The Event definitely wants to be the breakout show of the season. Did we watch? Should we watch? Or is it a non-Event?
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Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Newspace September 2010
New types of moon rocks and elephant shrews, Batman teams up once more with Scooby-doo, while Rachel Bloom (famous for a certain recent NSFW youtube hit) finally meets Ray Bradbury.
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Hugo Awards 2010
The Hugo Awards were held today in Melbourne, Australia, at the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, AussieCon 4.
Click to see the results.
Review: The Last Exorcism
The Last Exorcism crept into the top box-office position during its opening weekend. It won’t have the same cultural impact as the first one (or any of the other films it cribs), but does it hold up as a horror film in its own right?
The story begins with a skeptic masquerading as an exorcist.
Superman: Secret Origin #3-6
Superman: Secret Origins finally delivers its last issue. We looked at the first half of the series here; today, we review the second act.
BONUS: Four Faces of Superman
Newspace
Alex Case on used game-bashing, SETI’s anniversary, cars that drink and drive, a licensed celebrity Stormtrooper, NASA news, and an NSFW video about why being an SF writer can rock.
Anything to add?
Weekend Review: Peeping Tom
“I understand you have some views for sale.”
–respectable-looking old man.
Michael Powell’s thriller has become something of a cinematic legend. Released in 1960, it beat Psycho to the screen by several months, delivering a superficially similar, twisted tale about a quiet young man with parental issues. Whereas horrified filmgoers embraced Alfred Hitchcock’s proto-slasher flick, critics and audiences reviled Powell’s dark vision, and it effectively ended his career. Years passed before viewers rediscovered and reassessed the film. The once-condemned film has since been declared a classic.
Polaris 24
Ikaros’s Solar Sail Catches Some Rays
The Japanese spaceship Ikaros has unfurled its solar sail and successfully used the sail to move through the cosmos.
The space age may not be over…..
Weekend Review: Moon
Duncan Jones (aka Zowie Bowie) has crafted a brilliant, low-key SF film that puts character and questions over special effects and has earned itself several awards, and a nomination for this year’s Hugo.