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Upgrade a gleefully nasty film that relies on a unique mixture of futuristic beautiful landscapes and old-school grindhouse fun.
Despite its name, Future World, with its interesting premise and a high-caliber cast, is meant to become a film that’s a part of the past.
While many found the 2017 release of Blade Runner 2049 to be misogynistic, the perceived sexism within the film may be more than meets the eye as the movie turns out to express anxiety about the past and not the future and an avoidance of human society.
The 1975 sci-fi Rollerball depicts a world run by a global corporate state that has eradicated war, famine and disease – and yet, it can’t help but feel prescient in the era of Trump, Mark Zuckerberg and Cambridge Analytica.
Failing to bring anything new the second time around, Pacific Rim: Uprising suffers from an identity crisis with little chance to rise up from its cinematic shortfalls to save itself.
While over looked and low-browed by critics when first released, Sean Fallon takes a look at why Starship Troopers is a trenchant, satirical commentary on fascism, the military-industrial complex, and our love of violence, masquerading as a dumb actioner.
Now streaming on Sundance Now is Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s final film, Kamikaze 1989. While mostly nonsensical, it’s a joy to watch.
Blade Runner 2049 is a blockbuster with brains, heart and an abundance of style, that will certainly reward repeat viewings.
With Blade Runner 2049 opening in cinemas this Friday, we ruminate on the themes of existentialism the trailer and short film have promised.
With heartfelt performances, and alarmingly relevant, thought-provoking themes, Realive marks Syfy Films’ arrival to the silver screen.
While full of plot holes and shakes characters, What Happened to Monday is still a weird, yet perfect movie for a night in.
It Comes at Night is a disturbingly effective horror film, delving into themes of paranoia, fear, and distrust in an eerily relevant way.
Here Alone is a survival story in a zombie apocalypse, but its story struggles to survive against the great zombie films that precede it.
Bokeh is a stripped down take on a dystopian apocalypse- and like the best sci-fi, offers a bleak commentary on modern society.
SXSW Review: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU: Boots Riley’s Absurdist, Existential, Surreal, Anti-Capitalist Sci-Fi Masterpiece Of A Debut
It’s hard to describe what Boots Riley’s debut, Sorry To Bother You, is actually about, because it is trippy, all over the place, and absolutely brilliant. You need to see it.