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The Invasion
This fourth film telling of Invasion of the Body Snatchers appears to be made by pod people themselves.
"...Veronica Cartwright. It's almost impossible to think of a sci-fi story that speaks more eloquently to these paranoid, fearful,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meet the Robinsons
While Disney’s latest animated feature might not be a sign of the apocalypse, it’s at least a sign that Disney needs to find some decent writers.
"...sake school of filmmaking. The animation strives for 1950s sci-fi retro, but the result is that everyone looks like..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Last Mimzy
Solid performances elevate this mild but hardly magical children's sci-fi story.
"...Hahn, Michael Clarke Duncan and Kirsten Williamson. This children’s sci-fi movie should be palatable to the young and old..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2046
At once tremendously dense and gossamer-thin, this period romance/sci-fi hybrid from Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai is a riot of sight and sound that has an irresistible, elemental pull.
"...Cheung. At once tremendously dense and gossamer-thin, this period romance/sci-fi hybrid from Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai is something..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stealth
Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.
"...airspace before vectoring back toward the friendly skies of sci-fi, but even that fails to put much of a..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four
All four aren't fantastic, but at least two are pretty good in this latest Hollywood take on a classic from Marvel Comics.
"...travesty Taxi), this is the origin story of brainiac sci-fi guy Reed Richards (Gruffudd), his capable lady love Sue..."

July 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

War of the Worlds
Spielberg and the gang at Industrial Light & Magic have knocked the ball not only out of the park but out of Earth orbit as well.
"...and Miranda Otto. Spielberg’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel is, in its own way, a model of..."

July 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sky Blue
This gorgeously dystopian South Korean film rivals and, at times, surpasses the best of Japanese animé.
"...Blue look head and shoulders above most recent live-action sci-fi outings. Part Blade Runner-esque post-apocalyptic dirge (these days, what..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Gundam toy animé.
"...that: suits. Conceived in 1979 as an animated military sci-fi series, the world of Gundam is where brave, co-ed,..."

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
"...since Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released both the sci-fi/action genre and the art of computer-generated special effects (which..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Matrix Reloaded
"...in a very real sense – the politics of science-fiction filmmaking. Here was a story that was at once..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dreamcatcher
"...Donnie Wahlberg. Dreamcatcher, an adaptation of Stephen King’s unwieldy horror/sci-fi novel of the same name, is either a canny..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

CQ
"...girlfriend Marlene (Bouchez) and his nights cutting a groovy sci-fi film in the fashion of Barbarella. When that film's..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Donnie Darko
This unnerving, electrifying film provides a unique take on the teen psyche in modern suburbia.
"...step with the film. Donnie Darko defies categorization, incorporating sci-fi, coming of age, dark comedy, satire, first love, but..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Amati Girls
"...to mini-distributor Providence Entertainment, which also released the Christian sci-fi epic The Omega Code...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hollow Man
"...the ultimate reactive role: As an eccentric D.C. think-tank sci-guy, he volunteers as a guinea pig in some sort..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Frequency
"...reconfirms the classic Hollywood axiom that the dumbness of sci-fi/fantasy movies increases in direct proportion to the profundity of..."

April 28, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Pitch Black
"...David, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell and Vin Diesel. It's sci-fi season once again, what with this opening volley from..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Iron Giant
If the top-notch story weren't enough, the film also boasts some spectacular animation and a great score.
"...both films owe a great deal to the classic sci-fi films of the Fifties, notably William Cameron Menzies' Invaders..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Muppets From Space
"...lesser chuckles. Despite the title, this is less a sci-fi parody than a search for the meaning of life..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trekkies
"...Crosby. So you think the hype surrounding that other sci-fi franchise is all that, huh? Here's a quarter, kid...."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Virus
"...during the storm, decides to tow the stricken Russian science vessel back to safe harbor to sell as scrap...."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Faculty
Co-written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and George Huang (Swimming With Sharks), The Faculty is pure Robert Rodriguez: jam-packed with action, suspense, humor, horror, and plenty of cinematic homages.
"...(nearly 10 major characters throughout), it's nonetheless a slam-bang, sci-fi actioner, relentlessly paced and edited, with a pounding soundtrack..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Trek: Insurrection
"...of sorts -- will put the crew back on sci-fi terra firma where they belong...."

Dec. 11, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pi
"...from American Film Institute grad Aronofsky recalls such low-budget sci-fi epics as Tetsuo: The Iron Man and more traditional..."

July 31, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sphere
"...to expect. The characters are a mixed bag of scientists sent to probe what is apparently the 300-year-old wreckage..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Star Kid
"...Park, The River Wild), stars in this pre-adolescent male sci-fi fantasy about a seventh-grader who hops inside a big..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gattaca
"...future in which, thanks to the wonders of modern science, a person's genetic makeup is determined before birth. No..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mimic
"...effect, a throwback to some of the classic B sci-fi pics of the Fifties. Specifically I'm thinking of Them..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Smilla's Sense of Snow
"...Snow is a confounding affair. Part love story, part sci-fi thriller, and part Danish/Greenlandic history lesson, August's film simply..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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