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Anime Roundup 9/4/2014: Back From the Brink
In this week’s viewing: Miraculous recoveries are everywhere, including two major characters and Aldnoah Zero’s writing!
Recap: “Creatures of the Night,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 8
The addition of a strong structure and exciting action—things lacking in the series to date—make this the best episode of The Strain so far.
TV Review: Extant
I’m a little late to the Extant table, but now True Blood has ended (sad face) I have more time on my hands to try out a new show. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Extant as […]
The Giver Gives
The Giver, both the film and the book, deserve more attention than they’ve been getting.
TWO REVIEWS: A Good Book, and a Good Movie!
Steve reviews a book and a movie that he enjoyed.
Anime Roundup 8/29/2014: Friends With Disadvantages
In this week’s viewing: Sphinx is going to be sorry about making a friend on Terror in Resonance, Polnareff is very sorry about thinking of his loved ones in JoJo, and more!
Recap: “For Services Rendered,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 7
Guilt is often at the heart of good horror. Consider Father Karras’ guilt over his neglect of his mother in The Exorcist: it’s the path that Pazuzu chooses to attempt Karras’ corruption. The Strain knows the power of guilt, and tries to use it—but with less success.
The Best Doctor Who Doctors of All Time
Who (right!) was the BEST Doctor? Pertwee? Baker? Baker? Eccleston? Hartnell? I don’t know, but according to Abbot, he’s on first base!
Drawing Star Wars aged 9
Star Wars inspired a generation: John White started drawing the movie 37 years ago….
MOVIE REVIEW(s): DIVERGENT and an oldie
Steve dissects two movies: a new one and an oldie. But are they goodies?
AMAZING THINGS: SF Series Starfall Announces Casting of Central Character
New SF series announces major casting add.
Gotham Preview
Before Batman, there was Gotham. Before Gotham, there was the Gotham Preview.
Anime Roundup 8/21/2014: Not Always Better Together
In this week’s viewing: Romance, family ties, their unhealthy flipsides, and more!
Recap: “Occultation,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 6
The Strain often gets referred to as dumb fun by its fans, but this episode is long on one of those qualities, with the other vitally absent.
Recap: “Runaways,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 5
About three quarters of the way through “Runaways,” the fifth episode of The Strain, Season 1, a man who cleans up messes for the rich and famous shows up at Goth rocker Simon Bolivar’s townhouse.
Anime roundup 8/14/2014: Hen Party
In this week’s viewing: Female antagonists are everywhere! Except for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, which lives up to its name once again.
Asni’s Art Blog: Explosion – Aestheticizing Catastrophe
Explosions in movies are supposed to be “cool”. There is an undeniable element of visual interest. It has become an aesthetic and intellectual game to play around with the genre conventions that have evolved around it.
GOTG vs SW (You just know its going to happen)
Guardians of the Galaxy vs Star Wars. There’s an awful lot of similarities, but one of those films is clearly a good couple of parsecs better than the other!
Streaming Genres: SF, Fantasy and Horror on Hulu and Hulu+
Full length genre movies on Hulu.
MOVIE REVIEW: Would Scarlett Johansson get UNDER your SKIN?
Even Scarlett Johansson parading naked across the screen can not save Under the Skin.
Anime roundup 8/7/2014: Smoke and Mirrors
In this week’s viewing: Mind games, plotting, and counter-plotting all over the place!
Retrospective – Spielberg & Kubrick’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In 2001 I wrote that A.I. was more successful as a fable that as pure SF, a film to be seen and argued over, which in the current climate of mindless special effects dominated action fodder made it easy to over-rate.
Recap: “It’s Not for Everyone,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 4
Ever been forced to watch a chorus that’s off key…? Episode 4 of The Strain is kinda like that.
Review: New Life and New Civilizations (ed.) Joseph F. Berenato
The history of Star Trek comics. (We’ve got one coming that’s not in the book!)
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