So, Solo: A Star Wars Story is a perfectly fine crime/heist flick that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe. Which, technically makes it one of the most different Star Wars flicks, even though it plays things pretty … Continue reading
Rampage is the new Dwayne Johnson-starring giant monster movie based on a classic arcade game starring a giant gorilla, lizard, and wolf destroying cities. It should come as no surprise that the new movie is also about a giant gorilla, … Continue reading
I checked out the new suspense/horror/sci-fi almost experimental film A Quiet Place on Sunday. This is the film written, directed, and starring John Krazinski (Jim from The Office) and co-starring his real life wife Emily Blunt (lucky man). It made … Continue reading
Ready Player One is the new Steven Spielberg directed sci-fi film based on the pop-culture riddled novel from a few years ago. I read the book and went into the movie expecting certain changes of plot elements that a movie … Continue reading
Pacific Rim: Uprising is the surprised-it-got-made sequel to the original robots-punching-monsters movie Pacific Rim. I say surprising since it kind of landed with a thud in the US but was saved and became profitable in Asia. Given that movie was … Continue reading
The word from critics is that the new big budget film version of the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time is bad. Unfortunately, I agree. Based on the first novel in the series by Madeline L’Engle, it was a tough … Continue reading
After four sessions, finally powered my way through the new Netflix original film Mute. This is the latest sci-fi film from Duncan Jones who previously made Moon, Source Code, and the Warcraft movie… most would say with diminishing returns. Mute … Continue reading
Not even sure if I should review this one, but rented the sci-fi flick Curvature on iTunes and A) you’ve never heard of it, and B) It’s terrible. So, yeah, might as well not read this, much less me type … Continue reading
Annihilation is the new Big Ideas, serious-minded science fiction film from Alex Garland who previously made the very good Ex Machina. This film is based on a novel I really did not like because it didn’t have any interest in … Continue reading
Rented a cerebral WTF sci-fi suspense, art-house, almost experimental flick called Black Hollow Cage on iTunes tonight. A cold, distant, austere meditation on grief with multiple sci-fi concepts, barely explained and barely interested in explaining. It’s a head trip of … Continue reading