Welcome to the Author Archive for Steven Lloyd Wilson

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Steven Lloyd Wilson, Sci Fi and History Editor: Steven Lloyd Wilson is the last scion of Norse warriors and the forbidden elder gods. Steven lives in Boston, where he is a college professor, though he spends a great deal of time in Sweden. You can email him here or follow him on Twitter.

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Review: Every Attempt to Describe 'Yakuza Princess' Make It Sounds Very Cool, But Alas ... It Is Not

Everything But the Story Works in Lisa Joy's Gorgeous and Disappointing Sci-Fi Noir 'Reminiscence'

An 11-Year-Old Movie Starring Idris Elba, Chris Evans, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan is Trending On Netflix

Now on Netflix: Frank Grillo And Bruce Willis' 'Cosmic Sin' May Be A (Failed) Test Run of Deep Fake Technology

On Prime Video: 'The Tomorrow War' Review: Kyle Reese Did Not Die for This Bulls**t

Now on Netflix: 'America: The Motion Picture' is a Very Special Kind of Bad

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that No One Remembered

Review: Netflix Thriller 'Oxygen' Shoves You in a Box So You Can Brush Up Against Infinity

Now on Netflix: The Sci-Fi of 'Stowaway' Doesn't Pass the Sniff Test of an Elementary School Science Fair

The 12 Worst Insults to Food on the Internet Today

Outside the Wire Review: Wow. So Cinema. Such Deep

On Netflix: George Clooney's Sci-Fi 'The Midnight Sky' Is Great, Except for the Science and the Fiction

Review: 'Useless Humans' is a Useless Movie

The 2020 Hugo Novel Nominations Make for A Great Quarantine Reading List

Review: Netflix's 'Freaks' Culminates In the Sorts of Moments Great Fiction is Made Of

'Picard' Review: The Star Trek We Need Right Now

'Dolittle' Review: More Like A Lotta Doo

Remembering Christopher Tolkien (1924-2020)

'Underwater' Review: Next Time I Hope Cthulhu Wins

Review: 'The Current War' is Shockingly Boring, Lacking Any Spark

'Gemini Man' Review: Uncle Kill and the Fresh Prince Star In Moron Clone Wars

Review: Downton's Back, Bitches

'I'm Sorry Dave': The Fracture Point Upon Which the AI Revolution Can Begin

Review: 'Stuber' is a Stubendously Stubid Movie

Review: In 'Annabelle Comes Home,' the Doll’s Only Demonic Power Is the Jump Scare

The Political Economy of Thanos’ Snap

'Alita: Battle Angel' Review: Manic Pixie Dream Murderbot

'The Prodigy' Review: Evil Will Hunting, This Is Not

Review: The Girl in the Spider's Web is Like Eating a Bowl of Cobwebs

Review: 'Hunter Killer' is a Miracle of Time and Space

'House with a Clock in its Walls' Review, or When the Passion in a Passion Project Never Materializes Onscreen

Review: 'The First Purge' is Sad and Tired

May the Fourth be With You: A Very Pajiba Happy Star Wars Day

Stephen Hawking Returns to the Darkness

'The Strangers: Prey at Night' Review: Dull, Pointless, Lazy

'Annihilation' Review: Maybe Alex Garland Should Read the Entire Series Before Adapting the First Book

Review: We're Going to Spoil 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure' Because It Is Amazing and You're Not Going to See It Anyway

Review: 'The Last Jedi' Is Not a Film of Tragedy But a Film of Hope

The Women Novelists Who Should Write the Final Season of 'Game of Thrones'

Amazon's Adaptation of the 'Lore' Podcast Imperfectly Grasps the Tension Between Hope and Evidence

Imre Nagy and the Hungarian Revolution | Through the Graves the Wind is Blowing

'Star Trek: Discovery' Is Actually Getting Worse

Review: "The Foreigner" Is Not What You're Expecting, and That Is To Its Credit

'Blade Runner 2049' Review: Emotionally Brilliant, Intellectually Shallow

'Gerald's Game' Review: Fear in a Handful of Dust

"Flatliners" Review: A Brain Dead Movie About Brain Death. How Meta!

