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The Mandalorian Will Still Roll Out Weekly When Disney+ Comes to Europe, Which Seems Dumb

The delayed international rollout of Disney+ means that The Mandalorian’s biggest twists and turns have already been plastered all over the internet, if only so Disney can sell us on some very bad Baby Yoda merchandise while promising that the better stuff will be on the way eventually. So news that international fans will have…

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22 Great Recent Movies You May Have Missed

The start of a new year always means things slow down at theaters. Holiday hits and awards movies are still playing but once you see those, pickings are very slim. What’s a movie lover to do? Go back, we say. Go back. Below, we’ve compiled a list of 22 movies released in the last year…

Movies Germain Lussier

Doctor Who Returns to Chilling Form, With Help From a Ghost of Futures Past

The past few episodes of Doctor Who had slowly begun to unravel a lingering problem with this latest iteration of the show: too many people at the TARDIS console, leading to narrative setups that take too long to get going, or leave some of our heroes behind to really get there. Ahead of its season…

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The 10 Best Science Fiction Presidents

Whether the country is facing an unprecedented crisis, is desperate for better leadership, or simply needs to have a bit of fun, it helps to have our commanders in chief by our side. But when those actually in power royally suck, you’ve gotta turn to science fiction to find something to believe in. We previously…

Movies Beth Elderkin

This Unsettlingly Accurate Deepfake Casts Tom Holland and Robert Downey, Jr. in Back to the Future

Deepfake technology continues to weird me out. It seems just a matter of time until it changes how we experience visual media. These just look so damn persuasive, and I have to imagine they’re only going to get better. Or worse, depending on how you look at it. Like this, from YouTube EZRyderX47: a compelling…

Movies Julie Muncy

Harrison Ford Says He Starts Doing… Something With Indiana Jones 5 in a Couple Months

Now that his time making afterlife cameos as Han Solo is definitely wrapped and done, Harrison Ford seems to be about ready to move on to his other big legacy role: Indiana Jones. In a new interview, Ford reveals that he’s going to start working on returning to that role rather soon. Though it’s unclear…

Movies Julie Muncy

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

When I was a boy, A Clockwork Orange made me vomit. I was in the ninth grade. I was just starting to get heavily into movies, and one day I got sick at school. The nurse said I should go home, so my mom picked me up and we decided to stop at the video…

Movies Germain Lussier

Alan Tudyk’s Syfy Series Resident Alien Looks Like a Goofy Good Time

There’s something a little…off about the new guy in town (played by Alan Tudyk of Firefly, Rogue One, and Doom Patrol fame) in Syfy’s Resident Alien. But as the first teaser for the sci-fi comedy series suggests, most of his neighbors aren’t too terribly weirded out. Everyone’s got their quirks, right? Resident Alien, which is…

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Star Trek: Picard Gives Us a Tale of 2 Very Different Romulans, and Picard’s Hubris

Star Trek: Picard may have finally begun its quest in earnest last week, but Jean-Luc is not quite done navigating the mistakes of his post-Starfleet past. “Absolute Candor” provides that aplenty in the form of another new crewmember for team Picard—one who draws interesting parallels to one of the show’s current threats. Before setting off…

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Rick Moranis Will Return for the New Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Film

Rick Moranis is back in a big—sorry, little—way. Deadline has confirmed that the legendary comedic actor, who hasn’t appeared on screen since 1996, will return for Shrunk, the upcoming Disney reboot/sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, starring Josh Gad (Frozen) and directed by Joe Johnston (who helmed the original Honey, as well as films…

Movies Germain Lussier

The BBC Responds to Backlash Over Doctor Who‘s Approach to Social Awkwardness and Mental Health

The latest episode of Doctor Who tackled mental health struggles through the lens of a fight against eternal, godlike beings who fed off the traumatic fears of the mortal realm. But it ended with a scene between the Doctor and one of her companions that has left some fans deeply disappointed—and the BBC has had…

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Sylvester Stallone and Michael Bay Are Teaming Up For an Escape From New York-Inspired Sci-Fi Film

Stallone. Bay. Sci-fi action. Sign us the heck up. Deadline reports Sylvester Stallone will star in Little America, a sci-fi action film written and directed by Rowan Athale and produced by Michael Bay. It’s set in a dystopian future where the United States has become a forgotten wasteland. Many remaining Americans have moved into a…

Movies Germain Lussier

I Love Star Trek: Picard‘s Romulan Murder Mom and Dad

Star Trek: Picard is, obviously, all about the return of The Next Generation’s iconic captain, and a few of his old friends from aboard the Enterprise. But it’s also brought in some new friends of Jean-Luc for us to meet—and two of them have become my surprising favorites of the entire show. Laris and Zhaban,…

