Venus is a short live-action science-fiction film inspired by cyberpunk classics like Blade Runner and Ghost in the Shell, and more broadly, films such as Ex Machina, Under the Skin, and Cam.  Their Kickstarter campaign ends Thursday, 6/27/19 and has already reached it’s base goal of funding.    Consider backing this effort to make this project even better!

For a series deeply invested in being innovative and futuristic, Black Mirror seems to have lost its sense of imagination. The highly-anticipated fifth season of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology follows the December release of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, an interactive film in which viewers are active participants in the development of the storyline. Black Mirror Season 5 marks both a return to the show’s standard format and also a notable decline in quality.

Fresh off a successful Kickstarter, Datura #1 is due to be shipped soon to eager readers.  Created by Trevor Talbott and Diego Olortegui, this science-fiction fueled, family driven action adventure is a trip for readers.  

Throughout his own filmography, he has become the poster boy for cyberpunk in film. Even though it is not every movie, or even that often, his interest in the genre helps push the movement forward to the spotlight. It’s a neon spotlight, but a spot light nonetheless.

Ubiquitous Japanese influence in semi-dystopian future literature has largely been fueled by real world American fears of the “unstoppable” Japanese behemoth of industry, and has manifested itself in many ways even outside of the cyberpunk genre.