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Movie Review: Exiled Man and Woman wrestle with their Pasts on “The Silent Planet”

“The Silent Planet” is a sci-fi allegory that attempts to take the pulse of the human condition in our current, fear-immigrants moment and doesn’t quite come off. One can appreciate the cleverness of seeing The Tablelands in Canada’s Gros Morne … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Rich Lee and Ice Cube and Amazon’s “War of the Worlds” — Yeah, it’s THAT bad

The effects are, well, OK. And “casting against type” is usually a great way to grab our attention by parking an actor in a role we’d never picture them in. So, Ice Cube as a cyber-security mastermind and highly-placed government … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Robot Might Provide or Deny “The Last Spark of Hope”

Almost all science fiction is in the business of world-building, creating a landscape, setting, period in time or even “universe” where the story takes place. Dystopias engage in world-destroying. The Polish thriller “The Last Spark of Hope” manages to serve … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Prospective Parents Olsen and Patel quake at “The Assessment” by Alicia Vikander

“The Assessment” is smart and sinister sci-fi of “The Handmaids Tale” school, a striking, minimalist parable about humanity’s failings in facing an inhumane future. A geographically and architecturally stark setting hosts a grim lecture on family, population and the psychology … Continue reading

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