When I was a kid, I remember seeing Altered States with my brother, probably on TV. We had no idea what it was really about, except it was thrilling and kind of scary as William Hurt closed himself in…
Written and directed by Joe Cornish, and starring a cast made up of mostly unknowns, the spirited little film takes a standard-issue plot – namely, aliens invade Earth – and drops the action into a gr…
Synopsis: Helmed by world-renowned anime directors, The Animatrix is a collection of nine original short films conceived by the Wachowski Brothers, the creators of The Matrix. This spectacularly visua…
So of course I had this Def Leppard song in my head through much of Armageddon—partially, I'm sure, to block out the creepiness of the all-Aerosmith, all-the time soundtrack. Now this would be fine in…
The Road is easily the bleakest, most nightmarish movie I've seen in a long time, but it's also the most touching. As readers of the Cormac McCarthy novel know, we are dropped without explanation int…
Blindness' "What if?" scenario is along the lines of such sci-fi/horror stories as Children of Men, Cormac McCarthy's The Road, or 28 Days Later. Something happens beyond everyone's control, sending h…
How did they screw up this movie? You've got hot stars (Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, fresh from his star-making turn as James Bond), you've got a creative and respected European director (Oliver Hi…
The film is a dreamy, surreal, CGI- and bluescreen-heavy sci-fi fantasy adventure film that plays out in an overly complex and often convoluted manner but remains strangely, and almost hypnotically, e…
Where is our society headed technologically? How will that technology affect our lives? Is artificial life possible? What role will it play in our ongoing evolution? Is advancing technology truly brin…
