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Reviewing the best science fiction movies from the past, present, and future.

The Stranger Things Universe is Just Getting Started
Just when you thought the story was winding down, the Duffer Brothers have delivered exciting news that has fans buzzing once again. With multiple spin-offs in the works, the world of Stranger Things is far from over. In fact, it might only be getting started.
By Info Post Gate9 days ago in Futurism
Star Crash
Star Crash is a wonky, bottom-feeder Star Wars rip-off from 1978, with an ensemble cast of cult movie icons, including Marjoe “Mausoleum” Gortner, Caroline Munro, Joe “Maniac” Spinell, Christopher Plummer, and—by God—the Hoff himself, David Hasselhoff, pre-"Knight Rider," pre-"Baywatch," but still every bit the sexy-bad muthafucka.
By Tom Baker21 days ago in Futurism
Dracula, Sovereign of the Damned
Dracula, Sovereign of the Damned is an anime from Toei Studios, dating from 1980, based on Marvel's Tomb of Dracula comic. Marvel's Dracula once tried to kidnap Storm until Kitty Pryde showed up and drove his blood-sucking butt out the window wielding the Star of David. Apparently, Dracula is anti-Zionist.
By Tom Baker25 days ago in Futurism
Blade Runner . Top Story - December 2025.
These days, androids might very well dream of electric sheep. In 1982, not so much. Blade Runner takes place six years in our past, as per the present timeline. Other timelines, we don't know. Perhaps there, Replicants rule the lives of meat sacks, and the Imperial Skinjobs are all as beautiful as Rutger Hauer or Daryl Hannah are in Blade Runner.
By Tom Bakerabout a month ago in Futurism
Review of 'Mission Impossible: 'Dead Reckoning' and 'Final Reckoning'
May 2025 With all the promotion of Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, set to debut in U.S. theaters in the next few days, I thought it was high time to see Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, released in 2023, and which is actually Part 1 of the two-part story which will conclude with The Final Reckoning.
By Paul Levinsonabout a month ago in Futurism
Stereo and Crimes of the Future
"Jomkin suggests that there must evolve a novel sexuality for a new species of man." — Crimes of the Future Before he became the cinematic master of body horror, David Cronenberg was an experimental student filmmaker who turned out works very much in line with the same sort of fixations explored almost exclusively by J.G. Ballard, whose Crash he later adapted into a film, in 1997. His early films, his first two, Stereo (1969) and Crimes of the Future (1970), explore film technique in documenting the huge, yawning architectural environment of an unspecified hospital or research facility, relegating the performers of the film to almost being secondary actors in a drama defined by geometrical shape—relegating them to the roles of insectile life, pursuing strange, even inscrutable actions, ostensibly being filmed by the watchful, clinical, and coldly detached robotic eye of the viewer, who becomes the de facto research assistant to the director, who seems to have made this film by asking his performers to improvise within the framework of derangement. What was he exploring? one wonders. The environment itself dwarfs the humanity of the filmic subjects, overpowering them in its specter of geometrical dominance and dimension.
By Tom Bakerabout a month ago in Futurism
Why Nessarose Truly Became Wicked: The Tragic Story No One Talks About
Everyone knows Elphaba — the green-skinned rebel who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. But almost nobody stops to ask the more heartbreaking question:
By Bella Anderson2 months ago in Futurism
Wicked for Good Review: A Magical Messy Finale or a True Oz Delight?
Wicked for Good is the long-awaited second half of the Wicked movie story. Like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or Kill Bill, the story was simply too big to squeeze into one film. The result? A two-part cinematic event—and now we’re at the finish line.
By Info Post Gate2 months ago in Futurism
The Echo of Tears in Rain: How Blade Runner Still Shapes the Future of Sci-Fi
Blade Runner didn’t just redefine sci-fi aesthetics—it rewrote the philosophical rules of the genre. This Movies of the 80s deep-dive explores how its questions about humanity, AI, and identity continue to shape modern science fiction from Ex Machina to Cyberpunk 2077.
By Movies of the 80s2 months ago in Futurism
Tarot of The Holy Mountain (Part 1)
All pathways lead to the gate of initiation, at the foot of the Holy Mountain, the great, towering pinnacle of our hopes, dreams, and fears.
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
Wizards
Wizards is an animated film that is as old as I am. Mark Hamil lends his vocal skills, along with Richard Romanus, who was also in Heavy Metal (1981) as well as in Martin Scorcese's iconic American gangster pic Mean Streets *(1973), alongside Robert Deniro and Harvey Keitel. Before he died, Romanus, in other words, was in some classic films. Wizards is one of them, although we don't say it isn't a troubled ordeal fitting that term "classic" to it. Here's why.
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
Alien: Earth: The Retro-Futuristic Revolution Redefining Science Fiction
Science fiction has witnessed countless interpretations of the future, but few have captured the essence of the past projected into the future as Alien: Earth does. This series, a prequel to the iconic 1979 film Alien, not only expands the universe of xenomorphs and androids but does so through a nostalgic lens that pays homage to the retro-futuristic aesthetic of a bygone era. In this article, we delve into how Alien: Earth has seamlessly blended the past with the future, creating a unique atmosphere that has captivated both long-time fans and new viewers alike.
By JONATAN DAVID VEGA4 months ago in Futurism