sci fi

Review: Civil War

May 6, 2024 // 0 Comments

Press journalist sits on ground while soldiers march around her

Alex Garland’s Civil War leaves a lasting impact

Survival Guide for Noobs to Montreal ComicCon 2023

July 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

Cosplayers. Comiccon 2022. Photo Rachel Levine

How to survive your first time at Comiccon

Survival Guide to Montreal ComicCon 2022

July 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

If you identify as Marvel or DC, Star Wars or Star Trek, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, Dr. Who or Battlestar Galactica, Anime or Pixar, Disney or Looney Toons, [read on]

Saga Bookstore and La Livrerie Get Resident Writers

October 16, 2021 // 0 Comments

Ilya Razykov and Mathieu Lauzon-Dicso of Saga Bookstore

Two new Montreal bookstores offer Community Building Writer’s Residencies

Fantasia Reviews: All The Moons and Dear Hacker

August 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

All the Moons Following the bombing of her orphanage, a young girl (Haizea Carneros) survives but barely. A striking woman (Itziar Ituno) appears, offering to save her if she [read on]

Solo: A Star Wars Story makes for a thrilling action film

May 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

The newest Star Wars anthology film explores some of Hans Solo’s backstory.

Photos from Ottawa Commiccon

May 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Steven Lee brings you pictures from the event inspired by Montreal’s commiccon.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets : Only Entertaining?

July 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Will Luc Besson’s latest live up to the hype?

Daily Fantasia Picks 2016

July 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

Genre films worth catching each day around the themes of loneliness, alienation, teenagers, and outcasts.

Childhood’s End: Night One Review

December 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Catch this sci fi miniseries on Showcase for the next two nights. Review of night one here.

Review : The Ambitions of Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Photo Georgia Gleason.

Tuesday Night Cafe play explores meaty topics about the causes and effects of war.

Interstellar is Out of Sight!

November 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is his most important work yet.

Photo Review by Michael Bakouch: Mascara & Popcorn Black Carpet Event

August 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Mascara & Popcorn Festival. Black Carpet Event. Photo Michael Bakouch.

To be inside a horror movie with all possible most terrifying monsters from your worst nightmares, drag your corpse to the Mascara & Popcorn Film Festival.

Freaky, Gory, and Deliciously Horrific: Mascara & Popcorn’s Festival of Short Films

August 12, 2014 // 0 Comments

Mascara and Popcorn Body Horror Contest. Photo Corey Kaminski

Get ready for the gore, the horror, the weird, and the wild at Mascara and Popcorn’s annual festival of short films. Here’s what’s going down.

Film Review: Lucy is Mindless Summer Fun

July 26, 2014 // 0 Comments

Scarlett Johansson proves that she’s a capable actress even in Luc Bresson’s dumbed-down thriller Lucy.

Snowpiercer: A One-way Ticket to a Bloody Class Fight on a Slick Road

July 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

In the hands of a Korean director, dystopic graphic novel becomes a visual tour de force.

Humanity From An Alien Perspective : Review of Under The Skin

May 9, 2014 // 0 Comments

Stunning film by John Glazer features Scarlett Johansson as an alien becoming more human while exploring the meaning of humanity.