40+ is a novella with a powerful hook but is hampered by a few things, including how short it is. It would be easy to imagine it expanded into a larger novel, detailing both the world as it was and how the change affected it.
Too long ago, I announced a series where I would periodically review a few movies from the Dust YouTube channel. Well, it’s finally time to return. I’ve selected three short films. Each is different. Each is exciting. And each shows a wildly different future.
I will not say The Adam Project is a unique movie. Barring a few moments of extreme narrative creativity, it’s got all the tropes you’d expect and runs through them with a blistering pace.
(With season two already out, I figured it was as good a time as any to bring back my original review of this complex and clever series. If you’ve not caught up, this might convince you.) Originally Published: June 8th, 2020 Upload Is Some Excellent Science Fiction Upload was on my watch list for months before…
For those that don’t know, genre functions mostly as a marketing vehicle. It’s there to help sell it to the right customer base. That’s not to diminish your favorite genre, or any genre: that’s simply their base function.
Well, I hope all’s been going well with you. My guests have gone back to their various dimensions and what counts as a hangover for a being like me has mostly faded.
Welcome to the first Friday Fiction of 2022!
The last day of 2021 is finally here. It took so long, but we’ve arrived at the summit. So, to finish it out, we’ve got the beginning of a story.
A family is in trouble. Their only source of heat is gone, and no hope seems left. But, sometimes, the holidays bring surprises.
When the holiday season is interrupted by a deadly crisis, what’s a family to do?
We promised you a future, dear reader, but we never said how far forward it was going to be.
To call Circle an intense film is to undersell it. Utilizing almost only a single location, this death game story touches upon politics, human nature, mercy, and bigotry. It uses a very simple premise and plays it straight and is one of the best-paced films I’ve seen in a long time.
