Outlander

Released in 2008, Outlander had limited release and didn’t receive too much attention. It was a shame more people didn’t get to watch this very entertaining movie. I recently had chance to watch this film in Blu ray and because I didn’t know too much about this movie, I expected B grade movie. Instead of SyFy channel grade movie, Outlander … [Read more...]

Avatar

James Cameron’s last film, Titanic, was the highest grossing film in the history. Cameron’s latest film eclipsed Titanic at the box office. Taking in over 2 billion dollars, Avatar has become the highest grossing movie of all time. Like Titanic, the big budget and overly hyped, Avatar had some worried that it might bomb at the box office. … [Read more...]

District 9

After the deal to make the Halo movie fell apart, Peter Jackson gave Neill Blomkamp $30 million to make any movie he wanted. Blomkamp promptly turned his short science fiction film into a feature length movie. Through word of mouth and positive reviews from the critics, the movie did fairly well in the box office. Even with relatively unknown cast … [Read more...]

the-day-the-earth-stood-still

The Day the Earth Stood Still Blu Ray Review The remake of the 1951 classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still, gets a fresh Hollywood make up with some nice special effects and updated story. The 1951 version is considered one of the best science fiction films to grace the silver screen. So, it would take a herculean effort to outshine the … [Read more...]

babylon-ad

It was not a good start for Babylon A.D. when the director of the movie trashed the film and its distributor. Director Mahtieu Kassovitz blasted 20th century fox and the producers for not allowing him to edit or shoot way he wanted to. He told several media outlets that the film is "pure violence and stupidity." He likened the film to a bad episode … [Read more...]

the-x-files

X-Files is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed science fiction television series of all time. I think it ranks up there with many space science fiction series such as Star Trek and Babylon 5. It was matter of time before it made the jump to the big screen. In most cases, the television series made into movies might not be easily … [Read more...]

i-robot

Growing up, the two science fiction authors I admired the most were Isaac Asimov and Philip K Dick. The two authors are famous forwriting intelligent "what if" robot fictions. Their time and cinema techniques were miles and world apart when it came to translating their vision the screen. The stunning 1980 film, Bladerunner, was the first of many to … [Read more...]

serenity

A lot of the fans of the original Firefly, including myself, hoped for some kind of continuation of the short lived series. With Star Trek series off the air, Firefly was the only science fiction series on network television. It was much better than the latest Star Trek series as well. Firefly was intelligently written western set in space. No … [Read more...]

jumper

Being a big science fiction follower, The premise of Jumper was very intriguing. It's about humans being able to teleport. While not truly original idea, I don't think it has been done too much as a motion picture. And, I liked few previous movies directed by Doug Liman, Bourne Identity mainly. The basic plot is about a boy, Hayden Christensen, … [Read more...]

stargate

Stargate an exciting science fiction film from the director Roland Emmerich. I'm not too fond of Emmerich's recent work such as Independence day or The day after tommorow. But, this previous work is an exceptional science fiction work. With a solid cast and even better story line, this is an outstanding science fiction film. Stargate does not … [Read more...]