Tag: science fiction

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February 20, 2023

Linoleum fails to launch despite its stellar cast

Writer/Director Colin West crafts a well-intentioned and well-performed film that, unfortunately, suffers from clunky storytelling.
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February 1, 2023

The Ark launches with a fun concept, but it never leaves orbit

Sci-Fi legend Dean Devlin returns to television with an uninspired crew.
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January 24, 2023

JUNG_E sends its late star off in melancholy science fiction style

Train to Busan's Yeon Sang-ho crafts a moving nearish-future dystopian actioner anchored by an excellent final performance from late actor Kang Soo-yeon.
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January 8, 2023

Vesper thoughtfully traverses a moody post-apocalypse

Young star Raffiella Chapman acquits herself well as a teenage scientist and survivor in a world whose beauty moves hand in hand with viciousness.
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November 11, 2022

The Friendship Game confuses incomprehensibility with complexity

It's a tale of a sinister puzzle and its effect on a group of pals that wallows in sour jerk protagonists and baffling storytelling.
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October 14, 2022

Avenue 5 sets its course for another comedy-filled season

The HBOMax sci-fi comedy plows through socio-political satire at warp speed in its second season.
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July 11, 2022

Moonhaven is an imperfect but radiant lunar gem

Moonhaven, AMC's new science fiction serial, offers welcome pluck and strong craft but takes time to find its space legs.
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July 3, 2022

Apples sees Christos Nikous harvest the seeds of identity to appealing results

Apples' memory-destroying pandemic proves a juicy, multilayered vehicle for its musings.
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May 27, 2022

In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, death gives life new meaning

A series of close calls with the Gorn brings out the best in the crew of the Enterprise.
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March 22, 2022

Halo rings true thanks to a fine turn from Pablo Schreiber

Paramount's adaptation of the mega-hit video game series shines when digging into the Master Chief's long-suppressed sense of self and the schemes of the galaxy's power players.