Science Fiction

Sean Williams carves out his ‘Star Wars’ niche in ‘The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance’ (Book review)

George Lucas conceived the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” so that “Star Wars” — like “Lord of the Rings”

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Golden keeps ‘Star Wars’ galaxy grounded in reality in ‘Fate of the Jedi: Allies’ (Book review)

With the prequels and a lot of the fiction that has come out since the prequels, we’ve been conditioned to think that anytime a Jedi

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How many times have you seen ‘Inception?’ (Movie review)

2010 finally has its first great movie, and it’s Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.” That shouldn’t be surprising since — now that I think about it — I’ve liked

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One more day until ‘Futurama’ returns and all is right with the world again (TV commentary)

“Futurama” made a habit of exposing — in a funny way — all that was wrong with the world when it ran from 1999-2003 on Fox.

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Catching up with ‘Being Erica’ (TV review)

The great thing about the TV conveniences of the 21st century (Hulu, DVRs and DVDs) is that not only can you watch shows outside of

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‘Pandorum,’ ‘Daybreakers,’ ‘Youth in Revolt,’ ‘Kick-Ass’ (Movie reviews)

When you’re hanging out with old friends, watching a movie is often the last resort when looking for something to do. After all, you can’t

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State of Television Address: Returning shows (Commentary)

With last week’s “Glee” season capper, we’ve come to the end of the TV year (more or less), and I’m ready for my State of

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Summer movie preview: 10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing (Commentary)

Sorry I’m late with my summer movie column this year. But at least I’m getting it out by Memorial Day, which used to mark the

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Fond farewell: ‘Lost’ (TV review)

On Tuesday morning, television is going to look a lot worse than it does right now. On Sunday, we’ll say farewell to “Lost,” and on

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Happy 30th anniversary to ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (Movie commentary)

On Friday, “The Empire Strikes Back” marks its 30th anniversary. That’s right, 30 years ago, the movie industry was capable of putting out a Memorial Day weekend

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