Posts Tagged as ‘fantasy’

05/17/2010

Fans Quest to ‘Save Our Seeker’

Recently Karen Méndez of IBG Inc. contacted me about the Legend of the Seeker renewal campaign. She is co-organizing efforts to bring about season 3 of this ABC series based on Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth book series. I personally love the show; it is beautifully filmed in New Zealand and has an excellent cast. [...]

02/01/2010

Alma by Rodrigo Blaas (Short)

Recently screened at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival in Seattle, Alma by Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas (Spain) is brief, sweet, and creepy. It won 2nd place.  Enjoy! Here are links to other Festival goodness!

01/08/2010

Shorts, Adventures of the Wishing Rock (Movie Review)

Shorts (2009) is a Robert Rodríguez  family film narrated by a boy who finds a rock with mysterious powers, and this leads him and his neighbors into more trouble than it’s worth.  The film focuses on different characters at a time in separate “shorts” that tie together. Basically each short shows how different characters use [...]

12/24/2009

Cosmos Latinos and the History of Latin American Sci-fi Literature (Book Review)

Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain Edited By Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán Wesleyan University Press, 2003 There are many Science Fiction authors that write in Spanish, but unfortunately few are translated into English (especially short stories) so Cosmos Latinos was a surprising find. Besides 27 short stories, [...]

12/17/2009

Avatar: Epic Film that Lives up to the Hype (Spoiler Free Movie Review)

Avatar opening weekend has finally arrived and James Cameron definitely did not disappoint! Avatar is an amazing film that grabs you immediately and doesn’t let go until well after the end credits. There are no boring parts. The 3-D is used well, not throwing things at you all the time but giving you depth perception [...]