I think there might be something wrong with science fiction writers. Which is quite the statement, because I am a science fiction writer. Why do we like to end the world so much? What is so inherently appealing about destroying it? Is it because we have a grudge against society, and this is our way…
Directed by Francis Lawrence. Written by Danny Strong and Peter Craig. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Natalie Dormer, Mahershala Ali, Jena Malone and Donald Sutherland. PG-13, 123 minutes. Near the end of the penultimate chapter of The Hunger…
WARNING: This article contains spoilers. The Lottery season finale left me with the weirdest urge to travel to Lifetime’s headquarters, break some windows, cause a scene, then douse the entire place down in gasoline but not burn it to the ground. Do you feel my traffic? This season has been murderous. I told you! Someone…
Warning: This article contains spoilers. The Lottery Competition begins this episode and this freaky futuristic world is taking parenting preparation to a whole new level. From day one, I’ve been saying wake up, kids, and smell the fish—this is a freaking prison, like “Harrison Bergeron”, like Brave New World, like…[insert futuristic dystopia here]. The potential…
My top is always changing. These kinds of lists are hardest to do because, when attempting to squeeze the best of the best into ten numbers, or even forty or a hundred, you’re bound to leave something out. I watch so many movies, and it was tragically difficult to put them all into a list….
Logan’s Run (1976) from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Who: Directed by Michael Anderson (Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)), starring a very blond Michael York as the titular Logan, and the great Peter Ustinov as “Old Man” (he’s actually an important character, don’t worry). What: In the future, those still alive live in one comfortable dome city and…
BEWARE: I Spoil. As a self-proclaimed and certified Newbie, every week it is my goal to throw myself headfirst into all things sci-fi, specifically peering into some of the most critically acclaimed TV shows and movies! I check out the show in pure tabula rasa fashion, with typically nada knowledge about the premise and letting…
For years, I have been feeling the steam of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira, but I’ve never seen the fire. Akira is the 1988 animated film adaptation of the eponymous manga. The show is set in a dystopian Neo-Tokyo where gangs, violence, and anti-government groups have become the norm. The government is corrupted by money and police…
As most of you probably know, Syfy, formerly known as Sci-Fi Channel, has been on a steady decline in terms of quality programming and ratings. I don’t know whether or not this is a result of poor leadership or a lack of good content, but my guess is that it’s the former, seeing as…
The utopian future was one of the most prevalent sci-fi concepts from the 1950s all the way until around the late 70s and early 80s. Notice I said “sci-fi,” not “future.” As we all know, apocalypse has pretty much been on most people’s minds since the atomic bombs dropped. However, science fiction gave us an…
