Science Fiction

In An Octopuse’s Garden: a review of Squid Game

Squid Game (Korean: 오징어 게임; RR: Ojing-eo Geim) Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk Written by Hwang Dong-hyuk Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk Starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, O Yeong-su, Wi Ha-joon, Jung Ho-yeon, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, Kim Joo-ryoung Composer Jung Jae-il No. of episodes 9 There isn’t a description of Squid Game that wouldn’t cause me to take …

If You’re In a Hole, Keep Digging: a review of Made in Abyss

Made in Abyss Directed by Masayuki Kojima Written by Hideyuki Kurata Music by Kevin Penkin Studio Kinema Citrus Licensed by AUS, Madman Entertainment, BI/NA, Sentai Filmworks Main Characters Riko Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[5] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda[6] (English) Reg Voiced by: Mariya Ise[5] (Japanese); Luci Christian[6] (English) Nanachi Voiced by: Shiori Izawa[8] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski[6] (English) Mitty Voiced by: Eri …

Or was that Robots Love Death? — a review of Love, Death and Robots season 2

The animation in all eight offerings in season two is well above average, ranging from a marvelously stylistic 2-D “Ice” to sly caricatures in “Automated Customer Service” to a gritty hyperrealism in “Pop Squad” or “Life Hutch”. The stories themselves had plotlines familiar to SF fans—robot uprisings, grim cops in dystopian cultures, immortality in a …

Space is really big, baby–a review of The Expanse

The Expanse Executive producers Naren Shankar, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, Sharon Hall, Broderick Johnson, Andrew Kosove, Laura Lancaster, Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, & Dan Nowak Producers Lynn Raynor, Jason Ning, Robin Veith, Ben Cook, Ben Roberts, Manny Danelon, Alan Di Fiore, Lewin Webb, Robert Munroe, Steven Strait Production locations Toronto, …

Home Drone Entertainment: a review of Omniscient

Omniscient Created by Pedro Aguilera Written by Pedro Aguilera, Guilherme Freitas, Ludmila Naves, Maria Shu, Thais Fujinaga Directed by Júlia Jordão Starring Carla Salle Sandra Corveloni, Jonathan Haagensen, Guilherme Prates, Luana Tanaka, Marcello Airoldi, Marco Antônio Pâmio Nina’s city is one of the safest places on Earth. Despite being a major metropolitan area, Nina’s police …

Insurance for Travellers: a review of Umbrella Academy Season 2

Umbrella Academy Season 2 Created by Steve Blackman Based on The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by Jeremy Slater Starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin …

The Sea Also Rises: a review of Japan Sinks:2020

Japan Sinks:2020 Per Wikipedia: Japan Sinks: 2020, was animated by Science Saru, with Pyeon-Gang Ho serving as the series’ director and Masaaki Yuasa as director. Toshio Yoshitaka handled series composition, Naoya Wada designed the characters, and Kensuke Ushio composed the series’ music. Yuko Sasaki, Reina Ueda and Tomo Muranaka are credited with starring roles. It …

At the tone, the time will be elsewhen: A review of Undone

Undone Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg & Kate Purdy Directed by Hisko Hulsing Starring Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, Bob Odenkirk Undone is Amazon’s first original animated feature, and it’s hard to imagine a better start. Alma Winograde nearly dies in a car crash, and awakens with strange new ways of …