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
Parallel is a low ambition, low-fi sci-fi film about parallel worlds… the whole multiverse open to them and all they could put together was a couple of people wandering through the woods. But, hey, maybe you make do with what … Continue reading
Similar to the director’s wonderfully inventive Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, River is also about an unusual 2 minute time loop. In this case, it’s a more familiar Groundhog Day type loop with the unique twist that everyone in the … Continue reading
As a guy who has spent more than a few 4 AMs feeling isolated, a great big part of me appreciated Spaceman and grokked it. Then the part of me that doesn’t really need a giant alien spider therapist to … Continue reading
Dune Part Two is a different type of epic sci-fi than part 1. Part 1 ends at the exact right moment, right before Part 2’s broader scope and slower pacing This is kind of evidenced by the 1984 Dune which … Continue reading
Well, at least Code 8 Part II is better than Code 8 (part I). Which isn’t saying much since both are low energy, morose, generic action thrillers with two, two, two sci-fi premises in one. You remember Code 8, don’t … Continue reading
Monolith is a slow-burn minimalist cryptic sci-fi thriller/horror amalgam that doesn’t go anywhere… slowly. It’s about a woman creating her own creepypaste podcast through interviews and dialog with off-screen characters. In other words, it might as well have been a … Continue reading