Live-Action Woody Woodpecker Official Trailer

WOODY WOODPECKER

The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.

Trailer for 'Deep Blue Sea 2'

D E E P   B L U E   S E A   2

In Deep Blue Sea 2, shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun (Danielle Savre) is invited to consult on a new, top secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant (Michael Beach). When science meddles with the time-tested process of nature and nurture, the outcome can be deadly.

Live-Action GINTAMA Movie

G  I  N  T  A  M  A

Set in a parallel universe around the Edo period. Alien species Amanto attack planet Earth. The people on Earth fight back against the aliens for more than 10 years. The Shogunate sees the power of Amanto and decide accept their conquest. The Shogunate builds a puppet government for Amanto and carry out the Sword Abolishment Edict. Due to these actions, samurai, that fought against the Amanto for their country and their lord, fall into a decline. Gintoki Sakata (Oguri Shun) is a samurai and happens to meet some very interesting people as his adventures take him through extraordinary events.

Chris Claremont's Visionary Take on the X-Men

Documentary on Chris Claremont's X-Men

Chris Claremont came to Marvel as a young man, and was assigned a book that no one else wanted, a book on the brink of cancellation: X-Men. Over the next 17 years, his work on the title turned it into the biggest franchise in comic book history. Forty years later, his work has been adapted into ten films, three TV series, countless video games and become a part of our cultural mythology. But, it all started with one writer and his commitment to emotionally honest storytelling and real character building.

First Look at Brie Larson as Captain Marvel

CAPTAIN MARVEL

Set photos reveal our first look at Brie Larson suited up as CAPTAIN MARVEL!

The CAPTAIN MARVEL suit revealed in the new set photos has quite a changed color scheme from the suit previewed in concept art at last year's Comic-Con:

'I Kill Giants' Trailer

I   K I L L   G I A N T S

The award-winning IMAGE comic book series, I KILL GIANTS, tells the story of a young, fantasy-obsessed girl who believes that the creatures of her favorite RPG are real, some of them are dangerous, and they need to be stopped.

The series, created by writer Joe Kelly and artist J. M. Ken Niimura, was a critical darling in 2008. It was only a matter of time before it was scooped up and made into a live action project.

I KILL GIANTS is the feature film debut of Academy Award winning short film director Anders Walter (HELIUM). The script is by Joe Kelly, himself and the film stars Zoe Saldana (AVATAR), Imogen Poots (GREEN ROOM), and Madison Wolfe (THE CONJURING 2).

Trailer for 'Please Stand By"

Fanning, Oswalt Speak Klingon in

PLEASE STAND BY

Wendy, a young autistic woman and major Star Trek fan, runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. Such is the plot of Please Stand By, a new big-screen dramedy with the talented Dakota Fanning in the role of Wendy.

Here is a clip from the film, which also stars Alice Eve (from Star Trek Into Darkness), Patton Oswalt and Toni Collette.

Please Stand By will open January 26 in theaters and be available on demand and via iTunes and Amazon that same day.

Suicide Squad Returns in Animated Film

SUICIDE SQUAD: Hell to Pay

Amanda Waller forms the Suicide Squad with Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, and Copperhead. They are sent to retrieve a powerful mystical object that is targeted by other villains. The film is scheduled to be released digitally on March 27, 2018 and on DVD and Blu-ray on April 10, 2018.

Ursula K. Le Guin Passes Away at Age 88

Ursula K. Le Guin

Reknown Science Fiction Author

(October 21, 1929 - January 22, 2018) 

[Source: Syfy] Noted feminist author of science fiction and speculative fiction Ursula Le Guin, died on Jan. 22 at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 88. Her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, told the New York Times she had been in poor health for several months.

 

Born in 1929, the daughter of two anthropologists, Le Guin showed an early interest in science fiction but put it aside to attend college, where she ended up getting a master's degree in romance literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. She wrote five unpublished novels, which were deemed "too inaccessible" to publish. She then turned to genre.

