Levels: Imagining The World Is a Simulation. So What?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekLevels, Canadian drama, Sci fi, Thriller, Futuristic, Adam Stern, Cara Gee, Aaron Abrams, David Hewlett, Peter Mooney
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, Futuristic
Balestra: To Dream a Dangerous Dream
ReviewJim SlotekBalestra, Nicole Dorsey, Canadian drama, Cush Jumbo, Manny Jacinto, James Badge Dale, Christin Park, Hannah Duke, Luke Bilyk, Heather Doerksen, Sci fi, Fencing
Umbrella Academy S4: The Epic Fantasy Becomes Slapstick and Anticlimactic
ReviewJim SlotekThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix, Streaming series, Season Four, Elliot Page, adaptation, comic book, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, David Cross, Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, Colm Feore, Sci fi, Superheroes
Time Bandits: Taika Waititi Picks Terry Gilliam’s Pocket But It’s Still His Film
ReviewJim SlotekTime Bandits, Remake, Reboot, Lisa Kudrow, Kal-El Tuck, Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Apple TV, Streaming series, Sci fi
Original-Cin Chat: Wil Wheaton on Star Trek: Prodigy and the Return of Wesley Crusher
Doctor Who: Rebooted Time-Travel Series Gets Fresh, Fun Update
By Chris Knight
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Sting: Space Spiders Give Australian B-Movies an Upgrade
ReviewJim SlotekSting, Horror, Spiders, Spiders from space, Australian, Kiah Roache-Turner, Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Noni Hazelhurst, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Jermaine Fowler, Danny Kim, Silvia Colloca, New York setting, Sci fi
Rebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire Sharply Mimics Star Wars… If Star Wars Was Lame
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRebel Moon: Part 1 - A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Netflix, Ed Skrein, Sci fi, Space drama, space opera, Franchise
Original-Cin Interview: Relax, I’m From the Future’s Director on Opportune Casting
By Chris Knight
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Ahsoka: Met Her Yet? If Not, You’ve Got Some Research to Do, Padawan
ReviewJim SlotekAhsoka, Star Wars, Dave Filoni, Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ray Stevenson, Ivanna Sakhno, David Tennant, Disney+, Diana Lee Inosanto, Eman Esfandi, Lars Mikkelsen, Sci fi, Fantasy
Secret Invasion: Messing with Our Heads
ReviewJim SlotekSecret Invasion, Disney+, Ali Selim, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Dermot Mulroney, Marvel, Sci fi, Comic Book adaptation
Star Trek Strange New Worlds S2: The Underrated Power of the Short Story
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Sci fi, Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Babs Olusanmokun, Christine Chong, Paul Welsey, Series, Season 2
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek Stars on How Authenticity Makes or Breaks the Series
InterviewJim SlotekStar Trek, Anson Mount, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, Jess Bush, Paul Welsey, Christine Chong, Babs Olusanmokun, Series, Sci fi
Original-Cin Q&A: Simulant Stars, Director Weigh AI Versus Humans
By Bonnie Laufer
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Oxygen: Director Alexandre Aja’s Latest Offers Shallow Suspenseful Breaths
Bullets of Justice: Lurid, Crass, Vulgar Horror Lowers the Bar on Bar-Lowering
Vivarium: Claustrophobic sci-fi about 'imposed parenthood' eerily mirrors the experience of self-isolation
ReviewJim SlotekVivarium, Cannes favourite films, Sci fi, Brood parasite birds, Lorcan Finnegan, Twilight Zone, Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Suburban nightmare scenarios
