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Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story – Ron Howard
Solo tells the origin story of none other than Han Solo, the beloved rogue-turned-good-guy from the Original Star Wars Trilogy.
After his escape from the slums of his native Corellia, Han tries to join a rogue crew to seek a fortune – not for himself, but so he can return later and rescue someone he had to leave behind.
Unfortunately, not everything goes as Han had hoped it would…
Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Gareth Edwards
Spin-off of the Star Wars Series – The daughter of the man who designed the Death Star is pressed into the Rebellion’s service to find her father and learn more about the weaknesses of the Empire’s newly constructed superweapon.
Review: Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker – J. J. Abrahams
9th episode in the Star Wars Series – Suddenly, there’s a new antagonist to finish off the trilogy. If you can avoid it, don’t watch this movie, folks.
Review: Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi – Rian Johnson
8th episode in the Star Wars Series – Fighting a losing war against the First Order, the Resistance is forced to flee with their last fleet, while far away Rey starts her training with Luke Skywalker.
Review: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – J. J. Abrahams
7th episode in the Star Wars Series – In this Disney reboot of the Star Wars universe, scavenger Rey gets tangled up in the workings of the Resistance against the newly risen First Order when a deserter falls out of the sky near her home on the desert planet of Jakku.
Review: Mortal Engines – Christian Rivers
Tom Natsworthy is an apprentice historian in the traction city of London – a mobile metropolis chasing other traction settlements across the hunting grounds to devour their resources and enslave their people. Tom’s life is turned upside down when he meets heroic explorer and head historian Thaddeus Valentine – and witnesses a failed attempt to assassinate him.
Review: Caliban’s War – James S.A. Corey
Part two of The Expanse – Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante once again find themselves at the center of the solar system’s politics when they discover that the use of a secret weapon on the agricultural moon of Ganymede is about to turn the tension between Earth and Mars into a war that may cause the end of all humanity. Meanwhile, Bobby, a Martian marine caught in the fighting, forges an unlikely alliance with Chrisjen Avasarala, a foul-mouthed grandmother who happens to hold a lot of strings in the Earth government.
Curator Question: What is your favourite The Lord of the Rings-meme?
Our curators share their favourite memes based on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy!
Review: Leviathan Wakes – James S.A. Corey
Jim Holden serves on an interplanetary ice hauler when disaster strikes. He and a handful of his crewmates are thrust into the center of an encroaching conflict between the superpowers of the solar system: Earth and Mars. Joe Miller works security on the most populous space station in the Kuyper Belt until his investigations lead him to a mysterious connection with the cause of the looming war.
Curator Conversation: The Journey of a Sci-Fi Noob (Part 1)
In this series, we will introduce on of our curators to a whole new genre – science fiction! Will sci-fi prove as addictive to Jop as fantasy has always been? Read the first part to find out!
Review: Alien – Ridley Scott
Halfway their trip back home, the crew of the commercial space tug Nostromo is woken from their cryosleep by a mysterious transmission from a nearby meteorite. They decide to check it out.
Review: The infernal paradise/Het helse paradijs – Thea Beckman
Part 2 in the Children of Mother Earth Trilogy – Several years after the failed expedition of the Badenfelder, the Egon of the expansionist Great Badener Empire equips a new fleet of five steam-powered warships to once again set out for the mythical land of Thule. Young linguist Kilian Werfel is attached to the fleet to facilitate intercultural communication. But from the moment the Badeners’ new fleet draws near the paradise island nation, things start going south rapidly.
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