Star Wars - Trench Run

Here is the trailer for THQ's new Star Wars - Trench Run game for Apple's iPhone.

Now you'll be able to blow up the Death Star on your way home on the bus. The game is due for release via the appstore very soon. Keep an eye out for it.

Photosketch - Your Doodle to Photo

Thanks to five very creative students from universities in China, Singapore and Israel we'll soon be able to take our basic doodles and turn them into to photo-realistic pictures withing seconds.

This is the promo video for their creation 'PhotoSketch' - it all looks pretty amazing but I have my doubts about how well this will work in practice. This elaborate PDF explains how it all works - PhotoSketch

This video gives you the basics - pretty amazing stuff!

PhotoSketch: Internet Image Montage from tao chen on Vimeo.

The New Doctor Who Logo

So here is the official BBC intro movie for the all new Doctor Who logo.



I kinda like it. What do you lot think?

Fantastic Mr Fox Featurette

To get you even more excited about the upcoming Wes Anderson animated feature 'Fantastic Mr Fox' here's the recently released behind the scenes featurette. I can't wait to see this.

You Are Not Welcome Here - District 9

For some reason, possibly a virus, but the less said about that the better, I've forgotten to mention one of the other films I'm really looking forward to this September - District 9.

District 9 is directed by Neill Blomkamp, and produced by Peter Jackson and is based on Blomkamp's earlier short film 'Alive in Joburg'.

Along side 'Moon', 'District 9' is looking to provide good old school sci-fi thrills.

Here is the latest trailer, which is more action orientated than the first and the original short film -






District 9 is released in the UK on 9th September.

Terry Gilliam is Back...

After a relatively poor summer blockbuster season, the end of the year is looking really impressive. We can look forward to 'Where The Wild Things Are', 'Fantastic Mr Fox', and the new film from Terry Gilliam 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus'.

Terry Gilliam is one of the great film makers and his ability to create new worlds within his films is unsurpassed. Doctor Parnassus has made the news for being the last screen performance of the late Heath Ledger, with Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law stepping in to complete the role.

If you've not seen or hear about this film, a new trailer has just been released and you can see for yourself how amazing this film is looking below.

This new trailer focuses on the deal Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) makes with Mr Nick (Tom Waits) and Tony, the man (played by Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law) who helps him with the problem.

Parnassus opens in the UK on October 16th. And I can't wait to see it.

And So It Begins...

Over at Hardluck Hotel I've been drawing peoples attention to Spike Jonze's new film 'Where The Wild Things Are', but there is another film I'd like you to look out for, the new stop motion animation from Wes Anderson, " The Fantastic Mr Fox ". 'The Fanatsic Mr Fox' features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson, and is based on the classic Roald Dahl story. Bill Murray plays a badger in the film, so what other reason do you need to go see it.

If your still not convinced take a look at the newly released trailer...



'The Fantastic Mr Fox' should hit UK cinemas on November 13th 2009.

MADMEN - Me in 2D

If your not watching it already why not MADMEN yourself in preparation for a 2 season boxset marathon.

You can get the DVD boxsets from amazon.co.uk -

MADMEN Season 1 only £9.98 - Mad Men - Complete Season 1 [DVD] [2007]
MADMEN Season 2 only £17.88- Mad Men - Complete Season 2 [DVD] [2008]

You don't need an ad man to tell you it's a good deal.

Season 3 should be hitting UK screens early next year.

DEADLINE - Stop Motion Film by Bang-Yao Liu

Deadline is Bang-Yao Liu's senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. The idea is that every time he is busy, he felt he was not fighting with his work, but the post-it notes and deadlines he was facing.

This is exactly the reason why I don't make lists or use post-it notes for anything other than doodling on.




Credits -
Directed by Bang-yao Liu
Music by Röyksopp (http://royksopp.com)
Sound design by Shaun Burdick

Now check out the making of film -

Amazing Data Visualizations

Take a trip over to Webdesigner Depot to check out their recently posted 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization.

I've already seen and used TwittEarth, but Tag Galaxy and Twingly Screensaver look pretty interesting.

Go direct to the page - Data Visualizations.

TO BOLDLY GO....

Star Trek (2009) acknowledges the past but sends us off to explore brave new worlds and new civilizations. With the right balance of reverence to what came before and the desire to make these characters live and breathe for a new audience, it takes all that once was and creates something new and, to quote a certain engineer, exciting.

