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Not for the faint of heart – or the easily offended. It is full of gore, violence, seedy graphic sex (both heterosexual and homosexual) and language that would make a sailor blush.

If you’re a fan of the 1927 silent science fiction classic Metropolis, I’ve got some news for you: you haven’t seen the whole movie. In fact, you don’t know the half of it. Literally.
This past summer, film archivists discovered Fritz Lange’s director’s cut of the 1927 film that has been thought lost for 80 years.
The [...]

Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire tickles your brain as well as your funny bone.

What do you get when you re-make a classic landmark of science fiction film history like the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still?

Better yet, throw in box-office favorite Keanu Reeves as the alien with the warning to humanity and replace the cold war message with one dealing with today’s obsession about environmental catastrophe.

Thish is edited by me, Ruth R. Davidson, after a bit of bribery. The cover art is by the supremely talented siblings Lee & JJ MacFaddden. I love the cover art! The N3F Elections are really exciting. I can hardly wait to vote! I haven’t been this excited for our own elections for a [...]

A new CD by Blackmore’s Night called Secret Voyage is coming out soon (though I got sick before I could post this and so it may be out already). I managed to get my hands on a review copy from Victor of Special Ops Media, and of course the deal was to write a [...]

Slightly pudgy and not traditionally handsome, British comedian Ricky Gervais takes the lead in a romantic comedy fantasy about a man who wakes up one day and realizes he can see dead people.

What happens when the typical mad scientist’s loyal henchmen decided to go into business for himself?

The newest high-profile science fiction TV series debuted this past week. Created by J.J. Abrams (LOST), it follows the live of a government agent who stumbles upon one the biggest secrets in the world – and she finds out there is no going back. Following is a review of the pilot episode of this new series, [...]

Vin Diesel in his big screen comeback. But the studio refused to show this film to critics, afraid that bad press word-of-mouth would keep attendance and ticket sales down.

The Good

Great well-known and loved cast.

The Bad

The movie’s director has trashed the film, saying the studio hacked the heart out of it.
Disjointed characters and plot.

Full Review

OPENS: August [...]