Independent filmmaking is an important part of American cinema. Films that aren’t tied to massive budgets or governed by large studios tend to be more free to take risks and explore new possibilities of stories and their telling.
(Hello! Welcome to a new mini-series of sorts I’m calling “It Came From The Archives!” where we highlight old articles that we’ve had on the site. Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of our usual content coming out, we just wanted to pay tribute to our older articles. Enjoy this blast from the past! – Brandon…
This is a guest piece written by author Collin Pearman. His novel, A Timeless Abandon, was reviewed by our site and is available online today. With that said, enjoy the article. Minor spoilers below for The 100, season 2, and The Walking Dead, season 5. I’ve been thinking a lot about the technology of today’s sci-fi….
Before we begin, I’d like everyone to wish our friend Gene Hoyle—a winner from our last contest—a speedy recovery. He just had a brain aneurysm, but don’t worry, he’s going to be okay. Everyone send good thoughts his way! Alright, now, back to less serious stuff. Everyone, this is the moment you’ve all been waiting…
Congratulations again to the winners of our last contest and thanks again to all who voted! Our next contest is a Meme Contest! This contest type was also chosen by the Sci-Fi Bloggers community. Thanks again to all who voted to help pick these contest themes. For any who don’t know, a meme looks like…
Guys, before you are told who the winners of our contest our, take a look at this. Our Contest Manager and myself, the Editor-in-Chief of the site, decided to have fun with your captions. We read Honorable Mentions, sneaked in an “Editor’s Choice Award”, a read off the top five comments. THE WINNERS WILL BE…
Warning: minor spoilers for season 3 of The 100 and season 4 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Two different shows, two different takes on the hive mind trope. One comes from an A.I. that interfaces with humanity by downloading people’s brains (The 100, season 3), the other an ancient inhuman (an alien-human hybrid with powers,…
Tuning in… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of…
Tuning in… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose…
Tuning in… LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please? You’ve been patient. You’ve been diligent. You’ve been loyal. Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose…
WARNING: The article below was written for people who have already seen 10 Cloverfield Lane. Yeah, I know, this is a little late, even by our standards. Kidding, we’re more up-to-date now, at least I like to think so. But it’s here now! And funny thing about it, it’s not incredibly surprising how great it was….
Hello there, and welcome to Today’s Short, where we go over short films in the genres of both science fiction and fantasy. Today’s short film: “Temple”. Let’s take a look! Director Nguyen-Anh Nguyen achieved a degree of notoriety as a filmmaker with his 2014 Akira fan film (or rather fan-made trailer) that received over three million views online. That project,…