Bad Writing and 'Battlestar Federation': The Disappointment of 'Star Trek: Discovery'

'It' Review: Hail to the King

How Sheep Saved Civilization

How Twitter Enables Great Horror Stories

Writers Strike Averted, Television Saved

I Want to Believe: X-Files Gets Another Season

Ghost in the Shell' Review: Oh, For F*ck's Sake

Spider-Man Trailer is Everything Right with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The 'Justice League' Trailer Is Everything Wrong with the DC Cinematic Universe

'Life' Review: In Space No Can Hear Your Tedious Stupidity

What Norse Mythology Tells Us About 'Thor: Ragnarok'

Race, Politics, and Three Barbershops in Two Countries

As It Turns Out, Bill Maher Has Also Defended Sex with Minors

We Need to Talk About the Virulent Racism of "The Great Wall"

'A Cure for Wellness' Review: F*ck Off Verbinski, You Talentless Hack

Today, It Starts

The Significance of the New Title for 'Star Wars: Episode VIII'

Carrie Fisher Has Died

'Rogue One': The Star Wars Story We've Always Wanted

Hope: Looking Back at Looking Forward in 2008

What's on Swedish Television as America Votes

If You Want to Know What Trump's America Might Look Like for Journalists, Look To Putin's Russia

Making Literature Accessible Through 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

'Inferno' Review: More Like Infernope, Amirite?

The Real Danger of Trump

Exposing the Pumpkin Spice Agenda

'Stranger Things' Season Two Theory: What Is the Thessalhydra?

Hell Is the Moment Between Cause and Effect

Happy Birthday 'Star Trek', Here's to Fifty More Years

'Stranger Things' and the Role of the Demogorgon

National Science Fiction Museum Convention This Weekend

'Warcraft' Review: Now That's Damned Good Fantasy. No, Seriously. I'm Surprised Too.

"Alice Through the Looking Glass" Review: The Best Part Was the Toddler Pooping in the Next Row

No, Polls Do Not Show Trump Beating Hillary

'Criminal' Review: Because Your Dream is Ryan Reynolds' Mind in Kevin Costner's Body

How an 18 Year Old Video Game and a Transgender Character Just Reignited Gamer Gate

GIFs Have Been Cancelled, Effective Immediately

'10 Cloverfield Lane' Review: Finding Your Furiosa

'London Has Fallen' is a Small, Hateful, and Stupid Trump Campaign Press Release

'Risen' is the Modern Christian Take on 'CSI: Jerusalem'

The Russian Family Who Were Time Capsules in their Own Lifetimes

Is Hillary a Sorcerer?

Why So Many Copies Of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Are Suddenly Being Sold Again

The Positive Message the Anti-Government Protesters In Oregon Reinforce About the Internet

The New Star Trek Trailer is Worse Than Hitler

Why Idris Elba Being Black Makes 'The Dark Tower' Better

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars', SAG Awards, 'Red Mars'

News Media, the Passive Voice, and the Problem with Saying They 'Were Radicalized'

The Abandoned 'Land of Oz' Theme Park is the Creepiest

Fungal Genocide Destroys All Bananas. Cauliflower Remains Hideously Abundant.

All the Star Wars Tidbits To Shove In Your Tauntaun

Being Sick is Basically Sci-Fi Horror

The One Troubling Thing About 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Blade Runner 2', 'Logan's Run' Reboot, Plus Book and Movie Discussion

26 Cowardly, Unchristian Governors Now Refuse to Admit Syrian Refugees

How Netflix Changes Everything

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Trek' 50th Anniversary, 'Doctor Who' Crossover, Plus Book and Movie of the Week

Why Fallout 4 is the Most Disappointing Video Game of the Year

Why I Drink: Newsweek Headlines

Why We Keep Making Boxing Movies

The Official Pajiba Guide to Your Conception

Science Fiction Thursday: NASA Announcements, 'The Expanse', Plus Book and Movie of the Week

Just One Afternoon in the Sun, and It's All Downhill from There

The Most Important 'NCIS' and 'Bones' News You Will Ever Read

The Things You Know You Don't Know But Refuse to Look Up

Why You Should Stop Watching 'The Walking Dead'

Science Fiction Thursday: Tolkien Map, Vader Lenin Statues, Plus 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' and 'Iron Sky'

