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Armageddon Time (2022) – I can’t validate the numerous comparisons that have been made with Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (not yet having seen the latter), but I can recommend this story of a family of New York Jews at the dawn of the Reagan era, which features themes of racism and classism, and a strange …
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016) – An alternatively exuberant and depressing documentary about the history of the cassette tape (invented in 1963) and its democratizing effect on music culture. Includes interviews with celebs like Henry Rollins, enthusiastic collectors, and the near-monosyllabic Dutch inventor who acts like he’d rather talk about anything else. Little Children (2006) …
If you haven’t been watching Apple TV+’s new drama series Severance, you’re really missing out on an unsettling, thoughtful, and rewarding sci-fi mystery. Severance centers around Mark S (Adam Scott), an employee of Lumon, an enigmatic technology corporation. Lumon offers select employees the option to “sever” their work selves from their off-duty selves via a computer chip implanted …
Many of you who’ve visited this magazine over the last few months have probably been asking “What the heck is anime and manga?” hey are indeed mysterious terms to the average American; less so to kids nowadays; and even less so if you’re into comic books and cartoons. And that’s exactly what they are: comic books …
Now that Star Trek: Voyager is wrapping up its sixth season, speculations are at a fever pitch over what direction the Trek franchise will take. If Paramount sticks to tradition, Voyager will end with Season Seven, and for the first time in many years television will be without a Federation presence. Hard-core fans are lobbying for a series starring George Takei …
Here’s a rare photo of Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek‘s Mr. Spock) in a 1985 lecture appearance at the University of Kentucky. He’s captured saluting the audience with his trademark Vulcan greeting. Included in the photo are ticket stubs to the lecture. Younger fans may not know that Nimoy had a love/hate relationship with his sci-fi …
B5‘s Jerry Doyle Makes a Run for Congress! Babylon 5, after five seasons and five telefilms, has gone into retirement. But Jerry Doyle (who played Security Chief Michael Garibaldi on the show) isn’t sitting still. He’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives in California’s 24th Congressional District. As a Republican. We contacted Jerry (“Call …
First aired on CBS on 20 February 2000 Starring Matthew Modine and Kelli Williams No spaceships. No aliens. No phasers. No mysterious plagues. No super-villains bent on world domination. Flowers for Algernon is perfect science fiction. It ought to be: it’s based on Daniel Keyes’ 1959 Hugo Award-winning short story (and 1966 Nebula Award-winning novel-length version). …