It may have been a somewhat mild winter so far, but that doesn't mean we don't need a good hat to keep our ears warm. Sadly, the same old beanie just doesn't cut it for me anymore. Instead, I find myself deeply considering a more fantastical approach to winter warmth. More specifically, I was thinking I'd give this whole crocheted Viking helmet/beard thing a shot. Read more...

Tags Crochet, Etsy, LegendaryCrafts, Lord of the Rings, Movies, Skyrim, The Hobbit, Video Games

With The Hobbit making its way to theaters there's sure to be a lot of merchandise on the way too. We've already seen the Middle Earth-themed products coming from Lego and now Warner Bros. is showing off the Noble Collection's One Ring 10k Solid Gold Edition. Read more...

Tags Lord of the Rings, Movies, Noble Collection, The Hobbit, The One Ring, Toy Fair 2012

By Kevin Kelly

Earlier this year at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot's film Indie Game: The Movie premiered to enthusiastic audiences, and was quickly snapped up by HBO who plans to turn it into a scripted show about indie game development. It's a somewhat odd turn for the project which started as a Kickstarter and went all the way to Sundance, and after seeing it there is no denying that there are plenty of unique and interesting stories that can be told in the indie games space. It's just that most of them are real and not scripted.

The film follow two indie game project, Super Meat Boy and Fez, as they struggle through video game development, which is made up of breakdowns, successes, and frustrations. Throughout their stories, interviews with Jonathan Braid of Blow are woven to punctuate what can happen after you have a successful title released, which isn't what you would expect. Blow himself talks about being depressed for months after Braid came out because many people simply didn't understand what he was going for. Read more...

Tags documentary, gaming, Indie Game: The Movie, Indie Games, James Swirsky, Lisanne Pajot, Movies, Sundance, Video Games

Based in New York, Tom Spina Design specializes in custom sculptures, mannequins and unique themed furniture and recently had an interesting request from one customers. Grammy-winning recording artist Mark Hall is looking forward to The Avengers so much he had them build the incredible Avengers movie-themed desk you see above. Read more...

Tags Comic Books, desk, Movies, The Avengers, Tom Spina Design

Roku CEO Anthony Wood recently revealed that Roku was getting another hardware update. This time they've squeezed all of the functionality of the streaming set-top box down to the size of your typical USB flash drive and removed the need for wires of any kind. Read more...

Tags Movies, Roku, Roku Streaming Stick, set-top box, streaming, Tech, TV

While the rest of world eagerly waits for more details on George Miller's on-again off-again on-again Mad Max: Fury Road, Flickr user Joe Klang (-derjoe-) has been hard at work showing his love for the original Mad Max by recreating the beginning of what has become classic chase scene using nothing other than our favorite building toy, LEGO. Read more...

Tags Fury Road, LEGO, Mad Max, Movies, Toys

Everyone loves Star Wars and now that snow and freezing temperatures are going to start blanketing a good portion of the U.S. its time we start looking for some gear to keep us warm. Our first choice is this awesome Boba Fett Crochet hat from Etsy. They look great and are 100% handmade just how we like it. Read more...

Tags Boba Fett, clothes, Crochet, Movies, Star Wars, Tusken Raider

Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies have featured one of the coolest Batmobiles we’ve ever seen. The Tumbler (as its known in the films) was basically a tank that could plow through or drive over just about any obstacle. LEGO had a Tumbler construction set available for awhile, but it has become very rare (and expensive). Thankfully, there’s a new LEGO Tumbler available for Batfans. Read more...

Tags Batman, Batmobile, ClickBrickDesigns, DC Comics, LEGO, Movies

With all the licensing deals LEGO has nabbed over the years – Star Wars, Indiana Jones, DC Comics, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean... should I keep going? -- we find it very surprising that no Lord of the Rings LEGO sets have seen the light of day, until now.

That's right builders, nearly 11 years after Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy was first introduced to the masses LEGO has finally earned exclusive rights to begin production of build-and-play construction sets based on the franchise. And, with The Hobbit films growing ever closer they decided it would be a good idea to grab those rights too. Read more...

Tags An Unexpected Journey, LEGO, Lord of the Rings, Movies, The Hobbit, Toys

Happy about the casting for the upcoming Akira movie? What do you think about the possibilty a new Doctor Who movie might get made? Writers might be already hired for Man of Steel II -- too soon? Watch our staff writer Alex Zalben as he guest-stars on another edition of Talk Nerdy To Me, the new video column from MTV Movies:

Kristen Stewart Joining 'Akira'?

And don't forget to read Alex's recent thought-provoking articles on the Doctor Who movie and other topics:
10 Actors Who Could Replace Matt Smith As Doctor Who - And Be Time-Shatteringly Good
NBC Should Cancel 'Community' [Op-Ed]
Is A Doctor Who Movie On The Way? (And What Would It Be Like?)

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Tags Akira, Doctor Who, Man of Steel, Movies