The Amazing Story of the Man Who Literally Moved a Fucking Mountain

Why Jess Was Rory's Best Boyfriend

If You Eat Hot Dogs, You're Eating People

China's Most Popular Actress Throws Down With Tabloids

Science Fiction Thursday: All the Astronomy News Fit to Print

An Ode to the Wikipedia Random Page Link

Why the "Scientific Way to Cut Cake" is Completely Wrong

How the Speaker of the House Vote Just Got Awesome

Science Fiction Thursday: Nuking Mars, Actual Power Armor, and Ridley Scott Talks Water on Mars

Adolf Hitler's Godson and His Amazing True Story of Redemption

Why I Drink: Sonic Sunglasses on 'Doctor Who' Edition

Why Anger About the Race Card is Just Ignorance of Poker

'The Martian' Review: A Perfect Science Fiction Film

How NASA's Announcement of Water on Mars Changes 'The Martian'

Science Fiction Thursday: 'The Martian', 'X-Files', 'Attack on Titan'

What the Lost Colony of Roanoke Has to Do With 'The Martian'

Why Clickbait is Wonderful and How It Might Just Save Your Life

'Heroes Reborn': Real Time Review

Science Fiction Thursday: Alien Nuclear War, 'Weaveworld' Series, 'Jurassic World' Trilogy

'Minority Report': A Failure on Every Level

'Ascension' Review: The Best Science Fiction on Netflix That You Haven't Seen

What Science Fiction Television is Premiering This Week?

'Everest': An Interminable Slog of Mountain Porn

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Pacific Rim 2', 'Rogue Squadron', 'Blade Runner 2'

Why Marvel is Kicking DC's Ass

Netflix's 'Narcos' Wastes Pablo Escobar's Life on Bad Storytelling

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars', 'Luna Park', and the Ennies

Ansel Elgort Edges Ahead of Miles Teller in Douche-lympics

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Bright Light of Humanity Beaming from the Better Angels of our Nature

'The Transporter: Refueled': No Statham, No Point

Why Science Fiction Matters

Why I Drink: Dante's 'Inferno' Edition

Everything You Need to Know About Denali and Mt. McKinley

Welcome to Downtondome: 'Downton Abbey' Final Trailer

'No Escape' Review: Political Violence as Tourism

The 110 Year Old Message in a Bottle

2015 Hugo Awards: The Good Guys Win, Douchebag Puppy Movement Falters

The Disgusting But Logical Implications of Star Trek Food Replication Technology

Why I Drink: Regal Cinemas Strip Search Edition

Nazi Money Train Discovered

Hackers Release that Stolen Ashley Madison Data

Is NBC Just Trolling Us Now? 'Heroes: Reborn' Details and Trailer

What is the D23 Expo?

We Really Only Need the Down-Thumbs, Buddy2

'The Man From UNCLE': Charismatic Actors, Incredibly Bad Script

Pajiba Exclusive: 'Deadwood' Movie Confirmed...

Why I Drink: 'Bones' and 'Sleepy Hollow' Crossover Event Scheduled

Scorsese and DiCaprio Reunite for 'The Devil in the White City'

The 'True Detective' Season Recap By Someone Who Doesn't Watch 'True Detective'

What the "Deadpool" Trailer Doesn't Quite Get Right

Just How Badly "Fantastic Four" and "The Gift" Bombed: Math Edition

"The Gift" Review: Boring or Idiotic? Why Not Both?

A Quick Guide to the 10 Candidates Appearing on Tonight's Republican Debate

How to Find Hope in the Cynicism of 'Veep' and the Republican Debates

The 'Wet Hot American Summer' Review for People Who Don't Understand 'Wet Hot American Summer'

Why I Drink, 'Rush Hour' Television Series Edition

'One-Minute Time Machine': The Best Five Minute Short Movie You'll Watch Today

Detroit Unveils Satanic Statue, World Doesn't End.

Sweet Namath's Ghost: Harvard Predicts Dolphins Winning AFC East

"Self/Less" Review: Dull, Pointless, Stupid

Alec Mapa's 'Baby Daddy' Is Stand-Up Dramedy At Its Finest

Internal Affairs Is the Skyler White of Police Procedurals

Creedmunity Demands Title Change for "Creed"

Why'd They Have to Kill Space Opera?

