There have been cases of mysteriously abandoned ships recorded throughout history. They even have a poetic name: ships without a soul. The Marie Celeste is just the most famous of a whole list of ghost vessels; derelict ships with no signs of a struggle, just a logbook that ends for no reason, and sometimes food still
One of the most successful studio pairings in movie history has to be when Disney and Pixar found one another. Time after time, movie after movie, they have proven how amazingly they complement each other by giving the world some of the best and most creative animated films ever made. This year is no different:
This week reveals the Epilogue of The Combiner Wars; Optimus confronts Prowl, which wraps up the current arc, and Arcee faces down Galvatron, starting up the next arc. Click the jump for preview pages and a review of Transformers #42. (Minor spoilers to follow.)
Animation is an incredible powerful medium that has the very real capability to freight train you right in the feels. Films like Land Before Time, Up or even Big Hero 6 still hold dear and emotional memories for me. Though there is one animation studio that is the king in terms of the feels: Studio
Naomi Kritzer is an extremely prolific writer of short stories (my favorite format), and her collection Comrade Grandmother made me curious to see what she can do when she has an entire novel’s worth of room. In Freedom’s Gate – the first book in The Dead River’s trilogy – Kritzer expands on the world hinted at in her short story “Spirit Stone”.
Almost twenty-two years ago to the day director Steven Spielberg unleashed one of the greatest movies ever made, Jurassic Park. Not only did it change the way filmmaking was done, but also showed the world the first real usage and capability of fully working CGI. As far as the world was concerned, Spielberg had really
The final book of Charlie N. Holmburg’s The Paper Magician trilogy opens with Ceony just weeks away from the end of her apprenticeship as a Paper Magician. Having to prepare for the Folder’s exam would be stressful enough even without the secret she’s keeping about being able to break her bond with Paper and work with other
Director Paul Feig’s over-the-top comedies have dominated the box office for the last few years. With his super hits Bridesmaids and The Heat he showed us just how funny adult comedies can be when done right. This summer he gathered his usual suspects of actors and made the hilarious action comedy, Spy. Melissa McCarthy plays
If you’re going to discuss great efforts at Diablo-esque dungeon crawls, you’re going to talk about Torchlight and you’re going to talk about the Van Helsing titles. The first of these, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, was a genuine surprise – an out-of-nowhere dungeon-crawling monster-slaying romp, and it distinguished itself with an excellent soundtrack,