Browsing: SciFi

The cyberpunk genre owes a huge debt to Masamune Shirow’s “Ghost in the Shell,” the essential manga from 1989 that inspired Rupert Sanders’ controversial Scarlett Johansson-starrer. Sanders’ 2017 film is just one adaptation in a longstanding sci-fi franchise, as a brand-new anime tackling Shirow’s source material recently dropped its first episode on Prime Video. This highly…

The ’80s produced some great sci-fi horror movies, with films like “Aliens,” “Predator,” and “Scanners” among the decade’s crème de la crème. The downside of golden eras, however, is that some awesome flicks fly under the radar and don’t get the respect they deserve. Consider Wes Craven’s “Swamp Thing,” an overlooked gem that sci-fi fans…

Ridley Scott is one of the greats for a reason. His name is synonymous with movies that are insane in their scale, easily becoming pop culture giants. He’s the mind behind classics like Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, and so many more. But it’s his most recent step into the sci-fi genre that has some people…

With a click of a keyboard or remote button, you can immediately access straight-to-streaming movies on services like Paramount+ and Netflix. Films that don’t ever hit theaters are just put up on their respective streaming home. It’s something audiences take for granted now, but there was a similar release model before the rise of streaming.…

Of all the dramatic qualities that define the science fiction genre, one of the most compelling is its capacity to imagine futures, whether they’re the kind we should hope to achieve or they’re the kind we should frantically be trying to avoid. Fittingly, we here at /Film are going to cast our critical minds into…

Three of the best sci-fi TV shows or franchises—Star Trek, Doctor Who and Stargate—all find themselves in remarkably similar positions right now: on hold. Star Trek has slowed after years of aggressive expansion across Paramount+, Doctor Who is being reassessed following its recent Disney+ era and Stargate, after finally appearing poised for a comeback, has…