Halfworlds Impressions - Indonesian Myth Collides with Modern Jakarta Fantasy is a rich genre that seems to be too used to mining the same material - the traditional elves, wizards, vampires, and dragons of traditional Western lore. Whenever creators decide to tap a different well for inspiration, my interest is naturally piqued. First recommended to me…
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Last year's "The Long Bright Dark" was a special hour of television. It continued the rosy path of the McConaissance into its zenith era (not instigate it, as some mistakenly believe) and introduced the world to Nic Pizzolatto and Cary Joji Fukunaga. We saw the breadth and desolation of Louisiana - one of crime fiction's more…
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Entertainment Weekly is definitely getting ready for Game of Thrones' return on April, 2015 by giving four covers featuring fan-favorite characters. The EW article that showed these four new covers also mentioned that season 5 will drastically veer away from the source material in more ways the one. David Benioff added that there's at least…
Read MoreThe official Game of Thrones Twitter account announced on Valentine's Day that the HBO Shop will begin selling a Game of Thrones collector's edition of Monopoly this 2015. According to the description on HBO Shop's website, "Vie to hold dominion over the realms of men in the Game of Thrones Collector's Edition of MONOPOLY. Featuring infamous locations…
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Our first official trailer for HBO's Game of Thrones season 5 comes in and it gives us fans a look at upcoming episodes ("The Watchers on the Wall" and "The Children"). Season 5 while premiere April 12 and will feature some fresh faces including Alexander Siddig, Toby Sebastian, Nell Tiger Free, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jessica Henwick, Rosabell…
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