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‘Terminator Salvation’ Delivers Action but Little Real Drama

     Terminator Salvation is a solid entertainment but unfortunat...

science-fiction
science-fiction
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Crosses the Red Line—Honorably

    No concluding episode could live up to the overall accomplishment ...

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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ Opens OK at Box Office Despite Horrible Reviews

      The new remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still is get...

genres
TNT’s Latest ‘Librarian’ Movie Premieres Tonight

    TNT's Librarian film series is highly enjoyable entertainment with...

commerce
Revelations: Extraterrestrial Societies, How to Make Oil

  What extraterrestrial societies could tell us about ourselves if they existed;...

genres
‘Fringe’ Updates ‘X-Files’ with ’60s-Style Optimism

    Fox's well-received new series Fringe is something of a throwback ...

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Downey to Lead Genre-Bender

Robert Downey Jr., star of the megahit movie Iron Man, has signed on for a new film that c...

books
Thoughts on Arthur C. Clarke

The acclaimed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was difficult to categorize. That's ...

books
The Case for Fredric Brown

The mid-century mystery and science-fiction master Fredric Brown deserves much greater rec...

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The Light in “Dark” Fiction

"Dark" fiction can have highly positive values behind it, writes S. T. Karnick. ...

genres
BBC’s Excellent “Life on Mars”

My favorite BBC programming has always been its mystery series, and the best of those are ...

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Golden Compass Sliding Outside U.S.

Planned sequels to failed pro-atheism children's film are increasingly unlikely. ...

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“Golden Compass” Movie Opens Today

The controversial fantasy film The Golden Compass opens today in theaters across the Unite...

genres
Master Storyteller

Critic John J. Miller has published a very informative interview with Robert E. Howard sch...

science-fiction
ABC to Present “Masters of Science Fiction”

I'm not a big fan of science fiction, but this sounds interesting (from AP):[Masters of Sc...

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The Admirable Conciseness of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer topped the U.S. box office during the past...

mysteries
More on Lord Darcy

Matthew Bowman of Christendom College posted a very interesting comment on my article on R...

books
Can We Judge Literature?

I stirred up some concerns among PKD fans with my Philip K. Dick article, which was cross-...

books
Philip K. Dick Canonized

It's official: Philip K. Dick is a great writer, according to the Library of America. As t...

genres
Deja Vu and Time Travel Fiction

 Two time travel movies are premiering today, and a none of those astounding mysterie...

mysteries
Lord Darcy Online

I have some good news for you regarding Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy mysteries, which I hi...

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The Devil Went Down to the Multiplex

The first installment of Philip Pullman's anti-Christian, pro-"Lucifer" children...

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Audiences, Critics Disagree on Summer’s Superhero Movies

The Hollywood Reporter observes that audiences and critics differed greatly on the merits ...

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Richard Matheson’s Evocative Vampire-Zombie Story

Warners Bros. has announced that its film adaptation of I Am Legend, the 1953 horror novel...