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We've always liked Jorge Garcia on Lost, but he's really stretching his acting muscles on his new show, Alcatraz. And somehow he's managing to act rings around not just Sarah Jones but Sam Neill too. Actually there are two things to love about Alcatraz, especially based on last night's episode — Garcia's performance, and the moments of extreme creepy weirdness. More »
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Crime never sleeps, but it does jump forwards in time. At least, that's the premise of Alcatraz, the latest J.J. Abrams head trip that debuted on Fox last night. Present-day San Francisco is in for an invasion of escaped convicts, bringing their brutal 1960s ways to our more civilized namby-pamby era. Because the Kennedy era did serial killers and vengeful wackos right. More »
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J.J. Abrams' new series Alcatraz, debuting tonight, feels very much like an attempt to recapture the glories of Lost. It features yet another mystery on an island, and the return of Jorge Garcia. The show was created by a Lost writer — who was replaced during production. And there are lots of random little mysteries in tonight's first two hours. But it all falls a little flat. More »
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Science fiction and fantasy devoured our hearts and minds in 2011. The year's hit movies, bestselling books and buzzed-about television shows were dominated by genre fare — and a handful of people played a key part in making it happen. More »
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Alcatraz might be the most mysterious and creepy J.J. Abrams production yet — it involves crminials from the famous island prison disappearing in the past and reappearing, without having aged at all, in the present. These time-displaced criminals wreak havoc in present-day San Francisco. More »
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DIY toy designer Scott "MegoScott" Adams has assembled what appears to be the most detailed Lost playset ever built. Complete with a pop-up Smoke Monster, an iPod-fueled entertainment rig that plays Professor Chang's training videos and the Dharma Initiative's LP collection, and even creating a prop of Hurley's Green Lantern comic, this display is too ornate for your local toystore. More »
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Look everyone, it's an Apollo bar! Once Upon a Time didn't want you to forget that the writers behind Lost were working on this fantasyland series. But even the odd Lost easter egg couldn't lighten up the bleak past of the dancing and singing cricket. Who knew we'd care so much about the sad backstory of a bug? More »
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Is there anything cooler than an awesome diorama? It's like fan art that you can walk around. The most awesome dioramas tell a story and burst with amazing details — and tons of awesomely weird humor. More »
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What if Confederates, fleeing after the Civil War, ran to the shores of Brazil, and encountered... something? We were intrigued when a new novel trilogy sold to Christian publisher Barbour Books in a "nice deal," and it was pitched as "Gone With The Wind meets Lost." Does somebody say "Frankly, my dear Smoke Monster, I don't give a damn." More »
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The great thing about science fiction and fantasy is that they're full of surprises — you just never know what the universe will have in store. Like, sometimes, a totally random, surprising, shocking death. More »
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Terry O'Quinn just can't stop investigating the fate of mysterious islands. He's addicted. This time around, O'Quinn's digging into the question of what happened to Atlantis, in a new episode of the Discovery Channel's Curiosity airing Sunday. And we've got two exclusive clips! More »
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We are, most people would agree, in the midst of a Golden Age of Television. Since the late-1990s, the programming that's been pumped into our homes has been as good as it's ever been — and, in many respects, better than the movies that have long sat atop the Pop Cultural Quality Pile. But why aren't we also in a Golden Age of Genre TV? More »
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The fall TV season is beginning, and that means one thing — you're finally going to get to see the TV pilots that the networks have been sweating over for a year. Most of them will totally suck — even if the shows they launch wind up being good. But a few of them will be amazing, full of killer action and interesting characters. More »
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It's almost fall TV season, which means just one thing — it's time to start second guessing the TV networks. Many new shows will be introduced, and most of them will die an ignominious death. More »
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Still not convinced that you want to watch Hugh Jackman training a robot to beat another robot into spare parts in Real Steel? This featurette may go a long way towards winning you over. It basically narrates the entire movie's story, and shows both the brutality and the heart-warming cuteness of this robot film. More »
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What if your boss was one of the greatest fictional monsters in the universe? It could be a terrifying experience, one your career might never recover from. More »
