& Categories Movies Reviews January 13, 2021 “Outside the Wire” is a droning, ideologically confused sci-fi thriller The Netflix Action Movie Industrial Complex continues abated with a deeply mediocre military thriller that can't get a handle on its lukewarm critique of drones.
G Categories Movies Reviews December 19, 2020 Gerard Butler and his family find comet ground in “Greenland” Shockingly, the long-delayed comet disaster movie finds remarkable pathos and strong performances from Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin.
& Categories Movies Reviews December 18, 2020 “Skylines” is effective, propulsive sci-fi action schlock The unlikely science fiction franchise changes pace with a lean and mean action thriller filled with economically effective visuals.
& Categories Movies Reviews November 11, 2020 “Divine Love” feels oddly platonic Gabriel Mascaro's sci-fi drama is an eye-catching effort that doesn't have as much to say as it thinks it does.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 27, 2020 “Jason X” goes to space and sucks on so many levels New Line sends Jason to the final frontier, and sends all the thinly-drawn characters and low-budget kills of the franchise with him.
& Categories Movies May 27, 2020 “The Vast of Night” is a fuzzy, evocative sci-fi debut Andrew Patterson's tale of strange goings-on in '50s New Mexico is full of detail, even if it doesn't reach its full potenial.
& Categories Movies May 21, 2020 “Blood Machines” is a trippy, cosmic synth-wave opera Shudder's latest is a synthwave sci-fi opera is thinly plotted and unapologetically lurid, but packed with gorgeous grindhouse visuals.
C Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue TV May 18, 2020 Capturing Dystopias: “Snowpiercer” and “Westworld” cinematographer John Grillo The cinematographer behind much of HBO's Westworld and TNT's Snowpiercer talks about the rocky road to filming two disparate sci-fi dystopias.
& Categories TV May 17, 2020 “Snowpiercer” goes off the rails far too quickly TNT's adaptation of the French comic and Bong Joon-ho film struggles to stretch its high-concept premise across an entire series.
& Categories TV May 6, 2020 “Solar Opposites” is more bright, brazen work from the “Rick and Morty” team Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan's Hulu series looks at human folly from an alien—and fittingly cynical—perspective.
