B Categories More of a Comment Really Podcasts July 2, 2021 Breaking down the best tracks from Battlestar Galactica (with Bear McCreary) The composer looks back on his eclectic score for the acclaimed science fiction series, and breaks down some of its most iconic tracks.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 June 19, 2021 Tribeca 2021: “No Running” stumbles over its sci-fi premise Delmar Washington's well-intentioned sci-fi parable about racial profiling gets tripped up in the constraints of its budget.
“ Categories Movies Reviews May 5, 2021 “Fried Barry” tries very hard to offend sensibilities Though it has a seed of an interesting story, Ryan Kruger’s sci-fi comedy something or other would rather just overwhelm the viewer’s senses.
A Categories Anniversaries Features March 8, 2021 A Goodman is hard to bunker with: “10 Cloverfield Lane” at 5 Five years on, we look back at the film that almost made a Cloverfield universe possible.
B Categories Berlinale Festivals March 3, 2021 Berlinale: “Tides” revels in its unoriginality The sci-fi thriller takes no risks, and tries absolutely nothing you haven't seen before.
& Categories Reviews TV February 18, 2021 “Tribes of Europa” is tropey but tantalizing Euro sci-fi Philip Koch's post-apocalyptic series gives us teens, tropes, and teases galore, finding glimmers of potential even as it hews creakily to formula.
& Categories Features TV February 7, 2021 “The Expanse” and “Mobile Suit Gundam”: two sides of the sci-fi coin Fans of Amazon's premiere science-fiction series would do well to spend their time between seasons catching up on its anime forebears.
& Categories Movies Reviews February 7, 2021 “Little Fish” is a pandemic-set love story you don’t have to throw back Olivia Cooke and Jack O'Connell shine in a melodramatic, but immersive romantic tragedy that mimics the isolation and loss of our current moment.
T Categories Recap Reviews TV February 3, 2021 The Expanse Season 5 Finale Recap: “Nemesis Games” The fifth season of The Expanse ends on a more muted note, giving beloved characters rushed-by-real-life exits and setting up bigger stakes for the end.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 January 29, 2021 Sundance 2021: “In the Earth” never fully blossoms Ben Wheatley's pandemic-shot sci-fi effort is a derivative and predictable trip through the fog despite a few choice moments.
