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Fans of True Blood must wait until September 13 for the season finale of the vampire saga. In the meantime, they can get their platelet fix from Thirst, the newest movie from Korean "master of vengeance" Park Chan-wook. Like True Blood, this films goes into overdrive with blood spatter and bedroom scenes, earning its R rating.
Every Star Trek fan knows that ye canna change the laws of physics. But if you're director J.J. Abrams, you can change the U.S.S. Enterprise.
For the new movie, designers wanted to give the original NCC-1701 a "hot rod" look. The sleek curves and stylized interior will no doubt raise a few pointy eyebrows. Abrams has said the revamped bridge—a blur of bright white walls, flashing lights, and broad expanses of chrome and glass—makes the modernistic Apple store look "uncool." (Apple store fans may not agree.)
We asked the film's designers and model-makers how they re-imagined the iconic starship, and talked to a NASA engineer about the ways the ship does and does not fit current standards of spacecraft design.
In the latest Dreamworks animated feature, Monsters vs. Aliens, a radioactive meteorite crashes a wedding, causing the bride-to-be to outgrow the church. The movie, a throwback to ‘50s-era B monster flicks, made us wonder if space rocks have ever caused real harm to humans. We reached out to Owen B. Toon, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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