We spoke with Lou Ferrigno about the evolution of Wizard World Comic-Con; his advice for teen victims of bullying; and his voice-over role in the upcoming film “The Avengers.”. more ›

The silver screen is the canvas onto which we project our imagination, and our imagination is often, well, nerdy. From the big-budget, high concept juggernaut that was Avatar to the subdued and stately Never Let Me Go currently knocking over critics on art house screens, the movies just love science fiction. It's been that way since the very beginning, and in case you haven't seen any trailers for Tron Legacy, it's still true today. more ›

Earlier this year when we interviewed ME-TV's Neal Sabin, he let drop that cult fave series "Night Gallery" would soon be part of the weekly line-up. True to his word, the early 70's horror anthology show created by Rod Serling is now on every Sunday from 5 to 6. That's two half-hour episodes back to back. It's part of the channel's "chill" new Sunday evening schedule. "Night Gallery" is followed by a full hour of... more ›

Now that Spidey 3 and Transformers have opened and iPhone mania is starting to subside, it’s time to find a new place to direct all that geek-out energy. Enter Chicago Tap Theatre’s latest storybook show, The Hourglass in the Stop-Time Chronicles, a CTT collaboration with comic-book artist Andrew Pepoy. Fans of the genre don’t need to be reminded that local boy and Loyola grad Pepoy has inked Spiderman, Superman, Batman, and The Simpsons comix, among... more ›

No, we aren't referring to the NSA, or to the Cubs' talent scouts. We here at Chicagoist feel that it's never too early to get into the Halloween spirit. And that's why tonight you'll find us at the wonderful Siskel Film Center for the 6:00 screening of the original 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's the next feature in the Tuesday night Fall Lecture Series; this semester the theme is Science Fiction Movies.... more ›

Since the release of Rush’s 1981 album Moving Pictures, the world of rock has seen a decline in the number of albums that could be filed under “Science Fiction Prog Rock Albums That Border On Pretension Without Quite Going Over.” One could argue that this is a good thing but in 2002 Coheed and Cambria offered a compelling counterargument. Their album The Second Stage Turbine Blade was the second of a four-part epic story of two characters named Coheed and Cambria and their children who are engaged in some sort of search for love and the ultimate fate of the universe. The story continued with 2003’s In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 as well as in a series of graphic novels that the band began selling on their website this summer. more ›