Why technology shouldn’t resurrect the dead
When an actor signs on to commit to a particular film, they don’t anticipate that they’ll be dead before the contract is up. ...
Tag: Way of the Future
Trailers
First trailer for Transcendence, starring Johnny Depp
When I posted the teasers a few days ago, I wondered why Transcendence hadn’t been on my radar until then. It promised a ...
Avatar sequels will have underwater performance capture
You know how the first Avatar was just Dances With Wolves but with blue folks? Avatar 2 (and eventually 3 because money) will ...
Iron Man editor develops iPad editing app
Dan Lebental, editor of the Iron Man series, apparently misses touching real film while he is editing. So he has been developing an ...
Flix for Short: The Future
The Future, a short animated film by Alex Goddard, simply asks “want to see the future”? It’s an extremely brisk, mesmerizing, almost cutesy, ...
Flix for Short: True Skin
True Skin, brought to you by Stephan Zlotescu and production company N1ON, is sort of a mix of Deux Ex: Human Revolution and a natural ...
New Apple patent could keep you from theater texting
As I said before, people who text or use their phones in theaters are jerks. I didn’t just pay like a billion dollars ...
Glasses-free 3D movies may come sooner than you think
Do you hate those horrible 3D glasses you need to watch movies in theaters? Of course you do. You’re human. They’re especially heinous ...
Martin Scorsese abandons film for digital
We’re at it at last. The final death throws of the physical medium known as film. With every passing day another nail is ...
Features
Film vs. Digital: Why everyone loses
If you follow me outside of Flixist, you no doubt saw an article I linked to yesterday from LA Weekly. The article detailed ...
How The Hunger Games reveals the flaws in the IMAX Experience
On Tuesday, I went to see The Hunger Games with my younger sister. Because the IMAX Theater near our house has a special ...
Prometheus viral marketing set to kick off at TED 2023
I don’t watch TED talks as much as I’d like to. Sometimes they run a bit long, and I have many things to ...