The 12th film based on Gene Roddenberry’s ’60s sci-fi TV show is the second to star a new group of actors as Kirk, Spock and their crew. J.J. Abrams returns as director, and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays the memorable villain.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/16/184485990/into-darkness-boldly-and-with-a-few-twists
Reviews of Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman, plus much much more. We kind of go off the rails on this one.
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Episode #42 • November 11, 2011 at 1:00pm John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs. Topics include Isaacson’s failings as an author and biographer, the technical cluelessness on display in the book, and Steve Jobs, Enemy of Progress.
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J.J. Abrams’ science-fiction thriller Super 8 was inspired, in part, by Steven Spielberg’s earliest works. Critic David Edelstein says the film hits home in a way more impersonal franchise pictures don’t.
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/10/137029544/super-8-close-encounters-of-the-e-t-kind
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Review of A Book Apart editions; HTML5 For Web Designers & CSS3 For Web Designers. Plus a book giveaway!
http://www.unmatchedstyle.com/news/book-review-a-book-apart-html5-css3-editions.php
Luke reviews House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds.
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