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Tag Archives: Hollywood
Some Thoughts on the 2018 Oscars and their appreciation for SFF films
Yesterday was a day of decisions. Germany finally has a new (old) government after SPD members finally approved the coalition contract approximately half a year after the elections, the Swiss voted for keeping their TV license fee and Italy sadly … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged awards geekery, B-movies, fantasy, gender, German politics, Get Out, Hollywood, horror, LGBT, monsters, Oscars, politics, propaganda is evil, race, retro science fiction, The Shape of Water, toxic masculinity, US cinema
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Of narrative catnip, cultural taste differences, telling my own stories and a new “In Love and War” novella: Dead World
As many of you probably know, I currently have two space opera series going on: The Shattered Empire series and the In Love and War series. Both are stories of rebellion and of fighting an unjust system, because such stories … Continue reading
The 2015 Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, the Eurovision Song Contest… and a bit about football
So the Eurovision Song Contest was last night. I was watching something else and occasionally switched over, only to decide that I really could not bring myself to care. I finally tuned for the voting only to realise that a) … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, TV
Tagged awards geekery, Bram Stoker Awards, Europe, Eurovision, fantasy, football, gender, German TV, Hollywood, horror, LGBT, Nebula Awards, politics, race, science fiction, short fiction, sports, Werder
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More on J.G. Ballard, High-Rise, Brutalism and Architectural Horror
Last week, I posted about J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel High-Rise, Ben Wheatley’s recent film adaptation of said novel and about Brutalist architecture in general and its connection to science fiction. I also included several links to articles discussing the book … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged 1970s, 1980s child, architecture, design, disaster movies, Doctor Who, Dutch cinema, German cinema, High-Rise, Hollywood, J.G. Ballard, Mad Men, thrillers, UK cinema
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Rest in Peace, Sir Ken Adam
On Friday, one of my personal heroes, Sir Ken Adam, died aged 95. Even if you’ve never heard the name Ken Adam, you’ll probably recognise his work when you see it, for Ken Adam determined our ideas of what a … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged architecture, Avengers, celebrity deaths, design, Dr. Mabuse, Hollywood, James Bond, spy fiction, Star Wars
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More Reactions to the 2015 Nebula Award Nominees
I already shared my thoughts on the 2015 Nebula Award nominees in my last post. At the time, I also mentioned that I couldn’t find a whole lot of other analysis and reaction apart from discussion in the comments at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film
Tagged awards geekery, fandom wank, fantasy, genre wank, Hollywood, Nebula Awards, Oscars, science fiction, short fiction, Star Wars
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Alarm für Cobra 11, the Avengers and the handling of short guys
Since summer is traditionally the TV doldrums over here, I recently found myself watching a repeat of two episodes of the long running German TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 (Alarm for Cobra 11). I’ve blogged about the show before, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Alarm für Cobra 11, Avengers, German TV, Hollywood, Iron Man, Marvel, NCIS, superheroes, US TV
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Too Many Deaths – Sir Christopher Lee, Wolfgang Jeschke, James Last and a couple of others
We only just lost Pierre Brice, but it seems the universe is conspiring to take away even more of our best and brightest, because the wave of deaths of much beloved celebrities continues unabated. The most discussed death today is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Links
Tagged Bremen, British cinema, celebrity deaths, Dr. Mabuse, Dracula, Edgar Wallace, German literature, German music, German science fiction, German TV, Hollywood, horror, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, music, sports, Star Wars, The Hobbit, vampires
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The disparate reviews of Jupiter Ascending
The Muggle mainstream world is all agog about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie at the moment. I have zero interest in either seeing or discussing that film, so I’ll leave you with this article from the New Statesman and … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberpunk, Fifty Shades of Grey, gender, GLBT, Hollywood, Jupiter Ascending, science fiction, space opera, The Matrix, US cinema
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Some reactions to the jabs against superhero movies at the Oscars
In my Oscar reactions post, I already addressed the jabs against superhero movies during the ceremony and explained why they sat badly with me. Hell, even Birdman winning the Oscar for best picture can be seen as a slam against … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics
Tagged awards geekery, fantasy, genre versus literary, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hollywood, horror, Oscars, science fiction, superheroes, US cinema
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