'Terminator Genisys': CGI Yawns, But a Decent Story

Fight the Dead, Fear the Fanboys: 'Walking Dead' Themed Cruise Sails in 2016

Summer Fashion Breakdown: The Newly Unveiled 'Ghostbusters' and 'Stark Trek' Outfits

'Top Gun 2' Confirmed: 'Would You Say We'd Be Venturing Into a Zone of Danger?'

'Max' Review: A Canine Emotional Snuff Film

Summer Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Mr. Nobody' is Bizarre and Fantastic

Sci-Fi Thursday: Why Will Smith Won't Be In "Independence Day 2"

HBO in Hotel Rooms: A Fundamental Human Right

Dreamcasting SyFy's "Hyperion"

Summer Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'The Machine' is Derivative and Decidedly Meh

SciFi Thursday: Summer Books Edition

Netflix's Blurbs Are Becoming Sentient and Sarcastic

'Star Wars' or How I Learned to Love Disney

Mysteries Lingering for the Second Season of 'Sense8'

'Jurassic World' Review: A Train Wreck of Morons and Bad CGI

Summer Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Europa Report' is Perfect Hard Sci-Fi

SciFi Thursday: SyFy Adapting 'Hyperion' As "Event Series"

Netflix's 'Sense8' Is Genre-breaking, Gorgeous and Transcendent

The Latest on the TV Adaptation of Stephen King's 'The Stand'

Why I Drink, 'Transformers' Franchise Going Full Marvel

'Entourage' Review: Harmless Mediocrity

Science Fiction Thursday: Joel McHale Joins 'X-Files'

'Fallout 4'? The Countdown is Revealed

How the Internet Flattens Generations

The Year's Films Reimagined in the World of 'Mad Max'

Why Twitter Still Very Much Matters

Summer Sci-Fi Movie Club: 'Frequencies'

SciFi Thursday: Neil Gaiman Talks About 'Sandman' Prequel

Duchovny Wants Even More 'X-Files'

Deadpool is Nice to More Sick Children

Why So Many People Watch Finales

Announcing Pajiba's Summer Sci-Fi Movie Club

"Tomorrowland" Review: Optimism Doesn't Make Up For Stupidity

SciFi Thursday: Pegg Says Next 'Star Trek' To Be Less 'Star Treky', Plus 'Blade Runner 2' & 'Mad Max'

Why You Should Go to the Movies Alone

Who Exactly Didn't Like Mad Max: Fury Road?

Jared Padalecki and the Scourge of Depression

"Mad Max: Fury Road" Review: Oh What a Film, What a LOVELY Film

Sci-Fi Thursday: Watch 'Black Angel,' The Short That Opened Before 'Empire Strikes Back' in Theaters

A Trickle of 'Agent Carter' Season Two Details

Why I Drink, 'Olympus Has Fallen' Sequel Edition

Mike Can't Touch This Magic: 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' Trailer and Clip

Sci-Fi Thursday: 16 Bit 'Star Wars VII' Trailer, 'Powers' Renewed, plus a 'D&D' play

SyFy Adapting 'Brave New World' to Series

Taking the Christian Film 'Little Boy' to Its Logical Conclusion to Demonstrate Its Profound Absurdity

You, Too, Can Have an Expert Opinion on Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Without Any Firsthand Knowledge

How China's Rise Changes Movies

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Jurassic World', 'Avatar', 'The Last Witch Hunter'

Pinhead's Back: Clive Barker's 'Scarlet Gospels'

Why International Markets Got 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' First

Vin Diesel Confirms 'Furious 8'

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Doctor Who', 'Star Talk', 'Star Trek XIII'

Why Are the Roads Always Wet in Movies?

Why Comic Book Nerds Hate 'Batman vs. Superman'

'Paul Blart 2': This Review Is Going Full Godwin

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Orphan Black', 'Revolution', and Water on Mars

Steven Spielberg Making 'The BFG', Video Gamers Rejoice

'Dark Matter' Trailer: Space, Swords, and Amnesia

How Racist, Misogynist Bastards Are Gaming the Hugo Awards to Advance a Hateful Agenda

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars' Digital Release, Alien Life, Paul Feig's 'Other Space'

I Miss Baseball

Yet Another World's Oldest Woman Dies. Police Do Nothing.

