Diversity Can't Save Eternals. It's a Cosmic Disaster.
Marvel's latest superhero epic is a boring movie about boring people.
Marvel's latest superhero epic is a boring movie about boring people.
It's by far the best cinematic version of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.
Just like the characters, this short-lived sci-fi show makes a mysterious return years later.
This is Denis Villeneuve's movie, but it's fully Frank Herbert's Dune.
Sci-fi novelist Sarah Pinsker's new book deals with the ways technology shapes how we conceive of the inner self.
Both literally and in terms of quality
In the new sci-fi novel, humanity manages to save itself not with social revolution but through reason, technology, and innovation.
In Zack Snyder's latest, zombies are a public health issue, much like COVID-19.
The show perfectly encapsulates the feelings of grief, confusion, and isolation born of the pandemic.
Too Close and The Underground Railroad provide wildly different experiences.
For sci fi fans who enjoy getting lost in internet rabbit holes
People are people and politics is politics, no matter how far you get from planet Earth.
Oh look, two mismatched government agents investigating alien technology.
Gerry Reith's raw, paranoid, apocalyptic fables were shot through with distrust for just about every institution around.
In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
If you’re looking for a coherent, compelling version of Stephen King’s pandemic opus, keep on walking.
His angry insistence that "I'm the President of the United States!" is reminiscent of Joffrey's famous similar statement: "I am the King!"
A good teens-and-creatures movie, and a deep dive into a glorious fake cult
Sadly, he's far from the only one. If we want to "break the wheel" of poverty and housing shortages, we need to roll back zoning.
The Nebula Award winner is set in a near-future where public gatherings have been radically limited by a global pandemic and threats of violence.
Consumer culture continues into the afterlife in Amazon's sci-fi/mystery/romance/workplace comedy mashup.
Friday A/V Club: When the post-apocalyptic world looks a lot like the pre-apocalyptic world
Amazon Prime Video's latest feature is a smartly made indie sci-fi film from an incredibly promising first-time director.
Transcending consciousness is presented as a consumer good in a sharp new Amazon Prime series.
This occasionally competent sci-fi action film is best enjoyed from the comfort of a couch.
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is much more interesting when viewed on its own merits.
A new anthology explores how the counterculture of the '60s and '70s mixed with the mainstream.
"A good science fiction story can help re-sensitize us" to the peril and promise of the new.
Isabel Fall is canceled. It's the science fiction world's loss.
In Borderlands 3, you take on a murderous cult worshiping a cruel, vain deity who demands that her minions attack others, sacrifice themselves, and constantly sing her praises.
The final film in the Disney-era trilogy is a pointless, abysmal letdown that won't fully satisfy anyone.
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
Friday A/V Club: Ridley Scott wasn't the only director who filmed a Blade Runner in the Reagan years.
Friday A/V Club: That time NBC broadcast a radical Philip K. Dick fable to a 1950s audience
It took the TSA multiple weeks to complete its review and conclude that Coke bottles are not a tool of terrorism.
An economist and a science fiction author discuss cryogenics, mythology, philanthropy, fragmentation, and simulation.
"It could create concern that it’s the real thing," officials say.
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