Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Beast follows a recently widowed husband (Idris Elba) who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with his two young daughters to a game reserve managed by an old family friend and fellow wildlife biologist. Soon a ferocious wild lion, craving human flesh, begins
I saved the short stories for last this year, hoping for a little light summer reading to wrap up the Hugo Award reviews. Things didn’t quite work out as planned, because there’s a surprising amount of death in this year’s finalists. Also transformation, and working through grief, and an in-depth study of a folk song,
By guest columnist dyron_rises1988. After jungles, a drug war-torn LA, and small towns, 20th Century Studios takes its famed cinematic monster the Predator to a new territory in the prequel titled Prey, a period sci-fi action-horror film set in 1719 where a young Comanche woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder) strives to become a warrior like
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, Prey takes place in 1719 and follows a skilled Comanche warrior named Naru (Amber Midthunder), who is protecting her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator (Dane DiLiegro) that hunts humans for sport. Using all that she knows, she ends up having to fight against the wilderness, dangerous colonizers, and this
After two and half years of waiting Midsummer Scream is back and scarier than ever. Held once again at the Long Beach convention center, the three-day event marked its Fifth Anniversary of Midsummer Scream with special panels, its famous Hall of Shadows, and much more! Brand-new for 2022 found a variety of vintage collectibles, costumes, and more, alongside
Directed by Jordan Peele, Nope follows two siblings, OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer), who run a California horse ranch. They discover something strange and sinister in the skies above and try to get video evidence, while the owner (Steven Yeun) of an adjacent theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
“…we buried him on a Tuesday and he returned that Friday…” The Magic Order is back with a brand new arc, keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #1. Spoilers below. The first issue of the new arc has everything I wanted: ridiculously lavish lifestyles, horrible violence from unexpected places, horrible
On its surface, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Hugo-nominated novella Elder Race sounds like a standard coming-of-age fantasy-adventure. Lynesse Fourth Daughter is the only person in her mother’s court who still believes in the old stories, and the only one who doesn’t want to just wait out the strange demon infestation in the Ordwood and hope it goes
“…nothing.” That is what the fortune teller says when the girl gets up the courage to ask “Will you tell me my fate?” Her favored older brother Zhu Chongba is destined for greatness; the only surviving daughter of the Zhu family is destined to starve to death along with most of her village. But then