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Creepy children who can see the future are a mainstay of movies and television — and a surprising number of them are artistically gifted. Put a crayon or magic marker in the hands of a little prophet, and he/she will draw you a deathly masterpiece every time. More »
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J.J. Abrams finally broke his long silence on the controversial ending of his most successful TV show, Lost. In an interview with the Guardian, he said that he hasn't heard anybody come up with their own ideas for how Lost should have ended. More »
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San Diego Comic Con is a mosh pit of tastemakers. A good showing at Comic Con can generate unstoppable buzz for a project, that can last for months. A weak showing can deal a devastating setback to a creator's dreams. More »
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At Comic-Con, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse interrupted a Lost retrospective panel to unveil startling new footage of how the Man in Black and Jacob manipulated the fates of the survivors. It turns out their shadowy machinations were shadowy even to themselves. More »
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In the new movie Another Earth, a duplicate of our own planet appears from the far side of the sun, and starts moving towards "our" Earth. This could be the set-up for a disaster movie, or a story of war between Earths. More »
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The CEO of the transcription company Verbal Ink was so enthused by Lost that he purchased and installed Jacob's candidate wall at the group's office. Hopefully the wall is used as an ominous means to relay employee firings and promotions. More »
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In the bucolic New Jersey town of West Milford lies the abandoned remains of a military aircraft. Despite crashing almost 50 years ago, no one's thought to entirely clean it up. Shades of Mr. Eko's beechcraft, anyone? More »
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J.J. Abrams' next TV show features an island and time-spanning mysteries, but it's nothing like Lost. Even the presence of a former Lost writer and Jorge Garcia in a major role don't make it any more Lost-y. More »
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A good TV pilot tells you a complete story, and seduces you into wanting to see more. It provides a crash course in a TV show's world, and introduces a cast of characters. There's a lot of heavy lifting. More »
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Can a show about fairytale characters in the real world keep you wishing upon a star every week? ABC is hoping you'll want to get to know Snow White and a host of fairytale characters in Once Upon a Time. More »
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Damon Lindelof (Lost), Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) and David Eick (Battlestar Galactica) have all gathered in one documentary to talk about their one true love: television. Showrunners looks like a must see movie, watch the trailer now. More »
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A new app lets you turn your iPhone (or other i-device) into an old-school Super 8 camera. And it's chock full of hints for J.J. Abrams new movie Super 8. It's part tie-in app, part viral marketing, part movie-making tool. More »
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Murder for hire doesn't have to be sexy, but it's just more fun that way. And the best assassins are almost always sexy, using their sexual allure to confuse their prey and delight everyone else. More »
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In Pop Punishment, Louis Peitzman endures the most derided genre films, television, and literature, all for your sadistic pleasure. More »
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The death of Osama bin Laden doesn't mean the end of terrorism. But it will mean less lazy storytelling about terrorism, for a while at least. More »
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The 900th issue of Action Comics features short stories from guest writers including Richard Donner and Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof. We had a quick chat with Lindelof about his Superman tale (and who'd win the battle of the baldies). More »
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George R.R. Martin is taking his time finishing his A Song Of Ice and Fire book series, because he doesn't want the ending to be as unsatisfying as the end of Lost — an assertion that has ruffled some feathers. More »
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Now that George R.R. Martin's long-awaited next book is coming out, and the television version of his Game of Thrones is coming soon, he's getting a lot more attention — including two great new profiles. More »
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Sometimes you just need to end the day with some explosions and some people killing weird mega-bats. Here's an awesome sequence from the movie The Cave, in which a bunch of humans take out a nest of hybrid Orc/Cloverfield Monsters. More »
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Corey Vidal has created a 6-minute short that brings us back to Dharma — shot entirely on the abandoned Hawaii sets for Lost. We have to go back to the island! More »
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There's an argument that we are in a new golden age of television, with the rise of serialized storytelling and original cable programming. But these exact same forces have also created some spectacularly awful TV, particularly in science fiction. More »
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