What really makes the film work is it’s cast, who take these fan favourites and breathe new life into them. Stand out performances for me are Karl Urban as ‘Bones’ McCoy, he is everything that made me incredible fond of the character, the humanity, humour and pathos is there in spades. Zachary Quinto as Spock must be a clone of Leonard Nimoy as he is Spock in everyway. The surprise performance for me was Chris Pine who had the most difficult task of filling Kirk’s boots, and he does. Chris Pine is our Kirk just younger and with a different face, he has managed to bring not just the original performance but the idea of who the character is into a driving focal point for the film. If we did not believe in this Kirk it wouldn’t work, but we believe, oh yes we believe.

In much the same way as all the great stories have been retold over the years, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond among others, Star Trek has now joined that elite club of characters and stories that can and will live forever. This film demonstrates that however much we love the original and its cast, it’s the universe that they live in and the stories that can be created that has us coming back time and again.

Special mention must also go to Michael Giacchino who has created a score that has stuck in my head, and does for this film what the John Williams scores did for Star Wars. Talking of the score it’s also good to know The Beastie Boys still kick ass in the 23rd Century.

Star Trek is back, and I recommend you see it.

If this gives you a desire to check out the original series, the newly remastered DVD’s are available for amazon.com – get them here – Star Trek - The Original Series - Series 1 - Complete - Remastered [DVD] [1966]


Credits –

Directed by
J.J. Abrams

Written by
Roberto Orci
Alex Kurtzman

Based on
Television series “Star Trek” created by
Gene Roddenberry

Cast
Chris Pine… James T. Kirk
Zachary Quinto… Spock
Leonard Nimoy… Spock Prime
Eric Bana… Nero
Bruce Greenwood…Capt. Christopher Pike
Karl Urban…Dr. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy
Zoe Saldana…Nyota Uhura
Simon Pegg…Scotty
John Cho…Hikaru Sulu
Anton Yelchin…Pavel Chekov
Ben Cross…Sarek
Winona Ryder…Amanda Grayson
Chris Hemsworth…George Kirk
Jennifer Morrison…Winona Kirk

Original Music by
Michael Giacchino

WINDOSiLL

Available now from vectorpark.com is WINDOSiLL.

This is a simply beautiful flash game and I recommend you download it now.

I also recommend you check out feedthehead when you visit vectorpark.com.

Let me know what you think of WINDOSiLL as I'm going to buy the full version based on this demo.

TREK YOURSELF

It's Star Trek Wednesday - here's a little something to blow away those midweek blues!

It's me.....

...as a Star Fleet Captain -

...as a Vulcan Science Officer -

...as a Romulan -

Now as long as your not traumatised to much by that, go Trek Yourself.

NEW HARRY POTTER TRAILER

This film is looking good - I can't wait to see it all. So here ya go...

STAR TREK

The Real Mad Men!

Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame is the star in this exclusive video over at funnyordie.com.

"Lex Luthor Bailout" with Jon Hamm from Jon Hamm

Seems like even Lex can have a bad day - Jon Hamm hams it up as Superman's nemesis (sorry but I couldn't resist).

Credits:
Starring: Jon Hamm
Featuring: Johanna Parker
DP: Christian Sprenger
Written and Directed by: Eric Appel

Clutter Magazine Yoka Competition Round 4

The 4th round of the Clutter Magazine Yoka competition is open, so get yourself over there now and vote for your favourite design in this weeks selection. You have until next Thursday to cast your vote.

There are 3 more rounds to go with new rounds going live on Thursday nights.

VOTE NOW!

Go Wild!

A new poster for Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are has just been released.


Click on image to view larger version.

That October release date can't come soon enough - I'm very excited about this film.

Earth Hour 2009 - Are Your Lights Out?

Tonight at 8.30pm hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn their lights off for one hour to show global leaders that they want strong action to tackle climate change. Will you be one of them?

Check out WWF's Earth Hour and Earth Hour.

Clutter Magazine Yoka Competition

The Yoka Competition is back! After a longer than anticipated hiatus its time for those public votes!! Up right now is the 2nd of 7 Rounds of Yoka Voting so head on over to those kind people at Clutter Magazine and pick your favourite!

VOTE NOW!