sci-fi
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The Ship Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us: A Review of Passengers
This review contains spoilers! In the realm of inferior movies there is a special category reserved for movies that are unsatisfactory despite their captivating and…
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Arrival – A Case of Déjà vu
Walking into Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, I only knew a little about the movie. I knew that it was based…
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What Counts As ‘Good’ Sci-Fi? Looking At Don Hertzfeldt’s “World of Tomorrow”
I’ve been wondering what it is that makes a movie ‘good’ ever since this year’s Oscar winners were announced back in February. This isn’t because I…
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Remember To Save What Keeps Us Human: Looking At “Childhood’s End”
Childhood’s End is a 1953 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke. In the twentieth century, Clarke was considered to be one of the three…
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Ex_Machina – I am become Death
Somewhere in the wilderness of Alaska there is a house, and inside that house are four people. At least one of these people is not…
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What does Mars tell us in The Martian?
This post contains spoilers. Imagine this: you are stranded on a distant planet without water, food, internet access, your smartphone, or even other humans. What…
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The Fantastical Duo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
This review contains spoilers. “America teaming up with Russia—that doesn’t sound very friendly.” The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a 2015 reboot of the 1964 NBC…
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If Dinosaurs Walked the Earth… You’d Be Riding One
What do you think of when you imagine a utopia? How about a dystopia? If you had trouble with the first, but The Hunger Games…
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More than Dinosaurs: The Humans of Jurassic World
This post contains spoilers. Eager as ever, I arrived at the theater for Jurassic World just in time and sat through the previews, which is…
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The Women of Star Wars: Part One
Space opera is a fascinating sub-genre of speculative fiction—part science fiction, part Western, and all action. Star Wars is undoubtedly the most famous example of…
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