Tag: sci-fi
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‘Disclosure Day’ Masterfully Made But Misses Spielberg Classic Status
Steven Spielberg brings his signature sense of wonder to Disclosure Day, along with John Williams’ score and Janusz Kaminski’s cinematography, but the sci-fi story doesn’t quite live up to the sum of its parts.
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Mando and Baby Yoda Make the Leap to the Big Screen with ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu brings our small-screen duo to cinemas with a standalone adventure that thankfully avoids empty fan service, but doesn’t quite hit the highs of the Skywalker saga.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Brings Much-Needed Hope to Cinema Screens
‘Project Hail Mary’ couples Ryan Gosling’s charm with a sci-fi sense of wonder for a story about the value of connection, cooperation, and compassion.
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‘The Bride!’ a Stylish Swing that Stumbles in Storytelling
Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’ a stylish feminist remix on a classic horror character, or is it ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ by way of My Chemical Romance?
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‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Takes on the AI-Apocalypse
Every mindless scroll on your phone brings humanity closer to destruction, but a rag-tag group led by a weirdo from the future might just be our only hope in Gore Verbinski’s new sci-fi comedy ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’.
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PG-13 ‘Predator: Badlands’ Feels Like a Star Wars Spinoff
Predator: Badlands offers up a PG-13 sci-fi buddy story that feels more like a Star Wars side quest than a continuation of the spine-ripping Predator universe.
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‘Andor’ Season 2 Is the Best of Star Wars
Andor season 2 brings us mature storytelling, well-developed characters, and an explicit political message, proving once again that this show is the best of Star Wars.
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‘Mickey 17’ Overstuffed Plot Makes Satire Misfire
With a standout performance from Robert Pattinson, director Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 has great ideas at its core, but the bloated storylines and one-note political commentary prevent it from being worth the wait.
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The 2024 Denver Film Critics Society Winners Are…
The votes are in and the 2024 Denver Film Critics Society winners have been chosen. From Dune: Part Two to The Substance to Challengers, here are the films Denver critics selected as the best of the year.
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2024 Denver Film Critics Society Nominations
This year’s Denver Film Critics Society nominations include a huge range of films from small indies to top-grossing blockbusters.
