& Categories Reviews TV September 3, 2020 “Raised by Wolves” blends sci-fi with the medieval grind of parenthood Ridley Scott produces a heady, intellectual science fiction series with big, sumptuous ideas and occasionally shaggy presentation.
I Categories Movies Reviews August 14, 2020 In Soviet Russia, “Sputnik” scares YOU Alien parasites wreak havoc on Mother Russia in this pulpy, viscerally effective creepfest.
& Categories Reviews TV August 13, 2020 “Star Trek: Lower Decks” digs into its misfit crew in “Envoys” Boimler and Mariner run afoul of a drunken Klingon, and Rutherford has a Starfleet identity crisis.
& Categories Reviews TV August 6, 2020 “Star Trek: Lower Decks” kicks off with an irreverent “Second Contact” The Rick and Morty vibe takes a lot of getting used to, but there are glimmers of promise in the latest Star Trek adventure.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 16, 2020 “Flatliners” was Joel Schumacher’s attempt to touch the void Joel Schumacher's 1990 foray into psychological horror wasn't just a look at mortality, but also a meditation on what lie on the other side.
& 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.
