sci-fi

Omni Loop: Trailer 1
OMNI LOOP: TRAILER 1

The “time loop” is a sci-fi cliché as old as the genre itself, but “Omni Loop” tries to put a new spin on the genre.

Alien: Romulus: Not Quite Stellar
ALIEN: ROMULUS: Not Quite Stellar

Ever as before, once “Romulus” gets underway, they encounter Facehuggers, Xenomorphs, and their mission devolves into a fight for survival.

New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN &BRUSH OF THE GOD
New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN & BRUSH OF THE GOD

From this year’s New York Asian Film Festival we take a look at Pattaya Heat, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In & Brush of the God!

A Quiet Place Day One — source: Paramount Pictures
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE: Michael Sarnoski Efficiently Tears Apart NYC

Forty-five years after Alien, cat people finally have a new horror movie with Michael Sarnoski’s “A Quiet Place: Day One.”

STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 25 Years Later
STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 25 Years Later

With the recent temporary re-release of the Phantom Menace to honor its twenty-fifth anniversary, how does the film hold up?

Away from the Hype: STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENANCE 
Away from the Hype: STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENANCE 

It has a lot of charm and it’s refreshing to see something playing by its own rules and not following a rigid formula.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: MEGALOPOLIS
Cannes Film Festival 2024: MEGALOPOLIS

It’s truly difficult to qualify the beast of an experience that is Megalopolis, and because of that, there’s an undefinable elegance.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
Cannes Film Festival 2024: FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, is a prime example of how to craft a narrative expansion that ignites a creative spark worthy of praise.

SXSW Film Festival 2024: DESERT ROAD

Desert Road is what indie cinema should be. It’s ambitious, beautifully shot, and entertaining in all the right ways.

MADAME WEB: An Itsy Bitsy Dud

Madame Web is trapped in the past for feeling like a mid-2000s comic book movie too ashamed to evoke its source material

Slamdance 2024: Restorage
Slamdance 2024: RESTORAGE

Verdugo and Davis’ tight and witty script shines through every scene, and like any good pilot Restorage leaves you wondering where we’re going next.

POOR THINGS: A Frisky, Freaky, and Funny Odyssey
POOR THINGS: A Frisky, Freaky, and Funny Odyssey

Poor Things is a brilliantly weird odyssey of beauty and bile that goes down like a wonderfully bitter-and-sweet cocktail.

DIVINITY: A Time-Warped Body Horror Trip
DIVINITY: A Time-Warped Body Horror Trip

Divinity, written and directed by Eddie Alcazar, is a compelling sci-fi body horror, even though…

"You're On My Crew": FIREFLY 20 Years Later
“You’re On My Crew”: FIREFLY 20 Years Later

In the end, Firefly is full of not only wit, style and imagination, but a burning compassion for its characters, along with their individual differences.

BRIGHTWOOD: Divorce, Time Loop-Style
BRIGHTWOOD: Divorce, Time Loop-Style

The focus of Dane Elcar’s micro-budget debut feature Brightwood is a relationship falling apart. Jen…