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Star Trek

question of the day: What are the best insignificant details you’ve seen in a movie?

Thu, Aug 04, 2011
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If “god is in the details” then isn’t great moviemaking also in the details?

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question of the day: What are the makings of a great science fiction hero?

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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SFX magazine recently conducted a poll to determine the Top 10 Sci-fi Icons Of All Time, and the just-published results are a tad surprising…

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Battleship (teaser trailer)

Thu, Jul 28, 2011
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In case there was any doubt, there is now a genre of Hollywood film known at “The Michael Bay Movie”…

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‘The Hobbit’ drains the hotness from its hot dwarves

Sun, Jul 17, 2011
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Dammit! I knew this was gonna happen! They buried the beauty of Richard Armitage under makeup…

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question of the day: What is the appeal of steampunk?

Wed, Jul 06, 2011
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This is my theory: Steampunk is about looking ahead and seeing magnificent airships plying blue skies, not global warming or nuclear war…

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Saturday cute: Spock and Bones are friends forever!

Sat, Jul 02, 2011
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Out of their Vulcan and human minds with hugs!

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (review)

Tue, Jun 28, 2011
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Ewww. It’s got Michael Bay’s jingo-jism all over it.

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Super 8 movie review: all about Steve

Thu, Jun 16, 2011
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Is it weird that the overwhelming feeling I’m left with after Super 8 is one of a nostalgic melancholy?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: 50th anniversary ideas, please…

Tue, Jun 07, 2011
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I think it might be nice, as a nod to the original conception of the show as educational, to do a purely historical story: one with no SF elements whatsoever. A story set in 1963 that highlighted how the world has changed in half a century could be really interesting…

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Friday night fortune cookie: Dr. Tolian Soran says…

Fri, May 27, 2011
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“Time is the fire in which we burn.”

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