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
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, [...]
Read moreDVD 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 [...]
Read moreDVD 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 [...]
Read moreTV Analysis & Review: The 100, Episode 304 – “Watch the Thrones”
Please only read further if you’ve seen Episodes 301–304 of The 100, because there are major spoilers throughout the article below! As always, I encourage your constructive feedback and commentary — but please do not share your theories in the comments section! [...]
Read moreComic Book Review: The Paybacks #1
Writer: Donny Cates, Eliot Rahal Artist: Geoff Shaw Colorist: Lauren Affe Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Synopsis: Heroism doesn’t come cheap, so when superheroes borrow money to finance their genetic enhancements or crime-fighting supercomputers, their debts make student loans look like IOUs! Enter the Paybacks, [...]
Read moreClarke 3.0: Early Analysis of The 100, Season 3 (Part 1)
Is it rather silly for me to spend hours analyzing an official new photo of Clarke Griffin from Season 3 of The 100, representing one still of one moment among 40 minutes of an episode of television we won’t see until [...]
Read moreTV 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 [...]
Read moreTV Review: Daredevil, Season 1
Genre: Action / Crime Network: Netflix Episodes: 13 Premiere Date: April 10, 2015 Synopsis: A blind lawyer, with his other senses superhumanly enhanced, fights crime in Hell's Kitchen as a costumed superhero. Daredevil stars Charlie Cox (Stardust, The Theory of Everything), Deborah Ann Woll (Trueblood, Ruby Sparks), [...]
Read moreBook 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 [...]
Read moreBook 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 [...]
Read moreBook 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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