DVD Review: The Twilight Zone: Season One

DVD Review: The Twilight Zone: Season One

Genre: Sci-Fi |Drama | Creators: Simon Kinberg, Jordan Peele Original Broadcast Network: CBS All Access Discs: 4 Run time: Approximately 9 hours, 21 minutes (13 episodes) Synopsis: Enter another dimension with Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg’s modern take on the all-time classic. Hosted by Academy Award and Emmy [...]

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TV Review: The Magicians, Season 2, Episodes 1-4

TV Review: The Magicians, Season 2, Episodes 1-4

Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller  | Fantasy Network: Syfy Air Date/Time: January 25, 2017 9/8c (Episode 1) Synopsis: In the Season 1 cliffhanger, Quentin Coldwater’s childhood bestie Julia betrayed her friends and made a dangerous deal with The Beast that left the fate of Alice, [...]

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DVD Review: BrainDead: Season One

DVD Review: BrainDead: Season One

Genre: Sci-Fi | Comedy | Drama Creators: Michelle King, Robert King Original Broadcast Network: CBS Discs: 4 Run time: Approximately 9 hours, 21 minutes (13 episodes) Synopsis: Set in Washington, D.C., BrainDead follows young, struggling documentary filmmaker Laurel Healy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 10 Cloverfield Lane) as she takes a [...]

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DVD Review: LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales

DVD Review: LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales

Genre: Sci-Fi | Animation | Comedy Original Broadcast Network: Disney XD Discs: 1 Run time: Approximately 115 minutes Synopsis: LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales is a five-part Lego Star Wars television mini-series that premiered on Disney XD on July 6, 2015. It is an animated comedy [...]

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TV Analysis and Review: The 100, Seasons 1-2

TV Analysis and Review: The 100, Seasons 1-2

If you have yet to start watching The 100, I posted a spoiler-free review a few weeks ago, here on SciFi Mafia. Might I  suggest that you consider binge watching and catching up with this show as an entertaining, riveting summer homework assignment! I [...]

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Book Review: The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence

Book Review: The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence

Author: Stan Lee, Stuart Moore Illustrator: Andie Tong Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Disney Press ISBN-10: 1423180852 ISBN-13: 978-1423180852 Synopsis: Stan Lee presents a brand new, magical, super-powered adventure! When twelve magical superpowers are unleashed on the world, a Chinese-America teenager named Steven will be thrown into the middle [...]

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Book Review: House of Leaves

Book Review: House of Leaves

Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Paperback: 709 pages Publisher: Pantheon ISBN-10: 0375703764 ISBN-13: 978-0375703768 Synopsis: Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No [...]

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Book Review: Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark

Book Review: Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark

Author: Mike Doyle Hardcover: 340 pages Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN-10: 1593275862 ISBN-13: 978-1593275860 Synopsis: Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark showcases dark LEGO masterpieces from artists around the world. From realistic sculptures of creepy crawlers to impressionist works of shadowy nightmares, this collection will leave you marveling [...]

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Book Review: Fringe: Sins of the Father

Book Review: Fringe: Sins of the Father

Author: Christa Faust Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Titan Books ISBN-10: 1781163138 ISBN-13: 978-1781163139 Synopsis: Never-before-revealed secrets of the characters, leading to the creation of the government’s covert Fringe Division. In 2008, Peter Bishop is estranged from his father and running shady operations in Southeast Asia. His latest [...]

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Book Review: Steampunk LEGO

Book Review: Steampunk LEGO

Author: Guy Himber Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN-10: 1593275285 ISBN-13: 978-1593275280 Synopsis: Filled with dirigibles and floating cities, penny-farthings and pirate ships, curiosities and robots galore, Steampunk LEGO is an illustrated collection of Victorian-era sci-fi treasures, all built from LEGO. Curated by award-winning LEGO [...]

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Book Review: Rabbitback Literature Society

Book Review: Rabbitback Literature Society

Author: Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books ISBN-10: 125006192X ISBN-13: 978-1250061928 Synopsis: Only nine people have ever been chosen by renowned children’s author Laura White to join the Rabbit Back Literature Society, an elite group of writers in the small town of [...]

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