Pan movie review: a disaster of fantastically epic proportions
An embarrassingly empty pastiche of numerous beloved action blockbusters, all frenetic action and soulless mishmashes of fantasy imagery.
Star Wars
Paris photos: Star Wars cafe
Rue Dante is a bit of a geek quarter, home to a whole bunch of comics shops and this Star Wars-themed cafe.
Listening movie review: plug your ears
Naive, hamfisted, and amateurish indie sci-fi… but as hilarious as the clumsy, clichéd execution is, it still isn’t even worth it for the laughs.
London photos: sci-fi props and costumes up for auction
A bunch of way-cool props, costumes, and memorabilia from SF/F and adjacent movies and TV shows are on display at BFI IMAX ahead of an auction.
from Twitter: life as a dork
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Tomorrowland (aka Tomorrowland: A World Beyond) movie review: back to the future
It gets a tad heavy-handed, but my eyes welled with tears of geeky joy at the film’s embrace of an optimism it steadfastly refuses to see as old-fashioned.
a few thoughts about Game of Thrones S05 E05 (“Kill the Boy”) and open thread
Some heartstopping moments for Tyrion in this episode. At least he got in some sightseeing beforehand…
Seventh Son movie review: witches be crazy
Like Monty Python without the comedy, or at least without the intentional comedy. Jeff Bridges’ saving throw against the Phoning It In curse fails!
The Divergent Series: Insurgent movie review: being human
Sneakily undercuts tropes of the young-adult hero’s journey. But in a more adventurous movie environment, this wouldn’t feel this fresh as it does.
Jupiter Ascending movie review: princess drearies
Sees no need to engage metaphor or dispense with cliché, so when you haven’t seen it before, you can’t believe what you’re seeing. And not in a good way.
