Filmmakers for the indie science fiction film Iron Sky utilized crowdsourcing to create and fund the picture. Alex Knapp captions the above trailer for the yet-to-be-released film Iron Sky: What makes Iron Sky particularly cool, in my opinion, is that despite its goofy, B-movie premise, the production values look to be top notch. And tons of [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 3, 2012
is launching its own exclusive series, Lilyhammer, on February 6th. has made some pretty glaring blunders over the past year or so, but launching their own television shows will hopefully not be one of them. Lilyhammer is the story of a mobster (played by Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt) who enters the witness protection program and [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 3, 2012
The closer human replicas get to the human face the greater the sense of revulsion we feel toward the replica. Or so the theory of the Uncanny Valley, first proposed by Japanese roboticist Masihiro Mori, goes. Masihiro Mori’s original theory proposed that the closer robots got to human beings, the greater our sense of revulsion [...]
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by Erik Kain on December 21, 2011
The prequel to Peter ‘s ‘Lord of the Rings’ film adaptation, ‘The Hobbit,’ hits screens next December. Will it be in time to save 3D? The long-awaited trailer to Peter ‘s second shot at adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s work to the silver screen hit the internet today and it made waves. This is no surprise. Anticipation [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 19, 2011
This short-film ad spot for designer Proenza Schouler is probably the most racist, disturbing, and bizarre thing I’ve seen in a long time. Designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough took a trip through the southwest and came up with their fall line of clothing inspired, apparently, by Native Americans they had seen on the road. Then [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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