Features
Tuesday, January 5 2010
The Guilty Pleasure Films of 2009
Someone, the same old suspects show up on this list - cheesy horror films, goofy gross out comedies, and the occasional certified WTF title. Lucky for us, 2009 was no different when it came to culpable schlock.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.
Reviews
Friday, March 20 2009
Knowing
Knowing’s premise is intriguing, even if it ends up being a familiar race-against-time-disaster-movie.
Monday, December 13 2004
I, Robot (2004)
'It's harder and harder to make straight-ahead sci-fi and straight-ahead comic book movies,' says Akiva Goldsman.
Monday, August 23 2004
Garage Days (2004)
Garage Days chronicles the adventures of a struggling young Sydney band as they try desperately to land that ever-elusive first paying gig.
Thursday, July 15 2004
I, Robot (2004)
These green-screen jamborees are utterly summer-blockbustery (or maybe just Will-Smithy), but they also tend to substitute for ideas.
Thursday, July 17 2003
Garage Days (2002)
Director Alex Proyas comes out of his moody cave with this flick about a band's efforts to find fame.
News
Monday, March 23 2009
‘Knowing' tops weekend box office
The debut of the Nicholas Cage science-fiction thriller "Knowing" took top honors at the weekend box office, raking in some $24.8 million through Sunday morning,…
