NewsCons
Fantasycon-by-the-Sea 23rd – 25th September 2016 (event report).
There are many weird and wonderful places suitable for conventions. For those of you unfamiliar with Scarborough, imagine the landmark building as a…
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October 2016
October 2016
NewsScifi
Retrospective: Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959) (a film retrospective by Mark R. Leeper).
Prior to 1950, Science Fiction was a rarity in film. There was pulpish Science Fiction such as in the serials and ‘Dr. Cyclops’…
ReviewHorror
Vamp (1986) (DVD film review).
Two students AJ (actor Robert Rustler) and Keith (actor Chris Makepiece) wanting to join a college fraternity house want to get around the…
NewsCulture
Editorial – October 2016: The future is here and now but never gone.
The future is here and now but never gone. Hello everyone On a commercial level, the Internet has been in full swing since…
NewsScience
Mer-People: an article by: GF Willmetts,
The mythology of merman and mermaids have been quite prevalent in legends, so it’s hardly surprising that it also infiltrates modern day media.…
NewsScifi
The Last Poacher: a short story by: GF Willmetts.
I is David N’borro and this is our final hunt. Word came through in the night that poachers was seen crossing into the…
NewsFantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (film review by Frank Ochieng).
Well one certainly cannot accuse filmmaker Tim Burton from straying away from his trademark bizarre movie-making playbook. Perhaps Burton’s best asset when it…
ReviewFilms
Captain America: Civil War (2016) (Blu-ray film review).
In many respects, the film ‘Captain America: Civil War’ is an ‘Avengers’ film in all but name. It even introduces the Black Panther…
ReviewBooks
Comic Book Fever: A Celebration Of Comics: 1976-1986 by George Khoury (book review).
As the title of George Khoury’s book, ‘Comic Book Fever: A Celebration Of Comics: 1976-1986’ says, he’s going to be looking at the…
ReviewFantasy
The Queen Of The Tearling (book 1) by Erika Johansen (book review).
‘The Queen Of The Tearling’ is the first book in a trilogy by Erika Johansen about Kelsea Glynn, the heir to the throne…