How Header Pictures are Their Own Story

Why I Drink: Netflix Ordering 'Full House' Sequel Series

Science Fiction Thursday: 'X-Files', 'Interstellar', 'Hydrogen Sonata'

'Star Trek' Returning to Television?

Why the Government Needs To Be Left Out of Fantasy

Science Fiction Thursday: ISIS & 'Star Wars', 'X-Files', and a Short Film

Drop Everything Right Meow: 'Super Troopers 2' IndieGogo Project

A Series of Tubes: 'CSI: Cyber' Review

I Want to Believe: 'X-Files' Is Very Close to Returning to TV

'The Gunman' Review: A Smug, Misogynistic, and Idiotic 'Taken'

Science Fiction Thursday: I'll Take Pratchett and Potpourri for 200 Credits

Why Our Characters Have to be Competent

Ooh! Tentacles: 'Monsters: Dark Continent' Trailer

On Pratchett and Beginnings and Endings

Well I'm Quite Taken With It: 'Run All Night' Review

We've Lost Terry Pratchett

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Tron 3', NASA Rocket, 'The Shaman' Trailer

20 Books to Fill the Gap Between 'Return of the Jedi' and 'Episode VII'

Lucy Lawless Joins Bruce Campbell in 'Ash vs. Evil Dead'

'Jupiter Ascending 2' is Going to Be China's Fault

SciFi Thursday: Spock, Nimoy, And More Spock

Why I Drink, We're All Going to Die Spam Edition

What We Lost When We Lost Leonard Nimoy

Jump Scares and Boredom: 'The Lazarus Effect' Review

Dear TV Writers: Enough with the Jazz Episodes, Already

Why I Drink, Fallen Angel Edition

Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Casting News

The Oscar Interview Hollywood Doesn't Want You To See

Science Fiction Thursday: Louis C.K. Wants to Die a "Terrible" Death in Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien' Sequel

'Pirates of the Caribbean 5' Plot Summary and Word by Word Dissection

The First Generation to Grow Old on the Internet

Why Are We Fascinated by Swords in Our Fiction?

The Reason Why Jon Stewart Is the Best Journalist of This Generation

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Wheel of Time' Pilot, Lando Speaks, Cyborg Gender Awareness

'Jupiter Ascending' Review: A Movie So Staggeringly Stupid That Sean Bean Actually Lives

'Project Almanac' Review: A Terrible Movie but Time Travel's Shiny

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Jupiter Ascending' Trailer, 'Independence Day 2', Terry Pratchett, Buy Your Own Mech

Why We Love Con-Men

Sign Me Up For Solitary: How TV and Film Fail in Portraying Prison

Why 'The Nightly Show' is No 'Colbert Report'

'The Boy Next Door' Review: I Love Your Mother's Cookies

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars', 'Red Mars', 'The Culture', and More 'Star Wars'

What 'Gilmore Girls' Tells Us About Homophobia Ten Years On

What Shailene Woodley's Character in 'Divergent' Could Learn from Captain Kirk

Why 'Agent Carter' Succeeds Where 'Agents of Shield' Failed

'Blackhat' Review: Thor is 'American Hacker'

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Mad Max', 'Lazarus Effect', 'Ghost in the Shell', and 'The Culture'

I Declare This Canon: 'Jurassic Parks and Recreation'

B*tch Ranking 'Downton Abbey': The Art of Victorian Seduction

Why Your New Year's Resolutions Suck

Every "Star Wars" Comic Ever For $300

John Cusack and Adrien Brody Give Up: "Dragon Blade" Trailer

Who You Gonna Call? "Better Call Saul" Trailer

'Twas the Night before Pajibmas

"Fireplace for Your Home" Real Time Review

Stephen Colbert Says Goodbye, Literally and a Lot, In the All-Star-iest Musical Finale Ever

The Worst Video Game Cutscene of the Year: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" Review

The Geopolitics of Sony's Decision Making

The Official Pajiba Recap of 2014's Award Shows

'Doctor Who' Being 'Too Dark' Is the Least of Steven Moffat's Problems

Will Charlie Sheen Return for the Finale of "2.5 Men"?

