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House of the Dragon, first episode review (video).
House of the Dragon has now landed on the streaming schedules, and it’s time to look at the first episode. Any good? Do…
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August 2022
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The Background of the First Dungeons & Dragons (video).
In this episode, we go deep into the background of a certain D&D ruleset. We’ll learn about the rules of “edition zero” of…
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Michael Moorcock’s Elric: Vol. 4: The Dreaming City by Julien Blondel, Jean-Luc Cano and Julien Telo (graphic novel).
‘Elric: The Dreaming City’ is the fourth and final volume, for now, in this adaptation of Moorcock’s albino hero by writer Julien Blondel,…
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Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman: so, is it any good on TV? (video).
Now, thanks to a new adaptation on Netflix that was produced by Neil Gaiman himself, The Sandman will finally have the opportunity to…
July 2022
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House of the Dragon: A New Reign, a featurette from HBO (video).
HBO are here to dish the goodies on the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. Will lightning strike twice? Who…
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The Bad Guys: a film mini-review by Evelyn C. Leeper.
‘The Bad Guys’ is the latest from DreamWorks, but it is strangely reminiscent of the Pixar film ‘The Incredibles’, especially the musical score,…
May 2022
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The Wheel of Time TV show from Amazon: the main thing that killed it (article: video).
MCT describes the one most important adaptational shift that damaged The Wheel of Time TV programme, proving to be an intractable problem from…
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With the long-awaited Citadel of Forgotten Myths, author Michael Moorcock returns to Elric! (video interview)
Michael Moorcock returns to Forbidden Planet TV to talk with Andrew Sumner about standing out for chaos and the imminent October release of…
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Jungle Cruise (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
Jungle Cruise (the movie) was based on “Jungle Cruise”, a Disneyland ride, so we weren’t expecting much, and were definitely pleasantly surprised. (Then…
April 2022
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Mayday : film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper.
In ‘Mayday’, Ana is a member of the hired help in a banquet hall, but she’s treated even worse than most of the…
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Wheel of Time TV series: first season review (video).
John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen, and Abby Goldsmith, join David Barr Kirtley to discuss Season 1 of the Amazon Prime streaming fantasy TV…
March 2022
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Cryptozoo (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
Cryptozoo is animated, but it is definitely not a children’s film. The animation is of a style reminiscent of that used in Fantastic…