Sometimes I Feel Pretentious

I saw Elysium last week.  It's taken me a while to comment on Neil Blomkamp's newest sci-fi effort for the simple reason that almo...

Don't let the title of this blog fool you.  Europa Report , which was initially released to video on demand (in my case, Amazon Direc...

So, caveat emptor .  Pacific Rim , Guillermo del Toro's newest and most commercial foray into the summer blockbuster is big, loud, dum...

Movies this good make me wonder just what writers and producers in Hollywood spend all their time up to.  It's so rich and spare and wel...

So, it's not often that I get excited about Star Wars anymore.  I'm interested to see what Disney has to offer, but I'm not exci...

I like boring sci-fi.  I like the science fiction where not a lot happens.  I like exploring derelict space ships, the limits of human und...

Here's what I don't get: People.  In science fiction and fantasy.  The central conceit in all (or so near to all that the rest jus...

H.P. Lovecraft might be the most influential American author of the twentieth century that you've never heard of.  Chances are you kno...