Category: Movies / Series
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Rogue One (2016). Some thoughts about the latest Star Wars
*Mild Spoilers alert: I won’t give away many details here, but if you haven’t seen the movie yet, you may want to skip this…
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Rome (BBC Series, Netflix). A review
It seems ancient history takes the fancy, nowadays – at least, this is the impression you get by browsing Netflix’s offer. I can’t complain…
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Roman Empire: Reign of Blood – (a lot of) history in my fiction
During the (rather few) moments NaNoWriMo let me free to do something else, I’ve started watching a new series now premiering on Netflix. Historical…
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The Last Days on Mars (2013). A review.
The Last Days on Mars, otherwise said, Zombies meet Aliens in The Martian’s setting – without all the quality and the thrill. This is,…
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Borgia: an exercise in historical fantasy
There’s no way this series can be labelled anything else. Certainly not historical tout-court, for the reasons I will explain below. I don’t normally…
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Apollo 18 (2011) – A review
“There’s a reason we’ve never gone back to the Moon.” This is how the opening line on the movie’s website, a American-Canadian SF/ horror…
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Europa Report. A Review
No, Europa Report is not a Jupiter Ascending ante-literam movie (the fear is legitimate considering the astronomical proximity) and, while I have still to…
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Interstellar: a long overdue (a)critical review
On a long-haul flight I’ve finally found the time to watch Interstellar, and if you have not done it yet, I advise you to. It…
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Guardians of the Galaxy – ガーディアンズ・オブ・ギャラクシー. A review
As Steve Davison has written on Amazing Stories a while ago, Guardians of the Galaxy might well be this generation’s Star Wars, and it has…
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The roguish charm of a super-villain – Loki. Brother of Thor
If you have been – like me – only half convinced by the whole Thor stuff, and that half you have liked is actually…
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Guest post: Space Pirate Captain Harlock – 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック. A review
This is a guest review on Space Pirate Captain Harlock – 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック (2013) – the latest movie of the manga/anime created by Leiji Matsumoto in the 70s.…