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.
& Categories Festivals Reviews Sundance 2021 January 28, 2021 “Resident Alien” phones home, but it can’t quite find a signal Alan Tudyk hams it up as an alien on a secret mission in a small town in Syfy's mismatched fish out of water comedy.