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Avenue 5 Contains All the Absurd Chaos We Hope to Never Encounter in Deep Space

One of sci-fi’s go-to plots is “disaster in the depths of space,” where a catastrophe endangers the mission and, ultimately, human lives. HBO’s new series Avenue 5 takes that well-worn idea and dunks it into a mix of biting wit, cruise-ship cheese, and unlikable characters you somehow can’t get enough of. The comedy style that…

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Doctor Who Gets Trippy as Hell and Trips Over Itself in the Process

Last night’s Doctor Who was an existential deep dive into the power of human cooperation, of asshole gods, of mental health, and of the importance of communication on all three of those fronts. Or, rather, it wanted to be. In trying to present a trippy lens into all those ideas, it tripped over a problem…

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Star Trek: Picard’s Showrunner Opens Up About the Sunglasses and Swears

Star Trek: Picard is in the midst of its dynamic debut season and fans have noticed a few, well, interesting choices the series has made so far. Showrunner Michael Chabon is breaking down the intent behind the F-bombs, earbuds, and sunglasses, and diving into the history of Star Trek on network television and human history…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Doctor Who’s Graham Sees Dead People in the Preview for Next Week’s Mary Shelley Episode

Despite the fact that Doctor Who has faced off against evil alien garbage cans, men made of metal, and living sheets of skin, in the new promo for the next episode, the 13th Doctor is still resolute in her belief that ghosts simply do not exist. But while the Doctor might not believe in spirits,…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

50 Years Ago, Doctor Who Gave Us One of Its Most Chilling Scenes Ever

Half a century ago today, Doctor Who introduced us to the Silurians, an ancient race of reptilians who had lived on Earth long before the dawn of human civilization awoke them from their underground slumber. An icon of ‘70s Doctor Who, their debut adventure is still one of the Third Doctor’s finest outings—but it’s also…

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The OA Co-Creator Brit Marling Wants More than ‘Strong Female Leads’

One of the biggest criticisms of Brit Marling’s Netflix series The OA was the way that the story—people hopping across dimensions—placed more emphasis on emotional intelligence and the power of empathy (and, yes, interpretative dance), rather than “traditional” super-science and the kinds of action we’ve been conditioned to expect from sci-fi narratives. Prairie, Marling’s character,…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

8 Sorta Romantic But Definitely Nerdy Movies to Stream for Valentine’s Day

Most folks can content themselves with swooning over The Notebook, but nerdy genre fans might want a little time-jumping or severed limbs or robots to go along with their romantic movies. We’ve scoured the big streaming services to find 10 geeky movies all about love, just in time for Valentine’s Day viewing. 1) About Time…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

The Mandalorian Will Still Roll Out Weekly When Disney+ Comes to Europe, Which Seems Dumb

22 Great Recent Movies You May Have Missed

Doctor Who Returns to Chilling Form, With Help From a Ghost of Futures Past

The 10 Best Science Fiction Presidents

This Unsettlingly Accurate Deepfake Casts Tom Holland and Robert Downey, Jr. in Back to the Future

Harrison Ford Says He Starts Doing… Something With Indiana Jones 5 in a Couple Months

10 Great Sci-Fi Movies to Watch When You’re Sick

Alan Tudyk’s Syfy Series Resident Alien Looks Like a Goofy Good Time

Star Trek: Picard Gives Us a Tale of 2 Very Different Romulans, and Picard’s Hubris

Rick Moranis Will Return for the New Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Film

The BBC Responds to Backlash Over Doctor Who‘s Approach to Social Awkwardness and Mental Health

Sylvester Stallone and Michael Bay Are Teaming Up For an Escape From New York-Inspired Sci-Fi Film

I Love Star Trek: Picard‘s Romulan Murder Mom and Dad

Avenue 5 Contains All the Absurd Chaos We Hope to Never Encounter in Deep Space

Doctor Who Gets Trippy as Hell and Trips Over Itself in the Process

Star Trek: Picard’s Showrunner Opens Up About the Sunglasses and Swears

Doctor Who’s Graham Sees Dead People in the Preview for Next Week’s Mary Shelley Episode

50 Years Ago, Doctor Who Gave Us One of Its Most Chilling Scenes Ever

The OA Co-Creator Brit Marling Wants More than ‘Strong Female Leads’

8 Sorta Romantic But Definitely Nerdy Movies to Stream for Valentine’s Day

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