Author: James

“Alien: Earth” has a tricky needle to thread, because the movie it’s based on depended upon the fear of the unknown. “Alien” was a hit in 1979 in part because of its mysterious, H.R. Giger-designed monster with a gall-wasp life cycle; the more we’ve learned about it, over multiple sequels, prequels, crossover films, and one…

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Science fiction has always been an innovative genre, stretching the limits of human imagination to explore concepts such as time travel, extraterrestrial life, artificial intelligence, and alternate universes. However, well before the first-ever television was even invented, the best sci-fi always cared more about the present than the future. When science fiction is done right,…

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