Browsing: SciFi

Even as ads become more and more common on streaming platforms, taking away the few remaining reasons we had to transition from traditional cable in the first place, it’s quite rare to get an ad for older titles. It makes sense that a streaming platform would want viewers to know about upcoming movies and shows,…

The ’90s were a dominant decade for science fiction on TV. The Star Trek universe alone was responsible for several of the genre’s most popular series, with Paramount restoring it as the preeminent small-screen sci-fi franchise. Most networks were trying to ride the wave of its revival in popularity, often to great success — the…

Anime is sprawling, encompassing dozens of genres and thousands of different series, but rising out of all the noise, one film stands head and shoulders above everything else, and in fact, it’s not only one of the best anime movies of all time, but one of the greatest animated films, ever. Akira, released in 1988,…

The 2000s gave us some pretty over-the-top science fiction. But in a fun and entertaining way. There were teenagers who turned out to be aliens. Scientists created monsters. Genetically engineered super soldiers walked around looking better than anybody had a right to look after escaping a secret laboratory. And we watched it all on regular…

Lawrence Hertzog’s mystery series “Nowhere Man,” starring Bruce Greenwood, launched on the UPN in August of 1995, and was likely presented as an answer to Fox’s hit paranormal series “The X-Files.” It’s like the makers of “Nowhere Man” saw the “arc” episodes of “The X-Files” and elected to create a series that was all arc.…

Sci-fi may very well be one the hardest genres on television to keep alive. Its shows can be pricey to make, challenging to market, and quick to get canceled, so the ones that reach 100 episodes deserve some recognition.

Netflix subscribers looking for a fantastic horror TV binge for Halloween can now enjoy one of the genre’s best yet least appreciated shows in recent memory. The MGM+ original series “From” premiered in 2022 and has become a cult favorite thanks to its compelling mystery box-style plot that combines sci-fi and horror.

Tim Burton has made a career out of making weirdos look cool. Beetlejuice is a walking bad decision. Edward Scissorhands has blenders for hands. Sweeney Todd’s demon barber speaks for itself. Burton understood the appeal of outsiders long before Hollywood started turning every comic-book character into a billion-dollar franchise. The director eventually developed an interest…

It’s already been more than 15 years sinceSteins;Gatemade its debut, but the anime has only just begun streaming the English dub. As the largest anime streaming platform around the world, Crunchyroll is home to over a thousand anime shows and movies. However, even though the platform’s library is vast, it doesn’t have everything fans would…

The 1960s were a great decade for science-fiction, in no small part because that’s when “Star Trek,” one of the TV shows that defined the sci-fi genre, premiered. However, while Captain Kirk and Spock’s adventures exploring the final frontier were perhaps the most important and iconic stories of the era, “Star Trek” was far from…