Tom Shippey - profile from The Wall Street Journal. News, articles, biography and photos.

While some dystopian stories have gained mainstream acclaim, there's so many more incredible post-apocalyptic stories for sci ...

Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' almost fell apart thanks to studio meddling. But now, with a new Criterion release, it's considered ...

The 2000 animated film Titan A.E. remains one of the most undderrated sci-fi films around, and deserves a resurgence.

But fictional portraits of AI have pretty much never looked like the actual present of AI. All those killer Terminators, rebellious Westworld robots, and nuke-hijacking supercomputers have nothing to ...

Most movies set in the future get things terribly wrong. But sometimes, they hit the nail on the head with eery accuracy.

An Fear Ciúin lives and works in the Irish midlands. He has a keen interest in medieval and early modern history. He’s ...