Science Fiction

‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ is No. 1 among the trilogy

Platinum Dunes goes against its reputation as an IP-cash-in studio with “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel that’s the best and most heartfelt of

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‘Spaceballs’ (1987) remains a pitch-perfect parody of ‘Star Wars’

“Spaceballs” (1987) is funny from start to finish, connecting on a high percentage of jokes and generally having an appealing sense of humor to carry

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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ goes bananas with character creation

Ten films in, and the “Planet of the Apes” saga is still worth going ape for. Wes Ball, director of the “Maze Runner” films, brings

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‘Godzilla Minus One’ (2023) is Japan’s ‘Independence Day’

Surprising for a nationalistic era in human history, 2023 saw the release of two World War II films that aren’t particularly complimentary toward their source

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‘Grave Encounters 2’ (2012) goes humorously meta

The Vicious Brothers – writers-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz – had a sense of humor when making the “found footage” horror film “Grave Encounters”

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‘John Carter’ (2012) shows the property’s influence on ‘Star Wars’

Less than a year before Disney bought and plundered “Star Wars,” it took a crack at a sci-fi/fantasy hit with “John Carter” (2012), a grand

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‘Grave Encounters’ (2011) a suitably scary tour of an abandoned asylum

“Grave Encounters” (2011) is a great concept reasonably well executed. Canadian writer-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz (a.k.a. the Vicious Brothers) imagine “What if one

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‘QualityLand’ (2017) hits uncomfortably close to reality

Satire that makes fun of government, corporatism and an increasingly mind-numbed citizenry becomes harder to do as real-world developments come close to obliterating the line

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Summer movie preview 2024: 10 films I wouldn’t mind seeing

Here are my picks for 10 major motion pictures to keep on your radar in the summer of 2024. All are theatrical releases, but you

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‘3 Body Problem’ a wondrous yet grounded exploration of humans’ place in cosmos

Every quarter century we get a sci-fi epic about how God can perhaps be found at the endpoint of scientific advancement – “2001” (1968), “Contact”

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