Features Index

Only three streaming services have notable arrivals this month, but they’re good ones: Two Willy Wonka films on Max, a new Wallace & Gromit feature on Netflix, and a new Star Trek movie on Paramount+.

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A directory of the top steampunk (or steampunk-related) live-action movies, based on ratings from users of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

We’ve compiled a directory of the top steampunk (or steampunk-related) animated films, based primarily on user ratings from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). We used our own judgment to determine whether a movie counts as “steampunk,” but we tried to err on the side of inclusivity, so some titles may fall outside the reader’s definition of the term.

It’s been a busy year for U.K. author Paul Eccentric, as publisher Caffeine Nights released three books in his steampunk series The Periwinkle Perspective.

Lee Presson and the Nails have retired from live performances, but Presson is still bringing the swing band together for music videos. His latest is “Friend Like Me,” a cover of a song from the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin.

We didn’t need a time machine to visit 19th century London, but one was readily available at the 2024 edition of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, taking place this month at Cow Palace in Daly City, California, just south of San Francisco.

Episode 12 of our video series takes viewers to two events: The Key City Steampunk Convention in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Maker Faire Bay Area in Vallejo, California. We visited Key City in August and Maker Faire in October.

Thousands of fans across a wide range of genres gathered at San Francisco’s Moscone Center over Thanksgiving weekend for the third Fan Expo SF, billed as Northern California’s largest pop culture convention.

Highlights this month include a new Star Wars spinoff and a Doctor Who Christmas special, both on Disney+, plus Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on Max. But we’ll still have to wait for the U.S. and Canadian premiere of Nautilus on AMC.

In recent weeks, many steampunk fans and creators have joined Bluesky, a social media platform that’s emerged as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). They’re not alone, as millions worldwide have signed up.