Sentient rock gods, Hamlet, and a dash of LOTR: Ann Leckie’s The Raven Tower

Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. (credit: Tor/Orbit) Author Ann Leckie may not be the first to explore the consequences of ruling sentient beings and dueling AIs within a book, though her award-winning sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice and its sequels suggested there were still new storytelling ideas in the conceit. For instance, what if that dystopian-future lens […]

Daily Podcast: Should Our Feelings About The Filmmaker Taint The Movie? Justice League, Tom Cruise, LotR & More

On the November 15, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including the Rotten Tomatoes score and box office tracking for Justice League, Quentin Tarantino wants to cast Tom Cruise in his next film, what Christopher Tolkien resigning […]

Daily Podcast: Will Streaming Services Go Ad-Supported? Louis CK, Tarantino, LOTR, Spider-Man, Justice League & Punisher

On the November 13, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including the latest Louis C.K allegations and what that means for his future in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, Amazon is making a Lord of the Rings […]