Firefly/Serenity Firefly (and its follow-up movie Serenity) is another show that, on the surface, seems to be deliberately doing something different to Star Trek. Set in the future and following the crew of a spaceship, it has a Western-inspired vibe. The ship has a courtesan and a mercenary on board, …
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Husband-and-wife filmmaking team Sam and Andy Zuchero have loftily described their debut feature, Love Me, as “Kubrick meets YouTube.” But what comes to mind while experiencing the increasingly stultifying sci-fi odyssey is closer to a mashup, filtered through the prism of social media, of Spike Jonze’s Her and Charlie Kaufman’s …
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It’s time for a science fiction thriller set on the International Space Station. I.S.S. is a movie that gets a 10 out of 10 for the originality of its setting. We’ve seen movies set in space before but on the I.S.S.? I’m surprised Tom Cruise didn’t get to it first. …
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Dune: Part Two – March 1 Denis Villeneuve’s delayed sci-fi sequel will finally arrive in 2024 (we hope). Dune: Part Two continues Paul Atreides’ (Timothée Chalamet) journey as he teams up with the Fremen people of Arrakis in order to wage war against the deadly House Harkonnen, and joining the …
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ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Creator director Gareth Edwards about the John David Washington-led sci-fi movie. The filmmaker discussed the process of creating a sci-fi world and his affinity for leaving some lore unexplained. The movie is now available to own digitally and physically. “Amidst a future war …
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In 2021’s zombie heist thriller Army of the Dead, that sneaky Zack Snyder tricked us into believing he had rediscovered his sense of humor, a keen understanding of the fact that trashy fun and gory action mayhem need not be mutually exclusive. But just seconds into the leaden sci-fi saga …
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Equilibrium (2002) Barely released in theaters, writer-director Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium stars Christian Bale as John Preston, a “Cleric” in a post-World War III society where emotion has been outlawed and suppressed through a powerful drug called Prozium. All materials that can provoke an emotional response, including all forms of art, …
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Peter Hyams’ Mars-landing conspiracy thriller Capricorn One, starring James Brolin and Elliott Gould is a lost gem. As far as conspiracy theories go, very few have had as much of a life as the notion that NASA faked the Apollo moon landing. In some ways, one can understand why people …
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After providing the raw fodder for Charlie Kaufman’s characteristically cryptic I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Canadian novelist Iain Reid serves up more brain-bender material in Garth Davis’ Foe. Anchored by emotionally raw performances from Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, with Aaron Pierre as a stranger bringing equal parts seductive charm …
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It’s not often that a movie perfectly understands what the science fiction genre should do. Garth Davis, director of films like Lion and Mary Magdalene, has crafted a truly special film with Foe. This movie stars Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan as a married couple living in the Midwest in …
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Artificial intelligence is at the forefront of every discussion we’ve been having in the entertainment industry. A big reason why the WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on strike is the looming threat that AI poses to their jobs. With the WGA strike reaching an end recently, it’s poetic that one of …
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“No one is really creating original sci-fi blockbusters anymore, it’s an endangered species.” Such was the wise insight from Gareth Edwards at the special screening of his latest movie The Creator last week. This from a filmmaker who has run the gamut from the half-million-budgeted 2010 indie Monsters to the …
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