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Harrison Ford to be featured in Ridley Scott's prequel or sequel of Scott's own sci-fi classic Alien? Oh, wait. That's Prometheus, which may or may not be an Alien prequel or sequel. So, scratch that. According to online rumors, Ford would be featured in another prequel or sequel of another Ridley Scott classic sci-fier, Blade Runner. Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, Blade Runner Earlier this [...]

Peter Berg's Battleship Nothing is as cool and hip and glorious as war, if trailers for The Avengers, John Carter, and Battleship (please scroll down) are to be perceived as reflections of reality — or at least of our cultural landscape. In The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston's Loki is the enemy (well, at least one of them); in John Carter, the enemies are mean, ugly sons-of-bitches [...]

Taylor Kitsch, John Carter The John Carter trailer (please scroll down) was another Super Bowl event earlier this evening, more important for some than the game itself. Perhaps even more important than appearances by Clint Eastwood and Madonna, not to mention all the car commercials. Now, Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars isn't exactly a very well-known novel nor is John Carter a major [...]

"Fellow Star folks! Cool it down!" admonishes Star Trek veteran and Star Wars: The Clone Wars guest star George Takei, 74, in this hilarious follow-up clip to the (sadly, earthbound) YouTube video wars pitting Star Trek's Captain Kirk aka William Shatner against Star Wars' Princess Leia aka Carrie Fisher. (Where are Harrison Ford and Leonard Nimoy when you most need them?) "Each is wonderful in [...]