sci-fi

THE HALT: Lav Diaz in the Age of Pandemic
THE HALT: Lav Diaz in the Age of Pandemic

As society becomes twisted and distorted in our actual lives, The Halt from director Lav Diaz now feels like a prophetic tale.

SNOWPIERCER SEASON 1: A Slow Build Towards An Exciting Finale
SNOWPIERCER SEASON 1: A Slow Build Towards An Exciting Finale

Based on Bong Joon-Ho’s masterful film, the TV adaptation of Snowpiercer starts slow but builds to a fascinating finale.

VIDEODROME: Its Prescience Still Reaches Beyond The Screen
VIDEODROME: Its Prescience Still Reaches Beyond The Screen

Videodrome’s feverish portrayal of the seductive allure and caustic bite of media indulgence and hyperreality remains to-the-minute.

USELESS HUMANS: Aliens! Farm Implements! and Fun!
USELESS HUMANS: Aliens! Farm Implements! And Fun!

If you are in the mood for a light, funny, horror-comedy – heavy on the comedy – Useless Humans is something special.

GLASS: A Grossly Disappointing Superhero Film
GLASS: A Grossly Disappointing Superhero Film

Glass may have been a film nineteen years in the making, but it feels superfluous and incredibly out of touch in a world littered with superhero films.

THE ENDLESS: Bizarre In The Best Way
THE ENDLESS: Bizarre In The Best Way

With a clever use of eerie scenery and camera shots, The Endless is a vortex that goes full on wacky, without diluting its purpose, only strengthening it.

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: A Solid If Underwhelming Star Wars Entry
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: A Solid If Underwhelming Star Wars Entry

Too heavy in its fan service at times, Solo: A Star Wars Story is not a terrible Star Wars entry, with enough fun moments to please.

THE UNTAMED: An Outstanding Marriage Of Realist Drama And Sci-Fi Horror
THE UNTAMED: An Outstanding Marriage Of Realist Drama And Sci-Fi Horror

In response to Mexico’s sexual conservatism, director Amat Escalante cooked up The Untamed, a film which has to be seen to be believed.

RUPTURE: A Massively Mishandled Mystery
RUPTURE: A Massively Mishandled Mystery

Two great performances are wasted in Rupture, a mess of a horror movie which sets up mysteries it doesn’t even know how to answer.

THE SPACE BETWEEN US: Where Many Filmmakers Have Gone Before
THE SPACE BETWEEN US: Where Many Filmmakers Have Gone Before

THE SPACE BETWEEN US struggles to find its original voice amidst the plethora of recent space exploration movies.

Film Inquiry Recommends: The Films Of Don Siegel
Film Inquiry Recommends: The Films Of Don Siegel

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily film recommendations with each week being a different theme. This week’s theme is the films of American director Don Siegel. Beginning his cinematic career making montage sequences for Warner Bros (most notably the opening of Casablanca), Don Siegel is quite an influential American auteur, redefining the sci-fi and crime thriller genres throughout his lengthy career.