Considering the Colloquium: Toronto specfic fans celebrate their literary love
Speculative fiction – that wonderful branch of literature that encompasses the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and all their cross-bred permutations – is often the maligned sibling of the...
View ArticleTake The Red Pill – The Matrix Conspiracy
I submit, for your conspiracy consideration, The Matrix – one of my all time favourite mind-blowing conspiracies. Now, I’ll admit that movie enthusiasts and college professors have ruined the...
View ArticleThe Steampunk Granny Takes on the 47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a fictional account of a real life group of samurai that lived in 18th century Japan. This fantasy action film, which was produced by Universal Studios, and directed by Carl Erik Rinsch,...
View ArticleHaunted Future: The Anime Brilliance of Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell looms large over contemporary sci-fi Take Blade Runner and draw a line from the 80s replicant noir to the 90s non-consensual machine-induced hallucinations of The...
View ArticleTwin Peaks S01 E04: The One-Armed Man
In the last episode of “Twin Peaks,” we met Laura’s look-a-like cousin Maddy and, we found out about a secret society. This is a town of secrets and Agent Cooper has his hands full of possible...
View ArticleAvengers Assemble S02 E23: Avengers’ Last Stand
After facing major big bads Thanos and Ultron earlier this season we finally get to the battle that’s been building since the seventh episode of “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” – the Avengers vs. the...
View ArticleThe Magicians S01 E08: The Strangled Heart
On last week’s episode of “The Magicians” the students traveled to Brakebills South and, Kady runs away from Penny. The Beast had made an appearance; Penny is in trouble and, Julia has to try and put...
View ArticleMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S03 E15: Spacetime
When Daisy sees into the dark future, the other Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. try to convince her that the future can be changed and isn’t set in stone. Hey, wait a minute, isn’t that the plot of Civil War...
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