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Tag: Science-Fiction

Hot Docs 2019: Memory: The Origins of Alien

Posted on April 25, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hot Docs 2019: Memory: The Origins of Alien

A Hot Docs 2019 Recommendation: Memory: The Origins of Alien.

Movies

113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

Posted on April 23, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan 2 Comments on 113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)
113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with director Alexandre Philippe about his documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien based on the 79 movie.

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110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)

Posted on April 2, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)
110 | Cory Doctorow (Radicalized)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews science-fiction writer Cory Doctorow whose new book is Radicalized.

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105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

Posted on February 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)
105 | Katie Douglas (Level 16)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Katie Douglas one of the actors in Level 16 a dystopian thriller film now streaming on Showtime.

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Admirations of Administrations

Posted on February 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Admirations of Administrations

Give credit to the discredited.

Television

Blue Book’s Blue Balls

Posted on February 1, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Blue Book’s Blue Balls

Remember when governments “eliminated” whistle blowers?

Television

First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

Posted on January 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan No Comments on First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection
First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

First Of All…

Handle Your Business

088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)

Posted on September 25, 2018March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)
088 | Ryan North (How to Invent Everything)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Ryan North author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler.

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066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)

Posted on December 5, 2017March 5, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)
066 | Reese Eveneshen (Defective)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Reese Eveneshen writer/director of Defective premiered at Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

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Trailer Alert: The X-Files I Want To Believe

Posted on July 7, 2017February 16, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Trailer Alert: The X-Files I Want To Believe

I finally finished the X-Files…last year.

Back in the show’s original run (which wrapped in 2002 a delightfully stone age era with dial up internet, black and white Game Boys) I left when the show moved to LA aka Season 6. In 2014 my restless heart desired to finish the series…watch all 202 episodes and the 2 movies. What a marvelous and flawed run.

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    by Sammy Younan
    From Black activists to a Black Phone, from a Running Man to a 99 Year Old Man these are more than just TV Recommendations. Take the Bold #SetTheVCR Journey.
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    by Sammy Younan
    I won’t Tell You Lies…even The Night Manager believes these Bookish TV Recommendations earned an M grade. What does that mean? Why that’s it’s #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: January 05-11, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Take a Long Walk to each of these TV Recommendations that celebrate The Spirt of Radio? Welcome to #SetTheVCR in 2026.
  • #SetTheVCR: December 29, 2025 – January 04, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    A moment of silence for Stranger Things. A moment of silence for 2025. Happily these TV Recommendations will turn your Christmas Break into a celebratory wake. Make #SetTheVCR a 2026 New Year's Eve resolution. Watch More TV.
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    by Sammy Younan
    Tis the season to spend with the Life of John McClane and the Life of Chuck. Season's Greetings from #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    This time of year TV is all ICK with corny Christmas. But don't have a Breakdown or a Fallout with TV. I offer lots of non-Christmas TV recommendations for this week's #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: December 08-14, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I'm not an Influencer with TV Recommendations, though I have most excellent #SetTheVCR suggestions that'll make you say Boo-Yah!
  • #SetTheVCR: December 01-07, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Your Mission Impossible is to enjoy this week's TV Recommendations which range from Paul Anka to Jeff Buckley. Clearly with music that good it's time to #SetTheVCR.
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    by Sammy Younan
    This week's TV Recommendation is all about Conjuring Stranger Things. Which is fun because if I start Acting My Age #SetTheVCR isn't as cool.
  • #SetTheVCR: November 17-23, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I bet if you are a Good Boy you'll enjoy these TV Recommendations. Funny You Should Say That as it is #SetTheVCR.
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    Young cadets train to become Starfleet officers all while facing a mysterious threat to both the Academy and the Federation.
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    Sloane and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape the apocalypse. And maybe find the will to live?
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    The series follows The Savant an undercover investigator as she infiltrates online hate groups to stop domestic extremists before they act.
  • New Book Alert: Cesar Romero: The Joker Is WildAugust 26, 2025
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?

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    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
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    by Sammy Younan
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    by Sammy Younan
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