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JK Simmons: Super-santa? (film news)
Hey there, Santa enthusiasts! If you thought Old Saint Nick was just a jolly old man who loves cookies and milk, think again.…
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Breakthrough Listen: taking SETI to the next level (science video).
Breakthrough Listen is a project to search for intelligent extraterrestrial communications in the universe. With $100 million in funding and thousands of hours…
NewsFantasy
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (film review by Mark R. leeper).
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: This is called “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” to distinguish it from the *other* 2022 Pinocchio film, Pinocchio, which is…
NewsFantasy
‘Wendell & Wild’: a Netflix film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘Wendell & Wild’ is the second of three stop-motion films from Netflix this year. The other two being ‘The House’ (reviewed in the…
NewsScience
What if Earth and humanity emerge as the first early civilization – are we the elder race? (science video)
Isaac Arthur is here again to ponder whether as scientists continue to search the universe for signs of intelligent life, it is worth…
NewsFantasy
Red Sonja: the greatest fantasy barbarian, like, ever? (comic-book retrospective)
Ed and Jim sit down to examine Red Sonja, that fair sword-wielding warrior from the Hyrkanian Age, a time predating recorded history. She…
NewsScifi
Stargate rebooted? Slowly and surely, Amazon Prime are laying their plans (TV news).
Amazon is reportedly looking to revive the Stargate franchise, and has been soliciting pitches for new science fiction series. Among those said to…
NewsScifi
Jettison directed by JJ Pollack from the DUST collection (short scifi film: in full).
Here’s Jettison, a short science fiction movie directed by JJ Pollack. In her quest to leave Earth and visit the heavens, restless teenage…
NewsHumour
Detectorists: 2022 TV Christmas Special (does it meet Ancient Aliens?)
The uniquely gentle British comedy series Detectorists, which follows the adventures of amateur metal detectorists Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones), is…
NewsHorror
Gremlins: a horror movie retrospective (audio format).
The Morgster is back with a horror movie retrospective, in audio format, of Gremlins, the 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by…
NewsScience
Forest of Mars: a real modest proposal that echoes the scifi classic Silent Running (science news).
If human population growth isn’t controlled, we will eventually run out of space on Earth. As the global population continues to grow, we…
NewsScifi
Eureka!, a short science fiction film from Laura Moss (with added Karen Gillan): full movie.
In Eureka!, a short science fiction film from the very talented director Laura Moss, an extraterrestrial creature who provided mankind with all of…