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This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, Jake Gyllenhaal ends up appearing in almost every segment randomly. Him as a topic. He doesn’t actually appear on the show.

I want you to think of your favorite movie. Play it out on the big screen in your head and fall in love with it all over again. Now I want you to imagine that someone ruins it for you before you get to see it.

We managed to sit down with Dr. Chevalier to talk Gentlemen Broncos, being a pompous asshole, and the future of science fiction novellas.

We managed to sit down with Jemaine Clement to talk Gentlemen Broncos, playing a pompous asshole, and the future of Rock Band: Flight of the Conchords Edition.

Since Peter Berg might possibly, maybe, could not be directing Dune, we’ve decided to throw a few hats into the ring. Who do you think could helm one of the hardest science fiction adaptations of all time?

Echo is back for a second season, and our intrepid TV correspondent Michelle is ready to take her to task, one episode at a time.

In which two men, one having never seen a zombie film and the other a casual fan of the genre, create the best zombie flick since Shaun of the Dead. And in which, I get the scoop of the century on who will be playing Venom.

We’ve been training all our lives for this, and it’s finally here. Fantastic Fest 2009 promises to remove our eyeballs, pour blood, sex and ninja moves all over them and then shove them right back in our face. These are the 20 films that have us most excited about that upcoming amateur surgical procedure.

In seeking out an allegory for Star Trek 2, wouldn’t it be nice if they left leftist politics and the subject of torture alone? You said, yes? You may not want to read this then.

Someone out there decided it was a great idea to remake Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space. Most likely, this is due to the fact that it’s a great idea to remake Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Danny Boyle’s production company is still continuing to develop Judge Dredd. Now, it appears as if an old friend is stopping by to write the damned thing.

A movie that (I swear to you) wasn’t directed by Tim Burton explores the limits of ragdoll action sequences with a gorgeously envisioned post-robot-devastated world where the population is sparse and so is the story line.

Director Jonathan Mostow and the stars of Surrogates show off some new footage where robots are leaping tall buses in a single bound and talk about the deeper implications of the story itself. Imagine a world where Bruce Willis has a full head of hair. I know. Scary.

I love and believe in this movie so strongly, that I’m urging everyone I know to go see it. And I’m going to see it again tonight. And once more over the weekend at least. Why am I so enthusiastic? I give you seven reasons inside.

Doctor Who star David Tennant takes time away from his rounds at the TCA’s to tell our own Kevin Kelly all about his childhood dream of wearing that scarf.

So you make a completely original space story about two brothers who fly spaceships and blow things up and call it Asteroids? Does that really count as an adaptation? Can you adapt a game with zero story to it? What exactly are you adapting? Why does my head hurt?

The newest adaptation of a Phillip K. Dick novel just added a stellar actress to the project. Either that or she’s way too young for Matt Damon. Whatever you think.

The world is facing a massive food shortage. Because they’re running out of human blood.

Judging by their output for Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and The Proposal all in one summer, it seems like screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman don’t sleep. And they won’t get to anytime soon. We caught them not napping in order to ask them about writing for Michael Bay and their upcoming Cowboys and Aliens.

A very cool science fiction indie is being shot right now in the Bay Area that deals with how the future will be shaped by Bush-era politics, a mythologized history, and the beauty of virtual reality.