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Brainy is the new sexy–Sherlock returns for Season #2
If you are a fan of Doctor Who or Batman or Star Trek or The Lord of the Rings, there is really only one series that should top your TV viewing list right now. And that series is Sherlock, airing...
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Dynamite Comics crossover “Prophecy” counts down to The End in 2012
We haven’t encountered anything like the Mayan prophecy of the world’s end since New Year’s Day 2000 and 2001, the Millenium Bug and Y2K. The Mayan text the Popul Vuh established that, based on their...
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Review–Picard and crew meet Doctor Who in the brilliant Assimilation² Issue #2
Review by C.J. Bunce The first issue of Assimilation² was a nearly perfect read for fans of both Doctor Who and Star Trek. As we reviewed here a few weeks ago, Issue #1’s introductory story focused...
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Dr. Moreau visits the world of Sherlock Holmes in “The Army of Dr. Moreau”
Review by C.J. Bunce While you are waiting for the return of the BBC TV series Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as modernized sleuths, or even the third big screen entry in...
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Sherlock Holmes takes on Count Dracula in new series volume
Earlier this year at borg.com we reviewed Kevin J. Anderson’s Martian War, featuring a mash-up of H.G. Wells himself and Dr. Moreau. We also reviewed Guy Adams’ The Army of Doctor Moreau, featuring a...
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100 movies in a box–Warner Bros. releases gigantic set of hit movies
Not long ago the idea of having all your favorite movies available for viewing instantly was as far out there as hover cars. With streaming options like Netflix you can have access to thousands of...
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On video–Limitless, a superhero movie masked as drama
It’s probably telling that the 2011 movie Limitless was directed by Neil Burger, director of the brilliant fantasy film The Illusionist, starring Paul Giamatti. Strangely marketed as a movie about a...
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Modern writers revisit a Poe classic in “Beyond Rue Morgue”
In Dickens’ classic A Christmas Story, the story begins with the line “Marley was dead, to begin with…” and thus commences a superb and long-retold tale of ghosts and redemption. “To begin with,”...
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Review–Gruffudd, De La Garza and Hirsch shine in pilot to ABC’s “Forever”
Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Brace yourselves: It’s another eccentric-male-expert-and-his-younger-female-law-enforcement-handler crime drama. But this time there are a couple very big, very...
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Great Scot! Don’t forget to vote today
That is, if you’re in Scotland. Census records estimate that more than twice as many people of Scottish ancestry live in the United States than in Scotland. Is it the destiny of Scotland to declare...
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Sherlocks abound–Modern goes Victorian in Christmas special
Like all good things that get a hold on generations of audiences, Arthur Conan Doyle’s master detective Sherlock Holmes has been interpreted and re-interpreted over and over. For more than 110 years,...
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Ian McKellen becomes the next incarnation of Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes–the most celebrated and adapted character of all time–will see yet another incarnation this summer with Gandalf and Magneto actor Ian McKellen stepping into the famous detective’s...
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First look–McAvoy and Radcliffe become the Doctor and Igor in new...
As to sheer volume of remakes, via books, film, or other media, Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein have gone head to head for decades. Why not another remake of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the...
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BBC/PBS Masterpiece releases new trailer for retro Sherlock episode “The...
Almost if to prove that they can do the original Sherlock Holmes better than Guy Ritchie’s 19th century film adaptations, showrunners Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are promoting the next episode of...
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SDCC 2016–PBS previews season four of Sherlock
First off, Sherlock Clue is real. Keep reading. From the new trailer PBS Masterpiece released this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con it appears we have a dark season ahead as Sherlock enters its fourth...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar pens Mycroft Holmes steampunk comic book series
We’ve seen some celebrities turn to the unlikely medium of comic books to tell their stories recently. First, we saw Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darryl McDaniels turn to comic books to tell his...
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Sherlock, Red Sonja, and Xena–Dynamite releases three new trade editions...
Dynamite Comics is releasing three compilation editions of previously published work tomorrow, and we have previews of all three below for borg.com readers. Sherlock Holmes Omnibus Volume 1...
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Preview–Kim Newman takes his Anno Dracula into new territory
Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula is a series of novels and short stories that began in 1992, showcasing an elaborate and detailed parallel history of Earth set between 1888 and 1990 (so far), where Bram...
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The Wrath of Khan 35th Anniversary Interview–Star Trek director/writer...
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan–a member of that fabled Class of 1982’s “best summer of movies”–turned 35 this year, and to celebrate, the film is returning to theaters as part of the Fathom Events...
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Buttercup, Batman, Barbossa, Buddy, Bond and more–Prop Store lines up giant...
For more than six years we at borg.com have been covering entertainment memorabilia auctions–sales of not merely replicas or mass-produced collectibles, but the real objects seen on film–rare or even...
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