How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?

We likely get the narrative concept of the mentor from the Greek mythological character called, surprise surprise, Mentor.

If you’re like me, your first experience with this story was with the 1988 Disney adaption Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

It’s difficult to say where this trope originated from, given, as far as I can see, it’s been part of Western culture since literature began

Mothra, Gamera, Godzilla and giant ants, these constantly rampaging kaijū seemingly never give Toyoko a break.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that sci-fi shows are the first to get the boot.

2020 is just around the corner. In these troubling times, it's helpful to have an idea of what's in store. Well, fear not, here are a few...

I think if this movie had come out today, the reviews would have been more favourable...

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What does Lucifer, The Umbrella Academy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Bones, Red Dwarf and Stargate SG-1 have in common?

George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.

There are many fathers of science fiction. But it's Hugo Gernsback we must thank for making science fiction the genre it is today.

That prehistoric literary criticism stifles what authors can do.

The protagonist Alexander Jones asks whether human influence has been a good thing for the Hokas.

If there's something Umbrella Academy fans can agree, it's that Luther is one of the most disliked characters. It's true.

Tony Stark is the best-drawn character in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This a book you'll read because it's THE book. Neuromancer by William Gibson is a pillar of cyberpunk fiction.

In the 1997 re-release of the movie, Greedo shoots first, misses and Han fires back. Fans were furious.

The two questions we're going to have to answer are; can A.I. have rights? And is A.I. alive?

Did you know that all the Hargreeves siblings are a deadly sin? But they're also a virtue. I heard a rumour you'll like this post...