• October 11, 2022
• Moviepie Musings

I remember the “last words” that the Mars rover Opportunity broadcast to NASA in 2018: “My battery is low and it’s getting dark.” If that message didn’t make you...

• May 9, 2017
• At Home, Documentary, Science Fiction, Television

Using a curious, sometimes wobbly, sometimes fascinatingly cool mix of fiction and documentary, National Geographic’s series Mars presents a space drama supported by the historical science that made it...

• February 3, 2017
• At Home, Romance, Science Fiction

Asa Butterfield has the biggest, roundest, child-like blue eyes, which is his blessing and curse. As a child actor in movies like Hugo and The Boy in the Striped...

• October 17, 2015
• At Home, Science Fiction

If you ever thought that after high school there was no practical use for algebra, like EVER… well, just be glad that you aren’t stuck on Mars without a...

• October 26, 2013
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

I’m not usually a huge sci-fi fan, but something about John Carter looked like fun from the get-go.  Indeed, the movie gets off to a rollicking start as Carter...

• September 26, 2012
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

Beckinsale is Lori, the mild-mannered-wife-turned-ruthless-government-agent in this updated, CGi-heavy version of the 1990 film of the same name, and both are based on a short story by Philip K....

• November 12, 2000
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

TIM: I should have known, going in, that any movie with Val Kilmer should be killed before release. There was soooo much hype about this movie that you had...