On precisely July 3rd 2010, the movie Back to the Future turn celebrate 25 years since its debut to American audiences. The Steven Spielberg movie which spanned into a trilogy turned into a blockbuster and cultural icon featuring Michael J. Fox as a teenager Marty McFly who unwitting sent on a time-traveling adventure starting in [...]
Alright, so I’m a bit of a geek. I just love when a cool new product shows up that combines cars and some of my favorite movies. In this case, ThinkGeek.com just released a new 1/12 scale replica of the Delorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future – including lights, moving parts, and sound effects. [...]
One of our faithful readers spotted a couple Lotus Evoras while on a ski trip in Chamonix in the French Alps last week (lucky!) It was obviously being shot for a movie, but she couldn’t figure out for what movie! Could it be the new James Bond? Here’s what she had to say: I’m just [...]
While poking around for background info on another car story I came across this little bit of (what could be) great news: Hollywood will be doing a biopic about Phil Hill, the first American world driving champion, and Tobey Maguire is going to take the lead. Like all announcements of upcoming racing movies, I look [...]
At the Moscow Tuning Show this year, students from MHPI Design School modified a Chevy Camaro to look like a car from the recent movie Death Race. The movie, a remake of the 1975 flick Death Race 2000, features Jason Statham as a former race car driver who is framed and forced to participate in [...]
Whoa! talk about a bad-ass looking car. This was spotted on the set of the new Transformers movie at Edwards Air Force Base. If you click on the image above, you can see there are more than one of those cars on set, as well as quite a few other cars that will be used [...]
I have a theory, and it seems to be holding: Top 100 (or 1000 or 50 or whatever) lists are mainly there to start discussions, and on many occasions, arguments. It’s very rare when you’re going to look at a list of something like “The Top 50 Bourbons”, and say, “They’re right ‘Ol Rebel Rot-Gut [...]
I know, I know … “willful suspension of disbelief” and “it’s just a movie” and all that, but BOY does Hollywood takes liberties with both physics AND cars a lot. From tires screeching on gravel to Tom Cruise as a viable race driver, they sure like to play fast and loose with all things car. [...]