★★★★ Tribeca’s Midnight section blasts off into another dimension with gleeful abandon in writer/director Calvin Lee Reeder’s zany sci-fi horror flick, The A-Frame. Freaky visuals and the bold vision of its creator perfectly suit the simple, low-stakes premise. The implications, however, are nothing but simple: what would a cure for cancer mean for the world? … Continue reading Tribeca 2024: The A-Frame
Film Review: Atlas
★★★ Jennifer Lopez tries her hand in the action/sci-fi sphere with Brad Peyton's bombastic Atlas. The hot button topic right now of artificial intelligence altogether taking over has been done before, and better (see: I, Robot), but this is a nifty, breezy Netflix watch that should appease longtime viewers of the multitalented actress/musician. It probably … Continue reading Film Review: Atlas
TV Review: Knuckles
Spinning off from Sonic the Hedgehog and being set in between 2 and the upcoming third installment, Knuckles could have easily phoned it in to deliver an entertaining little side story. Take Knuckles, an outsider learning the customs of Earth for the very first time, present some manner of fish-out-of-water storyline, and sprinkle in some … Continue reading TV Review: Knuckles
SXSW 2024: The Greatest Hits
★★★★ Raising existential questions about what happens when we die, or the legacy left behind afterward, would be an easy route for any drama to explore, despite being difficult subject matter. The execution of said topic, frequently mishandled in the wrong hands, may be more difficult to perfect. What sci-fi tinged The Greatest Hits gets … Continue reading SXSW 2024: The Greatest Hits
SXSW 2024: 3 Body Problem
From the creators of the legendary fantasy epic Game of Thrones comes… a character-based sci-fi thriller? While David Benioff and D.B. Weiss may not necessarily be the first names that spring to mind concerning aliens, they nevertheless make a bold entrance into the genre with gripping 3 Body Problem. Based on a massive trilogy of … Continue reading SXSW 2024: 3 Body Problem
Film Review: T.I.M.
(Written by Intern, Kali Coogan) ★★ Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our everyday lives, so the idea of taking advantage of a robot butler does not seem that far away. Though, one might wish it were after watching sci-fi thriller, T.I.M., where writer/director Spencer Brown explores the implications of AI. We are … Continue reading Film Review: T.I.M.
TV Review: Gen V – Season 1
Welcome freshman class to year one at Godolkin University, where the best and brightest superheroes have trained since 1965! In this spin-off of Prime Video’s chaotic gem The Boys, the catty, often sociopathic world of teenagers mixes its dose of potency with the same dark humor and ultra-gory mayhem we have come to love from … Continue reading TV Review: Gen V – Season 1
Film Review: No One Will Save You
★★★★ Why is it so hard to make a good alien flick? The few genuinely successful ones can probably be counted on one hand, so the uphill battle that future titles in this subgenre face is steep indeed. Almost entirely dialogue-free, sci-fi horror No One Will Save You brings a seriously twisted interpretation of alien … Continue reading Film Review: No One Will Save You
Fantastic Fest 2023: The Animal Kingdom
★★★★★ A grounded, frequently disturbing sci-fi/fantasy drama, The Animal Kingdom tears into chilling body horror elements and complex commentary about embracing the animal inside. Set in the near future, a “disease” characterized by physical, animalistic transformations has spread across the world. Those infected face intense outward discrimination, not to mention asylum experimentation. Embracing the obvious … Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2023: The Animal Kingdom
Film Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand
★★★ As of late, many films focused on or around aliens and the extraterrestrial seem to fail or underuse these otherworldly creatures. Most recently, Asteroid City had a hilarious alien orbiting around its oddball characters, yet was featured for under five minutes total. Landscape with Invisible Hand does not make this mistake, involving the creatures … Continue reading Film Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand