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First look–Antonio Banderas produces and stars with robots in “Automata”
Antonio Banderas is not someone you might think of as star of sci-fi or futuristic tales, but evidently this is one he’s had in play for a while. He’s producing and starring in his next feature...
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First look–Chappie, Neill Blomkamp’s next sci-fi movie
Writer/director Neill Blomkamp has a unique vision for his sci-fi films. His first foray, District 9, resulted in a rare nomination for the genre for an Academy Award. District 9 looked at the...
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Columbia releases a (much better) new RoboCop-style trailer for Chappie
First we saw CNN’s Anderson Cooper reporting in the Black Widow comic book series, now he’s leading up the latest trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s 2015 release Chappie. Columbia Pictures has switched...
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Buttercup, Batman, Barbossa, Buddy, Bond and more–Prop Store lines up giant...
For more than six years we at borg.com have been covering entertainment memorabilia auctions–sales of not merely replicas or mass-produced collectibles, but the real objects seen on film–rare or even...
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Book review–Four decades of Syd Mead’s influence, inspiration, and future...
Review by C.J. Bunce Syd Mead, the famed “artist who illustrates the future,” is an icon of visionary design and illustration. No other creator has shown the world a utopian vision of a possible...
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Alita: Battle Angel–Behind the scenes book looks behind the vision of...
Review by C.J. Bunce A behind the scenes book for a 2019 movie, which consists of a third or more of its images from 2005? As fascinating as the special effects developed for the film, the history of...
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First look–Blade Runner gets its first movie tie-in series and a perfect...
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s what Blade Runner fans have been waiting for, and if your appetite was whetted by the movie Blade Runner 2049, then you’re going to want to check our the next era of Blade...
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Now streaming–Dark, vivid futurism awaits in Netflix’s Altered Carbon, with...
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s a fantastic sci-fi series with a stellar cast and a story and production values that rival the original Blade Runner and its 2017 sequel: Altered Carbon is based on Richard...
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First look–New chapter begins for Blade Runner sequel/prequel
Review by C.J. Bunce It’s the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and prequel to Blade Runner 2049, giving fans of either or both a look into the world created by Philip K. Dick in his novel Do...
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Blade Runner 2029–Sequel comics tie-in looks 10 years into the franchise’s...
Just this past Fall, Titan Comics took fans of the Blade Runner movie franchise into their past and future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (review here at borg). Both the sequel to...
View ArticleFirst look–Matt Damon stars as cyborg in sci-fi thriller “Elysium”
We included the new Matt Damon sci-fi vehicle Elysium in our list of twenty-four movies to look for in 2013 back in December. District 9 director Neill Blomkamp, in only his second major film, and...
View ArticleTrailer Park–New summer sci-fi previews
We’ve previewed the first trailer for Matt Damon’s science fiction film, Elysium, earlier this year. Writer/director Neill Blomkamp offers his next entry in the science fiction as social commentary...
View ArticleElysium: The Art of the Film spotlights work of Weta creators
Art designers or aspiring art design students will want to pick up Mark Salisbury’s new look at creating sets, costumes and props for a world of the future in Elysium: The Art of the Film....
View Articleborg.com Hall of Fame — 2014 inductees
After climbing over our 1,000th daily post at borg.com this week, it’s time to update the borg.com Hall of Fame, with borg in genre fiction from past, present, and future, and from all media. Click...
View ArticleA look behind Weta Workshop’s work on Amazing Spidey 2
Although The Amazing Spider-man 2 has received mixed reviews, as with last year’s sci-fi flick Elysium, the Weta Workshop was one of the special effects companies that added another dimension to the...
View ArticleRogue One director Gareth Edwards returns to sci-fi with The Creator
After the amazing tale that was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, you probably figured director Gareth Edwards would be carving his name in Hollywood. For whatever reason, it’s been seven years of…...
View ArticleWhat’s with the premise of Gareth Edwards sci-fi/horror flick The Creator?
We first questioned what was going on when we saw the first trailer for director Gareth Edwards′ return to sci-fi as writer-director of The Creator, a post-apocalypse story with an official poster...
View ArticleGareth Edwards’ sci-fi/horror flick The Creator comes to Hulu
Review by C.J. Bunce With the first trailer for director Gareth Edwards′ return to sci-fi as writer-director of The Creator, a post-apocalypse story about mankind fighting A.I. in the next iteration of...
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