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Season Of Skulls (book 3 of The New Management, a Laundry Files novel, book 12) by Charles Stross.
It’s not often I start a book review with an apology, but I do now. In my review of the ‘Quantum Of Nightmares’,…
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Death’s sabbatical: why characters can’t stay six feet under (article: video).
The modern cinema landscape, where mortality is as flexible as a contortionist at a circus. Remember the good old days when the Grim…
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Build Me Up (short science fiction film: in full).
In the distant, frigid future of a barren Earth, robot siblings Vera and Sprocket face the most human of challenges: grief. Their creator,…
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65 (2023) by Mark R. Leeper : a film review.
’65’ seems to have experienced some major concept changes during production or the right hand and left hand simply weren’t communicating. THIS IS…
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Waterworld: gills, thrills, and budget spills (scifi movie retrospective).
C.D. here is for his take of the scifi movie Waterworld. A film that set out to make waves but mostly ended up…
August 2023
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Buddy Bot: short scifi film (video: in full).
Ever wondered what would happen if you could hack into your babysitter and reprogram them for “fun?” Well, teenager Adam Stephanson finds out…
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Plant: short scifi film in full (video).
In this short science fiction film, Plant, we’re in the not-too-distant future, where mankind has been expelled from Earth since the planet is…
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Rollerball (1975): into the dystopian future (scifi movie retrospective).
In the realm of science fiction cinema, few films have managed to capture the zeitgeist of their era while also predicting the future…
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Venomous Lumpsucker sucks up prestigious 2023 Clarke Award (award news).
To the shock, awe, and suppressed giggles of the literary world, Venomous Lumpsucker has claimed the 37th Arthur C. Clarke Award for the…
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The Man With The Magic Box (2017): a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
‘The Man With The Magic Box’ is a Polish film that shows influences from ‘Men In Black’, ‘GATTACA’, Tarkovsky and several other sources,…
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Phoenix 9 (short scifi movie: in full).
Phoenix 9 delves into a post-apocalyptic 2039, where nuclear ravages have blighted the Earth. A band of desperate survivors, seeking refuge from a…
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Dune (1984): the Sandworms of cinematic missteps (classic scifi film retrospective).
Dune – the 1984 cinematic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic novel. A film that promised the vastness of interstellar politics, the mystique of…