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Alien Covenant was a confusing disappointment

Alien Covenant was such a disappointment. I’m not sure Ridley Scott actually wants to make a successful Alien movie. He should have allowed Neill Blomkamp to make a sequel to…
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What Happened to Monday? Ask Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace in What Happened To Monday, a Netflix original movie set in a dystopian future where over-population threatens the continued existence of the human race. The effects of global…
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Kill Command: autonomous war robots are a bad idea

Kill Command is a 2016 sci-fi/action movie set in a not-so-distant future, in which a squad of soldiers face off against autonomous war machines. Their routine military training mission goes…
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Children of Men: Clive Owen delivers the future

Clive Owen in Children Of Men (2006 Movie), based on a novel by P. D. James and set during the year 2027, in a quasi-apocalyptic world where the human race…
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Monsters: Whitney Able isn’t afraid

Don’t you hate it when your boss calls … and you know the only reason he’s calling is to assign you extra work? Scoot McNairy knows exactly how you feel…
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Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets.

I’ve never actually read Pierre Christin’s “Valérian and Laureline” comic. I was still excited for Valerian and the city of a thousand planets to arrive in theaters. That excitement wasn’t…
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Blood Wars: The Underworld franchise needs a transfusion

Even though Underworld: Blood Wars met all of our exceedingly low expectations, the latest installment isn’t a very good movie; even when measured against the low bar of previous Underworld…
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Resident Evil: The final Chapter

I predicted that the final chapter of the Resident Evil franchise might be a thoughtless and fun action movie. Biscuits was not so optimistic. Despite those reservations, we took a…
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Rogue One: the Star Wars prequel we actually wanted.

We have finally, just now gotten around to seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars story. I know it seems like the kind of thing we would rush to the theaters…
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Interstellar: Wormholes are Alright Alright Alright!

Interstellar received a lot of praise from both critics and scientists. Seldom do I find a movie of such critical acclaim to be “Awesomely Bad”. Then again, I do like…
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