“First of His Name” brings us halfway through the fourth season of the spectacular Game of Thrones, and pretty much nowhere else. After last episode’s revelations, the fifth one feels like an obliged step to stabilize the situation in King’s Landing and let everyone prepare for the second act. We begin with young Tommen Baratheon, First…
In a few days, the only wall-crawler we aren’t completely terrified of will finally return in his latest movie, The Amazing Spider-Man 2! The second chapter will be brought to life by the talented filmmaker Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer), the same mind behind the first of the reboots. In this sequel, the “with great power comes…
If last episode’s review taught us that one of the commandments of Game of Thrones is “No One Is Safe,” the most recent show indisputably confirmed yet another constant in George R.R. Martin’s world: after a mind-blowing twist or event, for at least the next two episodes nothing is going to happen. This is probably one…
Tomorrow, a very promising adventure led by the one and only Johnny Depp will be released: Transcendence, a new sci-fi thriller from the mind of Wally Pfister (this being his directing debut). The film follows a group of scientists who are trying to create the first self-aware supercomputer. The mastermind behind this project is Depp’s character,…
WARNING: Heavy spoilers ahead. IT IS BACK! Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for, the epic return of Game of Thrones! Our expectations have never been higher and we are prepared to have our minds blown one episode after another. Let’s take a look at the latest installment of the new season. If the first…
When watching Game of Thrones, I find myself thinking (more times than I’d like to admit), “Wait, who is this? Which house? Why is he killing that guy?!” Now that the exciting fourth season is about to start, I would like to prevent further recurrences of this awkward moment for people like me (as in, those…
If I had to choose one word to describe the recently released Divergent movie, it would be “exception,” because that’s exactly what the film represents to me. The rule is that, usually, a book is far superior to its cinematic adaptation. How can we forget the countless works of art that felt so amazing on paper,…
Divergent (published May 3rd, 2011) is the first chapter of Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy, followed by Insurgent (2012) and Allegiant (2013). The novel takes place in a futuristic Chicago in which the population is divided into 5 factions: Abnegation, meant for the selfless, Amity, for the peaceful, Candor, for those who value the truth above all else, Dauntless, for the…
In less than three months, the most ferocious lizard in the history of cinema will be making its epic return to the big screen. I’m of course talking about Godzilla, the well known kaiju (a Japanese word literally translated as “strange beast,” generally used to indicate a giant monster) created in 1954 by the hands of…
(WARNING: In case the title wasn’t clear enough, mild sexual content lies ahead.) In the realm of science fiction, particularly under the headings of both film and television, it is a widely known fact that when two attractive people/creatures of opposite (or perhaps not-so-opposite) sexes encounter one another, they are likely going to, in many cases, end…
The following piece was written by Alice Rosso prior to the release of the first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer. While there is a Trailer Talk review is available, you may still read and enjoy these thoughts that were had ere the preview’s release. —D. Alexander, The Editor Finally, comic book lovers the world over can rejoice! This year,…
When we think about aliens the first things that come into our mind are all the invasion-oriented sci-fi movies in which enormous and unforgiving monsters arrive on Earth to conquer all and extinguish the human race. We don’t need to do a Google search to recall in our minds an endless list of movies like…
