I didn’t know what to expect from Mars Express when I sat down in the theater. I just knew it was animated sci-fi… didn’t know it was French nor did I know it would have this cool rotoscoped style. With … Continue reading
Humane is a film with so much potential in its first act that I was surprised how it slid downwards in such fits and starts. Its initial twist and switch to dark comedy was off-putting but I slowly adjusted to … Continue reading
It may not be saying much, but Rebel Moon Part 2 is probably a better movie than part 1. But I kind of liked part 1 for the derivative but excitable big space opera that it was. Both films do … Continue reading
The Greatest Hits is a more mature, less YA version of the film Press Play from 2022. Both are lite-Sci-fi romance/rom-coms about a girl who discovers she can travel when she hears certain songs. She then tries to prevent her … Continue reading
Arcadian is a movie that wants to be good without putting in the effort. It’s a sci-fi/horror art house wannabe… a scrappy movie put together on a limited budget trying to be a variation on The Quiet Place. A mysterious … Continue reading
To be perfectly clear, Godzilla x Kong is 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. Taken as a film for intellectual film snobs, it’s trash. Taken as a film that inhabits exactly what the kid in me who … Continue reading
Molli and Max in the Future is a very silly, very corny pup sci-fi satire of romantic comedy… and also a very good romantic comedy at that. It absolutely shouldn’t work but by the third act, I was surprisingly engaged … Continue reading
Remember when Ghostbusters was a comedy? I do. Good times. Well, here we are with another Ghostbusters sequel that doesn’t quite get it. The original two ghostbusters films took its supernatural backstories and villains seriously… it was the characters that … Continue reading
Jonah is a sci-fi (or sci-fi adjacent) film with an interesting – if not overly unique – idea. It’s about the investigation of claims of alien abduction. In this case, a mother says her child was taken briefly by aliens … Continue reading
The world of Into the Abyss is like a rainier, darker Seven. Or maybe a less misty version of The Mist. Or maybe a more accurate solo build of The Last of Us. It’s actually a lot of things you … Continue reading