movie review
Reviewing the best science fiction movies from the past, present, and future.
Review of 'Lapsis'
In our COVID-ridden real world, a near-future science fiction movie in which codes and AI are villains is something of relief, in addition to being unsettling, especially if it's well done, which Lapsis very much is.
Paul LevinsonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismReview of 'Bliss'
Just saw Bliss on Amazon Prime Video. In a phrase, it's another well-acted simulation movie, with an obvious, even hackneyed story, but it's very well acted by Owen Wilson (Greg) and Salma Hayek (Isabel), with an appearance by Bill Nye the science guy, and excellent music, especially a really beautiful, captivating song under the closing credits, written by Will Bates and sung by Skye Edwards.
Paul LevinsonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismBliss Movie Review: Why should we watch it?
When you watch Bliss you are faced with a choice: take the blue pill or the red pill. Rather, blue and yellow crystals are in this movie. Taking the yellow crystals gives the illusion of super power. Taking the blue crystals ends the simulation and returns you to your blissful world. The movie starts with is Greg (Owen Wilson, playing his best role), losing his job and family. The movie alludes to drug addiction problem. The grim atmosphere in the work floor, the constant phone ringing and the fluorescent light prepare us for Greg’s breakdown. Greg attempted to escape his reality when he meets his partner in crime, Isabel (Salma Hayek, playing her best role). Emily (Nesta Cooper, brilliant performance) is Greg’s daughter and his bridge to reality.
'Bliss' Review — A Miserable Experience
I had an art project due on the night of my screener, but I decided to postpone my work on that to watch this film early. Looking back, I would have just worked on my art project.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in FuturismReview of 'The Midnight Sky'
Well, you couldn't ask for a better movie than The Midnight Sky in these our Covid-ridden times. An Earth, in the year 2049, in even far worse shape than ours. Just about everyone on the planet dead, due to some kind of planet-wide catastrophe. A spaceship returning home to Earth from a habitable moon of Jupiter, unaware of what they are returning to. A very sick scientist on Earth, desperately marshalling his last energies to contact them, and tell the ship to turn around.
Paul LevinsonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismReview of 'Black Box'
Immortality via uploaded minds into computer systems has been a staple of science fiction for decades. It's rarely done as well on the screen as it is Black Box, on Amazon Prime Video since October.
Paul LevinsonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismBlade Runner (1982): What was it all about?
Released in 1982, three years after Ridley Scott's monumental sci-fi classic 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' is, without a doubt, one of the most popular and influential science-fiction films ever made - but it wasn't always seen as such.
Ciarán ColemanPublished 3 years ago in FuturismClassic Movie Review: Roger Corman's 'Frankenstein Unbound'
Frankenstein Unbound, where have you been all my life? How have I gone 30 years without experiencing your glorious insanity? Frankenstein Unbound is a 1990 sci-fi-time travel-horror movie from the gloriously diseased mind of Roger Corman. The film stars John Hurt as Buchanan, a modern day science millionaire who accidentally destroys time, leaving time unbound, if only for him and his future car. What? That's the plot!
Sean PatrickPublished 3 years ago in FuturismMetropolis (1927)
In this article, we will be looking at 2019’s book “1001 Movies to See Before You Die” and going through each film in a random order that I have chosen. We will be looking at what constitutes this film to be on the list and whether I think this film deserves to be here at all. I want to make perfectly clear that I won’t be revealing details from this book such as analyses by film reporters who have written about the film in question, so if you want the book itself you’ll have to buy it. But I will be covering the book’s suggestions on which films should be your top priority. I wouldn’t doubt for a second that everyone reading this article has probably watched many of these movies anyway. But we are just here to have a bit of fun. We’re going to not just look at whether it should be on this list but we’re also going to look at why the film has such a legacy at all. Remember, this is the 2019 version of the book and so, films like “Joker” will not be featured in this book and any film that came out in 2020 (and if we get there, in 2021). So strap in and if you have your own suggestions then don’t hesitate to email me using the address in my bio. Let’s get on with it then.
Annie KapurPublished 3 years ago in FuturismMy Review of "12 Monkeys"
12 Monkeys came out back in 1995 and still this movie holds strong today. There are a lot of outdated ways of storytelling and whatnot but for the most part it tells a pretty interesting story that will have you questioning yourself afterwards. It's been a while since I watched a more thought provoking movie and this was pretty relevant to today as it deals with a global pandemic in the future.
Brian AnonymousPublished 4 years ago in FuturismDark Encounter (2019)
It’s incredibly hard to imagine that four adults … … and a dog! … four adults and a dog simply vanished in the course of an hour.
'Well that was a Mistake': A Bad Movie Review of Zardoz (1974, John Boorman)
Zardoz speaks to you..... The Gun is Good, The Penis is Evil I now worship Zardoz. There is no review, there is only Zardoz. He is everything. He is your god. He is the title of a bloody bad movie.
Craig YorkPublished 4 years ago in Futurism