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The Development Slate Episode 40 – The Secret World of Alex Mack w/ Susan Stover

by Development Slate | November 30, 2016

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

by Development Slate | November 23, 2016

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

by Peter Counter | November 6, 2016

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

by Development Slate | October 18, 2016

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

by That Shelf | October 14, 2016

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

by Development Slate | October 4, 2016

This week James and Yaw take on the Nintendo mega-franchise Metroid.

Westworld Review: The Best of Two Genres

by Peter Counter | October 2, 2016

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

by Jason Gorber | September 10, 2016

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)

by Doug Tilley | September 3, 2016

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

by Development Slate | August 3, 2016

Listen as James and Yaw try to adapt the 1981 sci-fi western Outland!

Stranger Things Chapter Eight Recap

by That Shelf Staff | July 30, 2016

"The Upside Down” leaves viewers with what Stranger Things does best: unabashed nostalgia, spooky suspense, and heartfelt moments.

Stranger Things Chapter Seven Recap

by That Shelf Staff | July 30, 2016

It’s time to team up with parents and estranged siblings, it’s time to rob an evidence room, destroy an evil utility van, and make a sense-dep tank out of a kiddie pool. “The Bathtub” pulls together all the show’s plot threads into one propulsive rope of suspense.