Genre: Science Fiction
Science fiction asks what if and follows the answer — technology, the future, and the unknown, used to test what it means to be human under new conditions.
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Forbidden Planet (1956) — Review
First electronic film score, first sympathetic robot, the Krell template, and the monster from Morbius's id. Foundation of modern sci-fi cinema. 10+/10. -
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (BBC TV Series, 1981) — Review
Peter Jones as the Book, Douglas Adams's voice intact, and the Vogon poetry torture. Dated, charming, better than the movie. The 1981 BBC Hitchhiker's at 8/10. -
The Andromeda Strain (1971) — Review
Crichton's first major bestseller, Robert Wise's procedural patience, and Kate Reid's underrated Dr. Leavitt. The Andromeda Strain reviewed at 6.5/10. -
Total Recall (2012) — Review
Critics judged Wiseman's 2012 Total Recall against the wrong reference film. Read alongside the 1990 version, the remake's world-building earns its 8. -
Futureworld (1976) – Review
Futureworld (1976) earns its 7 as a lean 1970s paranoid thriller. Cheesy, dated, and genuinely unsettling. The janitor in the basement knows what Delos is hiding. -
Westworld Series – Review
Westworld Season 1 is near-perfect science fiction television. The other three seasons are a masterclass in how prestige TV destroys itself. Here's what went right, and exactly what went wrong. -
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) — Review
A New Hope is the film that created modern blockbuster cinema, and it did so by being something very specific: a myth engine. Lucas wasn't writing characters in the conventional sense. He was… -
RoboCop (1987) — Review
RoboCop is a better film than its premise suggests and a more subversive one than its marketing implied. Paul Verhoeven made a corporate satire inside a violent action film, and the two registers… -
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) — Review
The Adjustment Bureau earns its 9 by doing something most high-concept films fail at completely: it makes the concept personal without letting the concept swallow the story. The idea — that a… -
Minority Report (2002) — Review
Minority Report is a Spielberg film arguing against surveillance and predictive control while being too Spielberg to commit fully to the darkness its premise requires. The concept is disturbing — a…