Tag: Sci Fi

Alien: Romulus (2024)

Regardless of your knowledge of the Alien franchise, it is basically general knowledge that the first two films occupy the top tier. Personally, I feel good about that as I have recently only seen those two along with 2012’s Prometheus.

Obviously, this makes me not at all an expert of any kind about the franchise, but that does not mean I can’t try to enjoy the films individually, which brings us to Alien: Romulus. Oddly enough, the events of this film actually take place between the first two films, while paying homage (both effectively and not effectively) to them.

Tags Aileen Wu, Alien, Alien Romulus, Archie Renaux, Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Fede Álvarez, Isabela Merced, R, Rated R, Romulus, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Spike Fearn

2 1/2 Stars

I.S.S. (2024)

Premise alone is not always the best way to intrigue me, but that is definitely what happen when I first saw the trailer for I.S.S.

Tags 2024, Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, Costa Ronin, I.S.S., ISS, John Gallagher Jr., Maria Mashkova, Rated R, Sci Fi, Science Fiction

4 Stars Movies

The Creator (2023)

I’m not much of a proponent for AI, but I do admit it has positives I cannot deny (let us never underestimate what spell check has done for us, and iif it weren’t for a GPS, I would be disoriented on the road).

AI also has helped tremendously as a subject for film, dating back to its real starting point (in what is arguably still the greatest Sci-Fi film to date) with the HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Since then, AI has been somewhat over used in media, so one may even be excused to think some of what is shown in Gareth Edwards’ The Creator is cliche.

Tags Alison Janney, Denzel Washington, Gareth Edwards, Gemma Chan, John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Movie Reviews, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Rogue One, Rogue One A Star Wars Story, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Creator

4 1/2 Stars Movies

DUNE (2021)

Much thanks must be given to the little voice in my head.

When buying my ticket for Dune, the voice told me to try and buy a seat as close to the screen as possible. While my neck did not start truly hurting until the last forty minutes or so of the film, the voice was correct, as the experience gave me small vibes dating back to when I watched the original Star Wars Trilogy re-released in the mid-90s when I was nine years old.

1 1/2 Stars Movies

The Tomorrow War (2021)

Maybe I was just Mr. Grumpy pants when I was watching this film.

Perhaps I just was not giving The Tomorrow War a fair opportunity to try to be a semi fun time travel film. I do confess that I can overthink a lot at movies, but it did not take me a long time to realize this film should have stayed in the future. The very, very distant future.

Tags Amazon Prime, Betty Gilpin, Chris Pratt, JK Simmon, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, The Tomorrow War 2021, Time Travel, Yvonne Strahovski

5 Stars Movies Vintage

Minority Report (2002)

“The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn’t change the fact that it was going to happen”.

The line of dialogue from John Anderton is also his core belief, and one of the many lines of dialogue that has stuck with me for the countless times I have seen Minority Report (2002) over the years. It is a film that asks you to think long after, but not to a degree that certain films (especially science fiction) would make some viewers need to take a Tylenol. That, and it is as engaging as any film that has come out in the first two decades of the 21^st century.

Tags 2002, A Clockwork Orange, Max von Sydow, Minority Report, PG-13, Rated PG-13, Samantha Morton, Sci Fi, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise