Science Fiction

‘Tomorrowland’: The latest cult classic from Damon Lindelof, or possibly just a bad film (Movie review)

The first thing I did after watching “Tomorrowland” and discussing its peculiarities with my buddy Michael was to look up articles explaining what the hell happened in

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‘Wayward Pines’ riffs on other puzzle-box shows

“Wayward Pines” (8 p.m. Central Thursdays on Fox) starts off with the same eyeball-to-overhead-shot opening pan-out as “Lost” – with Matt Dillon in place of Matthew

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: Rising Storm’ (2002) (Book review)

After “Infiltrator” (2001) rather leisurely explored the John-Sarah relationship, added Dieter to the brotherhood of the brave and chronicled yet another attack on Cyberdyne, “Rising Storm” (2002)

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Garland smartly explores artificial intelligence in sparsely beautiful ‘Ex Machina’ (Movie review)

“Ex Machina” could be a stage play, as it features four actors in various austere rooms of an isolated scientific compound. Writer Alex Garland, who also

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All 8 long-running ‘Star Wars’ Legends comics series, ranked (Comic book commentary)

With the new ongoing Marvel comic series, not to mention the trailers for “Episode VII” and “Rebels” Season 2, drawing interest from new and casual

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‘Terminator’ flashback: ‘T2: Infiltrator’ (2001) (Book review)

Not counting the novelizations, it took a remarkable 17 years after the first movie for the first “Terminator” book to be released: S.M. Stirling’s “T2: Infiltrator” (2001),

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Old Republic: The Lost Suns’ (2011) (Comic book review)

“The Old Republic” franchise – which is cranking out expansions to the game to this day – used the platforms of comics and novels primarily

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The Old Republic’ webcomics (2010) (Comic book reviews)

There are two ways to approach video game tie-in comics – in a way that appeals to comic book fans, or in a way that

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dawn of the Jedi: Prisoner of Bogan’ (2012-13) and ‘Force War’ (2013-14) (Comic book reviews)

Wrapping up their “Dawn of the Jedi” trilogy, writer John Ostrander and artist/co-writer Jan Duursema deliver a strong character piece with the five-issue “Prisoner of Bogan” (2012-13) and an

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm’ (2012) (Comic book review)

Does “Star Wars” history feel historic enough? My gut reaction is “no” – I felt that way when first exposed to “Tales of the Jedi”

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