Jack Paglen

The UnPopular Opinion: Transcendence

Posted 12 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

Exclusive Cool Video: Top 10 Johnny Depp Performances

Posted 13 years ago

Johnny Depp's latest project, TRANSCENDENCE, opened last week to critical negativity. But, Depp has proven yet again that he has no limits to the types of unique roles he will take. Whether it be through prosthetics, make-up, false teeth, wigs,...

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Winner Announced! Giveaway: Win a prize pack from Transcendence!

Posted 13 years ago

WINNER ANNOUNCED: We have a winner for the TRANSCENDENCE giveway and it goes to Seth C Faulder of Hagerstown MD. You've got 48 hours to claim your prize, so check your e-mail and hit us back. Thanks to everyone for...

Top 10 Movie Portrayals of Artificial Intelligence (Video Edition)

Posted 13 years ago

Wally Pfister’s TRANSCENDENCE opens today and offers a disturbing look at a not too distant future and the threat that artificial intelligence could have on all of humanity. While A.I. has often been used as a plot device or villain...

Review: Transcendence

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: When Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is fatally wounded in an assassination attempt, his wife (Rebecca Hall) and research partner (Paul Bettany) decide to upload his consciousness into a super computer. Thus, Will is reborn as a sentient machine...

Jack Paglen to script a reboot of Battlestar Galactica for Universal

Posted 13 years ago

After years of attempted big screen adaptations and a successful television reboot, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA may finally be hitting a theater near you. Just don’t hold out hope that it will continue the adventures from SyFy’s acclaimed series. Variety is reporting...

New featurette for Wally Pfister’s Transcendence shows the threat of A.I.

Posted 13 years ago

A new featurette for director Wally Pfister's TRANSCENDENCE highlights "guarding the threat" of Artificial Intelligence with a closer look at the story and interviews with cast and crew, including Pfister, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, and Rebecca Hall. The new sci-fi...

Want to learn more about Transcendence? Check out this featurette

Posted 13 years ago

Dying to know more about TRANSCENDENCE, the directorial debut from famed cinematographer Wally Pfister? This featurette dives into the uploading of the self-conscious, and what that might lead to. When Paul Bettany said that it would be something of a...

New posters for Transcendence and Transformers: Age of Extinction

Posted 13 years ago

Are you in the mood for some action or sci-fi? What about Optimus Prime or Johnny Depp? Okay, is it going to be TRANSCENDENCE or TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION? I’m not even going to try and guess what you chose....

The second trailer for Wally Pfister’s Transcendence is just as trippy

Posted 13 years ago

When it came to the first trailer for Wally Pfister‘s TRANSCENDENCE, I was pleasantly surprised. I’ve been kind of letdown by recent sci-fi flicks so it was nice to see something that looked really promising. What’s odd is that I...