Bieber God and Batman Moses Save The Day: "Exodus: Gods and Kings" Review

A Bit Much, Innit? 'Kingsman' Red-Band Trailer

I'm Beginning to Feel the Heinlein: 'Predestination' First Seven Minutes

What 'Eaten Alive' and Zoos Have in Common

Einstein's Papers Digitized and Online

Nimoy Goes Full Nostalgia: 'Star Trek' Turns Fifty

A Novel Lost and Re-Found: The Story of Irene Nemirovsky and 'Suite Française'

There's No Canonical Reason Stormtroopers Can't Be Black

'Game of Thrones' Bad Photoshop: Puppy Edition

The Heartbreaking True Story Behind the Life and Death of Alan Turing, the Man at the Center of 'The Imitation Game'

Democracy, Thanksgiving, and Why You Shouldn't Unfriend Those Disagreeable Schmucks on Facebook

Not Even Spielberg Can Reboot 'The Last Starfighter'

Watch Ursula Le Guin's Wonderful National Book Awards Speech

'Interstellar' Prequel Comic

'The Peanuts Movie' Goes Full CGI

Universal Brings Back Horror without Horror

'Interstellar' and the Ryan Leaf Theory of Movie Criticism

Jonathan Nolan Bringing Asimov's 'Foundation' to HBO

What You Should Read After Watching 'Interstellar'

What 'Ozymandias' Really Tells Us

Science Fiction at its Best: 'Interstellar' Review

Surprisingly Few Books for the Title: 'The Librarians' Television Series

Suck it Johnny 5: Watch Neill Blomkamp's 'Chappie' Trailer

The Internet's Addiction to Rage Will Consume Us All

All of Andrei Tarkovsky's Films Free Online

'Before I Go to Sleep' Review: A Narcoleptic Thriller

Tolkienista Bingo for Watching 'The Battle of Five Armies'

Iranian Vampires: 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' Trailer

Keynes vs. Hayek Rap Battles are the Most Wonderful Videos Ever Posted on the Internet

How Peter Jackson Continues to Miss the Point of Tolkien

Why Tina Fey Would Be the Perfect Person to Replace Lorne Michaels on 'SNL' (Sooner, Rather than Later)

Every Character on 'Modern Family' is a Serial Killer

Why It's Not Funny that Darth Vader's Running for Ukraine's Parliament

What's the Difference Between New Hampshire and Missouri?

Brad Pitt's 'Fury' Is One of the Best War Movies in Years

'Star Wars: Episode VII' Concept Art

The Nine Best Things in Science Fiction Right This Instant

How the Internet Made Time Slow Again

The Cover Song Rule: How to Tell if a Reboot is Any Good

Truth to Power: Why 'Archer' Should Have Kept ISIS in the Show

Just Why Do All Alien Planets Look Exactly Like the Woods Outside of Vancouver?

Today's Pointless Adaptation: 'Myst': The Television Series

'Fantastic Four' Comic Cancelled

'Interstellar' Screenings Will Be the Latest to Charge You Extra for a Movie Theater Gimmick

What Nicolas Cage's 'Left Behind' Says About Apocalyptic Christianity

What the Top Trending Facebook Stories Have in Common

Why I Drink, Vintage Game Edition: 'Tetris: The Movie'

End of an Era: The Last of the Saturday Morning Cartoons Have Been Cancelled

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Sequel Getting Netflix-First Release

Why Netflix Watchers are Superior Human Beings

Haunting Powerlessness: Why Dystopia is Horror on the Societal Level

How India Just Destroyed Civilization

ESPN Suspends Bill Simmons, Fails Public Relations 101

The CW is Still a Network: A Schedule Review

The True Story of the Only Man to Serve in Both the American and Soviet Armies

How Young Adult Bestsellers Tell Us That We're Doomed

Why Actors Get Awards: 'The Drop'

Eh, It's no 'Katniss Kronicles': 'The Maze Runner'

Revisiting Robin Williams and 'What Dreams May Come'

Great Show or Greatest Show? The '7th Heaven' Cast Reunion

"Lucifer" Television Adaption in the Works

Better Dead than Red: "Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead" Trailer

Anyone Got Mulder's Number? "Extraterrestrial" Trailer

Maybe Not Today, Maybe Not Tomorrow: 'Phoenix' Trailer

Dan Simmons And The True Story of the HMS Terror

"New Angeles": A (Not) "The Matrix" Television Series

Snap Impressions from the Weekend's First Slate of NFL Games

"The Stand" Adaptation: Good, Bad, Ugly

Who Wants to Have Fun with Semantics? "Supergirl" Series

Comic-Con and San Diego Might Call it Quits

A Return to Normalcy: Ukrainian Rap Tribute to "Die Hard"

