Category: Science Fiction

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1990s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller

Predator 2 (1990)

Predator 2 shows how important star charisma and crisp direction are to an action film, as the first one had it and this one doesn’t.  Predator was an exciting and very interesting take on a very simple...

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1980s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction

Aliens (1986)

Debates may rage on as to whether Aliens is actually a better film than Alien, and I’m of two minds myself on it myself, but regardless of the conclusion, one thing is clear — they are...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2 is a bit of an oddity for an action-packed superhero summer blockbuster.  Perhaps no other in the genre has ever bothered devoting so much effort into character development, which is quite the gamble...

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2000s / Action / Science Fiction

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Some people have been calling The Day After Tomorrow a throwback to the Irwin Allen disaster films of the 1970s, but in reality, it is more of a throwback to the disaster films of the...

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1980s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction

The Thing (1982)

In 1975, while at a party for a mutual screenwriter friend, TV producer Stuart Cohen mentioned in a conversation with film producer David Foster that he’d love to break into features. Foster agreed to...

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1990s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero

Batman Forever (1995)

It’s not that the Batman series has run out of ideas by this point, it’s just that the makers of Batman Forever have no idea where to look for inspiration.  Tim Burton gives up the directorial reins to...

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2000s / Fantasy / Science Fiction

Donnie Darko (2001)

The experience of figuring out Donnie Darko is like buying a jigsaw puzzle at a garage sale and trying to put it together realizing that you may not have enough pieces to make a complete...

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1970s / Drama / Science Fiction

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture continues the TV series that ran on NBC from 1966-69. Suffering abysmal ratings in its initial run, Paramount sold the show to syndication, where it developed a strongly devoted...