The Following–Kevin Bacon stars in new, creepy crime drama
Last Monday, January 21, 2013, The Following premiered on the Fox network. It’s a dark, bloody crime drama from Kevin Williamson, creator of the Scream franchise, Dawson’s Creek and The Vampire...
View ArticleHighlights from Planet Comicon Day Two
After a crazy day of an insane volume of fans storming Bartle Hall in Kansas City Saturday for the biggest Planet Comicon event in more than a dozen years of events, it seemed like everyone came back...
View ArticleFirst look–Watch Warehouse 13′s Season 4 premiere episode now
When we last left Warehouse 13 at the end of Season 3, Saul Rubinek’s Artie had turned evil, resulting from a psychotic episode caused by an astrolabe. He killed Leena (Genelle Williams) and was...
View ArticleComic-Con Day Three–The Beauty of Work
By Jason McClain (@JTorreyMcClain) in San Diego In contrast to an upcoming post about Concrete Volume 1: “Depths”, I saw the magic of work on display Saturday at Comic-Con. I attended three panels...
View ArticleIt’s 2014!!! Now what?
Happy New Year!!! So what do we do now? How about a look at the start dates for our favorite TV shows? Many are already in progress, like Almost Human, Arrow, Dracula, Grimm, Major Crimes, The...
View ArticleBeginning of the end of Warehouse 13 starts tonight
The caretakers of the most dangerous (and strangest) artifacts from history, Pete Lattimer, Myka Bering, Artie Nielsen, and Claudia Donovan, return tonight for the fifth season of Warehouse 13, after...
View ArticleSet your DVR–The series finale of Warehouse 13 airs tonight
It’s finally time to say goodbye to Pete, Myka, Artie, Claudia, and Steve. The Syfy Channel airs the last Warehouse 13 episode tonight. What could have had a run for several more years was canned by...
View ArticleSlate of comedic icons to star in TNT’s The Librarians
The TNT Network announced it has ordered 10 episodes of The Librarians, a new television series spinning off from The Librarian movies. Christian Kane (Leverage, Angel) and Rebecca Romijn (X-Men,...
View ArticleKareem 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...
View ArticleBook review–We abduct the alien in Nat Cassidy novel Steal the Stars
Review by C.J. Bunce Both were pulled from Special Forces units. Dakota Prentiss is an ex-Ranger. She’s tough, rough, crude, and been through it all. Then new worker Matt Salem is brought onto her...
View ArticleFire & Ice: “Burn Notice” and “Leverage” return for the summer
Review By Elizabeth C. Bunce Two of my favorite TV shows made their season premieres this week: TNT’s Leverage began its fourth season, with USA’s Burn Notice moving easily into its fifth. Anyone...
View ArticleSan Diego Comic-Con countdown–just 10 days away!
The 2011 San Diego Comic-Con is just ten days away. Sold out months in advance as with past years, again more than 100,000 comics, sci-fi, fantasy, movie, TV and gaming fans will descend on the...
View ArticleWarehouse 13, back with more slick artifacts and a “new guy”
Review by C.J. Bunce In the hiatus between Season 2 and last night’s Season 3 opener of Warehouse 13, only one question was pecking at viewers’ minds. Why would Agent Myka Bering, played by Joanne...
View ArticleComic-Con Day Three–130,000 fans, panels and lines
Day Three of this year’s Comic-Con was as big as ever. Some great panels, including a Young Adult novelist panels focused on alternatives to vampires, along with book signings and giveaways of ARCs...
View ArticleWarehouse 13 season 3 ends with a little hijinx and unknown fate for Jinksy
Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce Everyone here at borg.com is a loyal fan of Warehouse 13, and we eagerly waited for Season 3 with excitement and just a *leetle* bit of anxiety (Will She or Won’t She?...
View ArticleDresden or Malfoy as Bond? Why not?
Finishing up our speculation of a future James Bond that began here yesterday, we’ve got two actors who would be good picks, and who are probably not obvious choices for the super-spy shortlist. These...
View ArticleBook review–Warehouse 13: A Touch of Fever
Review by C.J. Bunce TV tie-ins need to achieve a few basic concepts to be successful. First, they need to capture the feel and voice of each main character and do it quickly. Second, they need to...
View ArticleSyfy Channel special celebrates 20 years on TV
Last night the Syfy Channel premiered a new show documenting its 20 years of bringing science fiction and related programming to cable TV. The Syfy Channel 20th Anniversary Special chronicles the key...
View ArticleThe Winchesters–Supernatural horror meets high adventure in new series
Review by C.J. Bunce The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Grimm, Warehouse 13, The Librarians. Now spinning off of 15 years and 327 episodes of Supernatural, CW’s new series The...
View ArticleNow streaming–Nimona, a strong contender for the year’s best fantasy and...
Review by C.J. Bunce Nimona is a shape-shifter who can transform into animals large, small, and very much over-sized. She can also transform to look like a girl. Viewers of Netflix this weekend...
View ArticleThe Strange Case of Oscar Zahn–Lovecraft meets The Dresden Files in spooky...
Review by C.J. Bunce The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn is the latest Web Toon comic adapted into a hardcover storybook edition. In this first volume of what looks like an ongoing series, we meet the...
View ArticleDead Places, and other single-season TV greats
Review by C.J. Bunce It seems hard to believe it’s been 14 years since we first talked about one-season wonders here at borg. We’re talking about series cut short–that had the potential to have...
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