Her first science fiction novel, Rocannon's World was published in 1966, and blended technology and traditional heroic fantasy elements. It was the first book in the Hainish cycle, and gave birth to the term "ansible," a fictional device for instant communication. It has since been used in the works of dozens of other authors, including Orson Scott Card. Over the course of her career, Le Guin would publish over 20 novels; 12 books of poetry; over 100 short stories; seven collections of essays; 13 children's books; and a guide for writers.

Le Guin's best-known work was The Left Hand of Darkness, a novel set on the planet Gethen, whose population has no fixed sex. The novel focuses on themes about the way sex and gender play roles in culture and society, and is noted as one of the first examples of feminist science fiction literature. It won both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for best novel.

Other notable works in Le Guin's library include the Earthsea series, which consists of six novels and eight short stories; The Lathe of Heaven, in which a character's dreams alter past and present reality; The Dispossessed, which goes into the mathematical theory used to create an ansible; and Lavinia, a book that focuses on a minor character in Virgil's Aeneid.
 

Despite her large catalog, very few of Le Guin's works have been turned into films or TV series. An adaptation of The Lathe of Heaven was made for WNET in New York in 1979. Made with Le Guin's involvement, she considered this to be the only good adaptation of her work. In 2002, A&E also did a version of the same book. 2004 saw an adaptation of Earthsea done for Sci Fi that Le Guin thought "whitewashed" many of her diverse characters. Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro, created an animated version of the Earthsea books that became 2006's Tales from Earthsea.

Le Guin is survived by her husband, Charles Le Guin, her son Theo, and daughters Caroline and Elisabeth, two brothers, and four grandchildren.

The Final Season of Star Wars: Rebels

STAR WARS: REBELS

The end begins when Star Wars Rebels returns with its final episodes. Monday, February 19 at 9pm EDT on Disney XD.

With its story beginning fourteen years after Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and five years before Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Rebels takes place during an era when the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy. Imperial forces are hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking form...

Star Wars Rebels is currently in its 4th season and LAST season. Here's everything you need to know in 2 minutes!

Tomb Raider - Official Trailer #2

T O M B   R A I D E R

Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. Now a young woman of 21 without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent. Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father’s global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he’s truly gone. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can’t understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. 

Leaving everything she knows behind, Lara goes in search of her dad’s last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher for Lara, who—against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith and inherently stubborn spirit—must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raider.

Goalkeeper of the Galaxy Trailer

Goalkeeper of the Galaxy

2019 Russian Sci-Fi Movie

Goalkeeper of the Galaxy (Russian: Вратарь Галактики) is an upcoming Russian Science fiction film directed by Dzhanik Fayziev.
 

About Vratar Galaktiki - Goalkeeper of the Galaxy What will Moscow look like if you cut off the power grid, shut down all manufacturing, and the whole world watches an interplanetary game? In an aftermath of a galactic war, which took place in proximity to Earth, the Moon was destroyed and the planet’s poles shifted. An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth—this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is cosmoball. When the game is on, the whole world stops in its tracks to watch it. The players are called Athletes. To regular people they are demigods, for the results of each match determine the fate of the planet.

Gameplay Trailer For Masters of Anima

M A S T E R S  of  A N I M A

Follow Otto in his quest against the forces of evil in strategic, action-packed battles, where your ability to make tactical decisions quickly is vital. Summon and control large armies of up to 100 Guardians, who obey your commands with intuitive and innovative gameplay! 

You play as Otto, an apprentice of Anima, able to wield incredible powers that are the source of all life in the world of Spark. You covet the rank of Master so you can finally marry your beloved fiancée Ana - who is now a captive of the terrible Zahr and his fearsome Golems! 

Learn to control new types of Guardians on your adventure, each with their own unique talents and abilities useful to explore the vast world of Spark and reveal its secrets, as well as to take down the formidable bosses that stand in your way. 

Save your fiancée and maybe even the world while you’re at it, when Masters of Anima releases on PlayStation®4 in Spring 2018!

