Anime roundup 9/19/2019: What a Wonderful World
In this week’s viewing: Dr. Stone takes a good look around, Granbelm looks for everyday magic, and more!
Novedades de mayo
The latest in Hispanic science fiction on TV, in books, magazines and conferences.
Salvage: A short animated film by Geoffrey James
An animated short film, created by a single animator; the technology sure has come a long way!
London Comic Con May 2018
London Comic Con – cohabiting costumes and cosplay (lots of pichurs!)
Dallas & Robo | Official Trailer – YouTube
Wow. Ummm. Yeah. And you thought Futurama was a send-up of the genre!
MCM Manchester Comic Con 2017
Images tell you pretty much all you need to know about the awesomeness that was the Manchester ComicCon.
Comic Con May 2017 – London, baby!
Comic Con in London is a star-studded, all-out geektacular three days of fun, food, celebrities, and costumes, costumes, and more costumes.
MOVIE REVIEWS: ARQ and FINAL FANTASY XV: KINGSGLAIVE!
Continuing with recent movie reviews, Steve looks at the Netflix Original movie ARQ, and also the 3D “mo-cap” movie Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive, and finds them both quite watchable. Not great, but watchable!
The Nebula Award for Global Chinese Science Fiction Films
An overview of the first annual Nebula Award for Global Chinese Science Fiction Films.
MCM Manchester UK (Comic Con)
Terence Jackson shares his impressions of the ComicCon held in Manchester, UK, as well as Donald Manning’s photos of cosplayers who attended.
Computer Generated Images and the Eye of the Beholder: Part 2
The first use of a computer assisted visual element in a major motion picture happened in 1973 with the movie Westworld.
Computer Generated Images and the Eye of the Beholder: Part 1
In the dance of the ever-improving computer image, our own perceptions are a willing partner.
“TERRIBLE TWOs” MOVIE REVIEWS: THE 5TH WAVE and TO HELL AND BACK, plus SOMETHING OLD….
This week Steve looks at some correspondences between 1952 fandom and 2016 fandom by way of an old magazine, and reviews two movies he found to be terrible. If you’re fifteen years old you might think they’re good movies; Steve assures you they’re not.
Pixar and the Triumph of Storytelling
Those of us who like genre tales know that the boldest and most intelligent story-tellers often deal in SF and fantasy. In Hollywood today, many of them also work in animation.
SHORT FILM REVIEW: Alba Garcia’s TIME/SPACE REFLECTIONS
Steve looks at a brand-new SF/F stop-motion animated short film by the talented film-maker and director Alba Garcia-Rivas.
MCM Comic Con Fall Edition
Where do Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Batman, Boba Fett, the Borg, and Captain Jack Sparrow hang out?
Novedades de septiembre
Penumbra is looking for submissions: Axxon is looking for Columbian authors, plus – new releases, new films and new events!
Derivative Works of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin’s International Best Seller has created a franchise
MCM London Comic Con, May 2015
Where’s Waldo? A pictorial coverage of the MCM London Comic Con
El cortometraje de ciencia ficción en Ecuador
A profile of SF Film and visual arts in Ecuador.
OPUS 100: A GOOD BOOK and a MOVIE
Steve reaches a milestone 100 columns, and reviews the new Writers of the Future anthology and the film Big Hero 6.
Meme Me Up, Scotty
I recently got to thinking about all the little posts that people put on Facebook and what others reply. Now, I have quite a few geeky friends, mostly from going to various cons over the […]
NEW FORMAT FILM REVIEWS: LUCY and MALEFICENT
Steve looks at two newer films: Lucy with Scarlett Johansson and Maleficent with Angelina Jolie. Are they good or bad? You’ll find out…
ME AZAKI, YOU AZAKI, WE ALL AZAKI FOR MIYAZAKI!
Steve looks at a Japanese anime film by master storyteller and animator Hayao Miyazaki.
2015: A Geeky Year for Movies
Forget about all the things we were promised to have in 2015 by Back to the Future. 2015 seems to be our year for the movies, us geeks and nerds, that is. I do hope […]
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