FAREWELL TO A FAN and SHORT MOVIE REVIEW: THE GRINCH
Steve says farewell to another fannish friend, David E. Wilson, longtime Vancouver fan. And says “Meh” to the new animated Grinch.
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Surrealism: Giant Crabs Ate my Pontiac!
Allowing the unconscious to express itself, surrealism resolves the contradictory realms of dream and reality
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.
Top Ten Science Fiction Movie Sidekicks
Who are your favorite SF movie sidekicks? RK has quite a list for you to ponder….
MOVIE REVIEW: Robocop the Remake—Good, Bad or Ugly?
Robocop 2014: better than the original? Or worse?
I Can’t Wait for Once Upon a Time Season 4
Frozen is coming to Once Upon a Time. Get excited.
The Ten Greatest Wizards of All Time
A bit problematic, this list. My experience with wizards tells me they are a fickle lot and prone to hubris. And they have powers….Perhaps ranking them might not be such a good idea….
An Introduction to Schooled in Magic
Different worlds, different science. Chris Nuttall introduces us to one of his favorite themes.
Top Ten Best Science Fiction Movie Villains of All Time
The top ten villains to grace the screen.
We’ve Gone to See the Wizard and Tra La Tra La Tra La: A review of Oz The Great and Powerful
About five minutes after leaving the theater I ended the title take of the Wizard of Oz’s signature song with “…and we’re not happy at all.” (‘We’ve gone to see the Wizard and we’re not […]
Review: The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure by S.D. Stuart
We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage on SF detectives to bring you this… As a kid, I used to love watching the 1939 film Wizard of Oz. My parents had recorded it on VHS so […]
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