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Mission Control, on June 23rd, 2010
Robert Jerdee and Kaitlin Campbell in Rossum’s Universal Robots.
The San Antonio Current has a review of The Overtime Theater’s production of R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots and reviewer Micah Clare dishes some high praise:
Isaac Asimov himself panned Karel Capek’s 1921 play, R.U.R. – Rossum’s Universal Robots, as “a terribly bad one, but … [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on June 18th, 2010
Get ready for what may be the scariest zombie movie yet: The Killing Strain. Directed by Daniel Maldonado and shot entirely in San Antonio, it opens on the big screen Friday, June 18th and Saturday, June 19th at midnight at The Palladium, Mayan and Silverado. These showings will probably sell out so go to this link [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on May 26th, 2010
The titular slasher on the set with Rachel Joseph and Jaime Mire.
The San Antonio Current sent Steven G. Kellman to a showing of Slasher at Trinity University’s AtticRep and he filed his review last week. The play, by SMU grad Allison Moore is set in Austin, but San Antonio’s staging is the closest it [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on April 21st, 2010
Mucho thanks to all of you who voted for Missions Unknown as the best local blogger in the San Antonio Current’s Best of San Antonio poll. We made it in as number three in the final tally. Number one was claimed by Ben Olivo who writes the Downtown Blog for the San Antonio Express-News and [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on April 1st, 2010
Poseidon, the real golden-shower god
You may have heard about the fundamentalists decrying the recent blockbuster film Avatar, now you will have to steel yourself for more of the same with the upcoming release of the remake of Clash of the Titans. At least according to Jeremy Martin over at the San Antonio Current. Martin [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on March 15th, 2010
Could Missions Unknown be the best blog in San Antonio? It’s up to you. Head over to the San Antonio Current’s web site or pick up the dead tree edition and vote for Missions Unknown under the category of “Best Blogger”. Ballots must be submitted by midnight on March 30.
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Mission Control, on December 22nd, 2009
We’re a bit behind on passing these along, but last week’s issue of THE SAN ANTONIO CURRENT featured a Rick Klaw interview with the late Philip K. Dick’s wife, Anne R. Dick. For all PKD fans, it’s well worth your time if you missed it. In addition, Klaw offered a beginner’s guide to the [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on November 5th, 2009
Check out the San Antonio Current this week for Rick Klaw’s review of Finch, the latest novel from World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer. Finch is the third book in The Ambergris Cycle, although Klaw points out that it certainly stands on its own and the books could be read in any order.
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Mission Control, on September 10th, 2009
THE BEST OF JOE R. LANSDALE, forthcoming early 2010 (Tachyon). Cover art by John Picacio.
This week’s SAN ANTONIO CURRENT features Rick Klaw’s review of Graham Joyce’s latest book, HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH DEMONS:
William Heaney, head of the the UK’s National Organisation for Youth Advocacy, leads a troubled life. His wife left [Read it all...]
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Mission Control, on July 3rd, 2009
VANILLA RIDE: Joe R. Lansdale's latest Hap & Leonard novel
Looks like we’ve got Joe R. Lansdale news bookends this week. On Monday, we shared the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS’ spotlight on Lansdale and today, we’ve got news that this week’s SAN ANTONIO CURRENT features Rick Klaw interviewing Mighty Joe. It’s a solid interview and discusses [Read it all...]