Science Fiction

‘Carriers’ (2009) plays starkly in the coronavirus age

Although not as well-known and epic as the likes of “Contagion” and “Outbreak,” “Carriers” (2009) is a nice little horror-suspenser that explores a pandemic on

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PKD predates ‘Terminator’ with ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ (1960)

“Vulcan’s Hammer” (written in 1953, published in 1960) is Philip K. Dick’s first foray into novel-length science fiction (although not his first published), and it’s

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‘Terminator’s’ ‘Salvation’ saga ends with ‘The Final Battle’ Volume Two (2014)

Writer J. Michael Straczynski goes deep into the 2029 battle and deep into the idea of the singularity in “Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle” Volume

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‘Contagion’ (2011) looks at the process of a pandemic

Whereas “Outbreak” (1995) gets comparatively cartoonish as it wrings drama from a viral pandemic, “Contagion” (2011) – its main competition for “most famous outbreak movie”

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‘Terminator: Salvation’ expands with ‘Machinima Series’ (2009)

Even fairly serious “Terminator” fans might not know about this oddity: There was a prequel movie to “Salvation” – sort of. “Terminator Salvation: The Machinima

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‘Runaways’ Season 1 (2017-18) is kind of silly, kind of good

With an unusually long gap between new Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, I decided to finally check out “Marvel’s Runaways” Season 1 (2017-18, Hulu). Now through

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‘Train to Busan’ (2016) is a first-class zombie tear-jerker

The idea of zombie fiction featuring great character development and performances was old hat by the time of “Train to Busan” (2016); the Tens were

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‘12 Monkeys’ (1995) is a stylish, confusing take on time travel

The coronavirus of 2020 is pretty scary, but it’s nothing compared to what theaters scared up in 1995. In addition to “Outbreak,” that year gave

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‘Roswell, New Mexico’ moves forward in Season 2 premeire

“Roswell, New Mexico” (Mondays, CW) returns with an excellent Season 2 premiere that smoothly reminds us of the threads from the long-ago Season 1 while

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‘Westworld’ Season 3 steps into a larger world

I love the fact that there are still some weekly shows on TV (as opposed to all-in-one seasonal drops), but “Westworld” (Sundays, HBO) is not

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