Tag: sci-fi

Crafting a Blaxploitation-inspired, sci-fi-surrealist comedy is no light endeavor, especially for a first-time director. Such a mixture of seemingly disparate genres under inexperienced hands could…

“High Life” would appear to be, at first glance, your typical space thriller — a bunch of people get sent up to space, slowly start…

Going into the premiere of Season 2, I was not overly excited for the continuation of what had been an interesting show, “Westworld.” But after…

There is something mystifying about science fiction. It is not easy to put exactly into words but there is a sense of adventure and creativity…

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” opened Dec. 15 to mixed reviews. Critics loved the film for the bold choices it made from a narrative perspective,…

A few weeks ago I sat down to watch Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic film “Alien.” Despite it being my umpteenth time watching the movie I…

There is a feeling of fear and disgust unlike any other, which strikes when you pull out your phone and look down at the blank,…

Adapting a beloved novel is always a tough proposition, especially when the author in question has a devoted following. Such was the case with “American…

Since it premiered in England back in 2011, Charlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” has been hailed as the second coming of “The Twilight Zone,” a sci-fi…

Remember in “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” when Obi Wan Kenobi described Mos Eisley Spaceport as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy”?…