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 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,…
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, or films in this case, are those of the Lost Memories series on Vimeo. Let’s take a look! I find myself in an interesting position, in that I watched the sequel, Lost Memories 2.0, before…
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…
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. 2015 has been a good year for science fiction. Let’s be honest. TV shows like The 100, iZombie, The Expanse, 12 Monkeys, and The Walking…
NOTE: There will be no major spoilers in this review. 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. However, sometimes this goes too far,…
Exploits in Time is not a fiction book. At least not in the traditional sense. First off because it’s a collection of short stories, but that’s not what I mean. What I mean is it’s wholly unlike anything I’ve read before. So much so that I’m uncertain on how to go about reviewing it. It…
Dear Readers, I wanted to let you know what’s been happening behind the scenes here at Sci-Fi Bloggers. Some of you have been wondering where Friday Fiction wandered off to, or why articles have been less frequent. Some of you may be asking why less events such as our Veek of Blood and Week of Chaos have been…
Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus: two virtual reality experiments currently being tested by Oculus VR and Sony. Both pieces of technology boast that, for the first time, users can play their favorite games and watch their favorite movies as if they were there. The headsets look like something out of science fiction, except they’re not. …
I want one of those pins. So, I’ve heard great things about Tomorrowland and not-so-great things. I’ve heard the first two thirds are incredible and that the last twenty minutes are a huge disappointment. I’ve heard the performances are phenomenal on all fronts, that the direction is stunning, and that the mysteries of the film and how…
In the UK, three years before Captain Kirk boldly went where no man had gone before, a shabby-looking, blue police telephone box materialized out of thin air and into the hearts and minds of a new generation of viewers. The Doctor had just announced his presence to an early 60s Saturday teatime audience. The blue…
I was hooked instantly. That’s probably the best way to begin talking about this trailer. It doesn’t start with some vague threat, or generic establishing shot. It starts on a metaphor, a literal fable, one about unchanging nature. But whose? Humanity’s, or something else? Mysteries are a powerful tool, and this trailer wields it with…
