‘Alien: Romulus’: Alvarez’s Take is Mostly Good. Mostly.

Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus hits cinemas at a precarious time. On the one hand, the 20th Century Studios’ film is at a feverish high from fans whose expectations from the film series’ seventh entry in the 45-year-old franchise is equally as high, especially with the tepid reactions to producer Ridley Scott’s previous two films, Prometheus [...]

By |2024-08-17T19:49:26-07:00August 15th, 2024|Movie Reviews, Reviews|2 Comments

Phoenix – STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, Star Trek Day

You're invited to the  Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Day! The animated universe of Star Trek began 50 years ago on September 8, with Star Trek: The Animated Series. This Star Trek Day commemorates the 50th anniversary with an evening of cartoon comedy, including four specially selected episodes of the hit animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks. Join us [...]

By |2023-09-05T23:35:57-07:00September 5th, 2023|Arizona, Giveaways, Screenings|0 Comments

Movie Review: “Sputnik” (2020)

The Russian word "Sputnik" is commonly known to mean "satellite" but it also translates as "companion" making it the perfect title for Egor Abramenko's first feature film.  "Sputnik" is based on his short film "The Passenger", which was an official selection at 2017's Fantastic Fest, and would have premiered at this year's TIFF, had it [...]

By |2020-08-10T21:00:42-07:00August 10th, 2020|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review – “Alien: Covenant”

How do you like your sci-fi?  Do you prefer mind-numbing and life-altering philosophical explorations? Or would you rather shut your brain off while watching spaceships, aliens, and mayhem?  With “Alien: Covenant”  Ridley Scott attempts to meld both of these into a single film.  However, what could have been a brilliant hybrid is instead a painfully [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:04:09-07:00May 19th, 2017|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “Midnight Special”

Classic-style sci-fi films, those that are more about humanity and morality than ray guns, are rare these days.  “Midnight Special” is being promoted as such a film, and with the pedigree attached, it looked promising.  Unfortunately it relies almost entirely on atmosphere and neglects everything else. It’s been four years since Jeff Nichols’ last film [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:09:12-07:00April 1st, 2016|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments

Review: “The 5th Wave”

Some early interesting concepts and great set pieces don’t come close to making up for this painfully bad wanna-be teen series that aptly lives up to is lame title. Outside of the occasional surprises and Oscar Nominated wide-releases, the months of January and February are known as the “dumping grounds” for studio’s worst films.  “The [...]

By |2019-03-11T17:09:58-07:00January 22nd, 2016|Movie Reviews, Reviews|0 Comments
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