Tag: science fiction

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January 10, 2022

Considering Star Trek without Roddenberry

30 years after the series’ creator passed, what remains of his message as Star Trek is bigger than ever.
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November 29, 2021

Star Trek: Discovery delves into overcoming loss with “Anomaly”

The second episode of the season shines when it focuses on Book processing his grief for his destroyed homeworld.
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October 22, 2021

Invasion is a chilling look at society on the brink of destruction

le TV+'s new sci-fi series occasionally relies on well-worn tropes, but is never anything less than gripping and unsettling.
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September 23, 2021

Foundation is solid enough to build upon in its early stretch

Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi series is a glossy, gorgeous-looking adaptation of the Isaac Asimov novels, which nonetheless struggles to find humanity among its big ideas...
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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.
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March 31, 2021

“2046” casts a spell through time and space

Beautiful, strange, and enrapturing, 2046 feels unlike anything else in Wong Kar-wai's oeuvre, and yet utterly of a piece with his mesmerizing works.
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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.
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November 16, 2020

“Strange Days” says more about 2020 than it did about 1999

Kathryn Bigelow's vision of a grim future was mostly rejected by audiences -- now we're living in it.
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October 23, 2020

“Synchronic” sends Anthony Mackie through twisty, satisfying sci-fi thrills

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson continue their hot streak of inventive, idiosyncratic science fiction with a refreshingly heartfelt time-travel thriller.
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October 18, 2020

“Star Trek: Discovery” Season 3 Episode 1: Finally charting its own course

Trek's flagship series takes a dramatic leap forward, stumbling toward its true potential.