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Every year, I have celebrated the anniversary of Airlock Alpha with a history, a "wow, I can't believe I'm still doing this after all these years," some hope for the future, and a few accolades. I'll try to fit a few of them in here in this column as we celebrate Airlock Alpha's 14th birthday (wh ...

Superhero movie fans, wanting to see exactly how DC Comics will answer the blockbuster hit "The Avengers" from Marvel, were abuzz with the possibility this week that actor and director Ben Affleck might take on "Justice League." And while there is nothing wrong with Warner Bros. approaching the O ...

All they wanted was to be among the first thousands of people lined up to see the final film in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises." Instead, their lives was snuffed out by a monster far bigger than they would ever see on the big screen. Police in Aurora, Colo., say James ...

Several of my friends expect Bruce Wayne to kick the oxygen habit in "The Dark Knight Rises," the final installment in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of Batman movies. And when you think about it, it makes sense. "Batman Begins" presents the idea that Bruce needs to transcend mere humanity because ...

The science-fiction genre always struggles when it comes to the Academy Awards, and this year is no exception. "Inception," Christopher Nolan's dream-within-a-dream heist which has captured the attention of many, was recognized in eight categories, but mostly for technical categories. The film ...

This time around, it's a very big deal that Clark Kent not only hails from somewhere else when he is found by his adoptive parents, but that he's a (gasp!) ... alien! And as "Man of Steel" opens in theaters everywhere this weekend, one fan-based activist group doesn't want the immigration status ...

Some day, probably sooner then later, science fiction and fantasy films fans will look back fondly on 2012 for being a great year. In sheer number alone, 2012 is hard to beat with over 70 films released. Just about every sub-genre of sci-fi got some kind of love -- post-apocalyptic, "hard core" ...

This story contains spoilers for 'The Dark Knight Rises.' "The Dark Knight Rises" may be Christopher Nolan's last visit to Gotham City, but is Batman dead? Or does he live on in the person of Joseph Gordon-Levitt? As revealed in the final installment of the Nolan series, Levitt's character Jo ...

Now that James Eagan Holmes is sitting in a jail cell awaiting his day in court, those left in the aftermath of the July theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., are trying to sort out who might else be to blame. And for some of the victims, the fingers for the secondary blame is being pointed squarely ...

Although "The Dark Knight Rises" is behind "The Dark Knight" when it comes to box office, it's still hard to kick the final installment of the Christopher Nolan trilogy, because just under $400 million domestically is nothing to sneeze at. After three weeks at No. 1, "Dark Knight Rises" finally f ...