“Jodorowsky’s Dune”: The sci-fi classic that never was
Cannes: A rousing new documentary revisits the unbelievable story of the most influential movie never made
Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 20Entertainment Movies, Documentaries
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Pick of the week: “Oblivion,” Tom Cruise’s gorgeous sci-fi allegory
Pick of the week: Witty, spectacular and full of twists, "Oblivion" conjures up many of the genre's greatest hits
Friday, Apr 19, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 20Entertainment Movies, Action movies, Tom Cruise
“Antiviral”: New perversity from a new Cronenberg
Is Brandon Cronenberg's icy, nightmarish "Antiviral" a tribute to his dad's '70s films, or an Oedipal assault?
Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 7:05 PM UTCEntertainment Movies, Horror
Pick of the week: The year’s most divisive wannabe cult hit
Pick of the week: Shane Carruth of "Primer" returns at last with the enigmatic and disturbing "Upstream Color"
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“River of Stars”: Picture “Game of Thrones” in China
Guy Gavriel Kay's exquisite Asian-inspired epic fantasy offers a fresh twist on intrigue and adventure
Thursday, Apr 4, 2013 9:20 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction
“Life After Life”: A World War II do-over
Kate Atkinson's new novel follows the multiple lives of an Englishwoman trying to get her own story just right
Monday, Apr 1, 2013 12:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Fiction
Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war
Scientific advances have us on the verge of being able to control and manipulate animals. Should we use that power?
Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 39Technology Books, Noble Beasts
“Oz the Great and Powerful”: James Franco, bored in Candyland
Sam Raimi's bloated prequel looks spectacular, but its detached, uneasy star can't reanimate a fantasy classic
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 8:55 PM UTC 10Entertainment Movies
Back to the Round Table
Audiobooks helped me find the time to reread T.H. White's magnificent "The Once and Future King"
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction
“Beautiful Creatures”: A left-secular answer to “Twilight”?
Pulpy, sweet-natured and funny, "Beautiful Creatures" adds a touch of camp to the supernatural teen romance
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 8:45 PM UTCEntertainment Movies
“Warm Bodies”: Love with an emo zombie
Lazy, stupid and cheerful, with bizarre Christian undertones, zombie romcom "Warm Bodies" aims for the Twi-crowd
Friday, Feb 1, 2013 7:28 PM UTC 10Entertainment Movies
Pick of the week: Exorcists, zombies and bromance, oh my!
Campy B-movie farce and an ominous allegory in one, "John Dies at the End" is an inventive, crazy genre-bender
Friday, Jan 25, 2013 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Movies, Horror
Paul Giamatti and Don Coscarelli on “John Dies at the End”
The actor-producer and the cult director talk about their hallucinatory and hilarious new collaboration
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Movies, Horror
“The Rise of Ransom City”: Steampunk Western
Felix Gilman's fantasy of a roving frontier inventor captures the dangerous delusions of the American Dream
Sunday, Dec 16, 2012 11:00 PM UTCEntertainment The Rise of Ransom City
“The Hobbit”: Middle-earth faces a phantom menace
Peter Jackson's "LOTR" prequel drifts far from Tolkien in a slow, self-indulgent and fake-looking opening chapter
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 35Entertainment Movies, J.R.R. Tolkien
Why does “The Hobbit” look so weird?
Peter Jackson's big gamble on "The Hobbit's" ultra-vivid, high-frame-rate 3-D could undermine his cinematic legacy
Thursday, Dec 6, 2012 6:38 PM UTC 62Technology J.R.R. Tolkien
National Book Awards: Genre fiction dissed again
The National Book Awards name five worthy finalists but ignore "Gone Girl" and 2012's top crime, sci-fi and fantasy
Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 23Entertainment Gillian Flynn, Literary Prizes
Pick of the week: A tough, smart time-travel thriller
Pick of the week: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the young Bruce Willis in Rian Johnson's dark, deceptive "Looper"
Friday, Sep 28, 2012 12:00 AM UTCEntertainment Bruce Willis, Our Picks: Movies
Sci-fi short “Loom” shows off new technology
With nods to "Blade Runner," Ridley Scott's son Lucas creates his own dystopian future in 3-D
Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 9:20 PM UTCEntertainment Science Fiction and Fantasy
Bradbury’s shadows
A new anthology, which features stories from Eggers, Atwood and others, offers loving tribute to the sci-fi master
Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 6:08 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
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