The Kasturi/Files: Episode 8: Alien vs. Aliens


Welcome back to The Kasturi/Files at Speculative Chic, Day 8 of our October horror show of movies, books, and cocktails! We’re covering a couple of older movies today, so if you haven’t seen these yet, well, we guess there are spoilers? But, come on. There has to be a “best before” date. Like if the movie came out twenty years…

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A Bit of a Mixed Bag: A Review of Carnival Row


I first heard about Carnival Row from literally one million twelve second ads in promoted tweets on my twitter feed and while intrigued, didn’t really think much of it. Then I discovered it had Orlando Bloom (happy sigh) and Cara Delevingne (another happy sigh) as star-crossed lovers, and I got a hell of a lot more invested. No spoilers, I…

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My Favorite Things with Erin Michelle Sky and Steven Brown


They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Erin Michelle Sky and Steven Brown, the dynamic duo behind…

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The Kasturi/Files: Episode 4: The Worst Kind of Wolves


Day 4 of our ongoing October horror movie series here at Speculative Chic — and it’s time to enter werewolf country. (Where wolf? There wolf! Sorry. We may veer into Young Frankenstein territory later this month.) More chitchat, film discussion, book recs, and cocktail ideas from Sandra Kasturi and Gemma Files! Welcome to The Kasturi/Files!

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In A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


I am so excited! This year, for my resolution project, I’m rewatching the Star Wars franchise. I chose it because I love Star Wars, and I thought it would be fun to re-watch the movies in order of release date, with perhaps a bit more of a critical and appreciative eye than I have before. This month’s installment: Rogue One: A…

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