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Science Fiction

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Science Fixins': A Dream Meal Made of Fictional Foods

    What's the greatest science fiction film of all time? If you didn't just go, "Oh, Blade Runner," I want you now to imagine me shooting you the bird as I walk away. As I was re-watching it for the ump-teenth time the other afternoon, I couldn't help but get hungry when Deckard was eating at the noo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2012

    Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Margaret Atwood

    What's the greatest science fiction film of all time? If you didn't just go, "Oh, Blade Runner," I want you now to imagine me shooting you the bird as I walk away. As I was re-watching it for the ump-teenth time the other afternoon, I couldn't help but get hungry when Deckard was eating at the noo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2012

    Serenity

    What's the greatest science fiction film of all time? If you didn't just go, "Oh, Blade Runner," I want you now to imagine me shooting you the bird as I walk away. As I was re-watching it for the ump-teenth time the other afternoon, I couldn't help but get hungry when Deckard was eating at the noo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Zachary Quinto Comes Out, And So Should These Star Trek Characters

    Fascinating. And *fabulous.*​Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto, in news that was apparently a surprise to absolutely no one, is now the second actor from the sci-fi franchise to come out of the closet (do they have closets in the 24th century? Maybe he was in a holodeck version): The 34-year-old ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    Por Favor, Nanny

    Houston moms help the help.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    "Tatooine" Discovery: Five Other Times NASA Has Drafted Off Star Wars' Heat

    NASA: If only there was a movie about a two-sun planet....​NASA officials hyped a press conference yesterday about a new discovery via the way they know best: Trot out the Star Wars references. People connected with the movie and SFX gurus Industrial Light & Magic were on the panel to discuss ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    ApolloCon Weekend

    NASA: If only there was a movie about a two-sun planet....​NASA officials hyped a press conference yesterday about a new discovery via the way they know best: Trot out the Star Wars references. People connected with the movie and SFX gurus Industrial Light & Magic were on the panel to discuss ... More >>

  • Film

    March 17, 2011

    Planet of the Aping

    Too much sci-fi, not enough SNL in Paul.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Discovery 's Last Take-Off: Some Wild Views

    NASA has put together an impressive montage of the last take-off of the space shuttle Discovery, using a wide range of cameras on the launch pad and the vehicle. There's about five minutes or so of preflight stuff here, so fast-forward if you prefer.

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    The Hobbit

    NASA has put together an impressive montage of the last take-off of the space shuttle Discovery, using a wide range of cameras on the launch pad and the vehicle. There's about five minutes or so of preflight stuff here, so fast-forward if you prefer.

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2010

    13th Annual Polish Film Festival

    NASA has put together an impressive montage of the last take-off of the space shuttle Discovery, using a wide range of cameras on the launch pad and the vehicle. There's about five minutes or so of preflight stuff here, so fast-forward if you prefer.

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2010

    The Complete Metropolis

    What was lost, has been found

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    I Love the '80s Month: E.T.

    Home is where the alien is

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    A Clockwork Orange

    Extreme violence marks this film classic by Stanley Kubrick

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    The Brother from Another Planet

    If all aliens were like this, the only thing we'd have to worry about is a run on pedicures

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    Cosmic Celluloid: 2001: A Space Odyssey

    One small step for computer-kind, one hell of a mess for man

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Little Shop of Horrors

    That's a hell of a case of indigestion

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Target Free First Sunday: To the Moon and Beyond

    Like sci-fi flicks? This 1902 film started it all

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Not So Final Frontier

    Aurora Picture Show hosts some enterprising fan fiction

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    Outlaw Prophet

    Web exclusive!

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    The Terminator

    Web exclusive!

  • Film

    May 7, 2009

    Warp Factor 10

    J.J. Abrams's Star Trek: proof that a franchise can live long and prosper.

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2008

    Outsider Comedy

    Local comedians band together and embrace their dorkiness

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2008

    Review: The Host, by Stephenie Meyer

    Local comedians band together and embrace their dorkiness

  • Home Entertainment

    December 6, 2007

    Mass Effect

    Mass Effect is riveting — and a bit aggravating, too

  • Calendar

    November 8, 2007

    Leonard Nimoy’s The Full Body Project

    Everyone’s favorite Vulcan brings his logic to full-figured women

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2007

    Interkosmos

    Low-fi sci-fi

  • Film

    July 19, 2007

    Sunshine

    Racing to reignite the sun -- and our souls -- in Danny Boyle's sci-fi collage

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2006

    Off Trek

    Racing to reignite the sun -- and our souls -- in Danny Boyle's sci-fi collage

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2006

    Puppets and Prophecy

    Racing to reignite the sun -- and our souls -- in Danny Boyle's sci-fi collage

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Wild Kingdom

    The furries are fighting like animals, just for a little respect

  • Calendar

    October 24, 2002

    An Orcen Man

    For some writers, there's no reason to leave Middle Earth

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002
  • Calendar

    June 13, 2002

    Flirting with the Empire

    More and more, science fiction writers are using the Force to survive

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001
  • Culture

    March 29, 2001

    He Scores

    Ennio Morricone has written great music for good, bad and ugly films

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000
  • Culture

    June 29, 2000

    The Final Frontier

    Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time

  • Film

    April 1, 1999

    High-tech High Jinks

    Sci-fi Matrix moves beyond reality at warp speed

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Sci-fi Matrix moves beyond reality at warp speed

  • Film

    April 9, 1998

    Do the Time Warp

    Lost in Space is dumb -- but it's a good dumb

  • Film

    October 30, 1997

    Coded for Success

    Lost in Space is dumb -- but it's a good dumb

  • Film

    May 8, 1997

    Star Lard

    With The Fifth Element, Luc Besson swipes from science fiction past to create a slick, vacuous future

  • Film

    December 12, 1996

    It's Topps!

    In Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton turns his ray gun on everything in sight

  • Film

    November 21, 1996

    Boldly Going

    The latest voyage of the Enterprise is a trip worth taking

  • Culture

    January 26, 1995

    Moon Shots

    At the MFA, lunar imagery blurs the line between science and art

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