science fiction archives - Page 26 of 50

The World’s End review: the very bitter (and lager) end

Fri, Jul 19, 2013

Its humor is a little more uncomfortable than that of the other Cornetto flicks, and it’s more far satirical, in a far more cynical way, than I ever would have anticipated.

Pacific Rim review: the world goes to war

Fri, Jul 12, 2013

55 comments

A war movie in the grandest tradition, set in a rich new fictional universe that we’re going to be talking about for a long time.

Best Friends Forever review: the end of the world as women see it

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

1 comment

Smartly stylish, refracting familiar fictional events and themes through a little-used cinematic prism: that of women’s perspectives.

Errors of the Human Body review: scientists are people too

Thu, Jul 04, 2013

1 comment

More brooding thinkpiece than sci-fi thriller, and yet fans of brooding thinkpieces may not be wholly satisfied, either.

World War Z review: mutated Hollywood ebola

Wed, Jun 19, 2013

16 comments

Has no guts of any kind: it has absolutely nothing to say, and it takes a long, dull, circuitous route to get to that nothing.

Man of Steel review: man of feel

Fri, Jun 14, 2013

112 comments

Towers with ambition, swelled by sweeping philosophies about power and presence on scales both planetary and personal, beautifully balanced by a wellspring of wry tragedy.

009 Re: Cyborg review: hasta la what now?

Fri, Jun 07, 2013

31 comments

A whole lotta WTF folded into a derivative, misogynist, and just plain incoherent mess.

The Purge review: good, decent, patriotic violence

Thu, May 30, 2013

25 comments

Asks us to look anew — and askance — at conventions of cinematic horror while also engaging in startling satire of America’s culture of violence. (new DVD/VOD UK; also US/Can)