I’m actually ahead of the game this year as far as the Hugo-nominated novelettes. By which I mean I’ve read one of them already (it’s the Catherynne Valente one, which I’m sure is no surprise). For the first three Best Novelette nominees, we have stories which all include the theme of needing to be seen,
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer tells the story of the personal and historical life of “the father of the atomic bomb,” J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), whose work at the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory led to the invention of the first nuclear weapons during World War II, changing the course of world history forever.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, Barbie follows Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling), who are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land, full of other Kens and Barbies. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and
My name’s Andrea Cort. I hate heights, I hate being helpless, and I hate creatures bigger than I am. It was almost exactly twenty years ago that I picked up a copy of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and read “The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes”. The story – set on the planet
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 follows Ethan Hunt and the IMF team who must track down a terrifying new weapon in the form of an Artificial Intelligence, a threat to all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the
Just as I was toying with posting a review of several random short stories (in hopes of getting one that might be nominated for a Hugo Award), the Chengdu Worldcon committee today posted the full list of finalists. I didn’t manage to guess more than one nominated work of short fiction (Catherynne Valente’s excellent novelette),
Helmed by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, The Witcher Season 3 continues the story of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri. Monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent are competing to capture Ciri so Geralt takes her into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Yennefer, who is entrusted with Ciri’s magical
Directed by James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny follows daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) as he races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a former Nazi
Helmed by Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, Love and Monsters), Skull Island takes place 20 years after the events of Kong Skull Island and follows a group of well-meaning explorers who venture out to sea to rescue a girl named Annie (Mae Whitman) from the ocean. In doing so, they find themselves shipwrecked on the perilous Skull