movies

  • Flight Diverted After Family Complains About On Flight Movie

    So far 2013 seems to be the year of diverted flights. There was the McNeil family from Canada who got a Sunwing plane diverted to Bermuda because they were rude and were thought to be smoking in the bathroom. Now, it’s the unnamed family from an unspecified location who...
  • Inconceivable! Airline passengers “Princess Bride” t-shirt causes problem on flight

    It’s easily the most quoted line from the 1987 classic The Princess Bride, so much so that some 25 years later the line is popping up on t-shirts everywhere, including an Australia to New Zealand bound Qantas flight.  You’d think a shirt with the quote “Hello, my name is...
  • 2D Glasses to downconvert 3D movies!

    Some people love their 3D movies, I like them just fine most of the time as long as they’re not interactive. So far the only one that gave me a headache was Avatar. But I think it’s quite likely that Avatar, would’ve given me a headache even if all...
  • Woman Goes Crazy over Breaking Dawn Trailer

    While it is completely understandable that people have favorite movies that they really enjoy and it’s totally understandable that people feel passionate about things, I don’t get how someone can get so emotional and over the top about a trailer for a movie. In the video below (and be...
  • Angry Birds Gets Movie Treatment

    Angry Birds… in case you haven’t heard of it, it’s the iPhone app that’s become one of the most popular games out there. Talkshow host Connan O’Brian made a life size version of the game and now it’s been given the movie treatment… of sorts… Rooster Teeth Shorts has...
  • Tron Legacy Ice Hotel Truly Cool Experience

    “Tron:Legacy” Inspired Ice Hotel Hot in Sweden When “Tron: Legacy” hit theaters in December 2010 it’s guaranteed producers were thinking about merchandising opportunities. Action figures, books, maybe even lunchboxes. But it’s highly doubtful they ever imagined the “Tron: Legacy Ice Hotel.” Designers Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas-Jones did. And...
  • Tolkien kiboshed Fab Four’s LOTR aspirations [The Beatles]

    Imagine how Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings might have turned out if it starred John, Paul, George and Ringo. J.R.R did and apparently did not like what he envisioned....
  • Cellphone Use During Movie Leads to Vicious Attack

    Cellphones, despite all the benefits they provide (ie. safety, security, accessibility, enhanced productivity), are still a nuisance to many.  Especially anyone sitting within 10 feet of someone using a cellphone during a movie–which is why theaters kindly ask patrons to shut their cellphones off during shows. Most people adhere...
  • Avatar “Likely” Triggered Fatal Stroke In Hypertensive Man

    A 42-year-old Taiwanese man died after suffering a severe stroke that he suffered during a screening of Avatar and a doctor thinks that it is not mere coincidence. A doctor believes that “over-excitement” that he experienced while viewing Avatar was the trigger of the stroke that ultimately killed the...