science fiction
Dork Shelf wants to send you and a guest to ILLUSIONOID's Live Podcast Recording with Kristian Bruun and John Catucci!
The Development Slate Episode 44 – Dark City
This week James and Yaw reimagine a great sci-fi noir film that flew under the radar: Dark City.
The OA Review: Beguiling Frustration
Netflix's new original series The OA is part sci-fi, part fantasy, and a whole lot of mystery. The show has all the makings of the next big streaming hit, but is that enough?
Contest: See TEDDY BOMB in Toronto!
Dork Shelf and THE LASER BLAST FILM SOCIETY want to send you and a guest to a very special holiday screening of the “sci-fu-splat” flick TEDDY BOMB!
Jimmi Simpson on the Westworld Season Finale, His Favourite Westerns, and His Dork Shelf
Westworld's Jimmi Simpson discusses the big season finale, his love of Westerns, what he’d do if he were in a real life robot cowboy theme park, and much more.
The Development Slate Episode 40 – The Secret World of Alex Mack w/ Susan Stover
Dork Shelf's Susan Stover joins the Dev Slate guys to tackle a reboot of The Secret World of Alex Mack!
The Development Slate Episode 39 – The Day the Earth Stood Still
Listen as the Dev Slate guys talk about the original The Day the Earth Stood Still, the remake, and how they’d make their own versions.
Westworld: Searching for Character at the Heart of the Maze
If HBO's Westworld wants its ambitious plot to matter it needs to give audiences better rounded characters.
The Development Slate Episode 34 – The Last Starfighter
This week James and Yaw take a look at a pioneer of CGI and another jewel from the 80’s: The Last Starfigher.
Travelers: Eric McCormack on a New Kind of Time Travel Series
We speak with Toronto's own Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) about his new sci-fi time travel series Travelers.
The Development Slate Episode 32 – Metroid
This week James and Yaw take on the Nintendo mega-franchise Metroid.
Westworld Review: The Best of Two Genres
Westworld has all the action, adventure, and intrigue of the ideal Western film, but that's all a veneer for tourists, under which lies a rich maze of philosophy, science fiction, and genre criticism.
TIFF 2016: Arrival Review
Denis Villeneuve's Arrival is quite simply one of the most extraordinary, affecting, and eye-opening films of the year.
Conquering the Empire – Parasite (1982)
Doug Tilley reviews Charles Band's 3D post-apocalyptic horror film Parasite (1982) as part of his Empire International Pictures retrospective.
The Development Slate Episode 23 – Outland
Listen as James and Yaw try to adapt the 1981 sci-fi western Outland!