Science Fiction
Movie Review: No One Will Save You
What’s worse than someone breaking into your house in the middle of the night? Some "THING" breaking in, of course. That’s the setup for "No One Will Save You."
Movie Review: Lightyear
"Lightyear" might feel like a step down after a run of Pixar movies, but the "Toy Story" spin-off has some thrills and moments of surprising emotional power.
Movie Review: Firestarter
"Firestarter," the latest adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 novel, has an eerie soundtrack and some effective atmosphere, but the spark just is not there.
Space Travel, Alien Invasions, and Atomic Monsters: The Best 1950s Science Fiction Films
There are no movies more fun to watch than 1950s science fiction. The first of these films went from the sublime to the ridiculous, from Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) to Cat Women of the Moon (1953). But they all had something for fans who couldn’t get enough of the exciting and popular new genre. The results were mixed but when they were good, they were very good. [pullquote_right]S...[Read More]
Cinema Revisited: The Brave New World of Gattaca
We have always been stargazers. We look into the night sky and wonder what is out there and if future generations will travel to far away worlds. And we wonder what kind of world we will see in our lifetime and what kind of world our children and their children will inhabit. We have romanticized about and expressed our hopes for the future in literature, art, and film. From Fritz Lang’s Metropolis...[Read More]