PRESS RELEASE As part of its Orbiter Year-Round Series, Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival is excited to present the Texas premiere of the SciFi thriller CAPSULE on Wednesday, September 21 (9:00pm) at Flix Brewhouse. Writer/Director Andrew Martin and Producer Paul Forrest will do a Q&A via Skype after the screening. In the award-winning film […]
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Lost Signals: Invisible Man (2000)
In 2000, Syfy (then known as Sci Fi Channel) was undergoing a transition in programming that included the introduction of “original programming.” Among these new shows was Invisible Man, a heist show that mixed classic HG Welles science fiction with a modern comedy-drama. The story followed Darien Fawkes (Vincent Ventresca), an inept cat burglar who […]
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Wow—it’s hard to believe that this is my seventh appearance on the infamous NERD LUNCH PODCAST! Those gaggle of geeks—otherwise known as Jeeg, CT and Pax—were cool enough to invite me back on the show to chat about our new Kickstarter campaign, Bronarr and the weird world of science fantasy films. Specifically we review the […]
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Science and math have never been among my strongest skills. In fact, they’ve always kind of been boring subjects to me—I’m much more of a history buff. Look past their dull facade, though, and science becomes a little cooler. Extraterrestrials are real, functional proton packs are a possibility and time travel is as simple as […]
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Despite all the painfully useless and mundane crap that accumulates on the internet you can, at times, find some really cool stuff out there—most of which is made by true fans of the genre. Being a huge fan of the science fiction genre myself, I came across this wonderful little short that tells the story […]
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For the uninitiated, The Intergalactic Nemesis is a one-of-a-kind experience; part graphic novel, part live theater, part foley* performance art, and part audience participation. During the performance comic book panels, minus the dialog bubbles, are projected onto a large screen behind the performers as they create the dialogue, sound effects, and music live. Likewise, the […]
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S.K.Colastic Reading: The Complete Drive In
Putting this book on the shelves of the Strange Kids Clubhouse just made everything, well, stranger. Just to warn you of what that means, let’s take a very quick crash course on the author. If H.P. Lovecraft and Mr. Miyagi’s DNA were spliced together the resulting humanoid creature would be called Joe R. Lansdale. Lansdale […]
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GENRE: Science Fiction PUBLISHER: Titan Books FORMAT: Graphic Novel RELEASE: May 29, 2013 THE GOOD: Fantastic art restoration, Variety of stories, Bonus content and comics THE BAD: Unremarkable stories As part of Titan Books’ ongoing series of books collecting the classic works of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, The Simon and Kirby Library: Science Fiction […]
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Unlike most weeks, spent hunting down material for new posts or aimlessly surfing Netflix, the past month yielded a crazy amount of free time thanks to the holidays. During that downtime I was able to actually read (yes, books!), something that rarely happens anymore. Aside from getting hooked on Lou Scheimer’s Creating the Filmation Generation […]