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- 1. So Neil Gaiman is a Scientologist, you say?
- (Fantasy books)
- ... adaptation of Beowulf, all qualities that are quite alien, or at least underplayed in the Anglo-Saxon source material. Oh my god(s), Neil Gaiman is really a Jew! Or a Christian! Must be time for a book ...
- Created on 08 July 2010
- 2. Anthony Hopkins joins Branagh's Thor as Odin
- (Fantasy films)
- ... of strength and wisdom. He sacrifices his eye in exchange for knowledge. Anthony Hopkins seems like the perfect choice all things considered. Hopkins was great in Beowulf in a similar role as a powerful ...
- Created on 31 October 2009
- 3. Cameron's Avatar a 3D drug trip?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... addicted to 3D films? I’m not sure reality will ever match the hype, but I’m certainly keen to see how close it comes. The last 3D movie I saw, Robert Zemeckis’s excellent animated feature Beowulf, certainly ...
- Created on 30 April 2009
- 4. Outlander trailers and teasers available
- (Fantasy films)
- Last year we wrote with some optimism about Howard McCain's forthcoming Viking Sci-Fi adventure Outlander (or is it a Sci-Fi Viking adventure?). Back then it still had a projected release of early 2008, ...
- Created on 06 August 2008
- 5. Are you getting superhero fatigue? What if Brad Pitt was Thor?
- (Fantasy films)
- ... I’ll take what I can get. (SFFMedia recently had the opportunity to ask Neil if he was considering giving The Saga of the Volsungs the Beowulf treatment and he graciously humoured us with “I wouldn’t rule ...
- Created on 20 May 2008
- 6. 3D SF thriller! Spielberg and Ghost in the Shell
- (Science fiction films)
- ... The Adventures of Tin Tin. Hopefully, like Zemeckis' 3D Beowulfreleased last year, these upcoming 3D movies will give the movie going public another reason to leave their living rooms and step into the ...
- Created on 16 April 2008
- 7. Zemeckis' Beowulf: A hero for our less heroic times?
- (Fantasy films)
- For all the differences with the Old English epic on which it is based, Robert Zemeckis’ 3D Beowulf is superb cinematic entertainment. Changes have been introduced, but they are fewer than you might think ...
- Created on 28 December 2007
- 8. Beowulf giving boom for your action packed CGI buck
- (Fantasy films)
- If you’re expecting a faithful rendition of the Old English poem, Beowulf, you will quickly discover that Robert Zemeckis’ movie is probably more concerned with demonstrating what wonders can be achieved ...
- Created on 10 December 2007
- 9. Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit in 3D?
- (Fantasy films)
- Hard and fast on the bloody trail of Beowulf in 3D comes the rumour of a 3D version of The Hobbit, in two parts to be directed by Peter Jackson. Wow... Peter Jackson IS Directing The Hobbit - In 3D! is ...
- Created on 06 December 2007
- 10. Outlander – James Caviezel plays another extraterrestrial
- (Fantasy films)
- ... in Howard McCain’s Outlander (2008). Set in Norway, circa 709 AD, Outlander is a hybrid of two genres: ancient epic, Beowulf in this case, spliced with a science fiction rationalisation for the prowess ...
- Created on 26 November 2007
- 11. Will Cameron's Avatar spark a 3D revolution?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... biggest gun yet in Hollywood's growing arsenal of F/X". Most of the major studios have two or three 3D movies already in production. A 3D version of Beowulf starring Angelina Jolie will test the waters ...
- Created on 31 October 2007
- 12. Beowulf
- (Fantasy films)
- Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will hack a bloody swathe through our cinemas this November. The latest in a long and otherwise uninspiring string of adaptations of the epic Anglo Saxon poem, ...
- Created on 15 September 2007
- 13. Escape From New York: yet another remake
- (Science fiction films)
- ... Plissken, which is promising. Butler has more than redeemed himself with his ferocious performance as Leonidas in 300 after the dire Beowulf and Grendel. And last, but not least, and most promising of ...
- Created on 02 September 2007
- 14. Best/worst film adaptation of a literary work?
- (Science fiction books)
- ... Goldman Worst Beowulf & Grendel (starring Gerard Butler, who is far more convincing in 300!!) based on Beowulf Dune (David Lynch) based on Dune by Frank Herbert (I confess to liking this ...
- Created on 24 April 2007
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Written by Gerard Wood
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
Written by John Howell
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
Written by John Howell
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
Written by John Howell
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
Written by John Howell
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
Written by John Howell
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
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