The 20 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies of Netflix Instant

By Josh Jackson at 9:06 AM on January 7, 2013

Nothing is better for instant escape than watching a spur-of-the-moment science fiction or fantasy film.  read more

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The 15 Most Badass Heroines in Film

By Wyndham Wyeth at 10:00 AM on April 12, 2011

Women in pop fiction are often relegated to stereotypical, supporting roles. But we’re starting to see more and more strong female characters that challenge gender roles by refusing to sit in the corner and look pretty, electing instead to kick ass and take names....  read more

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Patton Oswalt Leaves Beach Lane, Pens Serenity Comic

By Anna Swindle at 2:50 PM on April 19, 2010

Looks like we spoke too soon. We reported last week that Patton Oswalt would be appearing alongside Matthew Broderick in the upcoming NBC comedy Beach Lane, but it seems as though the pairing was short-lived. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Oswalt is no longer a member of the new series’ cast....  read more

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The 10 Greatest Anti-Heroes: #5 Malcolm Reynolds

By Paste Staff (Promotional) at 10:05 AM on March 17, 2010

TV Show: Firefly Movie: Serenity Actor: Nathan Fillion When Joss Whedon created Malcolm Reynolds as the centerpiece of Firefly, he wanted a hero who is “everything that a hero is not.” Once a sergeant in the losing war for independence, Mal captains a team of misfits in smuggling operations on the edge of the galaxy. His main goal in life is to be left alone and avoid the Alliance government—until he discovers (in the movie Serenity), their heavy-handed plan to fix (i.e., medicate and subdue) the world, at which point he aims to misbehave. He’s broken, bitter and faithless. He’s...  read more

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The 11 Best Villainous Species in all of Science Fiction

By Josh Jackson at 4:22 AM on April 14, 2009

Whereas your typical Bond villain only wants to take over the earth, most of the dreamed-up civilizations below eat planets like earth for lunch—though our homeworld itself usually lies just beyond their grasp, thanks to often unappreciated heroic maneuvers of the good guys. When we imagine the great beyond, it's not the benign creatures out there that get the blood flowing, but the monstrous, treacherous aliens that would enslave or destroy the galaxy. Science fiction allows us to take up the banner of Us Against Them, where we are free to see Them without humanity, pity or compassion. We long...  read more

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