movie review

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

'Men in Black: International' Is Well-Intentioned, but Weakened by Uninteresting Characters and Poor Comedy
"I can't wait for this film. I know this movie looks like a big cash-grab, but it looks like an awesome action-packed film with some good comedy and badass moments."
By Jonathan Sim7 years ago in Futurism
Classic Movie Review: 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier begins on a laughable, risible, note. After a prologue that vaguely introduces the film's villain, Laurence Luckinbill, we open on a mountain in California where a man is free climbing El Capitan. This handsome, in-shape, young man is nearly half way up the mountain when, in a scene of stunning incompetence, bad special effects, and remarkable arrogance, the strapping young climber is revealed to be the then nearly 60 year old, paunchy, William Shatner.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Futurism
'Ad Astra' Five Takeaways from the First Trailer for New Brad Pitt Movie
After moving to Netflix for his most recent movie, War Machine, Brad Pitt has two blockbuster movies on tap for 2019. The first up will be, arguably, the most talked about movie of 2019, Quentin Tarentino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which stars Pitt alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a story that trails along the Hollywood of the late 1960s and the Manson Family murders.
By Sean Patrick7 years ago in Futurism
Stopping the Clock on Spike Lee's 'See You Yesterday'
I've said it on Twitter, and I've probably said it elsewhere, but I'm VERY busy these days—too busy to keep track of such things. I will not support any more time travel science fiction that doesn't get the science right, or at least close. What's close? No paradoxes, no butterfly effects, no time loops, and no predestination. In other words: NO BOLLOCKS! Since the unmitigated disaster that was Timeless—which I called as such, what with the writers like Arika Mittman, Lauren Greer being completely clueless about time travel science and co-creator Shawn Ryan lying about it while dissing fans and not giving a damn when called on it, and actor Malcolm Barrett lying about his expert knowledge of time travel physics and then lying about mine when his sorry sack got exposed for it. I've sworn to stop supporting time travel science fiction that doesn't deserve it. I'm going to call all of them out for all the stupid mistakes and asinine assumptions they make because it's all due to the fact they didn't care enough about the science behind the genre they're pilfering to make it accurate. Not even close. All they do is copy off of the prior bad time travel movies—like a dog returning to its vomit. As it stands, most time travel sci-fi has about as much accuracy as the early space movies.
By Marshall Barnes7 years ago in Futurism
'A.I. Rising' (2018)
I was always wondering whether I was able to create life.It seems that I am. Take any porn movie and you can be sure there’ll be some plumber who not only tries to repair the drain, but also will examine the installation of the innocent housewife. A solid storyline with inventive twists and turns isn’t the most important thing in such films. That’s nothing new. And you can say the same thing about A.I. Rising. Only this movie is a kind of a soft-sex version where you see Stoya more naked than dressed. Not that there’s much to see because she isn’t exactly blessed with voluptuous curves. Apparently, she’s a porn actress herself so she didn’t have any problems with parading around naked and acting in steamy love scenes.
By Peter P7 years ago in Futurism
'Occupation' (2018)
I got out of worse situations than this.Been married three times. This must be the stupidest movie ever made about aliens who want to use our planet as a replacement. We already saw it happening in War of the Worlds and Independence Day. But those movies overwhelmed us with expensive special effects and immense battles between earthlings and non-earthlings. The most original thing about Occupation is that it doesn’t happen on American soil, but on the other side of the world. Down under in Australia, in particular. What they did learn from the American versions, is the patriotic waving with a flag. So expect a half-burned Australian flag somewhere near the end.
By Peter P7 years ago in Futurism
'Level 16' (2018)
Each hall has its top girland in this hall it’s me. Level 16 really is an original film. Perhaps fairly minimalistic and limited in terms of storyline, but grand when it’s about the denouement. The moment the idea behind it all becomes clear, it all feels rather lurid. The impact on your feelings is immense when the true nature of the girls’ boarding school is revealed. Level 16 is the final stage the girls can reach in a colorless building of the firm Vestalis. The last level before they get a chance to be adopted. And in preparation for that happy day, the girls are drilled like soldiers. They are told that girls should be clean, considerate, and dutiful. The girls of the Vestalis Academy must be modest, honest, and patient. But loyalty, in particular, is something very important.
By Peter P7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'IO'
IO's a quiet gem of a movie—on Netflix—which reverses the usual pattern of humans embarking out into space, to the edges of our solar system and to neighboring star systems such as Alpha Centauri, so humanity can survive a dying Earth. I'm vividly in favor of humans going out into space—see Touching the Face of the Cosmos—but not at the expense of our planet. I want to see humanity thrive both on our planet and off it in the universe beyond.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
'Mirage' - A Review (Spoilers)
Sticking with Netflix and watching films so that you may not have to, I sat down to watch Oriol Paulo’s Mirage, a Spanish thriller that blends time travel, murder, and parental angst into a compelling viewing experience.
By Q-ell Betton7 years ago in Futurism
My Review of 'Lucy'
I've wanted to watch the movie Lucy for quite some time and it's been out for ages. I just never got the chance to. I believe it was on Netflix soon after it had exited theaters. I remember being very excited about that and put it on my watch list. Sadly, I never had the opportunity to watch it and it was removed from Netflix not too long after. Recently, it's been placed back into the Netflix rotation and I decided I wasn't going to wait for it to be removed again.
By Brian Anonymous7 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Rememory'
I finally saw Rememory on Amazon Prime. Or maybe I saw it a while ago, but forgot to review it. As Todd, a middling-minor character in the movie aptly notes, "the mind forgets things for a reason." No, Rememory wasn't that bad, but it wasn't as good as it should have been either.
By Paul Levinson7 years ago in Futurism
'Alita: Battle Angel' Is a Flawed, Yet Massively Entertaining Film with Incredible Action
Many months ago, I tried to attend a screening for two upcoming movies: One was Dark Phoenix, and the other was Alita: Battle Angel. I showed up early, but they filled up and I waited on line for an hour and a half for nothing.
By Jonathan Sim7 years ago in Futurism