Science Fiction

Memory Box is Dystopic Sci-Fi Done Right

Short of the DayOR, Dominance by SurrogacyMemory is a tricky thing. We consider it to be an accurate recollection of past… Read More

Why ‘Back to the Future’ is One of the Greatest Scripts Ever

The answers are revealed in a must-watch video essay. Read More

The Iron Giant, Xenophobia, and Learning to Love a “Monster”

What Brad Bird’s film can teach us about projection versus reflection.Much has been made of the way we humans view… Read More

Time Travel Movies Used to Take Us Places

A look back to when sci-fi looked back. Read More

Westworld Episode 1 Review: An Old World Made New Again

Westworld Episode 1 Review: “The Original”“Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.”The late Michael Crichton delivered numerous, memorable fictions… Read More

Westworld Aims to Triumph Over Controversy

The final trailer before the premiere looks excellent.HBO’s newest show, Westworld, has so much hype surrounding it. The network is… Read More

How a Popular 1980s Film Genre Was Replaced by Superhero Movies

Fish out of water stories and where to find them. Read More

Westworld Is Everything to HBO

Why the troubled production must succeed.HBO is in need of a new hit. It might not look that way due to… Read More

Why Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence Are On a Mission With Serious Consequences

First-Class PassengersWhy Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence Are On a Mission With Serious Consequences.As someone who frequently, and with baroque… Read More