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Netflix Reveals Plot Details For New Resident Evil TV Series
A Resident Evil TV series is officially moving ahead at Netflix and the streamer has given an eight-episode order to the drama series inspired by the survival horror game franchise. Supernatural executive producer/co-showrunner Andrew Dabb […]
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Altered Carbon Canceled After Two Seasons At Netflix
Is any show safe at Netflix? Sure, they have some great programming but they also seem to cancel shows without missing a beat. The latest victim is Altered Carbon, which has been canceled by Netflix […]
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Eli Roth Directing An Adaptation Of The Sci-Fi Video Game Borderlands
Eli Roth has set up his next directorial effort. Roth will take on an adaptation of the sci-fi video game, Borderlands. The film is set to begin production this year. Avi Arad and Ari Arad […]
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Piero’s Gemini Man Review
Will Smith and Ang Lee are two names that, when combined, should create magic. Unfortunately, that’s not precisely the case this time around. Smith, who has had a successful career, is not immune to putting […]
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Anthony Mackie & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Cast In Season 5 Of Black Mirror
Anthony Mackie & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have been cast in season 5 of the Netflix Emmy Award-winning anthology sci-fi series, Black Mirror. As usual, Netflix and the creative team behind Black Mirror are being very […]
Film News
John Krasinski Plans Sci-Fi Film Life on Mars With Quiet Place Team
A week after John Krasinski took the box office by storm with the release of A Quiet Place, news of a new project has been announced. Krasinski and the producers of A Quiet Place, Michael Bay, Andrew […]
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Reel Review: Annihilation
A week ago, I was raving about the brilliance and importance of Black Panther. While that opinion has not changed, the film may have to take a back seat to what may not only be the best […]
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Reel Review: Blade Runner 2049
35 years ago, the imperfect masterpiece known as Blade Runner was released. It’s a film that initially was not well received by critics. Some critics wrote that the plot of the film played second fiddle to the […]
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Ruth Neega Joins Brad Pitt In The Sci-Fi Film, Ad Astra
Ruth Negga has rounded out the cast of Ad Astra, James Gray’s upcoming sci-fi effort. Along with Negga & Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones is also attached to the project, which is described as an adventure […]
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Reel Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
From a purely visual experience, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is interesting. The problem at hand is that the narrative never reaches the heights of its visual palette. For some of its runtime, […]
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Coming Soon: Blade Runner 2049 (Trailer 2)
A new trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated Blade Runner 2049 has been released. The new trailer shows off a story that’s closely similar and connected to Ridley Scott’s original. The trailer was revealed during […]
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An Ode to Bad Reels: The Bat People
The Bat People is a movie which really has no reason to exist. After watching this “film”, it did not seem to serve a purpose except for wasting an hour and a half of my […]
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#TBT Reel Review: Alien: Resurrection
1997 was a fitting year for film franchises to be temporarily destroyed. Starting with the release of Batman and Robin, the Batman franchise was shut down until 2005 with the release of Batman Begins. The Alien franchise suffered […]
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#TBT Reel Review: Aliens
31 years ago, when it was announced that there would be a sequel to the classic, Alien, one would wonder how it could possibly top Ridley Scott’s masterpiece. A film that not only works as a […]
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Reel Review: Ghost in the Shell
There is no denying that the $110 million spent to bring Ghost in the Shell to the big screen looks like money well spent. Every cent seems to have made it to the final product […]
Coming Soon: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Teaser Trailer 2)
A day after its screening at CinemaCon, STX unveiled the second trailer for the sci-fi action film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne. […]
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Reel Review: Life
Life is at times frustrating and fascinating. There is a bit of rocky start and unsteady finish but the middle portion of the film is an exercise in pure tension and suspense. The tension is […]
12 Monkeys Renewed For Fourth And Final Season
12 Monkeys will be returning for a fourth season on Syfy but it will also be the last for the sci-fi series. Based on the 1995 film of the same name, the Syfy series follows […]
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Another Alien Prequel? Ridley Scott Wrote It Already
According to director Ridley Scott in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, he’s ready for the next Alien film. He’s prepared to capitalize on the success of the upcoming Alien: Covenant and has written a script for the […]
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Captain Fantastic Director Matt Ross on Tackling Sci-Fi Novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Matt Ross, the director of Captain Fantastic, next project is directing the upcoming adaptation to Tomorrow and Tomorrow, the 2014 sci-fi novel by Tom Sweterlitsch. The book is set in a future where an explosion […]
Reel Features
The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of M. Night Shyamalan
As we head into the weekend, M. Night Shyamalan has a certified fresh film in the form of Split. Sitting pretty at 77% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it continues a resurgence of a career that […]
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Coming Soon: Colossal
Anne Hathaway makes her return to the big screen in with her role in Colossal. The teaser trailer gives us our a first look at the upcoming sci-fi movie, showing Hathaway’s character Gloria moves back […]
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Reel Top 10: Sci-Fi Films
With the release of the latest Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival hitting theaters this week, the thought came to mind on what really is the essential sci-fi film of all time. Over the last eight decades, there have been […]