with enhanced visual effects, on DVD. For a film that director Robert Wise originally felt was rushed to theaters—and definitely had incomplete visual effects—the remasters version of the movie was a godsend.… Read more.

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10 Spectacularly Silly Depictions of the Moon in Sci-Fi Movies

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Not the semi-plausible or at least seriously considered depictions seen in movies like Moon , 2001: A Space Odyssey , or Ad Astra , but the full-on goofy treatments that put the “fiction” in “science fiction.” With master of disaster Roland Emmerich ’s Moonfall arriving Febuary 4, we’ve got the moon on the brain. In other… Read more.

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