Remember hope? Joy? Crowd-pleasing escapism? Remember going to the movies and in true Nicole Kidman fashion, “we go somewhere we’ve…
Browsing: Sci-fi
“Redux Redux,” an inventive and fresh take on both multiverse storytelling and revenge thrillers. When we say we want original cinema, THIS is the kind of film we’re talking about. Emotionally intelligent, violent, and armed with an excellent premise…the kind of film that is full of surprises and an engaging grit that keeps you locked in until the final frame.
“Avatar: Fire and Ash;” it’s just more of the same for better or worse…Lacking its ingenuity and true character development, this third installment only reestablishes lines in the sand rather than do anything to guide people across.
Everything and everyone in “M3GAN 2.0” is just shooting in the dark, and what should be an upgrade ends up being malware, a virus that corrupts your eyeballs and forces a hard reset of your mind.
“Mickey 17” is funny and weird, a bold swing from an acclaimed director that doesn’t quite all come together cleanly but is better for existing than not being made at all.
Sometimes all you need is Adèle Exarchopoulos as your film’s star and that’s enough to get me seated. One of…
There’s no getting around it: “The Beast” is a beast of a film. A cinematic journey that demands as much…
“The Animal Kingdom” may not be the best of its kind, but for whatever it lacks in its narrative chaos it makes up for with a touching story about fatherly love, letting go, and discovering that things that seek to drive us apart may actually bring us together.
“Rebel Moon” is diet “Dune,” sugar-free “Star Wars,” splenda “Seven Samurai,” the “Jupiter Ascending” for Snyderbros.
So while most of us have to settle honoring our mothers via Zoom meetings, I think we should also some of the best Moms in Sci-Fi/Fantasy.