Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey17 trailer is even crazier than the book
The film adaptation of the immensely popular science fiction novel Mickey7 has been in the works for years, but now we finally have a trailer and . For one thing, it is now Mickey17 and fans of the book know…
Netflix’s “Uglies” is everything that’s wrong with the dystopian genre of young adult literature
I truly believe that the Hunger Games books are some of the best genre novels of this century and that author Suzanne Collins has masterfully told a story about capitalism, propaganda and war theory in a way that is accessible…
Netflix’s “Uglies” is everything that’s wrong with the dystopian genre of young adult literature
I truly believe that the Hunger Games books are some of the best genre novels of this century and that author Suzanne Collins has masterfully told a story about capitalism, propaganda and war theory in a way that is accessible…
My Old Ass avoids the usual dangers of time travel films
The trick at the center of Megan Park’s dramedy My old ass is greedy: On the evening of her 18th birthday, a teenager skips her family’s birthday party to do drugs in the woods. There she meets an adult version…
Francis Ford Coppola admits to kissing women on the set of “Megalopolis,” denies unprofessional behavior
Director Francis Ford Coppola admits to kissing women on the set of “Megalopolis,” but denies allegations that he behaved unprofessionally. Shortly before the film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, a report accused him of…
The wildest new superhero movie is still in limbo
Superhero films are usually a hit in a film landscape dominated by Marvel and DC. Even experimental films like Hellburn or The People’s Joker can gain a foothold in the comic scene, even if they are not technically Adaptations of…
10 years ago, a dystopian classic ended a strange film trend
Previously there was A courtyard of thorns and rosesbefore it The Hunger Gamesand before it even Harry Potterit was much harder to find engaging yet accessible books for young adults. One bright spot of this era, however, was Lois Lowry,…
Please stop making alien movies
In the Foreigner In the movies, a Xenomorph is a monstrous, all-consuming life form that exists solely to make more and more copies of itself. Once the first Xenomorph appears, it’s only a matter of time before all those shiny…
Stream or skip?
Sand: It is coarse and rough, just like life in the barren wasteland, where Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (now streaming on Max, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video), the new vision from mad director George Miller….
40 years ago, a wild science fiction film became a surprising cult classic
Science fiction comedies are difficult to make. For every Back to the future or Ghost Huntersthere is a Howard the Duck or evolution. There were hardly any sci-fi comedies in the ’80s in particular, but that doesn’t mean they were…
