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Don't let second-week blues get "The Avengers" down -- especially if this movie's second week is more than what most movies would scrounge up their entire run. The Joss Whedon-directed comic book flick earned an estimated $103.2 million at the box office this weekend -- just its second week in re ...

If there was ever a man in Hollywood with the charisma, style and talent to play The Doctor in a big-screen adaptation of the popular BBC series, it would be Johnny Depp. Regardless, the recent rumors that the actor would be entering the Tardis for a large-scale adventure have now been confirmed ...

You could say that all the awards in the 2012 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards are special, but even within these fan-chosen awards, there are some categories that are even more special. They are called the Gene Roddenberry Award and the Rod Serling Award. The Roddenberry honor rewards lifetime achiev ...

This column contains possible spoilers from the new Tim Burton film "Dark Shadows." The first science-fiction-related parody I recall experiencing was "Superduperman" by Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood in the fourth issue of Mad. I’ve read or watched many others over the years, including "Qu ...

On your marks ... get set .... OK, we'll end the cliche right there. You know what this story is about. You read the headline. It's time to vote in the 2011 Airlock Alpha Portal Awards. Now in its 12th year, the Portal Awards honors the best in science-fiction that aired on television or in t ...

I have always been an amateur historian, with a deep interest in the history of the great tragedy of our country, the Civil War. I am also a fan of those who write alternate history novels. When I discovered Seth Grahame-Smith's book, "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter," I was quickly caught up in ...

One of my great regrets this year was having to cancel my planned trip to Comic-Con in San Diego. Having heard so much about the convention, Jill and I had planned to go, but setbacks and circumstances were just too much to overcome. While watching the coverage of the event from home, I was struc ...