‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
“Back down along the spiral that heads up”- Review of Jack McDevitt’s “Coming Home” by Valentin Ivanov
Jack McDevitt is one of my favorite modern hard science fiction authors.For two reasons.First, he is truly a science fiction writer who in the...
The New Tower of Babel – A Review of “Central Station” by Lavie Tidhar – Valentin Ivanov
There is no danger in revealing the plot details for this fix up novel. Not because it has no plot. The plot is not...
“Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow”’ – Review by Valentin Ivanov
A handbook for science fiction readers and writers: a review of "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow", by Yuval Noah HarariThe future is...
Venture To “The Beyond”: a movie by VFX Wiz Hasraf Dulull—Nina Munteanu (Canada)
The Beyond is a 2018 science fiction thriller, set in the near-future, that explores the evolution of our humanity through “first contact.”The sudden appearance...
With “Missions”— Mars Delivers! (review by Nina Munteanu)
Since “Expanse”, I’ve been on the lookout for an equally sophisticated treatment of space exploration—something that doesn’t slide into horrific mind-numbing and gut-wrenching insult...
Valentin Ivanov’s Review of “Seveneves” by Neal Stephenson
Every End is a Beginning: "Seveneves",
a novel by Neal Stephenson - A review by Valentin IvanovThe inquisitive spirit of the old golden-age science fiction...
The Fifteenth International Writers’ and Artists’ Festival / Le XVe Festival International des écrivains et artistes
On Friday, June 9th, I drove with friend, songwriter and poet Honey Novick, to the 15th International Writers’ and Artists’ Festival in Val-David, Quebec...
Incorporated: Or How I Lost My Soul to Climate Change by Nina Munteanu (Canada)
Incorporated is a science fiction thriller that offers a chilling glimpse of a post-climate change dystopia. Created by David and Alex Pastor and produced...
Living With Scarcity & Uncertainty: The Merits of 3% (Brazil)—Nina Munteanu (Canada)
Candidates have three minutes to make nine cubes out of a pile of blocks in the centre. Those who complete the puzzle in time...
Meeting Elizabeth Hand – Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
When I left it was about 10 minutes left of regulation time. The Swedish football girls had stood up well against the Brazilian onslaught...
Rachel Cordasco’s Review of „Black Tea and Other Tales” by Samuel Marolla (Italy)
Rachel Cordasco : "I first read the title story in The Apex Book of World SF 4 (ed. Mahvesh Murad, 2015) a year ago,...
The Expanse: No Game (of Thrones), just a Damned Good Story–Nina Munteanu (Canada)
The Expanse is a stylish and intelligent science fiction (SF) TV series (on Syfy Channel) set 200 years in the future when humanity has...