Anime Viewing Schedule for January 20, 2018

A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Wood Dale Public Library

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

Main Meeting Room, 10:15 am to 5:00 pm

10:15 - 11:05   Gamers! 11-12 (End)
11:05 - 11:55   Knight's and Magic 9-10
11:55 - 12:45   Saga of Tanya the Evil 11-12 (End)
12:45 - 2:00     Made in Abyss 11-13 (End)
2:00 - 2:40       Club Meeting / Announcements
2:40 - 4:35       Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me [Movie]

All anime presented are fan-subtitled unless otherwise noted.

 

Don't miss the exciting anime series: Made in Abyss and Princess Principal!

ANIME DESCRIPTIONS ARE BELOW

First Club Meeting of 2018 is January 20

 A N I M A T R I X   N E T W O R K

Our First Meeting of the Year! Don't let it fly by!

Wood Dale Public Library

520 N. Wood Dale Road

Wood Dale, IL  60191

Main Meeting Room

Saturday, January 20, 2018

10:15 AM - 5:00 PM
 

Map
Public Transit Options

Our next club meeting will be at the Wood Dale Public Library, 
Main Meeting Room (on your far right as you enter the front doors), 
from 10:15 AM to 5:00 PM 
(until the library closes).

There is public transportation available. 
A Metra train-stop is located within walking distance. 

Please note: If you are driving, please park your car 
on the south side of the building (not the front) in order to 
make room for other library patrons.

 

A Viewing Schedule will be posted soon.

 

Hope to see you all there!

(Click below for maps) 

Voldemort: Origins Of The Heir

Fantastic Fan-made Film about the

early days of Harry Potter's Nemesis

In 2016, after reading through “Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince,” a few filmmakers began crowdfunding the fan film “Voldemort: Origins Of The Heir,” which follows Voldemort’s path to evil. Word quickly reached Warner Bros. and the kickstarter was shut down due to copyright laws.

But then, something surprising happened. The creators Gianmaria Pezzato and Stefano Prestia had a private meeting with Warner Bros. and ― after some discussion on restrictions, we’re guessing ― the studio agreed to let them go forward with the film.

“The only thing we can say is that they let us proceed with the film, in a nonprofit way, obviously,” director Gianmaria Pezzato told Polygon.

The film follows Grisha McLaggen (a noncanonical character played by Maddalena Orcali), the heir of Gryffindor and an auror trying to stop the rise of Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Voldemort (played by Stefano Rossi), whom she was close with at Hogwarts.

McLaggen is captured trying to steal back Tom Riddle’s diary from Russian aurors. Through McLaggen’s interrogation, we flashback through Riddle’s life as he lies, manipulates and murders to acquire some very familiar heirlooms: Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup, Salazar Slytherin’s Locket and Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem. Fans will recognize these as the items later to become Voldemort’s horcruxes, objects containing a piece of his soul.

While not quite reaching the quality level of the official “Harry Potter” films, “Voldemort: Origins Of The Heir” is very impressive for a low budget, fan production filmed at various Italian locations. The set design, costumes and visual effects are particularly striking.

The 52-minute film produced by Tryangle Films is free to view above and on YouTube. It’s worth checking out for hardcore and casual fans alike.

Voldemort: Origins of the Heir

Aech's Garage VR Experience Ready Player One

READY PLAYER ONE

"V R   E X P E R I E N C E"

Explore Aech's Garage VR Experience from Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One using the Oculus Rift...

Marvel's Spider-man on Disney XD

MARVEL's  S P I D E R - M A N

Peter is accepted into Horizon High: a school for geniuses, where his best friend Harry Osborn was just suspended. Peter makes his debut as Spider-man and must battle the Vulture.

Woman Plays Cantina Theme Using Just a Pencil

[Source: Yahoo!] When Danielle found herself with a bit too much time on her hands, she decided to get creative. Using only a pencil and some paper, she managed to recreate the Star Wars Cantina Theme to the rhythm of a tricky math equation.

New TV Spot for Black Panther

Long Live the King!