What Dante and Dogs Tell Us About "The Leftovers"

Check your Americanski privilege: Fixing "A Good Day to Die Hard"

Yer a Goat, Harry:: "Horns" Trailer

Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, and Internet Misogyny as Terrorism

How Memory Interconnects Everything We Watch and Read

Every "Criminal Minds" Season Streaming on Netflix

Your Brain on Roleplaying Games: "Dark Dungeons" Trailer

Mmmm Brains: 'Walking Dead' Teaser

Chinese Theaters Allow Text Messaging

Why I Love Spoilers

A Pajiba Exclusive: "Star Wars: Episode VII" Script in Hand

'Community' Season Six Teaser

Sony Editing 'The Interview' to Appease North Korea

Science Fiction Thursday: Babylon 5, Star Wars Pictures, Mary Shelley Biopics

"Aquaman": So This is Happening

Pajiba Exclusive: Fox Admits to Rigging Elections

Pajiba's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About the Teen Choice Awards.

So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: "The Hundred-Foot Journey"

The Clearing at the End of the Path

Why People Like Joe Should Be Halted and Lit on Fire, and How the Media Confuses Leeches with Geniuses

Miami Marlins' Mascot Stars in Own 'Star Wars' Trailer

Poor Man's 'Walking Dead': "Z Nation" Trailer

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Pacific Rim 2: Shirtless Jax Boogaloo,' 'Dragonriders of Pern,' and Joe Abercrombie

Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Interstellar Trailer

What Video Games Say About Our Morality

'Manhattan' Review: Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Why We Persist in Monster Hunting and Conspiracy Theories

Lucy: Painfully Stupid No Matter What Percent of Your Brain You Use

Leslie Knope and Heroes without Arcs

Science Fiction Thursday

Episodic Television: An Elaborate Delivery Mechanism for Short Stories

'Predestination' Trailer: Heinlein, Hawke, and Mixed Emotions

Whedon Biography Throws Punches

Science Fiction Thursday

Thus Spake Gilliam: 'Zero Theorem' Trailer

'Snowpiercer' Heading to VOD on Friday

Ten Things You Learn While Marathoning the USA Network

Surprisingly Little Pea Soup: 'Deliver Us From Evil' Review

Science Fiction Thursday

CBS Gives the Finger to "Criminal Minds" Fans

How to Watch Season Six of 'Community'

Draco Kills a Mudblood: 'Murder in the First' Review

A Stunning Vision of Hell: 'A Stranger to Myself' Review

Science Fiction Thursday

'The Stand' for Morons: 'The Last Ship' Review

Book Readers' Edition of 'Game of Thrones': Where Do We Go From Here?

The Greatest Television Show Ever Conceived: 'Treehouse Masters'

Well Be Still My Stone Heart: "Game of Thrones" Book Readers' Edition - 'The Children'

Your Pajiba Guide to Surviving Summer Road Trips

Your Completely Unhelpful Guide to World Cup Viewing Options

Science Fiction Thursday

DVDs and Blu-ray Dying: Internet Commenters Rage Against the Dying of the Light

Look Ma, No Filler: "Game of Thrones" Book Readers' Edition - 'The Watchers on the Wall'

Why "Cosmos" Matters

All You Need is Kill: “Edge of Tomorrow” Review

Why Are Horror Stories Not to Blame for the Slenderman Crime, but the Men’s Rights Movement Carries Some Blame for the Santa Barbara's Killings?

Science Fiction Thursday

The Broccoli Theory of Bad Television

Mmmm, Beetles: "Game of Thrones" Book Readers' Edition - 'The Mountain and the Viper'

"Game of Thrones": Hot Pie's Choose Your Own Adventure

The Fascinating Real-Life Account of How Man Waged War Against Emus with Machine Guns ... and Lost

Science Fiction Thursday

The Journey, Not the Destination

These Stories Aren't About Superheroes: "X-Men: Days of Future Past"

Why Jack Bauer is Hurting America

Science Fiction Thursday

Kitten Mittens Meet Wearing Sunscreen: Charlie Day Commencement Speech

Slim Pickens Demands Royalties: "Game of Thrones" Book Readers' Edition - "Mockingbird"

"Cosmos" Week 11: "Life here began out there".

