This is the shortest week in a long time.
July 1, 2018
Summer Movie Review: “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975)
With the hyperbolic adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel currently in first run, our first Summer Movie Review of July 2018 looks back to 1975, and Peter Weir’s handling of the same material. Critics widely hail Picnic at Hanging Rock as a defining moment in Australian cinema. How does the film, a sort of Merchant Ivory meets The Twilight Zone, play more than 42 years later?
June 30, 2018
Book Review: The Outsider
Stephen King’s latest throws back to his earlier work, though it starts with a fascinating premise. A man stands accused of a horrific crime. The police have incontrovertible evidence of his guilt. He has incontrovertible evidence of his innocence.
June 30, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament – Week Sixteen, Round One
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The march towards round two is in progress with only 8 weeks left to go. You can vote in this week here.
June 29, 2018
Trank’s “Fantastic Four” talk
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The latest episode of Make Me Watch It featured Jon M. Wilson and myself discussing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. This week, Jon and Michael Kaiser invited me to join them for Make Our Marvel to discuss Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. You can listen to the episode here.
June 29, 2018
The Expanse: “Congregation” and “Abaddon’s Gate”
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The Expanse ends Season Three with an episode that expands the show’s horizons for a Season Four that will be happening.
June 28, 2018
Harlan Ellison, R.I.P.
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Harlan Ellison, the outspoken, prolific author of stories, novels, screenplays, TV, and comics, died in his sleep this morning at the age of 84. Ellison wrote many a beloved and thought-provoking SF story including Trek‘s “The City on the Edge of Forever,” and won, in the words of Rick Green, “every coveted award– except Miss Congeniality.” Stephen King opined today that “If there’s an afterlife, Harlan is already kicking ass and taking down names.” John Scalzi has offered his own perspective on the irascible Mr. Ellison.
SF will miss him.
June 23, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament: Week 15, Round One
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The latest round of voting takes place here.
July 3, 2018
“Tithonus” (6×10) – X-Files Retrospective Podcast #137
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The latest episode of the X-Files Retrospective podcast, covering Tithonus (6×10), is now available here for your listening pleasure. Intro and outro music attribution is below. You can also follow the show from its own feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher) or through the Bureau 42 Master Audio Feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher).
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