To call Circle an intense film is to undersell it. Utilizing almost only a single location, this death game story touches upon politics, human nature, mercy, and bigotry. It uses a very simple premise and plays it straight and is one of the best-paced films I’ve seen in a long time.
Let’s look to a possible future, shall we? A world where human needs are met, and technology solves most problems.
The story comes to a blistering end! Dr. Thorn and Angelia have one more choice to make.
We return to “Forbidden Invention” to see just what Dr. Thorn’s creation is really capable of doing.
Someone must make the fancy gizmos. Someone needs to toil in the background so everyone can have teleporters and laser pistols. In this three-part Friday Fiction, we explore such a person, such an inventor, and what happens when he invents something too good to give away.
The Matrix Resurrections trailer is here, and it’s honestly better than I was expecting. The action scenes, the slick editing: it’s fun to watch this trailer by itself, let alone what it’ll be like with the actual film.
As more media comes out, and people consume more of it, niche subgenres form.
This is perhaps the most evergreen article I’ve ever written. It is always relevant. And, since a lot of our readers are writers, it seemed worthwhile to bring it to the attention of anyone new to the site.
Infinite is a solid example of the subgenre of action movies where a person discovers they’re part of a secret world. It’s one with a lot of alumni, including The Matrix, Men in Black, and Push. With such examples present, I’m glad to say that Infinite manages to be unique among them and laser focuses on the things it does well.
As alluded to in a recent “It Came from the Archives,” it’s time for a random and sporadic new series where I review between one and three new releases from the YouTube channel Dust.
We promised you something sci-fi, and we intend to deliver. We promised you a strange future, and we have arrived.
Having now read the entire Chaos Walking trilogy (except the short stories), I figured I’d continue this article, and discuss new themes and plot machinations.
