RoundupCulture
Futurism & Geopolitical Round-up (January 2024).
Peering into what’s happening around the world through the lens of Futurism & Geopolitical analysis. Remember, the best way to get the future…
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January 2024
January 2024
ReviewStar Trek
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Two (TV series review)
Ten more episodes of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ in its second season and continues on from the end of the first season…
ReviewComics
Justice League: The Darkseid War by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Francis Manapul and Brad Anderson (graphic novel review).
Now, I’ve reached the pivotal point of reading ‘The New 52’ Justice League. Interestingly, it’s not categorized under its original numbering but falls…
NewsAnime/manga
Studio Ponoc and Netflix: a magical partnership in the world of anime? (news).
Studio Ponoc, the Tokyo-based animation powerhouse, has just inked a multi-film deal with Netflix, ensuring that their upcoming animated features will stream globally…
NewsHorror
Baghead: a Mark Kermode horror film review (video).
Our man-of-many movies, Mark Kermode, is bravely here again to enter the world of Baghead, where the horror isn’t just in the drinks…
NewsFilms
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie: a steampunk misadventure of epic proportions? (video)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a film that attempted to blend a smorgasbord of literary characters into a cinematic smoothie but ended up…
NewsScience
Lagrange Points: your guide to the galaxy’s most convenient parking spots (science video).
Ever wondered where you’d park your spaceship if you were zipping through the cosmos? Look no further than the Lagrange points – nature’s…
ReviewScifi
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2023, Volume 145 #770 (magazine review).
Many Science Fiction authors consult experts to help them with technical details when the direction of their writing takes them away from their…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Artist #8 (magazine review).
I was fortunate enough to win some early issues of ‘Comic Book Artist’ at an auction. Issue 8 is notably text-heavy. While the…
NewsScifi
Webcam: short scifi film (video: in full).
Webcam is a poignant short science fiction film set in a dystopian future, directed by Nicolás Delgado de la Cámara. The film stars…
ReviewSuperheroes
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (TV series blu-ray review)
Trying to find disk version of ‘She-Hulk: Attorney At Law’ has been a pain in the whatsit. Putting a search on the…
TrailerFantasy
Avatar The Last Airbender: Netflix live action TV re-boot (trailer).
In the universe of TV adaptations, the journey from animation to live-action is fraught with more pitfalls than a booby-trapped temple in an…