Slumdog Jerry Maguire: 'Million Dollar Arm' Review

What We Say About Readers: An Internal Email Exchange About the GoT Book Reader Backlash

Science Fiction Thursday

Fear in the Darkness: H.R. Giger 1940-2014

The Uncanny Valley of Television: "Game of Thrones" - "The Laws of Gods and Men"

"Cosmos" Episode 10: He's Electric

The Most and Least Popular Countries in Film and Television

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars', 'Interstellar', Clive Barker

This Water Ain't Going to Tread Itself: Book Readers' "Game of Thrones" - "First of His Name"

Beep-Boop-Beep-Boop: "24" Real Time Review

"Cosmos" Week 9: The Past is a Different Planet

Science Fiction Thursday: So Many Shows, So Few Extraneous Y's

"Believe": The Best Show Ever in My Head

Never Go Full Robert Jordan: Book Readers' "Game of Thrones" - "Oathkeeper"

"Cosmos" Week 8: We Looked at the Stars and Found Plato's Cave

Parkour, Dystopian Detroit, and Paul Walker's Final Gift to Us: "Brick Mansions" Review

Science Fiction Thursday: Fantasy Release Round Up

Peak Reference -- The Point At Which We Can't Cram Anymore References Into Our Head -- Is Coming

"Farscape" Film: To the Stars, My Friends

Stretch Those Storylines! Book Readers' "Game of Thrones" - "Breaker of Chains"

The Perfect Review of a Perfect Movie on its 25th Anniversary

"Cosmos" Week 7: People, People Never Change

Jenny McCarthy's Terminator Reboot: "Transcendence" Review

"Bob's Burgers": Linda, Louise, and Accepting Your Kids For Who They Are

Science Fiction Thursday: Real Astronauts, Hugo Awards, Eisner Awards

Mourning Colbert: Why 'The Colbert Report' Matters in Ways Other Late Night Shows Do Not

Next Stop, The Grey Wedding: Book Readers' "Game Of Thrones" - "The Lion and the Rose"

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Mirrors Always Lie: "Oculus" Review

Quantity is its Own Quality: Fantasy Epics as a Distinct Medium

Science Fiction Thursday: "Battlestar Galactica", "Star Wars" Sets Consumed

"Mr. Selfridge" and the Pornography of the Past

For The Literate Among Us: Book Readers' "Game Of Thrones" - "Two Swords"

"Cosmos" Week 5: We are the Stuff of Stars

Communism's Blood Drenched Flood

Science Fiction Thursday: 'Star Wars', More 'Discworld', Chris Carter

Worst Finale Ever: A Complete Tone Deafness of Basic Storytelling

"Cosmos" Week 4: A Sky Full of Ghosts

Listen All Y'all It's a "Sabotage" Review

Word Counts and Fandom

Science Fiction Thursday: "Cosmos", Sir Patrick Stewart, SHIELD Casting, and Terry Pratchett

"The Breakfast Club": The Nostalgia of Others

"Cosmos" Episode 3: Your God is too Small

Ten Twisted 'Dungeons & Dragons' Monsters That Should Be Adapted By SyFy Originals

Science Fiction Thursday

"Archer": Really Just a Documentary from the Future

Why George R.R. Martin Needs to Finish 'A Song of Ice and Fire'

"Cosmos" Episode 2: Evolution Boogaloo

Fathers and Heroes: 'Our Fathers Were Our Models for God'

Science Fiction Thursday: History of Sci-Fi Documentary, Brandon Sanderson, and Frederik Pohl

Redeeming Ted Mosby

BadWrongFun: Are You Enjoying Yourself Correctly?

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It Ain't Fantasy Without a Little Fascism, or Why Neville Was the Real Hero of 'Harry Potter'

There Are Going to be Some Changes Around Here

Sunday Night Just Became Science Night

Life is a Sitcom: How Our Reality Mirrors 'Burn Notice'

The Post-Meta Academy Awards Experience

Ukraine, Revolution, and Movies: People Tweeting About Movies While the World Ends

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