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The late Seventies through the early Eighties was a pretty remarkable time to grow up. It was the last time that science was synonymous...
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The late Seventies through the early Eighties was a pretty remarkable time to grow up. It was the last time that science was synonymous...
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!! That was the cry of the soothsayer in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. It’s also been the cry of anyone foreseeing...
The science fiction genre began in 1902 with the release of the French film, A Trip to the Moon. It grew over the next...
Who in cinema law enforcement hasn’t solved a crime? Let’s see: there’ve been films about beat cops, street cops, by-the-book cops, no-book cops, traffic...
The concept of not only surrounding oneself with all things cute but also embodying cuteness itself has become a style unto itself in Japan...
There I was, minding my business, picking up some groceries when the background music in the store came into focus and I recognized the...
After the jump check out a list of which which comics, graphic novels, toys and other pop-culture merchandise will arrive at your local comic...
It’s Tuesday, which means new titles! This week’s new releases include Hitchcock, Life of Pi, Rise of the Guardians and Smashed, plus lots of...
The Ninja or Shinobi (忍者) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan, specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The Ninja’s skill set...
Alright, after that massive history lesson, we can press onward into the realm of fiction proper and see how the games have been adapted...
In my last column, I discussed Italy’s sword-and-sandal movies. These movies yielded to Italian (“Spaghetti”) Westerns by 1965. But the Westerns yielded to giallo...
I was never that into superhero comics. As a little kid growing up in the Sixties and early Seventies, I started out reading Harvey...
Interview conducted by Lauren Berkley For those of us in the States, the third season of Syfy’s Being Human premiered back in January. Star...
It’s hump day, new television is pretty much not happening (hell, most of the mid-season shows have already been cancelled). What to do? Well,...
After the jump check out a list of which which comics, graphic novels, toys and other pop-culture merchandise will arrive at your local comic...
Dear Hollywood, I flew in the face of tradition this year and watched the Oscars the day after it took place, not wanting to...
In his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China’s Tang Dynasty. Now, the internationally...
This week another batch of high profile titles including the DVD premiere of Schindler’s List and the new releases of Wreck-It Ralph, The Intouchables,...
Interview by Brian Saner Lamken Alan J. Porter was born in Greater Manchester, England, and grew up in the UK but moved to the...
My home state has been through a lot over the last 200 years. This Saturday, March 2nd, is Texas Independence Day. That’s the day...
With the birth of cinema, came also, the birth of Science Fiction movies. As I discussed in the opening chapter of this series, Parisian...
Singing harps, giants, and happily ever after. That’s old school Jack in the Beanstalk. According to director Bryan Singer’s reimaging of the popular fairly...