http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/these-are-the-awesome-starship-models-from-star-trek-into-darkness/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/these-are-the-awesome-starship-models-from-star-trek-into-darkness/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:14 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167996 One of the best blink-and-you-miss-it moments from the new Star Trek film is a pan across a whole bunch of models charting the history of flight and space travel, all sat on Admiral Marcus’ desk. If you missed them in the carnage of gunfire, explosions and beat downs, here’s what they look like up close. [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/these-are-the-awesome-starship-models-from-star-trek-into-darkness/feed/ 6 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/powerline-networking-is-your-ethernet-through-your-plug-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/powerline-networking-is-your-ethernet-through-your-plug-deal-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:45:36 +0000 Andy Dawson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167662 Those power outlets in our homes — they’re not just for sucking electricity out of, or accidentally weeing against when you come home drunk. Oh no, there’s now a third use — internet enhancer! Your home network can be enhanced no end with this 200Mbps Ethernet powerline network adapter kit. Plug one end into your [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/powerline-networking-is-your-ethernet-through-your-plug-deal-of-the-day/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-michael-crichton-gave-birth-to-the-movie-pixel/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-michael-crichton-gave-birth-to-the-movie-pixel/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:20 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166602 Pixelation: we rely on it today to obscure nudity and lewd gestures on TV. But did you know that we have a 1973 Michael Crichton sci-fi film called Westworld to thank for the image-blurring digital effect? Crichton—who was relatively inexperienced at the time—wanted to create something that, onscreen, looked like a blurred digital machine. He [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-michael-crichton-gave-birth-to-the-movie-pixel/feed/ 0 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-wrong-with-jurassic-park/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-wrong-with-jurassic-park/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 21:00:57 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165888 A lot of us remember Jurassic Park as the perfect summer blockbuster. It had everything you could ask for: CG dinosaurs, Samuel L. Jackson, CG dinosaurs, an awkwardly shirtless Jeff Goldblum, CG dinosaurs, and of course Spielberg behind the camera. But 20 years later, as hard as it is to admit, there are a few [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/everything-wrong-with-jurassic-park/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/netflix-just-made-it-harder-to-find-out-when-movies-expire/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/netflix-just-made-it-harder-to-find-out-when-movies-expire/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:46 +0000 Leslie Horn http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165778 Want to find out when Netflix will pull Godzilla so you don’t miss it? Too bad. Netflix just decided to stop providing that information through its API, so third-party services like InstantWatcher.com’s Expiring Soon on Instant are now pretty much useless. So why the change? Netflix says the data isn’t always accurate, so it’s just going [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/netflix-just-made-it-harder-to-find-out-when-movies-expire/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-genius-netflix-flowchart-will-tell-you-exactly-what-to-watch/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-genius-netflix-flowchart-will-tell-you-exactly-what-to-watch/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 13:30:03 +0000 Lily Newman http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165157 The going gets tough on Netflix sometimes. Between the eight people sharing your account it’s just not clear who has been marathoning Grey’s Anatomy, and the recommendations are all over the place. How are you supposed to find something to watch? With this brilliant flowchart, of course. The “mad geniuses” at Silver Oak Casino want [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/this-genius-netflix-flowchart-will-tell-you-exactly-what-to-watch/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:27 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164199 Tucked in a corner of Soho Square, cosied up against ad agencies and seemingly every media firm in London, is the London HQ of Dolby, who you may remember from the title credits of just about every film ever. Hiding in the heart of this otherwise-ordinary building, though, is arguably the coolest cinema in the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:45:49 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165295 Craving a good dollop of Disney? Good, because Netflix has just landed a whole load of “exclusive” Disney movies, both classics and new stuff, for streaming in the UK. Included in the mix are Marvel films, stuff from Dreamworks, and things like Wall-E and Pirates of the Caribbean. Hopefully that means the Star Wars lot [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/movies-summed-up-in-nine-film-frames/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/movies-summed-up-in-nine-film-frames/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 13:00:42 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164997 Movies are too long. Even film masterpieces can shave off a few minutes here and there so we can get off our arses, away from laptops, out of the cinemas, eyeballs off the TV a little bit earlier. So. How short can a movie be for you to get the gist of it? Can it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/movies-summed-up-in-nine-film-frames/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 07:00:11 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164986 An announcement from the well-known fantasy film maker George Osborne has revealed that owing to cunning tax breaks, the upcoming Disney-powered Star Wars will be shot in the UK. So we can rule out the Tattoine scenes then. The move demonstrates even further the government’s desire to prostitute themselves for publicity support the UK’s film industry — [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/first-gravity-trailer-in-space-silence-is-scarier-than-aliens/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/first-gravity-trailer-in-space-silence-is-scarier-than-aliens/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 15:00:01 +0000 Peter Ha http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164848 The thought of being ditched at sea isn’t as terrible as being left behind in space. At least when you compare the trailers for Open Water and Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Gravity. The synopsis for this space odyssey goes something