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Let’s assume, for the purpose of this post, that you just saw The Avengers and had just as much fun as we did. What happens now? A second Avengers film won’t be coming around for a little while (2015-ish, about the same time as hover technology) bu...

The Avengers is better than it has any right to be.First things first, if you’re a comic book fan then you’re going to like this movie. It’s the epitome of a big, fun comic book adventure and will not be easily matched in this regard by any ensui...

The forthcoming movie Avengers movie, the summer’s big kick-off superhero blockbuster, is the culmination of five superhero films released over the past four years, all of them set within the same universe. But if you’re not familiar with the comic...

So there was this pub, right, that has been in business for over 20 years in London Southampton and calling itself The Hobbit. Then there was this massive forthcoming movie blockbuster, see, and for some reason it hired a Hollywood film firm by the nam...

Paul Cornell is really good at putting us in front of aliens.The novelist, television and comics writer is launching a new ongoing series today from Vertigo titled Saucer Country, a thriller that marries the intrigue of the campaign trail with the othe...

The new online multiplayer game Doctor Who: Worlds in Time was created in a steampunk submarine.For those unfamiliar, Worlds in Time is an interactive Doctor Who game that was released in preview mode this past December. Players can customize their own...

What day is it, again?Groundhog Day, the 1993 Bill Murray time travel movie, is one of those films that stands the test of time politely. It’s not quite a cult film, with devoted fan bases and a lot of tie-in activities, rather it’s a film that’s...

The above video is a fan-made trailer made by Joel Furtado for a non-existent Legend of Zelda game titled “The Lost Oracle.” It’s set in the same style (and perhaps the same world) as The Wind Waker and wonderfully evokes the nostalgiac feeling o...

The above video is a fan-made trailer made by Joel Furtado for a non-existent Legend of Zelda game titled “The Lost Oracle.” It’s set in the same style (and perhaps the same world) as The Wind Waker and wonderfully evokes the nostalgiac feeling o...

Remember when Liam Neeson was all about releasing krakens and we, as a nation, perhaps a world, we’re right behind him? Good news! This is more of that movie!And this time there will be monsters with lots of torsos and swords, and a pegasus, and ther...

Muppet Week has been a fun diversion for us here in the Tor.com office. (And, we hope, for you as well.) We’ve gone batty over the various Muppet movies, from old to new, looked at old science fiction television greats who have partied with the Muppe...

This 1999 cinematic outing by the Muppets, it’s last until tomorrow’s revival, feels like the black sheep of the Muppet movie line-up. Since Henson’s death in 1990, the Muppets had starred in two feature films and an updated version of The Muppet...