With the mammoth success of Game of Thrones and Outlander, prestige TV has finally embraced epic science fiction and fantasy, and there is no shortage of Golden Age classics (not to mention recent blockbusters) waiting to be reimagined. The studios have taken note, and the amount of talent tied to upcoming SF/F stories is daunting. Here’s the rundown […]
Before I start, let me be clear about one thing: this is not a list of the best SF movies of all time—although if I were to compile my top picks, some of the titles below would definitely be on that list as well. This is a list of mind-blowing movies—movies that, while not universally […]
It’s easy to romanticize the past, when everyone was happy, ate good food, breathed clean air, and talked to one another instead of staring at their phones. Sure, there was war and disease and being a woman or a person of color sucked, but on the whole, life was pretty great, right? Not even close. In Last […]
Six episodes into HBO’s buzzy new science fiction series Westworld, viewers have spun roughly one jillion fan theories about how everything fits together. While we’re given a lot of scenes from inside its futuristic amusement park, where the wealthy go to interact with androids and carry out their worst desires, it’s like watching a play after being transported […]
HBO’s Westworld debuted this week, adding a firmly sci-fi entry to the network’s stable of big-budget, buzz-worthy genre shows. Based on the same-titled 1973 film (written and directed by Michael Crichton!), the series gives a somewhat hokey SF premise—robot rampage at a futuristic theme park!—a cutting-edge upgrade.