The Luv Doc: The Depravity of a Gruntle

Dragging someone out of black hole is never easy

"...It's a lot to ask someone to go around..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Big Money, But Who Pays? The Cost of Emerging TV Studios

TV budgets get bigger, but so do network and streamer demands

"...for the TV spin-off of The Purge franchise for USA/Syfy), "and these were folks when we first started coming..."

June 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Felicity Comes to ATX Television

TV fest reunites cast of beloved show, plus Mayans, more

"...• SYFY and IDW Entertainment mosey into town with a sneak..."

April 3, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Becoming Jessica Nigri

Rooster Teeth’s new cosplay documentary, Becoming Jessica Nigri

"...said no, not least because of her experience with SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay series. Even though she was not..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Nic Cage Plays Happy Families in Mom and Dad

The Oscar winner on parental love, and the calm before the storm

"...Taylor (best known for the Crank madhouses, and deranged SyFy comic adaptation Happy!). The pair bonded while filming Ghost..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Don't Knock Twice

Home release horror, plus J-horror streaming news and more

"...currently adapting his 2013 sci-fi thriller The Machine for SyFy) is not reinventing any horror wheels, but that’s arguably..."

July 9, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival: Battlestar Galactica Reunion

Austin welcomes cast get-together with heartfelt “So say we y’all”

"...of cast and crew from Battlestar Galactica, the Aughties Syfy Channel show that proved a reboot of a pre-existing..."

June 12, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...Texas – is not very good. It's an inept, SyFy channel rip-off of the cult favorite Tremors. But that's..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...the feel of a feature-length episode of the old Syfy channel series Monsters...."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Gridlocked

It's all about timing for Trish Stratus

"...vacation, Copeland was on set in Halifax for the SyFy original series Haven...."

June 14, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Like to Watch

Sinner priests are here to save us all

"...alien and recognizably human as the best attempts among Syfy's high-minded aim at a similar story (the late, lamented..."

June 10, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

I Like to Watch

Our new TV columnist wants to believe

"...heard about, with all the clones. Killjoys is a Syfy show about economics masquerading as a sci-fi show about..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...like the best of the rack 'em, stack 'em, SyFy cousin's output, such as Larry Fessenden's Beneath, there's a..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Here Be Monsters

Back in the home-release stack after SXSW

"...Network's MVP. OK, so that's like saying you're the SyFy Network's go-to guy, which is not that much of..."

April 4, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

One in a Crowd: For Forgetful Gift Givers

Miss someone on your gift list? Play Santa and back local film.

"...effects, including some provided by a local competitor on SyFy's makeup-effects reality show Face/Off, Jenna Green. Their eldritch aim..."

Dec. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Retro Redemption

Nerd out with The Stream, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

"...caustic zaniness. All in all, for a week when SyFy canceled The Wil Wheaton Experience it's heartening to see..."

Sept. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Blood Over Texas Gets Fleshy

Eighties horror celebrated at the North Door

"...mask-making class by local splatter king (and star of SyFy's Face Off) Matt Valentine. Plus, BOT's allies in bloody,..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vortex Cosplay Expo

All week, Austin's masters of theatrical fantasy show you how to make an out-of-this-world look

"...When you have Syfy running a reality series about fans creating costumes for..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Production: Found Footage 3D Wraps

Genre-buster is the latest in a long line of Texas gore movies

"...one of the Austin contenders from Season 4 of SyFy's makeup-effects challenge reality show Face Off) wields his brushes..."

July 18, 2014 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'Nasty'

A new short horror for the gore-geous side of glamor

"...alumnus Miguel Coronado III, and Faust's fellow competitor from SyFy's Face Off, Eric Zapata) but there's been a dearth..."

June 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...recently had their song "Death Valley" featured on the SyFy Network's Being Human. Jim Caligiuri Wild Moccasins..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...owl attack, and the worst giant praying mantis since SyFy 'classic' Insecticidal, are laugh-out-loud awful...."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

On an Adventure With Sam Neill

Revisiting the ripping yarn with the "Jurassic Park" star

"...coasts of Edwardian Britain. With traces of Sherlock Holmes, SyFy's Warehouse 13 and the National Treasure romps, Neill describes..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Stockman Enters Senate Race

Says Cornyn is too soft on Obamacare

"...draws on pop culture, comparing the disappointing viewership of SyFy network film Sharknado to the ACA. "Lots of hype,..."

Dec. 10, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

This Old Haunted House

The House of Torment grows darker and across the nation

"...overhaul), which will spawn the work of veterans of SyFy's Face Off special effects makeup reality series. Two key..."

Sept. 13, 2013 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'

The TV show that spoofed cinema, then became a movie, comes home

"...a tornado. Aimed at Tara Reid. End result: The SyFy channel managed a break-out hit. Indie film makers, officially..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: Combat Girls

The dark shadow of a post-Hitler youth, plus new releases

"...Warehouse 13 Season 4 (Universal) SyFy's fan fave seekers of the weird and uncanny put..."

July 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...promoting a new web series called Ghost Ghirls. The Syfy spoof stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as incapable..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Face Off' Recap: Fast And Furry

Zombies vs. werewolves is nothing compared to backstage fights

"...someone build the perfect werewolf? Last week's episode of SyFy's makeup effects Face Off added a new transformation: What..."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Face Off' Recap: Quit Bugging Me

The last remaining Austinite joins the creepy-crawly challenge

"...Yeah, sadness on SyFy's special make-up effects show. We started with three locals,..."

Feb. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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