B Categories Features Trailers September 9, 2020 Breaking down the trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” We sift through the sands of Arrakis to find the nuggets of spice in the trailer for Denis Villeneuve's sprawling space epic Dune.
& Categories Reviews TV September 4, 2020 “Away” takes you to Mars with no small amount of heart A treacly Lost pastiche about astronauts and the lives left behind on an interstellar mission gives way to surprisingly humanistic highs.
S Categories Reviews TV September 3, 2020 Star Trek Lower Decks Episode 5 Recap: “Cupid’s Errant Arrow” Love bites like a parasite in a charming episode that finally locks in Lower Decks' more refreshing stakes.
& 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.