Few novels have had quite a bizarre journey to the screen as Dune, with the first entry into the iconic series by Frank Herbert having quite a troubled history, including failed projects from over half a century ago, an ill-fated adaptation that has resisted becoming a cult classic despite efforts from all sides, and a…

“Just like you, I fled my planet. Through galaxies, through black holes, through time. And then I found you.” How do you define loneliness? Is it the complete absence of any sense of companionship, or the crippling feeling of being weighed down by the limitations that push those around you away, leaving you in a…

Who of us has not had the experience of having an alien spacecraft crash-landed in our backyard, its occupant (a mysterious and entirely silent grey entity) entering our homes and becoming quite a pleasant houseguest? The absurdity of this situation is exactly what makes Jules, a film by Marc Turtletaub, so incredibly engaging and entertaining….

As far as fictional creations go, there are few characters more iconic than Godzilla – the enormous, otherworldly lizard that towers over the tallest skyscraper of whatever city he has chosen as the scene of his next bout of terror, who is mainly a villain but sometimes takes on a more heroic role (particularly when…

As a genre, science fiction can be either brilliant or excruciatingly dated, and there is often very little way for us to predict in which direction a particular work will veer, since essentially it’s a genre that depends entirely on speculation, and while there are some that tend to be more steeped in reality than…

Few directors working within science fiction over the past decade have had more misfortune than Gareth Edwards – after his radically inventive debut in Monsters, which blended horror with science fiction, he seemed primed to be taking the reigns as a potential master of the genre. Yet, his genuinely great Rogue One: A Star Wars…

There came a point when Mel Brooks, who has always been a beloved comedy icon for well over half a century, seemed to finally reach the point where his work was not at the same level as it used to be – this is often the case with artists who are more inclined towards comedy,…

The career trajectory of Cory Finley has been peculiar, to say the least – Thoroughbreds was an ambitious debut that gave him credibility as a promising young voice in independent cinema, while Bad Education was a step forward in terms of subject matter and resources, and even though it premiered on television, it feels considerable…

There’s no business like show business, and there has never been a more scathing critique of the concept of fame than in The Atomic Kid, the wildly funny satire in which we accompany a mild-mannered young man (who cites himself as one of the pioneers in the field of uranium prospecting) into the heart of…

There are few categories of film that are quite as divisive as the sub-genre of 1950s science fiction, which has been a polarizing subject for many, since some view it as a highly influential moment in the history of cinema, while others are dismissive of their tendency to usually be nothing more than cheaply-made B-movies…