Sci-Fi
Writer-director Tim Burton has a way of making us sympathize with monsters. Whether it’s Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands, Burton makes freaks and geeks into lovable, misunderstood creatures. He tries to work that magic...
Coming at the end of a summer that delivered a deluge of dystopic films about the future, the new sci-fi flick Looper didn’t quite deliver the smart vision we thought (hoped) it would. Set in the year 2044, the film centers on ...
Dredd 3D is set in a desperate, gritty American super-city of the future that might be totally ruled by fear if it weren’t for the “judges”—heavily armed uniformed law enforcement officials who operate under a legal system that...
We’ll be the first to admit that Robot & Frank, the new movie starring Frank Langella as an aging, crusty ex-con who’s losing his memory, appeals mostly to an older audience. The blue-hair crowd was in full force when we sa...
While Men in Black 3 begins with a thrilling scene in which J and K do battle with a variety of creatures that look like extras from the cantina scene in Star Wars, the man vs. alien clever banter and fight scenes are few and f...
In hands less capable than those of director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), this star- and action-packed movie would be a mess. But Whedon, who also co-wrote the screenplay, keeps the superegos in check and delivers a ...