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17 super-powered teens who prove villainy isn't just for grown-ups

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 23:20

Teenage angst mixed with superhuman abilities is a recipe for disaster. Just ask the janitor at the high school of Stephen King's Carrie. But it's also a recipe for a great film, which is why we are excitedly looking forward to Chronicle hitting theaters today.

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Which Lost star will start fighting aliens on S2 of Falling Skies?

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 21:41

Guess who's joining the resistance? The cast of Falling Skies is about to get help from a Lost favorite. Who needs machine guns and ammo, when you have John Locke and his trusty knife?

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Meet Merlin's Knights: Camelot's 'ultimate kick-ass fighting force'

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 21:23

Something new is brewing on Syfy's Merlin this season. The Knights of the Round Table have come to life on the BBC series, and the four actors who play them—Eoin Macken (Sir Gwaine), Rupert Young (Sir Leon), Tom Hopper (Sir Percival), Adetomiwa Edun (Sir Elyan)—are thrilled to be a part of the iconic group, the actors said in our exclusive interview.

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Gamer dies in Internet cafe ... and no one notices

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 21:00

When Chen Rong-yu sat down to a gaming session in an Internet cafe in New Taipei on Tuesday, it was the last thing he ever did. Rong-yu died at his computer while playing League of Legends. But that's not even the bad news.

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Police video camera nabs falling meteor during Texas traffic stop

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 20:02

Cops catch some wacky things on their dashboard cams: drunk drivers, drug-addled pedestrians and maybe even the occasional streaker. But one cop in Texas might be the first officer ever to come back to the station having captured footage of a meteor streaking across the sky.

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Marty McFly will sing himself Back to the Future in a new musical

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:08

It worked for Mel Brooks. It worked for Monty Python. Can turning Back to the Future into a Broadway musical pump some new life into an old franchise and introduce it to a new generation? Director Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale might roll the dice, thinking it just might.

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Now we know what that new Riddick film's all about (+ new pic)

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 18:41

After being teased for weeks with Riddick set pics and concept art—courtesy of actor Vin Diesel—we now have the official blurb spelling out for us what the third Riddick film's gonna be all about.

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Watch 1st video ever of the far side of the moon

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 16:27

For decades, the far side of our nearest cosmic neighbor has been a mystery, shrouded in darkness and always hidden from view. Until now, thanks to NASA's twin GRAIL satellites, which have delivered the first footage from the dark side of the moon.

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Gwen Cooper to die on Torchwood? Eve Myles says [redacted]

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:40

Will she or won't she? And by that we mean—could Gwen Cooper eventually pull a Ianto Jones on Torchwood and die? While we doubt this would ever happen—after all, Gwen is, along with Captain Jack (John Barrowman), the heart of the show—Eve Myles has an answer to that.

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Why Kevin Smith said no to writing one of those Watchmen prequels

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:18

The fans aren't the only ones still talking about DC Comics' controversial decision to release a set of prequels to Watchmen. Comics creators are still talking about it too, and some still don't see the point.

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Get ready! J.J. Abrams has ANOTHER sci-fi TV show heading our way

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:02

Just when you thought television couldn't get any more J.J.-riffic—what with Alcatraz, Person of Interest and Fringe unspooling weekly—NBC is getting back into bed with the Star Trek mastermind to plot a Revolution.

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Look who's replacing Bruce Campbell's big chin in Evil Dead remake

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:58

There may not be an Ash in the upcoming Evil Dead remake, but the flick has booked the new male lead who will have to fill Bruce Campbell's rather large shoes: Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood).

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18 awesome sci-fi moments from 30 years of Letterman's Late Night

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:27

David Letterman just celebrated the three-decade mark in his career as a late-night talk show host. And with all those shows under his belt, the guy was bound to have a few great sci-fi centric moments.

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Groundhog Day and 24 more movie and TV days lived again and again

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 22:01

Groundhog Day on Feb. 2 might be when Punxsutawney Phil predicts the time that's left for winter, but it's also the time when we watch some of our favorite characters relive the same day over and over and over again and again and again.

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Image of the Day: Bruce Lee is Spider-Man? Bruce Lee IS Spider-Man!

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 21:12

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Keep hoping, Tom Savini! Those Walking Dead rumors were wrong

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:42

Tom Savini's dream to play the ultimate Big Bad in AMC's The Walking Dead (apart from the zombies, of course) just gained new life.

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Remember that Munsters reboot? It won't be called The Munsters

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 20:12

NBC's The Munsters is getting a makeover. The network has decided to scrap the show's classic title in favor of something new. This isn't your grandpa's sitcom. They're revamping the show from the inside out.

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New Hunger Games trailer: More action, more emotion, more fire

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 19:09

Are you as hungry for The Hunger Games as we are? You will be after you see the latest trailer. Our appetite is definitely whetted for more.

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8 fan campaigns that saved series—and 14 (sob!) that failed

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 18:27

It's the classic tale of David vs. Goliath—well, more like fan vs. network. Every season, a whole lot of television series are canceled. Some survive for just a handful of episodes, while others get a full season or multiple seasons before receiving the ax. All good things must come to an end. And for sci-fi fans, that's doubly true.

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The Incredibles director + giant sea monsters? Yes, please!

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:01

On the heels of his global hit, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Brad Bird has become a hot commodity in live action, as well as animation. And for his next film, he's zeroing in on a historical mashup that Back the the Future's Robert Zemeckis walked away from.

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