February 10, 2020
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 Barb Han, whose new novel, Selected, came out on February…
May 7, 2019
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, come to the end of an era and discuss Avengers: Endgame, which premiered in the United States on Friday, April 26, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After…
April 30, 2019
Last year, Avengers: Infinity War brought almost 10 years of films to culmination. Now, we find out how it all ends. Because of the magnitude of this story (and how difficult it is to get tickets for opening weekend), the Sound Off post for Avengers: Endgame will be published NEXT week. I’m creating this post before I even see the movie,…
April 19, 2019
A note from editor Casey: T’was the snap heard ’round the world. Everyone who exists on the internet and in fandom pretty much already knows what happened at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. I was feeling a little cheeky when I suggested this month’s roundtable discussion: who shouldn’t come back from The Snap? It’s kind of obvious that…
May 8, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, team up to fight the biggest bad and discuss Avengers: Infinity War, which premiered in the United States on Friday, April 27, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review.…
May 1, 2018
As Speculative Chic’s Marvel Cinematic Universe fangirl-in-chic, I saw Avengers: Infinity War on Thursday evening, the day of the film’s debut to general audiences in the United States. This post does not include even a bland description of my reaction, because even that much verges on spoiler territory for such a film. Instead, as Speculative Chic’s film editor, I have…
April 17, 2018
In 2008, Iron Man burst onto the scene and forever changed the movie-going experience. I know it did for me. I was unfamiliar with the comics, but I liked Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) so I decided to go check it out — twice. Before Iron Man, my previous exposure with superhero movies were the Superman movies with Christopher…
April 13, 2018
Infinity War is coming, Infinity War is coming! To say that some of us are excited would be an understatement. With this in mind, I asked our contributors something simple: who’s your favorite superhero? It doesn’t have to be one of the obvious heroes. I humbly submit that Buffy Summers is a superhero, for example. We’re most definitely not limited…
April 25, 2017
With DC’s Wonder Woman finally due to hit theaters on June 2 (after which I will formally change my bio), it’s just not possible to stop thinking of other characters that need their own silver screen treatments. Because come on already. Before I started reading Wonder Woman a few years ago, I was a die-hard Marvel girl. I grew up on…
February 16, 2017
Warning: Contains spoilers for Rogue One, Pacific Rim, The Avengers, and Mission Impossible film series. When the poster for Rogue One came out last year, I was excited to see a female character front and center. You hardly ever saw a woman take up so much space on a movie poster — much less a Star Wars movie. But as…