Drama, Science Fiction, Television
TV: For All Mankind (Season 3)
For All Mankind set a tough act to follow with its breathtaking first season, but even now, growing more…
August 15, 2022-
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Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
The previous novels in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy played deft tricks with narrative, alternating viewpoints in clever, deceptive…
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Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Ms. Marvel (Season 1)
In the mid-2010s – “the Teens,” the “Tennies,” are we calling that decade anything yet? – I went through…
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Film, Science FictionFilm: Dune (Part One)
It usually pays off to follow director Denis Villeneuve wherever he goes, so how about to the planet Arrakis?…
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Comedy, Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: Everything Everywhere All at Once
There are no perfect films, but damn does Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) ever come close. Bringing uniquely…
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Comics, Film, Science FictionFilm – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Underwhelming outings aren’t uncommon in the MCU these days, but at least Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) delivers something…
June 7, 2022 -
Fiction, Mystery, Science FictionNovella: The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory
There are some writers who can gather disparate, seemingly incongruous influences and combine them unpredictably into something truly memorable.…
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Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: THX 1138
George Lucas’s directorial debut THX 1138 (1971) made a negligble impression on me when I saw it in my…
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Fiction, Science FictionNovel: The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
I have a feeling certain readers will dismiss Jennifer Egan’s The Candy House (2022) based on the unique circumstances…
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Comedy, Drama, Science FictionTV: Russian Doll (Season 2)
When I reviewed the first, brilliant season of Russian Doll at Lightspeed, I must have had a premonition when…
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Fantasy, Fiction, History, Science Fiction, World War IINovel: Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi
When it comes to “big idea” specfic, Hannu Rajaniemi is one of the best in the business. In his…
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Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Severance (Season 1)
Every writer probably comes across a show or four they imagine they should have written: a series that speaks…
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Comedy, Film, Games, Science FictionFilm: Free Guy
Say what you will about Free Guy (2021), it’s certainly specific. Indeed, part of the fun is imagining how…
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Comics, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Peacemaker (Season 1)
A sequel series, to a movie I didn’t see, set in a comic book universe I’ve never cared about?…
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Comedy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Search Party (Season 5)
In retrospect, Search Party was bound to lose its balance rather than stick the landing; what else would you…
March 14, 2022