Things Happening Now: World War Z, Shoot the WISB, and Women Authors
What’s going on over at the Skiffy and Fanty compound? Quite a lot, actually! First up, authors Emma Newman and Susan Bigelow joined the S&F crew to talk about science fiction and fantasy by women. I quite enjoyed the direction we went after listing some of our favorite female authors, especially since we covered things […]
Shoot the WISB #02: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Reviewed w/ Paul Weimer and Jay Garmon
Spoiler Alert: the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; if you wish to see the film without having it ruined for you, download this podcast and save it for later. Paul Weimer (website / twitter) and Jay Garmon (website / twitter) join me to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly […]
Movie Review: Iron Man 3 (2013)
If this is the end of Robert Downey, Jr.’s Iron Man films, then he’s certainly left with a bang. While far from perfect, Iron Man 3 (2013) continues Stark’s emotional development with the same humor and action we have come to expect. But it is also an unexpectedly deep look at Stark as a man amidst increasingly […]
Movie Review: Oblivion (2013)
(This review is as spoiler free as I can make it. In doing so, there are a lot of things that I’ll say without context, as the particularities of certain characters or plot elements have not been revealed in the trailers and are rather important to the viewing experience — mystery!) Tom Cruise’s new science […]
Mid-Year Movie Roundup: My Brief Thoughts On What I’ve Seen So Far This Year
Thus far this year, I have seen the following movies: Chronicle The Hunger Games The Avengers Prometheus John Carter Snow White and the Huntsman American Reunion The Cabin in the Woods Not many, I know. Most of them are genre fiction, minus American Reunion. There are two proper science fiction movies (The Hunger Games and […]
Shoot the WISB #01: Prometheus (2012) Reviewed w/ Paul Weimer
Spoiler Alert: the following podcast contains spoilers for the film being reviewed; enjoy at your own risk (or something like that). Paul Weimer was kind enough to spend a little time with me talking about the release of Ridley Scott’s long-anticipated Alien prequel, Prometheus. If you’ve seen the film and want to offer your two […]