This year’s winners were announced today at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland. Due to some rule changes, there appears to be a lot less drama around the whole voting process this year.
Congrats to the winners!
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July 27, 2017
The Queen of Voice Acting, June Foray, Has Passed Away
Brian Obituary, Sad News Obituary
Leaving behind a massive filmography, June Foray has died just weeks short of her 100th birthday. Foray is best known for her work as Granny and Witch Hazel on “Looney Tunes” and as Rocky and Natasha on “Rocky & Bullwinkle.” Her spanned decades and genres and included:
- Various Characters (and the voice of Betty in the pilot) on The Flintstones
- Lucifer in Walt Disney’s Cinderella
- Magica De Spell on DuckTales
- Granny Gummi on Gummi Bears
- Grandmother Fa on Mulan
- Talky Tina on The Twilight Zone (The Living Doll)
- Jokey Smurf on The Smurfs
- Aunt May on Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
A tireless advocate for animation, she helped establish the Annie Awards as well as getting the Academy Awards to add the Full-Length Animated Feature award in 2007. Her autobiography, “Did You Grow Up with Me?” was published 2009.
July 24, 2017
Trailer Park – SDCC 2017 Edition
Brian DC, Marvel, Star Trek, Stranger Things, Thor Movies, TV Series
San Diego Comic Con, one of the biggest gatherings of geekdom every year, always gets us good previews of coming attractions. Check out our round-up:
July 17, 2017
Discusson: War for the Planet of the Apes
Opening at #1, the third movie in the new “Apes” series has received critical praise.
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel (Woody Harrelson). After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
None of our reviewers made it to the theater, but did anyone else make it?
June 12, 2017
The Mummy is No Match for Wonder Woman
Brian Box Office, Dark Universe, DC Movies
The 2017 version of the classic The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, was not popular enough to beat the much-lauded Wonder Woman this weekend at the box office. This may not bode well for Universal’s “Dark Universe” monster series that the studio wants to compete with other cinematic universes. Next week, they’ll have to contend with Cars 3 for box office dominance.
- Wonder Woman
- The Mummy (2017)
- Captain Underpants
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2
May 25, 2017
Trailer Park Roundup – May 25, 2017
Brian Game of Thrones, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pixar, Spider-Man, TPT, Trailers, Transformers Game of Thrones, Movies
Got some new stuff to show off/discuss:
- Cars 3
- Despicable Me 3
- Game of Thrones, Season 7
- The Mummy (2017)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Transformers: The Last Knight
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- War for the Planet of the Apes
May 18, 2017
Dark Crystal Series Coming to Netflix
Brian Dark Crystal, Jim Henson, Netflix TV Series
Jim Henson’s visually stunning epic, The Dark Crystal, amazed (and terrified) children in the 1980’s. Now the company he founded is bringing the world to life again in a new series for Netflix. Puppets and all!
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance doesn’t appear to have a release date yet. Here’s the Press Release from The Jim Henson Company.
May 18, 2017
First Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery
Brian Star Trek, Trailer, TV Star Trek
Despite all the delays and rumors…it’s happening.
May 16, 2017
Fox Doubles Down on Genre Comedy
Brian comedy, Fox, TV TV Series
Fox previewed a pair of genre-based comedies this week. The Orville, written and starring Seth MacFarlane seems to trod upon Galaxy Quest‘s territory, and Ghosted, which kind of feels like Warehouse 13. Kind of. And it stars half the leads of Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
August 21, 2017
No Eclipse? No Problem
Brian eclipse Science
Can’t get outside or not in a part of the world where you can see the eclipse? Not to worry, PBS is live-streaming the event starting at 12:30p EDT (4:30p GMT).