Science Fiction

All 21 episodes of ‘Dark Angel’ Season 1 (2000-01), ranked

I had forgotten – or maybe not even fully realized – how good “Dark Angel” Season 1 (2000-01, Fox) is. When it aired, it was overshadowed

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Sci-fi masters meet for engrossing ‘Minority Report’ (2002)

Director Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report” (2002) isn’t the most by-the-book adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story (most agree that’s “A Scanner Darkly”). But it

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‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘No Good Deed’ (2001) (Book review)

Starting when Max heals Liz in the pilot episode, “Roswell” is a show about actions and consequences. The first tie-in novel,” “Loose Ends,” has fun

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PKD digs into religious questions in ‘VALIS’ (1981)

Philip K. Dick reworks the themes from “Radio Free Albemuth” (written in 1976, published in 1985) in “VALIS” (1978, 1981), after “RFA” was initially nixed

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‘Roswell’ flashback: ‘Loose Ends’ (2001) (Book review)

After Melinda Metz’s 10-book YA series “Roswell High” (1998-2000) handed the baton to the TV series “Roswell” in 1999, Jason Katims and his writing team

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‘Blade: Trinity’ (2004) closes trilogy with humor, fun

“Blade: Trinity” (2004) gives Blade (Wesley Snipes) some friends, and what a great decision that is. Blade retains his badass loner persona, but now Ryan

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All 18 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 3 (2001-02), ranked

As “Roswell” fans, we often lament that we only got three seasons. But a positive way to look at it is that we got two

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I grew up and learned to love ‘Blade Runner’ (1982, 2007)

“Blade Runner” (1982, with director Ridley Scott’s “Final Cut” following in 2007) serves as a demarcation of child and adult movie tastes. I grew up

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‘Screamers’ (1995) brings short story to low-budget life

Completing a trifecta of 20th century English-language Philip K. Dick adaptations – following “Blade Runner” (1982) and “Total Recall” (1990) – is “Screamers” (1995). Interestingly,

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‘Radio Free Albemuth’ (2014) an admirable, lo-fi adaptation

“Radio Free Albemuth” (2014) perfectly illustrates the “book is always better” conundrum. The film fairly faithfully adapts Philip K. Dick’s novel (written in 1976, published

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