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OUT: January 7 Boston couple Martha (Vanessa Kirby) and Sean (Shia LaBeouf) suffer an unthinkable tragedy at the hands of a flustered midwife. Kornél Mundruczós drama follows Martha over the next twelve months as she fights to survive relationship difficulties and a trial. Martin Scorsese is among the producers. Streaming on Netflix. 2 of 103 OUT: Jan 15 Noël Cowards genteel supernatural comedy – first performed as a play in 1941 and filmed by David Lean in 1945 – gets a suitably all-sta...

Star Wars: Mara Jade — By the Emperor’s Hand. Without seeing contracts or the full details of the nature of the transfer of property from Lucasfilm to Disney, it’s hard to know if each author falls into the same situation as Foster, but the result appears to be the same: They haven’t received money that they feel entitled to for the work that they published…. (2) A NOBEL PURSUIT. The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination’s Barry Barish is an emeritus professor at Caltech, ...

 Unfit magazines use Thinkerbeat Reader to “chart… the authors that we thought did really well with a story submission.” But these are not stories they bought – six days ago they tweeted out a link to the list of stories they rejected. The page had names, titles, and a rating between one and five stars. One problem: none of the authors had given them permission to do so. SFWA followed up with a statement on Facebook warning about these practices in March 2020. After that, Long...

Magnolia Pictures acquires Rodney Ascher’s “A Glitch in the Matrix” Indie distributor Magnolia Pictures has acquired the worldwide rights to acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Ascher’s feature-length sci-fi documentary, A Glitch in the Matrix. The 90-minute film, which will premiere at the 2021 Sundance ... December 17, 2020 Indie distrib...

Last month, we brought you an in-depth review of Lucasfilm and ILMxLAB’s virtual reality video game Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge. As a newcomer to the medium of virtual reality, my experience is admittedly limited, but I found the Star Wars VR adventure to be an immersive and thrilling shooter that elevated rudimentary gameplay and a simple story. So when the opportunity came to venture into another blockbuster film franchise in virtual reality, needless to say, I was excited. ...

Planet of the Apes. Reading Lord of the Rings. Exploration of fantasy, science fiction. I dunno, I just feel the motifs that occur in this kind of storytelling is oftentimes examining the world that we live in. for me there was something aspirational or supportive in participating in these stories that gave me escapism, but also helped me define my world view and interpret the world.” Keanu Reeves and sci-fi can be pretty hit or miss, and fans will be hoping that The Matrix 4 is very much t...

The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle  shares So I used to be quite a Sci-Fi and fantasy geek, I remember reading a short book by Philip K Dick, the author whose work was made into films like The Man in the High Castle and it was basically an alternate history where the Axis won WW2. Being a student of history, I knew how close the war really was and how the Allies had barely managed to win, so the idea of the Axis winning was not so far-fetched. The book was creepy and well ...