Following up his exciting body of work, novelist/screenwriter/director Alex Garland has chosen his next project. After his director debut with last summer’s acclaimed hit Ex Machina, Garland will direct and adapt Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation. The book, published in 2014, describes what happens when a team heads inside a place known only as Area X. The…
I understand that the above title may come across as slightly disingenuous since the picture in reference (to clarify, Jiminy) does contain some visual effects. However, an undeniable fact still stands: some of the greatest stories ever told have been tales not of the clash of massive starships amidst the black vacuum of space, nor colossal transforming…
We know that science fiction isn’t always given a fair shot when it comes to award seasons. There are famous snubs of statuettes and the offering of technical awards as an olive branch by the Academy without really attempting to admit that a sci-fi film be mentioned, or albeit win, a major category. As a…
