year in review

“People just don’t want to get stuck,” Melin says. Understandable. And in that case, those people have plenty of options for long-range electric cars, if they’re willing to pay for it. But…

Tuning into Amazon’s J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power this summer kind of felt like boarding a yacht, or walking into a Four Seasons. This looks expensive,…

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a science fiction writer in possession of a convention panel must be in want of a question as to where all the genre’s optimism went. Many born…

At the height of summer—on August 15 to be precise—6 million people visited Quincy’s Tavern, a steampunk-inspired venue with bottles and brews lining the walls and ambient yellow lighting…

While 2021 was largely defined by its proximity to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when worldwide lockdowns and cinema closings forced moviegoers to establish new viewing habits, 2022…

“There's definitely a stigma in the industry. I wouldn't really say from the audience's perspective—a good film is a good film. But within the industry, I think there’s a stigma.” She ended…

It’s been creeping up for a while now, an old breed of horror. A movie here, another there. But now, in 2022, the time has come to give it a name: elevator-pitch horror. These films are just…

For a few weeks this summer, the world worried that monkeypox might become the next global pandemic. At the peak in early August the US was recording 600 cases a day, and the health…

With so many streaming networks creating so much original content, not to mention the imported series that are regularly streaming on Netflix and beyond, there aren’t enough hours in the day…

OK, so you’ve seen Dune, The Power of the Dog, Licorice Pizza, and all the other movies that are currently dominating people’s Best Movies of 2021 lists. But what about the great movies that…