Science Fiction

‘Bumblebee’ (2018) is a cute robotic ‘E.T.’ riff

My friend who likes to laugh at bad movies dragged me to “Transformers” in 2007, but I’ve forgotten everything about that movie and haven’t followed

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‘Eye in the Sky’ (1957) among PKD’s best early SF works

“Eye in the Sky” (1957) is one of Philip K. Dick’s most influential novels – or at least prophetic of what future authors would explore

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‘Roswell’ meets horror in ‘Season 4’ novel ‘Nightscape’ (2003)

After launching “Season 4” of “Roswell” in book form with “A New Beginning,” Kevin Ryan also writes the second “episode,” “Nightscape” (July 2003). He continues

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PKD adds humor to rigid future of ‘Man Who Japed’ (1956)

Philip K. Dick is known for wild ideas, so sometimes I anticipate them from the title. Before reading “The Man Who Japed” (1956), I would’ve

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‘Ad Astra’ is a gorgeous but spacey art piece

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy watching “Ad Astra” (2019). Director James Gray’s film blends a solar system travelogue with the family

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‘Roswell’ gets ‘A New Beginning’ (2003) with ‘Season 4’

Executive producer Jason Katims says in the DVD commentary for the series finale of “Roswell” that a theoretical fourth season would’ve found the teens on

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‘Fast Color’ a Shyamalan-esque stealth superhero gem

Nearly two decades after M. Night Shyamalan popularized – if not introduced – the stealth/“real world” superhero movie with “Unbreakable” (2000), director/co-writer Julia Hart expands

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‘Penultimate Truth’ (1964) is like a PKD greatest hits album

For “The Penultimate Truth” (1964), Philip K. Dick pieces together some of the greatest hits among his short stories into a grand statement about governments

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‘Roswell’ co-creator Burns joins book line with ‘Quarantine’ (2003)

Laura J. Burns co-created “Roswell” with Melinda Metz (Metz wrote the “Roswell High” books and Burns edited them) and then co-wrote the popular episode “A

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‘Alita: Battle Angel’ a final blast of cyborg sci-fi for the decade

It’s hard to predict a decade’s place in history while you’re living it, but the 2010s strike me as a Gateway to the Future. So

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