The Oscar nominations are out and quite a few scifi movies appeared in the major categories including best picture. Avatar landed in the top spot as expected, but I was surprised to see District 9 in the list as well. James Cameron is up for Best Director for Avatar as well and District 9 gets on the list for best adapted screenplay.
Star Trek comes into the mix with nominations in Special Effects, Make-up and Sound categories. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, gets a sound nod as well.
What do you think? Should Star Trek have received a Best Picture nom as …read more

Sigourney sings Row, Row, Row Your Boat backwards. Don’t ask me, just watch the clip.
Here’s the link in case you can’t see the video below.

Variety is reporting that Aussie star Sam Worthington has been signed to co-star with Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation.  He will play Marcus, a “central figure in a three-picture arc that begins after Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust.”
At the moment, Worthington is starring in Avatar which is being directed by former Terminator director, James Cameron.  Rumor has it that Cameron suggested the actor to T4 director McG during a recent phone conversation.
Cameron’s lack of involvement in the Terminator franchise has been the subject of much discussion but it’s just one more piece of the …read more

After talking with me about their new movie Spiral (which you can read at Film Gecko), Zachary Levi of Chuck and Joel David Moore of Avatar played a round of “Dueling Random Questions”.  Enjoy.
 
What was the last video game you played?
Zach: Rock Band for Xbox. That way I can get all my friends playing so I don’t feel like I’m alone. It’s like Karaoke on steroids.
Joel: The last video game I played was Assassin’s Creed. I got about an hour into it and went eh, this isn’t my favorite game, so I gave up on it. I’m …read more