Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 2015

32 years. I took 32 years to return to the beloved characters from the greatest sci-fi saga of all time. Sure, there were the prequels, but it never felt right when there was a universe of Skywalker and Solo that needed to be revisited. The great J.J. Abrams took a swing at this film and […]

Interstellar – 2014

Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker. He ascends beyond the title of director and into a territory that only some of the greats have ever achieved. Interstellar is one of his bolder efforts and it pays off handsomely, with a message that rings truer with every passing year. The film focuses on a space expedition to […]

Arrival – 2016

They arrived. Two innocuous words whose true meaning consumes the lives of every person on the planet. Denis Villeneuve creates a haunting landscape where the ambition and antagonism of the world prevents the mysteriously arrives aliens from bestowing their wealth of knowledge. The film offers an intriguing concept and the threat posed by the aliens […]

Genre: Science Fiction Films

Science I go back to work on Friday, but I’ve been thinking a lot about science in my time and about how some of the most commonplace things, such as hurricanes, must seem like impossible imaginings to people of the past. The sci-fi genre has evolved a lot in the last century and some films […]

Jurassic Park – 1993

“Life finds a way.” The premise of Jurassic Park may seem far-fetched, but, thanks to the expert direction of Spielberg and the impressive special effects of the nineties, it succeeds where other movies would have failed. Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum lead a fantastic cast who are exploring the newly designed theme park featuring live […]