Author Archives: Mace

This week we lost legendary artist H.R. Giger, at the age of 74. Octavia Spencer will be in Insurgent, the second movie in the Divergent series. Harrison Ford offered role in Blade Runner sequel. Channing Tatum as Gambit. Will we … Continue reading →

Reg E. Cathey, best known from The Wire, cast as Dr. Storm, father of Sue and Johnny, in The Fantastic Four reboot. Spider-Man science! Marvel film producers Avi Arad and Matt Talmach says diversity in superhero films is “inevitable”. And, related, Marvel … Continue reading →

Joss Whedon’s In Your Eyes, which just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, can be yours (already!) for $5. Dudes in Distress: guys on our screens who needed ladies to save them. io9 have compiled a list of summer sci-fi and … Continue reading →

Is it still a genderswap when it’s a giant robot? Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) gives a great but spoiler-filled interview. The Atlantic discusses the subversive side of one of the seminal television shows of our youth: All That. EW interviews Orphan Black‘s … Continue reading →

As promotion for the fourth season of Game of Thrones, a statue of Joffrey has been set up in Auckland, New Zealand. It will be torn down once enough people tweet with the hashtag #bringdowntheking Game_Jam, a reality show featuring … Continue reading →

Does it feel like all sci-fi movies are sequels or remakes? io9 wrote up an exhaustive list of original genre movies coming out this year. Hetienne Park’s public response about Beverly Katz’s latest development on Hannibal was very diplomatic and … Continue reading →

Felicia Day‘s excellent post about why casting Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily isn’t the same as casting Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch. Speaking of the Peter Pan movie: promising a production that would be “multi racial” and “international”, a young … Continue reading →

In 2013 there were about as many non-human female characters in movies as there were Asian female characters. Grim findings from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film. Banksy and Idris Elba teamed up together to create “With Syria,” … Continue reading →

A set visit with Anthony Mackie in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with the actor dropping bits and pieces about what he’s been contributing, plot-wise. May 2nd release date for the period drama Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, has been on our calendars for a while. Read … Continue reading →

We really enjoyed The Toast’s Femslash Friday feature analyzing cheerleader classic, Bring It On. Here’s a handy graph of which studios own which Marvel heroes, all in one place. Not that we ever doubted it, but trolling is correlated with … Continue reading →

We have Olympic fever! The Bold Italic warns us against boycotting the Olympics, claiming it will hurt gay rights. Also in Sochi: we’ve been chuckling at these poor journalists’ tweets about the state of Sochi hotel rooms. Nostalgia from the … Continue reading →

Since the Man of Steel sequel isn’t using it, Ant-Man has taken Superman’s original release date of July 17, 2015. Elizabeth Banks is stepping into the director’s chair for the first time, heading the much anticipated Pitch Perfect 2! Vin Diesel took … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Frances Bodomo, who won four grants at Sundance to pull together a full length production of her short film Afronauts. The Man of Steel sequel, already fueling heated discussions for months, has been delayed by about a year. Your … Continue reading →

Oscar nominations have been announced! (No Visual Effects nom for Pacific Rim? Boo!) “Too much estrogen.” The 2013 Golden Globes dared to let women speak. Following the Globes’ tribute to Woody Allen, The Onion raked the director over the coals with their usual aplomb. This … Continue reading →