movie review

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

The Top 10 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time Worldwide
10. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Box office: $1.41 billion Director: Joss Whedon The second Avengers film was warmly received when it initially arrived, but then suffered a bit of immediate blowback, with many superhero genre geeks asserting themselves that although it was undeniably an entertaining film, it represented something of a step back from Joss Whedon’s record-smashing original. Even if it can’t quite match it, and occasionally feels like a bridge toward the next Avengers story, there’s still a whole lot to enjoy in this action-packed yarn. James Spader excels as the voice of the godlike Ultron—a wonderfully arrogant, immature AI character who is only undermined by plot, rather than performance. Ultimately, though, we may remember Age of Ultron more for the storyline fallout it helped generate in the MCU, as Tony Stark’s guilt at creating Ultron is instrumental in driving his position in the fabulous Civil War. Looking back on it in the wake of several other MCU films, its stature has somewhat grown as a result of what it has helped build. —Jim Vorel
By Mr Ceaser5 years ago in Futurism
Make Room! Make Room! ‘Soylent Green’ Revisited
Det. Thorn (Charlton Heston) to his roommate Sol (Edward G. Robinson) in Soylent Green: “I know, I know. When you were young, people were better.”
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in Futurism
Gems that Got Away
Speaking as someone who watches way more movies than they should, here are a few cinematic gems that I have gleaned over the years that may have slipped by, knocked aside by the non-stop flow of ever-newer shows and movies that we are constantly bombarded by.
By Rick Jordan5 years ago in Futurism
Essay Examples
1. Gattaca is a science fiction film that focuses on biology and technology and the possibilities the two could create in the distant future. In a world where there are genetically engineered humans (valids) and biological born humans(in-valids), Vincent, an in-valid, teams up with Jerome, a valid, to achieve his dreams of going to space. Gattaca uses color schemes, montages, and mise-en-scene as rhetorical devices to further bring the viewer into Vincent’s world, and to tell the story between the defiance of limitations and the battle of identity. It is a great film that subtly highlights certain social issues occurring as of now, while telling a story of bravery and courage despite barriers put into place.
By Yasmin5 years ago in Futurism
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
It needs to be established, right from the get-go, that neither Dr. Frankenstein nor his stitched-together, reanimated namesake, make an appearance in this 1965 shlock-o-rama.. That said, it's seventy-five of the most enjoyable minutes you're ever likely to spend watching the nefarious unfolding of an extraterrestrial plot to kidnap scantily-clad Puerto Rican women to repopulate the atom-blasted Martian homeworld. Or, something along those lines.
By Tom Baker5 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Lapsis'
In our COVID-ridden real world, a near-future science fiction movie in which codes and AI are villains is something of relief, in addition to being unsettling, especially if it's well done, which Lapsis very much is.
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Bliss'
Just saw Bliss on Amazon Prime Video. In a phrase, it's another well-acted simulation movie, with an obvious, even hackneyed story, but it's very well acted by Owen Wilson (Greg) and Salma Hayek (Isabel), with an appearance by Bill Nye the science guy, and excellent music, especially a really beautiful, captivating song under the closing credits, written by Will Bates and sung by Skye Edwards.
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
Bliss Movie Review: Why should we watch it?
When you watch Bliss you are faced with a choice: take the blue pill or the red pill. Rather, blue and yellow crystals are in this movie. Taking the yellow crystals gives the illusion of super power. Taking the blue crystals ends the simulation and returns you to your blissful world. The movie starts with is Greg (Owen Wilson, playing his best role), losing his job and family. The movie alludes to drug addiction problem. The grim atmosphere in the work floor, the constant phone ringing and the fluorescent light prepare us for Greg’s breakdown. Greg attempted to escape his reality when he meets his partner in crime, Isabel (Salma Hayek, playing her best role). Emily (Nesta Cooper, brilliant performance) is Greg’s daughter and his bridge to reality.
By Asiya5 years ago in Futurism
'Bliss' Review — A Miserable Experience
I had an art project due on the night of my screener, but I decided to postpone my work on that to watch this film early. Looking back, I would have just worked on my art project.
By Jonathan Sim5 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'The Midnight Sky'
Well, you couldn't ask for a better movie than The Midnight Sky in these our Covid-ridden times. An Earth, in the year 2049, in even far worse shape than ours. Just about everyone on the planet dead, due to some kind of planet-wide catastrophe. A spaceship returning home to Earth from a habitable moon of Jupiter, unaware of what they are returning to. A very sick scientist on Earth, desperately marshalling his last energies to contact them, and tell the ship to turn around.
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Black Box'
Immortality via uploaded minds into computer systems has been a staple of science fiction for decades. It's rarely done as well on the screen as it is Black Box, on Amazon Prime Video since October.
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
Blade Runner (1982): What was it all about?
Released in 1982, three years after Ridley Scott's monumental sci-fi classic 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' is, without a doubt, one of the most popular and influential science-fiction films ever made - but it wasn't always seen as such.
By Paul Heder5 years ago in Futurism