When Star Wars Rewrote the Rules – How One Film Changed Everything About Science Fiction
Man, I can still see that theatre lobby in Houston, summer of ’77. My dad had dragged the whole family to see this space movie...
Sci Fi Films to Watch
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Building a Sci-Fi Library That Actually Matters – A Film Editor’s Take on Books Worth Your Time
I spent way too long last weekend reorganizing my bookshelves, which is what happens when you’re procrastinating on actual work. But while I was moving...
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When Movie Monsters Follow Real Biology Rules – Why ‘Life’ Still Haunts My Engineering Brain
You ever watch a sci-fi movie and find yourself mentally cataloging all the ways the physics don’t work? Yeah, occupational hazard of four decades in...
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When Dystopian Movies Stop Feeling Like Fiction and Start Feeling Like Previews
So there I was last Tuesday night, couldn’t sleep again, ended up putting on *Children of Men* for probably the tenth time this year. Something...
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Military Sci Fi Movies That Show the Cost of War and Technology
Last weekend, I found myself arguing with my brother-in-law about *Starship Troopers* over Sunday roast. He insisted it was just mindless action, all flashy bugs...
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Sci Fi Book Series That Hook Readers Early and Stay Strong
There’s this moment when you’re three books deep into a series and you realise you’ve been holding your breath for the last fifty pages. Not...
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Good Sci Fi Series That Start Strong and Stay Fun
The other night, I found myself three episodes deep into a rewatch of *The Expanse* when my neighbour knocked on the door complaining about the...
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Good Science Fiction Films That Don’t Get Enough Praise
Last weekend, I found myself defending *The Man from Earth* to a friend who’d dismissed it as “just people sitting around talking.” That’s exactly what...
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Sci Fi Space Movies That Take You Beyond the Stars
The first time I properly understood what science fiction could do to you was sitting in a cramped Leicester Square cinema in 1982, watching Blade...
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Most Influential Sci Fi Films That Shaped Cinema
Have you ever sat in a darkened cinema and felt the ground shift beneath your feet? Not literally, of course — though I did once...