like this: Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/first-gravity-trailer-in-space-silence-is-scarier-than-aliens/feed/ 15 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/four-blu-rays-for-just-15-is-your-instant-hd-movie-collection-booster-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/four-blu-rays-for-just-15-is-your-instant-hd-movie-collection-booster-deal-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:30:33 +0000 Andy Dawson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164560 Blu-rays. Can you get enough of them? We can’t. If we’re not watching them we’re using them as coasters, balancing wonky tables with them, or using them as targets and shooting them out of the air with rifles. With all of that in mind, today’s deal is an ENORMOUS BOON for us (and heaven knows, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/four-blu-rays-for-just-15-is-your-instant-hd-movie-collection-booster-deal-of-the-day/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-succumb-to-your-brutal-star-trek-into-darkness-questioning/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-succumb-to-your-brutal-star-trek-into-darkness-questioning/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:42 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164477 Star Trek Into Darkness finally hits our cinemas today, and while legions of fans have already snapped up their tickets, Cumberbatch is in full-on PR mode. Snagged by none-other than Google, watch the Into Darkness baddie squirm under the pressure of a Google+ barrage. I say squirm, squirm as much as any decent actor does [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/watch-benedict-cumberbatch-succumb-to-your-brutal-star-trek-into-darkness-questioning/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-real-life-buildings-used-to-sell-elysiums-luxurious-dystopia/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-real-life-buildings-used-to-sell-elysiums-luxurious-dystopia/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:30:24 +0000 Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164006 Elysium, Neill Blomkamp’s long-delayed futuristic Matt Damon vehicle, tells the story of a class war between the unwashed masses, who live on Earth, and the super wealthy, who live in an absurdly opulent community in the sky. And as it turns out, the super-luxe buildings of Elsyium‘s tomorrow actually exist right here in the present [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-real-life-buildings-used-to-sell-elysiums-luxurious-dystopia/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-end-is-like-shaun-of-the-dead-blended-with-hot-fuzz-with-a-touch-of-the-hangover/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-end-is-like-shaun-of-the-dead-blended-with-hot-fuzz-with-a-touch-of-the-hangover/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 10:30:12 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164135 The legend that is Simon Pegg has a new film, and if this hilarious trailer is anything to go by, it’s like some of the best British films to date all blended in as one. Aliens? Zombies? Who knows, just smash ‘em on the head and it’ll all be alright. One heroic pub crawl, a [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-worlds-end-is-like-shaun-of-the-dead-blended-with-hot-fuzz-with-a-touch-of-the-hangover/feed/ 9 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/iron-man-3-review-more-human-less-soul-spoilers-alert/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/iron-man-3-review-more-human-less-soul-spoilers-alert/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:15 +0000 Kyle Wagner http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163204 The third Iron Man could have been one of two movies. It could have gone on a light and self-referential victory lap of the Ocean’s Thirteen variety. Or it could have decided that after two outings—one great, the other basically good enough—we had enough foundation with the characters to really dig in. Either might have [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/iron-man-3-review-more-human-less-soul-spoilers-alert/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/unexpectedly-gory-stop-motion-at-its-tiniest/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/unexpectedly-gory-stop-motion-at-its-tiniest/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 10:30:30 +0000 Lily Newman http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163455 You’re driving along a country road at a very safe speed. You don’t want to hit any deer. And when you see one crossing the road your reflexes kick in! You slam on the breaks and stop just shy of your woodland friend. But boy would a bloody deer head hood ornament look nice . [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/unexpectedly-gory-stop-motion-at-its-tiniest/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/10-diy-iron-man-suits-that-give-tony-stark-a-run-for-his-money/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/10-diy-iron-man-suits-that-give-tony-stark-a-run-for-his-money/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 17:00:14 +0000 Andrew Liszewski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163137 Iron Man has finally returned to cinemas, inevitably leaving a lot of us lusting for our own set of red and gold armour  But it turns out that billions of pounds, a genius IQ, and the magic of Hollywood aren’t required to realise that dream. At least, not for these brilliant amateur creations. Here are some of the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/10-diy-iron-man-suits-that-give-tony-stark-a-run-for-his-money/feed/ 2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/lovefilm-launches-next-generation-app-a-k-a-hd-streaming/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/lovefilm-launches-next-generation-app-a-k-a-hd-streaming/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 09:15:33 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=162417 A double-whammy from Lovefilm this morning: not only is there a new app rolling for all Lovefilm Instant devices, bringing a revamped UI and Watchlist functions, but HD streaming is finally being extended to more platforms. As of this morning, HD streaming is enabled on the PS3 (720p only, boo), but hopefully this heralds the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/lovefilm-launches-next-generation-app-a-k-a-hd-streaming/feed/ 13 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-they-filmed-return-of-the-jedis-absurdly-great-speeder-chase/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-they-filmed-return-of-the-jedis-absurdly-great-speeder-chase/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:00:45 +0000 Travis Okulski http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=161971 This year marks the 30th anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, the Ewok-filled amazingness that spelled the end of the original Star Wars trilogy. That film contained one of the most amazing high-speed chases ever seen on film. This is how they brought that death defying chase to life. One of the highlights of Return [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/how-they-filmed-return-of-the-jedis-absurdly-great-speeder-chase/feed/ 6