Guillermo del Toro’s SF/Fantasy/Fable inspired by an old monster movie won Best Picture and Best Director at the 2018 Academy Awards.1 Blade Runner 2049 took two, for Visual Effects and Cinematography, and Get Out, one, for best original screenplay.
Our review of the film appears here.
Full listing of winners may be found pretty much everywhere.
We dropped the regular Newspace features awhile back, but I still like the idea of wide-ranging posts on news of interest to Bureau readers, so here goes another attempt:
SciShow Space takes a look at forthcoming space missions:
While, elsewhere, we learn what led the Ariane 5 rocket off-course. I’m not saying it was aliens, but…
Okay, actually, aliens had nothing to do with it.
We have a round-up of video from around the Net, looking at science, cosplay, and Play-Doh superheroes.
It has been awhile since we’ve done a Weekend Review of an older film, but here’s one we missed in 2017. A Ghost Story turns its familiar premise into something we’ve never quite seen before. It earned itself numerous awards— but less time in the theatres than the filmmakers might have liked.
The season finale feels a little like Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game. Once again, it moves quickly, and it imparts a kind of direction on the season, towards a more familiar Trek.
The Eagles pull an upset victory over the Patriots, as….
Right. Star Trek. Well, once again, we have a show that delivers a good deal of excitement and high production values. In what sense it constitutes a prequel remains an open question, or, perhaps, a question best left ignored forever.
The episode sets up a desperate and, at least, interesting war mission for next week.
We have a place to discuss the episode here. Or, if you prefer, the Super Bowl.
This week’s episode gives us a couple more twists and great pacing. Some of the central actors give strong performances. I’m hoping, however, that past really is prologue, and the show can get a specific direction.
Maybe we’ll even see some science during the Klingon War.
Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed fantasy film takes the old monster movies and views them from a skewered perspective. In the first half, we’re following the action from the point of view of the cleaning woman at a government facility.
Then, she decides to get involved….
A major twist– one predicted by many fans, but which I hadn’t given much credence– changes our understanding of the show. This week’s episode features wonkier science than usual, but it boasts some strong performances– and a Trek Shakespearian allusion.
Discussion here.
Discovery confirms two fan predictions in a weaker but less grotesque episode than last week’s.
The most recent incarnation of Star Trek returns tonight—with some familiar names behind the camera.