The film that made the Wachowskis a household name balanced dazzling special effects with a profound message about self-discovery.
science fiction
Not even the cosmic star power of Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson can stop this tired, paint-by-numbers reboot.
This slow-burn dystopian sci-fi thriller questions the motives & limits of maternal love.
Five years after its box office failure, a look back at what went wrong for Cruise’s ambitious sci-fi action film and how the narrative has changed.
For June, we celebrate Pride Month by diving into the filmography of cinema’s most prominent transgender filmmakers.
Jessica Hausner’s sci-fi yarn about plants that emit happy drugs doesn’t branch out as widely as one would like.
On its tenth anniversary, we look back at McG’s abortive attempt to revamp the Terminator franchise.
Mati Diop’s expansion of her documentary short is a scifi-tinged genre experiment that admirably swings for the fences, even if it doesn’t land with complete success.
As the first generation of Marvel superheroes hangs up their claws and helmets, we wonder just how long pop culture will actually let them stay dead.
While it doesn’t have the reputation of Miyazaki’s later works, Studio Ghibli’s sophomore film serves as a lovely steampunk primer to the man’s filmography.
Seth MacFarlane takes his love letter to Star Trek in a decidedly Star Wars direction, as The Orville closes out season 2 with an alternate dark timeline.
The MCU reaches a climax of sorts with the ambitious, three-hour Endgame, a satisifying end to the 11-year Marvel mythos to date.
Adrianne Palicki pulls double duty in an Ed-Kelly episode that explores what could have been, and what might still be.
Between its bevy of Trek alumni and effortless mixture of space spectacle and moral complications, this week’s Orville shines as one of the season’s best.
I sit down with the Hugo award-winning author to talk about addressing female erasure in the space race and her work as a puppeteer.
Adapting the Topps trading cards to cackling comic life, Tim Burton! offered a twisted alien invasion alternative to Independence Day.
Virginia Gardner plays a lonely woman on a mission to save the world in A.T. White’s gripping, inscrutable essay on loss.
Twentieth Century Fox aired four of its six upcoming anniversary shorts at C2E2 this weekend, xenomorphs feasting on space truckers and scientists alike.
