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15 Multi-Genre Recommendations The past month has been a big learning curve for many of us living in UK. The Black Lives Matter movement has finally gained some of the traction that it deserves, and many individuals are looking inwardly to reflect on how they can better support Black Lives Matter. One of the many […]… Continue reading Black Authors Write More Than Just Non-Fiction — Cwtch Book Club

It’s been a while since most of us have been to the cinema. Covid-19 has made it nearly impossible to do activities that involve people packed into enclosed spaces. This has been a major problem for the movie industry, which has struggled with production and releases of planned movies. For that reason, many movie producers… Continue reading The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies of 2020 So Far — Ponder

Season One: Danger Zone. When writer/director/actor Jordan Peele took the reigns of CBS-All Access’ new remake of Rod Serling‘s classic series, “The Twilight Zone”, few were more excited than myself. As a big fan of Peele’s movies (“Get Out” “Us”) I thought he’d bring some of the profundity and gallows’ humor of his films into […]… Continue reading CBS-AA’s “The Twilight Zone” is slightly more surefooted in its sophomore season… — Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek

Daveed Diggs and Anthony Mackie discuss their roles in “Snowpiercer” and “Altered Carbon,” and Black representation in Hollywood. via Anthony Mackie and Daveed Diggs on Black Lives Matter, Marvel and ‘Hamilton’ — nyob.news

The stars of our favorite TV shows and movies, like the rest of us, are doing a lot more group Zoom calls with their friends these days. Celebrities have jumped on the trend, and they’ve found the most surprising and delightful way to use it: to reunite the casts of our favorite shows and movies,… Continue reading The Best Cast Reunions: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Lord of the Rings, and More — Ten15AM

Science fiction and fantasy are my favourite genres of movies and TV series. This is largely because they are the genres of ideas on what another version of the world could—and in some cases should—look like. via On the Misrepresentation of Post-Racism in SFF Shows — A Frame Around Infinity

What do Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro and J.J. Abrams all have in common besides being some of the greatest sci-fi and fantasy filmmakers of our time? They all pinpoint Ray Harryhausen as a major inspiration to their work, and for a long time before studios like […]… Continue reading Ray Harryhausen: One-Man VFX Studio — Entertainment Junkie Blog

It’s been a long time coming, but I am now PROUD TO PRESENT A NEW PODCAST! Welcome to…….. COUCH COMMAND: Journey into Geekness! This has been an idea stewing in my head for some time now. You might remember me from the HJU Radio Podcast that I once did at my beloved website, Henshin […] via… Continue reading Couch Command #0 – STARGATE — popgeeks.com

Had I seen it before: No. Year: 2009 Director: Karyn Kusama Writeer: Diablo Cody Where you can stream it now: Starz What IMDb says: A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror? Why I picked it:… Continue reading 30 Movies in 30 Days: Jennifer’s Body — Butcher Thoughts

Animation allows creators to make films that otherwise wouldn’t be possible if they were filmed as a live action. Anything goes in animation and if it’s done well, the end result is usually a great thing. As long as you have the resources, if you can think it then you can make it. Let’s have […]… Continue reading Top 10 Animated Movies — Reviews you Read