True Blood Returns With a Bite
Yes, it may be time for True Blood to go, but here’s hoping it will go out with a bite!
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How Coherence Doesn’t End
If you haven’t seen James Byrkit’s film Coherence, don’t read most of this article.
MOVIE REVIEW—X-MEN: Days of Future Past
Steve reviews X-Men: Days of Future Past, and finds it good.
Anime roundup 6/19/2014: The Big Guns
In this week’s viewing: Nanana and Brynhildr arrange confrontations with their toughest foes, and more!
Review: Rollerball Blu-ray (Twilight Time edition)
Post fall of communism, with governments subservient to corporate paymasters, Rollerball seems like a much greater, more prescient, film now than the one I originally saw back in 1976. Today Rollerball surely stands as one of the most underrated films of the 1970s and one of the most thought-provoking and rewarding SF films ever made.
Game of Thrones, Another Season Ends
Can regular season ending shockers continue to shock? Maybe, and maybe not.
Godzilla: The Original 1954 Atomic Bad-Ass
Godzillas. They mentioned the possibility that more of them could be out there, and that further screwing around with H-bombs might wake them up. But did we listen? Nope. Good thing!
A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet … But The Name Could Still Be Long And Dumb
How long are movie titles going to get? How long CAN they be?
MCM London Comic Con Smashes Attendance Record
Terence turns in a terrific con report on MCM Comicon London – and lots of great costume pics as well!
Philip K. Dick – 1977 French Television Interview
At some point during the Festival du livre de Science Fiction (Science Fiction Book Festival) in 1977, Yves Braux conducted a televised interview with SF master Philip K. Dick. I’m sure that others have found […]
Anime roundup 6/13/2014: An Unexpected Gurney
In this week’s viewing: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Brynhildr in the Darkness are each down a character, and more!
Orphan Black: Evolving Science Fiction with Evolving Biology
Orphan Black is a slick, sophisticated and edgy exploration of human evolution that raises issues about the moral and ethical implications of bio-engineering and genetic tampering
Review: The Power of the Maleficent
Maleficent is an entertaining movie for both children and those who grow up with a special fondness for Sleeping Beauty, fantasy and folklore.
The End of the Summer Blockbuster
Musings on the birth and development of the strange media behemoth – the summer blockbuster
The Edge of Tomorrow Maxes Out Today
The formula is blissfully simple: Two characters. One vague villain. Only a whiff of backstory. No transparent lunges towards a potential sequel.
MOVIE REVIEW: Robocop the Remake—Good, Bad or Ugly?
Robocop 2014: better than the original? Or worse?
It Happened Here or Why Alternate History Can Be Terrifying
There is nothing inevitable about the real world as we experience it. A simple decision by a single individual can send history hurtling down a whole new path.
Anime roundup 6/5/2014: Friendship Is Magic
In this week’s viewing: Nanana and Brynhildr celebrate the power of friendship, and more!
Review: All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
More than just a time loop story, All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka is like a fast paced video game where the hero learns from his mistakes, getting better and better every time he is killed.
Going Ape With The Original Planet of The Apes
“There is just one reality left, we are here and it is now.” Wise words spoken by astronaut of the future George Taylor (Charlton Heston) upon arrival on a mysterious planet one may have reason […]
Anime roundup 5/29/2014: Fright Night
In this week’s viewing: Ghosts, witches, the Devil, and more!
The Flash, Arrow Spin Off – Are You Excited?
More superheroes are coming to the little screen!
Recap: “Mizumono,” Hannibal, Season 2, Episode 13
Is there any refined and beautiful skill Hannibal Lecter hasn’t mastered? Find out.
Horror Film or Terror Film. Which is it? Karloff and Clarens Speak Out
Boris Karloff made ‘terror’ films. Not horror films.
Anime roundup 5/22/2014: Strange. Weird. Eerie.
In this week’s viewing: Mushishi takes the week off, Nanana results in an informal poll about pronouns, and more!
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