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Filmmaker Jessica Mae Stover is imaking a science fiction film called Artemis Eternal, and she's doing it with step by step documentation online. The whole thing is being funded by community support via the internet. The catch is if you donate your hard-earned dollars, don't expect a look the film's script. You'll have to go in sight-unseen, hoping that you didn't just blow some dough (and get a credit on) something that might be future mulch for film critics around the world. More »
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It's Wednesday! Also known as New Comics Day. If you're not up for the weekly trek to pick up the latest issues, but you've been wanting to jump in on this whole comic book thing, we'll get you set up with some freebie comic books for your downloading pleasure, in an effort to further decrease your work productivity. Find out where to get the goods, including women-rule-the-world apocalypse tale Y the Last Man and super anti-hero series Doom Patrol. More »
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The Sundance Film Festival enters its 27th year in January, and the organizers just announced the lineup of films for this year. They include only two vaguely science fictional films: The Broken and Timecrimes. This is part of a trend: Sundance tends to shun science fiction films in general, despite the fact that Sundance declared itself "scifi friendly" in 2004. More »
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