‘Alien: Covenant’ Review: Prometheus Unbound and Unhinged
A stellar cast and competent thrills battle Ridley Scott's navel-gazing. Read More
May 12, 2017
Science Fiction
‘Edge of Tomorrow’ is Getting a Sequel With a Silly Title
Will Warner Bros just settle on a title? Read More
May 10, 2017
‘The Circle’ Is Far Better Than Nearly Everyone Would Have You Believe
An argument for James Ponsoldt’s misunderstood masterpiece. Read More
May 10, 2017
Everything That Excites Us About Ben Wheatley’s ‘Freakshift’
First thing: it sounds awesome. This weekend, Ben Wheatley will unleash his blood-spattered gunfight film Free Fire into movie theaters around… Read More
April 21, 2017
World-Building 101: Details in ‘The Matrix’
The more minutiae, the more believable a universe. If there’s one thing that separates good science fiction films from great… Read More
April 18, 2017
Fan Theory Friday: Are Sherlock Holmes and Spock Related???
Illogical, you might think, but you’d be wrong… On paper, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Spock would seem to be… Read More
April 7, 2017
‘Colossal’ is the ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ of Monster Movies
Fans of the rom com-subverting Wright film will fall in lesbians with Colossal.Colossal, Nacho Vigalondo’s excellent genre-bending monster movie, seems… Read More
April 6, 2017
‘Signs’ and ‘Arrival’: A Philosophical Comparison
What the two alien invasion films tell us about existential questions.Ever since H.G. Wells released “The War of the Worlds”… Read More
April 4, 2017
The Straw Feminism of Lady Lands in Classic Sci-Fi
Worlds where powerful women rule just to be dethroned.In classic sci-fi from the 1950s and 60s, there’s a very specific… Read More
March 30, 2017