Space

‘Jupiter Ascending’ (2015) is Wachowskis’ masterpiece

It’s bizarre that the Wachowskis’ high bar is still considered to be “The Matrix” (1999) and that “Jupiter Ascending” (2015) is a blip on the

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Besson’s ‘Fifth Element’ (1997) an art-design paradise

“The Fifth Element” (1997) requires a pact with the audience that they’ll be up for something stylistically and tonally different from the average SF space

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‘Deep Rising’ (1998) is weird, watery, wild

All I remembered from my 1998 viewing of “Deep Rising” was Famke Janssen in a sexy red dress; Anthony Heald explaining that the tentacled sea

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Adventurous ‘Lost in Space’ (1998) updates 1960s series

I have a soft spot for “Lost in Space” (1998). In retrospect, it’s neat how long “Titanic” stayed at No. 1 at the box office, but

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‘Solaris’ (2002) fails to find purpose of its existence

Writer-director Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris” (2002) tries to do something different 30 years after the classic Russian adaptation of the Stanislaw Lem novel. It fails in

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‘Heart of the Jedi’ an intriguing lost ‘Star Wars’ novel

Kenneth C. Flint’s “The Heart of the Jedi,” written in 1992, was originally published on starwarstimeline.net in 2015. But it received new attention in recent

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‘Supernova’ (2000) spaces out on its big ideas

“Supernova” (2000) was disowned by director Walter Hill (a writer on “Aliens” and “Alien 3”) before its release (the fake name Thomas Lee is used),

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Depressive ‘Solaris’ (1972) is the anti-‘2001’

Watched today, “Solaris” (1972) requires a pact with the viewer beforehand. It offers none of the things we look for in modern space films, such

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‘Event Horizon’ (1997) remains a creepy cult classic

Upon its release, “Event Horizon” (1997) was billed as “The scariest movie you will ever see,” and through the eyes of someone just getting into

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‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (1968) is as cold as space itself

“2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) kicked off nearly a decade of cerebral sci-fi that didn’t end until “Star Wars” premiered in 1977. Members of the

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