October 17, 2018
Where have we traveled this past year, faithful friends and fellow travelers? In August of last year, I joined this tour of the fantastic and fabulous map of our imagination, of the best places to go, where imagination knows no bounds, where boundaries blur in gray fogs, only to become clear in the light of day.
Read More » June 29, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get around…
Read More » May 25, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, strike a match and discuss Fahrenheit 451, which premiered on HBO in the United States on Saturday, May 19, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
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May 10, 2018
This month, we’re doing the second part of the monster Stephen King adaptation news! If you missed the post about upcoming King movies, you should go read! The television adaptation list isn’t quite as long, but stay with it. There are some interesting things at the end! Let’s jump right in.
Read More » March 26, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with author Kate Jarvik Birch, whose forthcoming novel, Unraveled, comes out…
Read More » January 30, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, stop running and discuss Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which premiered in the United States on Friday, January 26, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
Read More » October 10, 2017
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, revisit a favorite dystopian cityscape and discuss Blade Runner 2049, which premiered in the United States on Friday, October 6, 2017. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all,…
Read More » September 22, 2017
Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that will sometimes be picked beforehand and sometimes be voted on by you, our readers. We’re still working on the format, so following the review of the book and some starter questions, we invite you all to discuss your thoughts in…
Read More » September 20, 2017
When I saw a trailer on YouTube for a YouTube Red movie called The Thinning, I was intrigued. Earth has few resources left, and in order to help stem the bleeding, as it were, the UN decreed that nations across the globe must cut their population by 5% each year. Everyone does it differently, but in the US, the decision was…
Read More » August 8, 2017
It is 1983, and I am thirteen and hunting for dragons, on a winter Boulder, Colorado day with crystalline skies so clear that I know it is below freezing outside. But I brave the elements anyways, for I want dragons, and I have five dollars and some change earned from household chores. I take the RTD bus 204 downtown, and…
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