[SF/F/H Link Post] Is ALLEGIANT the End for YA Movies?; MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Reviews; R2-D2 Proposal
Interviews & Profiles
- A Fantastical Librarian interviews C.T. Phipps, author of Esoterrorism.
- The Grim Tidings Podcast interviews Joe Abercrombie, author of Sharp Ends.
- My Bookish Ways interviews E.G. Rodford, author of The Bursar’s Wife.
- The Qwillery interviews Elizabeth Bonesteel, author of The Cold Between.
News
Events & Event News
- Ernest Cline, author of the hit pop-culture science fiction novels Ready Player One and Armada, will grace the stage of the Jean Cocteau Cinema with his presence on Sunday, April 17th at 5:00 PM. RSVP on Facebook
- Felicia Day (The Guild, Geek & Sundry) will appear at Tattered Cover Books on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:00 PM to discuss and sign the paperback edition of her memoir YOU’RE NEVER WEIRD ON THE INTERNET (ALMOST)! RSVP on Facebook
Crowd Funding
- The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire board game – From the ashes of war, nations rise to power in the Atomic Age. The successor to the very popular board game: The Manhattan Project.
- Robots: Battle for the Coal Heart – Will you stand as the last unbroken champion, or will you fall to the wayside with the rest of the junkyard?
Midnight Special Interviews
- AV Club interviews Jeff Nichols, author of Midnight Special.
- Entertainment Weekly interviews Joel Edgerton, star of Midnight Special.
- Filmschoolrejects interviews Jeff Nichols, director of Midnight Special.
- The New York Times interviews Jeff Nichols, writer and director of Midnight Special.
- The Playlist interviews Joel Edgerton, director of Midnight Special.
- UPROXX interviews Michael Shannon, star of Midnight Special.
- The Wall Street Journal interviews Jeff Nichols, director and writer of Midnight Special.
Midnight Special Reviews
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Collider | ComingSoon | Forbes | Highsnobiety | LA Times | NY Times | Reason.com | Roger Ebert | Vulture | The Wrap | WSJ
- The Atlantic: A Chase Movie With Supernatural Thrills
- Hitfix: a strangely beautiful parable on parenting
- NPR: A Smart, Dark Sci-Fi Thriller
- Telegraph: a darkly addictive mystery
- UpRoxx: Intense From The Start And Never Lets Up
- The Verge: an E.T. riff that’s as much Stephen King as Steven Spielberg
Articles
- Book Review: Cult sci-fi comic Eternaut still gives lessons in political resistance
- 5 Reasons Allegiant Didn’t Deliver Like Divergent at Box Office
- 14 Of The Best Characters Of Color In Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books
- 23 things you thought happened in Star Wars but actually didn’t
- Divergent Series: Allegiant Gets Panned by Critics
- Forbidden Planet is Still Essential and Subversive Sci-Fi
- How Lucasfilm made Star Wars’ first official VR lightsaber battle
- How The X Files Composer Made TV’s Creepiest Theme Song, Partly By Accident
- Miles Teller only watched original trilogy because he had Han Solo spin-off audition
- The Mysterious Genius of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Psychic Powers: Which Movies Handle Them Best?
- Science fiction can create almost any future we want
- Science fiction novel of the week: Why time travel and booze don’t mix
- Spinoff City: Why Hollywood Is Built on Unoriginal Ideas
- Why Allegiant Might Signal the End of Days for Dystopian YA Movies
- Why Batman v Superman will be terrible, by a Superman fangirl
- Why Rian Johnson Is Being Sued Over Star Wars: Episode 8
Art
- Check out the Midnight Special Mondo Poster
- Padmé Amidala by Terese Nielsen
- Star Wars: The Pixels Awaken by Mikołaj Birek
More Fun Stuff
- Star Wars fan proposes to his girlfriend with the help of R2-D2
- Watch a trailer for Code 8
