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Hello, everyone! As we begin to look forward to a new month, we have one last round of home media releases coming our way to finish out the last few days of June first. Prospect, one of this writer’s favorite indie sci-fi films of the last few years, is getting the 4K treatment from Vinegar Syndrome and Gunpowder & Sky, and Scream Factory has put together a Limited Edition Steelbook for Battle Beyond the Stars. Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for June 29th include Night Terror (Aka Night Drive), Scare Us, and Night Things.

Battle Beyond the Stars: Limited Edition Steelbook

Seven mercenaries are recruited from throughout the galaxy to save a peaceful planet from the threat of an evil tyrant bent on dominating the entire universe. Among them are a lizard-like humanoid, a space cowboy, a female warrior and a brooding killer-for-hire.

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"It will last all day if you eat it really slowly!" Wow. What an extraordinary creation. This is the epitome of "world building" in every sense. Dynamo Dream is a 20-minute web series pilot episode and while we usually don't post about series, I'm posting about this one anyway because it's absolutely marvelous. Set in the distant future where water has dried up and everyone is living in tiny shacks (much like Ready Player One), the story follows a young woman out and about on her day, trying to stay out of trouble. There's no synopsis - but it's not needed. Just dive right into it - you won't want to leave here. Written and directed by filmmaker / VFX artist Ian Hubert, and starring Kaitlin Romig as Jo. All the 3D and design work was done using Blender. It took Ian over three years to finally finish this, with the...

Tears of Steel Short Film, Photos, Poster. Ian Hubert‘s Tears of Steel (2012) short film, short film photos, short film poster star Jody Bhe, Chris Haley, Sergio Hasselbaink, Derek de Lint, and Denise Rebergen. Tears of Steel‘s plot synopsis: “The film’s premise is about a group of warriors and scientists, [...]

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Project London is the independent, no budget, live action science fiction movie created by young filmmaker Ian Hubert using the open source software Blender for the special effects. Gathering over 250 volunteers from around world the film has been in production for some time and recently the producers released a graphic novelization of the film and a prequel novel Project Manhattan. The planet Earth is locked intractably in a global conflict, World War II. Peace loving, blue-eyed aliens arrive offering support and solutions to the side they believe will win the war in trade for a place to live. Their ominous and powerful technologies once unleashed, produce catastrophic results across enemy ranks and follow a path of devastation that culminates in the development and use of atomic weapons...