Comics, Film, Science Fiction
Film: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Nobody was happier than I was when Marvel started to conquer Hollywood, but it’s been losing its mojo for…
March 7, 2023-
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Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I missed the hullabaloo surrounding Susanna Clarke’s debut, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which didn’t seem like my kind…
February 18, 2023 -
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: 1899
It’s easy to see why Netflix’s 1899 was green-lit. A complex, period mystery box set on a ship, from…
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Comics, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Alice in Borderland (Season 1 & 2)
Whenever a series escalates into a truly obsessive binge for me, I start questioning whether it’s actually a great…
February 1, 2023 -
Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Rabbits by Terry Miles
Terry Miles’ Rabbits (2021) is definitely my kind of book: a fast-paced, inventive adventure full of secret realities and…
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Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
If there’s a defining drawback to Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, it may be the way it cherishes…
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Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Don’t Worry Darling
Early on, it didn’t seem likely to me that Don’t Worry Darling (2022)—a major release that saw as much…
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Drama, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Shining Girls
Based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, Shining Girls is another accomplished effort from Apple, a creepy crime tale…
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Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The City Inside by Samit Basu
Sometimes it’s impossible to turn off your internal editor/writer brain when you’re reading, and while that can be horribly…
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Science Fiction, Spies, TelevisionTV: Andor (Season 1)
I can’t be alone in my complicated relationship with Star Wars; the franchise did, after all, play a huge…
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Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: High-Rise
Somehow, I made it through High-Rise (2015) without knowing it was based on a J.G. Ballard novel—which, in retrospect,…
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Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
For accessible, engaging storytelling, Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranqiuility (2022) is unsurprisingly successful, a quick and effortless…
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Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Crimes of the Future
Writer-director David Cronenberg returns to his speculative roots with Crimes of the Future (2022), an unsettling blend of body…
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Comedy, Film, Horror, Science FictionFilm: Nope
Clearly there’s something about the artistry of Jordan Peele’s films that appeals to me, because even in the case…
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Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus
I love an inventive, close-to-home space opera with political edge–think The Expanse, or Ian McDonald’s Luna trilogy. Maurice Broaddus’s…
October 18, 2022