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Do you agree with Amazon’s selection of the 100 best sci-fi and fantasy books? We look at what went into the decision-making… If you had to limit your genre library to 100 books, what would they be? What if you could only read 100 genre books in your lifetime? They also set up a list on Goodreads and asked for input from members. The list includes everything from the hard science fictionEnders Gameto the humorousHitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy....

Luke hires Jessica, resuming their on-again, off-again involvement. Jessica stops him by revealing the truth: she killed his wife. Meanwhile Kilgrave buys Jessicas childhood home. Im slightly concerned by how much fun Kilgrave is, though. Thats interesting in itself, and its sure to be his downfall in the end. Foreshadowing or Easter egg? But it would be cool to see her. The Carl Icahn reference, on the other hand, goes well beyond reference and into in-joke territory....

Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur is joined by a new short film, Sanjay’s Super Team. We went behind the scenes to meet the director and producer… We want to capture something real we can put on the screen. Even though our characters are toys or cars or dinosaurs. I cant stand it when you go to movies and you go, they dont mean that. Its fake, its surface level. And thats what we venture to do as artists and as writers....

Another episode following Kanan and Ezra makes the Jedi Master more juvenile than he should be. ThisStar Wars Rebelsreview contains spoilers. Ad content continues below Pleasing fans is in no way a bad thing here. The Interdictor Star Destroyer brings a new weapon into theStar Warsuniverse too. Its gravity wells can tug ships out of hyperspace, which was formerly used in the Expanded Universe. Rexs military experience bothers Kanan, who feels both unfairly restricted and out of his depth....

The shows been doing that a lot to its immense credit this year. Its also been doing a lot of horror nudges and winks, and this one is no different. Its a bold piece of writing, a story that pushes and tests the Doctor. Ad content continues below Actually, lets add a fourth person. Will Oswald has edited episodes ofDoctor Whodating back to42, but this feels like one of his toughest challenges....

Unfortunately, it goes wrong because Kilgrave has hired security looking after him. Ad content continues below Well, that abduction attempt went about as well as expected. Is that a plot hole, or something theyll fill in later? At this point I dont know. Remember, according toAgents Of SHIELDtheres no telepathy in the MCU, so it probably isnt that. I found it interesting that Kilgrave was trying to control Jessica without his powers at the end....

We chat with J.G. Quintel, the man behind Regular Show: The Movie, about the film, music, and burgers… Quintel has the same laid back and relaxed vibe as Mordecai. Hes so chill that for the role he had to practice yelling because he rarely raises his voice. J. G. Quintel:Yeah, pretty much. At what point during production did you realize you were the right voice for Mordecai? You just get your friends to help you do the voices....

Tom Hooper and Eddie Redmayne’s The Danish Girl makes for a thoughtful and important portrait of gender identity. It refers to feeling like a woman in a womans body or a man in a mans boy. Its not about who you are attracted to; its about who you are. Hooper ofThe Kings SpeechandLes Miserableshas thereby set himself an ambitious task in adapting it to a film. The movie takes us to Copenhagen in 1926....

The Good Dinosaur is the second Pixar movie this year and it’s a visually impressive feat. But does it live up to all other expectations? I wish that I could say that this has all proven unfounded. In truth,The Good Dinosauris neither an extinction-level event nor a magnificent achievement in family entertainment. Depending on age demographics, your mileage will vary. In fact, Spot (voiced by a young Jack Bright) has no singular line of dialogue....

I should say right now that Im a sucker for these kind of movies. There is everything I mentioned above and more. Lightning, proclamations about the power of God, and even a flattop make an appearance. They even included his Christian name to be sure. And it is on Victor Frankensteins shoulders where much of what goes right about this experiment rests. Despite ostensibly being told (and marketed) from Igors perspective, this is James McAvoys movie....

Den of Geek takes a look back at the Star Wars: The New Jedi Order book series. Here’s why it’s still important. If I timed it right, I would finish well beforeThe Force Awakensturned theStar Warsuniverse upside down. The series also ties back to the Prequel Era. The novelRogue Planettells of Obi-Wan and Anakin encountering Zonama Sekot, the key to saving the galaxy inNJO. Luke Skywalker himself is a critical character in the series, but not an incredibly active one....

In 1980, the idea of having a puppet as a supporting actor was still untested. Ryan looks back at The Empire Strikes Back’s big gamble… You will go to the Dagobah system. I can see that world. I know the way the characters live and breathe. Its making would take in freak storms, production delays and budget over-runs. All of these would provide entirely new effects shots to be developed by Lucas effects studio, ILM....

Producers didnt want to make it. Many fans were outraged by it. To this day, David Fincher wont talk about it. Ripley the triumphant victor was recast as a lonely warrior at the end of her journey. The frenzied construction of sets in an effort to meet a pre-defined release date. Its sufficient to say that the production seemed doomed to struggle from the very beginning. Ad content continues below...