Archive for 'Film & Television'

Three sf writers walk into a television program…

Three decades ago, some television shows aimed at a more highbrow audience, and presented authors talking about their work. Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, and Gene Wolfe appeared together on one…

MTV Movie Award Winners Announced

The MTV Movie Awards were handed out tonight, and as usual, they showed a lot of love and respect for genre films…

Alex Cox trying to Kickstart film version of Bill, the Galactic Hero

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Classic film maker and current film professor Alex Cox is trying to raise $100,000 to fund the production of a film version of Harry Harrison’s classic novel Bill, the Galactic Hero…

Through The Wormhole Special Episode- The God Particle/Morgan Freeman

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Morgan Freeman explores The God Particle in a special Higgs Boson episode of Through the Wormhole on Science Channel…

2012 Academy Award Winners Announced

This year’s Academy Award winners include a few of genre interest, though no screamingly sf/f/h films…

2012 Razzie Award Winners

The Razzie Awards, for the “worst” of Hollywood’s output, were handed out last night…

39th Annual Saturn Award Nominees

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announces the nominees for this year’s awards in an ever-expanding range of categories…

2013 BAFTA Film Award Winners

This year’s British Academy Film Award winners include a few genre films receiving top prizes…

38th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

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The schedule for the 38th annual Boston Science Fiction Film Festival is now available, as are tickets to one, some, or all of the films, including the 24-hour ‘thon that caps the festival February 18-19…

Award-winning Zargari Brothers make Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi Film

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Shahab Zargari, Shahram Zargari, and Think Films are running a Kickstarter project fund production of a film based on Philip K. Dick’s The Crystal Crypt…

2013 Golden Globe Winners Announced

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the winners of this year’s Golden Globe Awards, and once again, it wasn’t a very memorable night for sf/f/h productions…

2013 BAFTA Film Award Nominees

This year’s British Academy Film Awards nominees have been announced, including an average leavening of genre pictures…

2012 Academy Award Nominees Announced

The number of genre films earning Academy Award nominations, and the number of those nominations, seem fairly constant…

2012 Razzie Award Nominees Announced

The Razzie Awards, honoring the worst in film, have announced this year’s nominees. They include…

Top Box Office Grossers – last week in 2012

No new movies open during the last/first week of the year, so there isn’t much movement on the charts this week. Hobbits continue to rule…