The 2006 Hugo Awards were handed out Saturday, August 26 at WorldCon in L.A.
Among them you’ll find an excellent novel, a two-part Doctor Who episode, and the return of Malcolm Reynolds.
Weekly DVD Picks – August 29, 2006
It’s the last week of August, which means things are really starting to pick up. The next few weeks will see a flood of quality TV-on-DVD products, followed by an October surge of action, horror, and thriller titles, before the Christmas push starts in November. This week not only sees the start of the TV product, but it’s a great week to be a (20-something) animation fan.
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Saturday Movie Review – “It Happened Tomorrow”
This week, we’ve got a 1944 movie that attempts to blend comedy, thriller, and fantasy on a wartime budget. Does it succeed?
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Pluto now a “Dwarf Planet”
Comic Review: Molly & Poo
Molly and Poo has been numbered the sixteenth Strangers in Paradise trade paperback, but many readers do not see it as a significant part of the story, and the official SiP site places it separate from the chronological listing of titles. Issue #14 of the second series gave readers serious pause. In place of the familiar comic-book tale of Katchoo, Francine, and David, Terry Moore served up a twisted prose story decorated with original drawings and Victorian/Edwardian clip art. The issue offered no explanation for what it might be doing in Strangers in Paradise, though we later learn that the eponymous Molly (contemporary version) once dated Francine’s brother. Years later, Moore completed the story with a fragmented comic and a second decorated prose work. The former briefly features SiP regulars and the latter includes a few pages of comics.
Comic Review: 52 #13-16
This is Metropolis! It’s a city Brainiac tries to shrink to bottle size every Thursday. Don’t tell me nothing is on tonight.
–Booster Gold, #15
These issues present a quickly-planned wedding, a Marvel Family renunion, at least three different escapes, the death of a major character, and the apparent loss of another’s sanity.
We’re still in the dark with regards to those missing mad scientists.
Weekly Comics Discussion – August 23, 2006
The complete list can be found in the usual spot.
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SG1 ends, Atlantis continues
Sci-Fi Wire has the details here. The current, tenth season of Stargate SG1 will be the last, but Stargate Atlantis will continue for at least one more year. (NOTE: I posted this before checking the sub queue. Thanks to TwistyHat and Ogre for also bringing this to our attention.)
Novel Review: The Fifth Head of Cerberus
“Veil’s Hypothesis supposes the abos to have possessed the ability to mimic mankind perfectly. Veil thought that when the ships came from Earth the abos killed everyone and took their places and the ships, so they’re not dead at all, we are”(31).
Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun may be his most lasting work of speculative fiction, but the talented writer produced a number of memorable books including this quirky novel, which addresses such topics as colonialism, totalitarianism, and identity.
‘Snakes’ Slither to the Top…Sorta
Factoring in the Thursday night preview, SOAP takes the top spot. If you subtract that extra $1.4 million, it only makes it to #2. All in all, a pretty weak weekend at the box office. Meanwhile, Pirates, after 7 weeks, still hangs onto the top ten, and is now the 6th highest grossing film of all time.
- Snakes on a Plane*
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- World Trade Center
- Accepted*
- Step Up
- Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
- Material Girls*
- Pulse
Not making the list, but still a new genre release: The Illusionist. It only made #18, but was only shown at 51 theaters, which makes it the highest grossing per-theater.
More facts and figures from Box Office Mojo.