Science Fiction

Valerian and Laureline start on new path with ‘Where Stories Are Born’ (2022)

In 2010, the original “Valerian and Laureline” saga ended with “The Time Opener” (Volume 21), wherein our heroes save the universe, go back in time

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PKD’s ‘Breakfast at Twilight’ expands into ‘Nuclear Family’ (2021)

Among the Philip K. Dick estate-licensed works of recent years, the easiest to miss is certainly 2021’s five-issue comic-book miniseries from AfterShock, “Nuclear Family.” But

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A neurotic half-century: Every Woody Allen film, ranked

Sorry it took me awhile to compile my rankings of Woody Allen’s films. I got a little neurotic about making sure everything is in the

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A panic on our hands on the Fourth of July: The 10 best shark horror movies

“You yell ‘barracuda,’ everybody says ‘Huh? What?’ You yell ‘shark,’ we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” That line from

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All 35 of Philip K. Dick’s science fiction novels, ranked

From his perch in the mid-20th century, Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was a great predictor of how the 21st century would be – because he

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Visions of the future: All 12 Philip K. Dick movies, ranked

For RFMC’s 3,000th post, I figured we should do something special, so let’s combine two of my favorite things: Philip K. Dick and movies. So

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‘Blade Runner: Origins’ (2021-22) wraps by commenting on inner-city plight

Philip K. Dick commented on his own time via stories set in the future. But now our real-world timeline has somehow moved beyond the future.

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The hauntings of Mike Flanagan: All 13 of his films and TV shows, ranked

In appropriate fashion for the horror genre, Mike Flanagan slowly crept onto the scene in the 2010s, making increasingly good, modestly budgeted films. Then he

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The good times and the bad: All 10 ‘Fast & Furious’ movies, ranked

“Fast X” is fast approaching, and while it’s hard to imagine anyone cares anymore, worldwide box-office results prove they do. (These films cost $200 million

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In ‘2029: Redemption’ (2022), has the ‘Blade Runner’ saga reached the singularity?

In “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” Philip K. Dick views androids as being distinct from humans because they lack empathy. The “Blade Runner” movie

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