The Orville blends science fiction and science fact into a winning mix

Enlarge / The crew of the USS Orville stands ready for a new season of adventures in season 2 of The Orville. (credit: Fox Broadcasting) The Orville, Seth MacFarlane’s warm homage to the Star Trek franchise, delighted viewers with the interstellar adventures of the crew aboard the titular starship. As the series gears up for […]

Range Rover’s 2020 Evoque blends style with sustainability

For the last decade or so, Range Rover has built vehicles more akin to posh living rooms that occasionally go off-roading than the rough and tumble Land Rover Defender 90s of yesteryear. That trend continues with the 2020 Evoque, albeit with a number of innovations that will minimize its environmental impact when you decide to […]

Signalis Blends Lovecraftian Sci-Fi And Survival Horror

Signalis‘ atmospheric pixel art style promises a dark adventure into surreal sci-fi, of “melancholic mystery and…dystopian dreamworlds” tinged with cosmic horror imagery and elements. Signalis places you into control of a “Replika” crash-landed on a mysterious planet, haunted by visions and discordant memories as she explores an abandoned facility. Old-school survival horror – resource management, […]

‘Wormwood’ Review: Errol Morris’ Netflix Project Hauntingly Blends Fact and Fiction

With Wormwood, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris creates his boldest, most thought provoking film yet. A delirious, haunting blend of talking-head documentary and narrative reenactment; a true crime saga that doubles as a government conspiracy polemic. A saga wrought with mystery, grief, scandal, and puzzlement. There’s never really been anything quite like this. Dramatic reenactments of real-life moments […]

Nikon’s D850 DSLR blends speed with insane resolution

Nikon recently teased a full-frame D850 for its 100th anniversary, hoping it would fulfill the wish-lists of pro photographers. It has now unwrapped the DSLR and seems to have wildly succeeded with that goal. The D850 is entering medium-format territory, resolution-wise, with a 45.7 megapixel sensor, and can push those images through the camera at […]

2017 Chevrolet Impala Review: Competency Blends with an Under-the-Radar Personality

– Overview: Some returning nameplates strut into a new model year with the braggadocio of a heavyweight prizefighter returning to defend a title. Others just slink in and take a seat in the back, preferring to let their skills do the talking. The 2017 Chevrolet Impala sedan definitely is one of the latter. Comprehensively redesigned […]

Patagonia raises the bar with its HyperPuff line, which blends the best of down and synthetic

A California-based company revered for its revolutionary breakthroughs in outdoor apparel, Patagonia‘s remained on the cutting edge of fabric development. Recently, the popular brand successfully combined the best attributes of both down and synthetic materials in its newly announced HyperPuff product line, including hoody, parka, and jacket options hitting stores this July. The HyperPuff takes […]

Get Out is the rare movie that perfectly blends horror and satire

Universal It’s the perfect setup for a horror movie: there’s a lonely house in the woods and a weird ritual that our naive protagonist Chris (Black Mirror‘s Daniel Kaluuya) doesn’t understand until it’s too late. Except the “woods” are a bucolic suburb and the weird ritual is meeting his girlfriend Rose’s family for the first […]