Why Nolan’s Time-Bending Thriller Makes My Engineering Brain Hurt (In the Best Way)
So there I was, settling into my usual seat at the Regal downtown — you know, row J, dead centre for optimal acoustics — when...
Sci Fi Films to Watch
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These Upcoming Sci-Fi Films Actually Get It Right (For Once)
You know what drives me crazy about most science fiction movies? They take these incredible premises and then… do nothing interesting with them. It’s all...
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When Explosions Make You Think: The Action Sci-Fi Movies That Actually Matter
You know what happened to me last Tuesday? I’m sitting in my living room, grading papers while *Blade Runner 2049* plays in the background—something I’ve...
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Why These Recent Sci-Fi Films Actually Matter (And I’m Not Just Being Pretentious)
I was debugging the same stupid UI glitch for the fourth hour straight last Tuesday when my roommate cranked up *Dune: Part Two* in the...
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Why These Upcoming Sci-Fi Films Have This Old Engineer Actually Excited
I’ve been prowling around online film forums again, hitting refresh like some kind of desperate trailer addict. My wife thinks it’s ridiculous — a 68-year-old...
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Why These Overlooked Sci-Fi Films Hit Different Than the Big Budget Spectacles
You know what drives me crazy? I’ll spend forty minutes scrolling through Netflix at midnight, past all the superhero nonsense and franchise garbage, looking for...
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When You Need Your Sci-Fi Fix Fast: Films That Deliver Without the Epic Time Commitment
I found myself in a familiar predicament last week – it was nearly midnight, I’d finished cataloging returns at the library, and I had that...
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Why 80s Sci-Fi Movies Still Hit Different Than Today’s Blockbusters
There’s this scene in Videodrome where James Woods’ hand literally develops a VHS slot, and every time I watch it – which is probably more...
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The Wild Imagination of Eighties Sci-Fi That Hollywood Lost
I was sorting through a dusty box at a garage sale in Capitol Hill last month when my fingers hit something familiar – the worn...
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Teaching Star Wars Made Me Realize It’s Not Really Science Fiction (And That’s Okay)
So there I was last Tuesday, trying to convince my AP students that Fahrenheit 451 deserves a spot on their summer reading list, when Marcus...