I was introduced to Tarzan of the Apes through the Ballantine softcover publications of the Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp classics. My father had collected and read collected those books during … Continue reading Pulp Novels Make For ‘The Greatest Adventure #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Let’s get to the point: it’s been a long time coming, hasn’t it? Two years next month, in fact. That’s when the first issue of Providence, the first of twelve … Continue reading End Of The World & Beginning Of Yuggoth In ‘Providence #12’ On The Wednesday Run
David Bowie starred in quite a few movies during his career, including Labyrinth, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and Absolute Beginners. Perhaps none is more metatextual, however, than Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 … Continue reading Now Streaming On Shudder: Nicolas Roeg’s ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’
In medias res. In the middle of things. Boy, the old Latin language can sure sound an interesting turn of phrase, here in the twentieth century, can’t it? It’s the … Continue reading In Medias Res Is A Good Start With “Paper Girls #11” On The Wednesday Run
TIFF’s been doing a retrospective on the German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. A prodigious wunderkind of the seventies German New Wave, he died of a drug overdose at 37, leaving behind … Continue reading The Matrix Preloaded: World on a Wire
Holee molee there’s a litany of awesome creator-owned science-fiction and fantasy comic books around these days! From Seven to Eternity to Black Science to Saga to Monstress, to Red Thorn … Continue reading Trip Through The “Ether #1” On The Wednesday Run
Arrival …um …arrived in US theaters over the weekend. Based on Ted Chiang’s Nebula and Sturgeon award winning novella, The Story of Your Life, the movie opened to mostly good … Continue reading By the Book: Arrival
As regularly occurs at least once or twice a year, last week I began sifting though my collection of old comic book sci-fi and fantasy magazines published in the early … Continue reading Now Is The Time For “Seven To Eternity #1” On The Wednesday Run
Amy Adams is having a pretty great year. It’s only going to get better. With two top-flight films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, she’s this year’s Benedict Cumberbatch. … Continue reading TIFF 2016 Review: “Arrival” delivers thoughtful sci-fi with a heartfelt twist
Back in the early 1980s, when I first began reading comic books, I was immediately drawn to titles firmly based in the science fiction genre. Of course, that was right … Continue reading Their End Is Your Beginning In The Collected “The Omega Men: The End Is Here” On The Wednesday Run
When I grow up I want to be a pirate airship captain. On this edition of Creations of Chaos, it’s Studio Ghibli’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky.
The new story trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One just dropped. There’s a nice chunk of juicy narrative morseldom dished out in its two minutes and fifteen seconds. And possibly the most … Continue reading Rogue One: Into Darthness Trailer Drops
