The nominations for this year’s Hugo Awards will be announced next month, and one book that’s showing up on a lot of Best Of lists is Andy Weir’s latest novel, Project Hail Mary. I’ve somehow missed out on Weir’s previous books (and the movie based on The Martian; I know, no excuses for that), so
Guest writer Jeff has a review of Flee, nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature. This was cinema. It was no wonder that Flee became the first film to get simultaneously nominated for Best International Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature. The animation employed here was a
Guest writer Katie Bienvenue has a review of The Lost Daughter, nominated for three Academy Awards. Do you remember The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood? Do remember the part where Ashley Judd’s character up’s and leaves her family because she just can’t take everything that’s happening with her family because it’s not how
Guest reviewer Chris Ward has a look at Belfast, nominated for six Oscars. Kenneth Branagh writes and directs this deeply personal film based on his own childhood as a young 9 year old living in Belfast during the troubles, in what is such a heartwarming film. Full of such brilliant humour and performances that were
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Auditions are open for the Night Vale Community Players production of Our Town, and Cecil is trying out for the part of The Stage Manager. The director’s going for more of a traditional interpretation (not like her Tartuffe in the nude,
“…kingdoms aren’t places, they’re ideas.And some ideas just never go the fuck away.” Keep reading for a review of Saga #57. Some spoilers below, both for this issue and earlier ones. First off, the “situation” from last issue gets resolved in the first few pages, in a way that was completely logical but I never
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! After three years one of our favorite comics is back from hiatus! Massive great big spoiler warnings because we go into all kinds of detail about Saga (both the most recent issues and just about everything before the hiatus) and why
Directed by Shawn Levy, The Adam Project follows a time-traveling fighter pilot named Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds) who accidentally crash-lands in the year 2022 and must team up with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) on a mission to save the future. Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds return for another film together after the surprise hit
It’s been a few years since I reviewed C.S.E Cooney’s standalone novella Desdemona and the Deep, swimming in all that lovely sculpted prose and wishing there was more of this world of magic and goblins and worlds stacked one on top of each other and people making very inadvisable deals for money and power. Lo