There’s scorched earth with a little bit of hope in this month’s sci-fi picks. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on Netflix. “Time waits for no one,” Akid (Beto Kusyairy) says. Except for him, that ...

According to Roger Ebert, the worst science fiction movies threw away deep themes, replacing human stories with cheap thrills ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: WikiCommons/Ad Vitam. 2020 was a bad year for movies. Blockbusters built for the theatrical experience were ...

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In a year when Marvel sputtered, the newly formed DC Universe rose to the occasion with Superman, offering an earnest and optimistic response to superhero fatigue. Meanwhile, James Cameron brought us ...

What prompted the idea for the course? A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s that presented a bleak view of modern societies. I ...

Among this month’s picks: a zombie road movie, an alien action movie and Gerard Butler in a postapocalyptic sequel.