Review: ‘Colossal’
On a peaceful summer night in Seoul, a little girl searches for her doll. Just as she finds it, a giant monster appears in the […]
Reviews
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 469: Prelude to Silicon Valley Comic Con
Live show at 7 Stars, joined by Lon Lopez, and looking at last week’s news and next week’s Silicon Valley Comic Con!
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 468: Return to Planet Nate!
Star Wars news, looking forward to the Hugo comic awards, surprises in TV and Movies, and much more!
Doctor Who: Snakedance
Originally posted November 21, 2013 in anticipation of the 50th Anniversary, we’re going back over Drew Simchik’s favorite Doctor Who episodes (many of which you […]
The Scum & Villainy Cantina
When Obi-Wan Kenobi uttered those deathless words, “you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy,” he was talking about the spaceport town […]
Review: ‘Doc Savage: The Ring Of Fire’
It’s 1938. The world is on the brink of war. Months earlier, one of America’s brightest heroes, Amelia Earhart, disappeared somewhere in the Pacific. That […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 467: Wild Man and Prodigy
Cinequest 2017 interviews with the cast and crew of Wild Man, then the directors of Prodigy, and the comics, movies and TV news of the week!
The Eighth Doctor: The Fox TV Movie Revisited
Editor’s note: Originally published on 11/14/13 as part of the 50th Anniversary excitement… You guys! I just watched the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie for […]
Cinequest 2017 Shorts: “The Visit”
How many times a day does this scene play out across the world? A dutiful adult son visits his aging mother in the rec room […]
Cinequest 2017: ‘Quality Problems’
It’s a feel good family comedy about breast cancer and Alzheimer’s. Yeah, that might have just caused you to a do a double-take, but it’s […]
Cinequest 2017:
‘An American Dream:
The Education of William Bowman’
When Canadian director Ken Finkleman started working on An American Dream, it was clearly satire. By the time it opened at Cinequest 2017, his film had […]
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 465: Back to Gallifrey!
Derek reports on his trip to this year’s Gallfrey One convention, interviews with Jason Haigh-Ellery of Big Finish, Chris Thompson of Titan Comics, Christopher Jones, artist of the Third Doctor Doctor Who comic, and this week’s bag of comics!
Cinequest 2017 Shorts: ‘Remembrance’
Indulge this quick hit with full disclosure — a former student of mine, already a talented filmmaker when I knew her, has created a short […]
Review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’
Many have tried to make the Great American Kaiju Movie. Most have failed, though it couldn’t be 100% failure because, well, GIANT MONSTERS. Until Kong: Skull […]
Cinequest 2017: ‘Prodigy’
If I told you that I saw a great movie featuring a young girl with powers she cannot control, that the government wants to destroy, […]
Cinequest 2017: ‘Loop’ and ‘Pyromaniac’
Granted, like any other art, not every film is for everyone. We try to focus on giving you reviews that meet our fannish criteria. And today, on the fourth day of San Jose’s Cinequest we have two thrillers, one with a science fiction bent, that you may want to check out.
Cinequest 2017: ‘The Sounding’
When it comes to the human mind, there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy. And somehow, when […]
Review: ‘Logan’
Hugh Jackman deserves applause and appreciation. He’s been the best there is at what he does since 2000 and what he’s done is play Wolverine […]
Cinequest 2017: The Festival Opens – ‘This is Meg’
Opening Night for Cinequest, and a review of “This is Meg” which in a way is representative of much that you will see at the festival.
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 464: Springtime for Hydra
It’s time to celebrate the first day of filming for Avengers: Infinity War, and then talk about comics, TV, and the certain uncertainty of The Justice League movie…
