Science Fiction

‘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

READ MORE

‘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

READ MORE

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

READ MORE

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

READ MORE

‘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,

READ MORE

‘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

READ MORE

‘Next’ (2007) barely resembles PKD’s ‘Golden Man’

“Next” (2007) is one of those Philip K. Dick adaptations that comes off shallower than his source material because it’s stretched into an action movie

READ MORE

‘Radio Free Albemuth’ (1985) is PKD’s first attempt at ‘VALIS’

Books about an individual being pestered by an authoritarian government are often difficult to read because of their hopeless nature, and a sense that it’s

READ MORE

‘Brightburn’ turns ‘Superman’ into a gory nightmare

“The New Mutants” has been drawing buzz for a few years for being a superhero/horror mash-up, but as it’s becoming increasingly unlikely that movie will

READ MORE

All 18 stories from PKD’s ‘Collected Stories, Vol. 4’ (1987), ranked

Because the five volumes of “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” have been reprinted many times under many different names, I’m referring to them

READ MORE