You can tell a lot about a book by its first chapter. That’s because writers often use it for expressly that purpose. They have to sum up the tone, the characters, and the world, usually with only about twenty pages to work with. It’s no small feat, and that’s why I am so excited about…
On the nineteenth of September, a new movie based on a young-adult book trilogy is going to be released. Why should we care? Because it’s The Maze Runner and I couldn’t be more pumped about it! Let’s just forget about The Hunger Games and Divergent (which are still, in my opinion, good movies) for a moment…
Lately, it seems as though the primary rule when producing a science fiction film has become “it has to be a remake,” or, “it has to be a reboot,” or the infamous, “it has to be a sequel.” This being the case, the creators of the Transformers saga (Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers:…
Riding the wave of the “Miniseries Invasion,” the most ambitious project from Amazon Studios is now taking shape. I’m talking about Hand of God, a new sci-fi thriller with religious undertones directed by Marc Forster. This will be his TV directing debut after his amazing and impressive work with War World Z. The story focuses on…
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…
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,…
Spring is here and Summer is on its way—according to the calendar anyway. And that means only one thing: get ready for con season! Falling at the end of March, Emerald City Comicon may not be the very first convention of the year, but it seems to be the one to really kick off con…
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…
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,…
In the year 2028, OmniCorp Multinational is the leader in robotic technology and, thanks to its advanced products, has helped the United States succeed during countless wars. Living in this world is Alex Murphy, a husband and beloved father, as well as an honest police agent, always busy facing the rising power of criminals attempting to…
In less than two weeks from writing this, Thor: The Dark World will be unleashed into theaters. To my mind, it is the most interesting film remaining in the pre-Avengers 2 cycle we have going (Captain America 2 looks like it could be good but I have no idea what to make of The Guardians…
Blockbuster franchises are hard to come by. When one comes along, studios will do all they can to hold onto their respective cash cows. The Spider-Man franchise proved to be as much in 2002 with the release of the mega-blockbuster Sam Raimi film Spider-Man. This success followed into 2004’s superior effort Spider-Man 2 (a film…
