Tag: Space
Dune Entertains in the Present While Simultaneously Setting Up a Glorious Future
Dune is a legendary science fiction novel that is almost equally legendary in cinematic circles for being nearly impossible to adapt for the big screen. There have been attempts of varying levels of misstep from legends of the…
Read More »Sputnik Uses the Sci-Fi Classics Before It to Examine Human Emotion
Since Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking, legendary sci-film Alien was released in 1979, tales of alien life forms seeking unsuspecting human space explorers to use as living hosts have been ubiquitous in the genre to the point of becoming rote…
Read More »The Rise of Skywalker Attempts to Use the Past to Make Us Forget the Past
“Always two there are; a master and an apprentice.” This established rule of the Sith order powered the dark side Force users for millennia until they destroyed both the Jedi order and the New Republic, taking over the…
Read More »Ad Astra Journeys to the Stars to Explore Motivation and Legacy
*********************This review contains mild spoilers************************* Some say that in order to accomplish great things, one must be driven to the point of obsession. You must have a one-track mind complete with tunnel vision that will not allow you…
Read More »Dark Phoenix, Trauma, and the Importance of Family
It is our experiences and environment that help mold who we are. If our pasts are painful and full of strife, we often carry that forward with us our entire lives, complicating our growth and clouding any path…
Read More »High Life is an Examination of the Psychological Effects of Guilt Couched in Sci-Fi
************************This review contains spoilers**************************** Guilt is one of the more devastating emotions that humans can feel, one that can linger and fester over long periods of time and affect every level of our well-being and existence. As any…
Read More »First Man Reignites the Wonder and Awe of Space While Cementing Damien Chazelle as Perhaps Hollywood’s Greatest Director
“[Space Exploration] allows us to see things that maybe we should’ve seen a long time ago.” First Man is the latest film from Oscar winning director Damien Chazelle, a biopic following astronaut Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) as he…
Read More »Life is the Latest Quality Entry into the Sci-Fi Genre
Life follows the crew on the International Space Station that have just made the incredible, world changing discovery of life on Mars. The crew, led by Dr. Hugh Derry (Ariyon Bakare) brings the tiny specimen aboard the space…
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