SDCC 2016 [Panel Reviews]: Star Trek-The Roddenberry Vault / Aliens 30th Anniversary.

STAR TREK: THE RODDENBERRY VAULT (Saturday) - Comic-Con is the largest stage for all things geek. Huge reveals, surprising announcements, and the biggest stars on the globe inhabit the San Diego Convention Center's hallowed halls. With much ado going on, it’s quite easy for a lot of things to fall through the cracks: geek panels …

AMERICAN HORROR STORY – HOTEL [Season 5 Premiere Review]: Such a Lovely Place.

For the record I’ve been watching American Horror Story since Day 1 and, still, the first season, “Murder House”, is my favorite. It was an effectively simple story about an old haunted house that a couple new to Los Angeles moved into--with all the crazy and deadly secrets that came with it. Now that we’re on to Season …

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: FEMINISM in “THE BABADOOK” and “UNDER THE SKIN”.

It's hard to argue the fact that when it comes to science fiction and horror, women tend to get short-changed. They're the ones to run around in the dark, groping for some sort of protection against a raving psychotic murderer, at once both the victim and hero (Scream effectively played with this stereotype, before ultimately …