The top science fiction movies provide an escape, often into outer space, but always exploring the human spirit. One way or another, great science fiction takes you into another world filled with wonders, dangers and excitement. Sometimes it’s a warning (The Day The Earth Stood Still, 1951), a discovery (Planet of the Apes, 1968), a ...
I want to make this very clear, because I’m only going to say this once: Silent Hill is my favorite gaming franchise, but even I’ve had enough of it and wish it would just go away. Every iteration of the games takes it further down the path of inanity and my heart can’t bloody well ...
It has become a trend in cinema for female actresses to take on roles that used to be typically suited for men. Action films in particular are now common vehicles for female stars, who are often achieving more success with the genre than males. In Stephanie Mencimer’s article, “Violent Femmes,” she writes that the success ...
The Matrix effectively redefined the movie cool. Offering a mind-boggling premise, amazing new special effects, and a cyberpunk mystique on top of it all, it came to be one of the defining movies of the late 1990s. The Matrix centers on a simple computer programmer (Keanu Reeves), who finds himself contacted by a known terrorist ...
