Logan (2017)
“Seeing you like this just breaks my damn heart.” I remember the first time I was spanked as a child. My dad didn’t want to, and it definitely hurt, but […]
Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Passengers (2016)
“I woke up too soon.” Passengers might just be one of the most “woke” movies of 2016 (sorry if you aren’t a millennial and don’t get that slang reference for social […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
“Rebellions are built on hope.” I think it’s safe to say that so long as Disney has ownership over the Star Wars saga, we will never see a truly daring divergence from […]
Arrival (2016)
“We are so bound by time. By its order.” I was recently recommended a podcast called The Ezra Klein Show. Klein’s a liberal journalist and the editor-in-chief at Vox. Klein, […]
Morgan (2016)
“Morgan is no longer viable.” How to describe Morgan? I could say any number of things. Flippantly shallow, hysterically self-serious, a distasteful mix of pea-brained and moronic ideas. And that’s just the […]
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
“Just another day in the fleet.” There really isn’t anything too spectacular about Star Trek Beyond. Not much inflated drama, undervalued stakes, segmented to the point it feels sporadic. The structure is […]
The Purge: Election Year (2016)
“Change can only come from acceptance.” Could a Purge actually ever happen? I’m highly doubtful, and at the same time, deeply disturbed I can’t answer the question with an absolute […]
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
“What goes up most come down.” After twenty years of dormant hibernation, the aliens are back bigger and better than ever before. And in full-disclosure, I sort of wish that they […]
Equals (2016)
“A cure is right around the corner.” Not since Andrew Niccol’s superb 1997 thriller Gattaca have I seen a sci-fi film that suspends belief as immediately and effectively as Equals. Monochromatic, antiseptic, […]
See X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
“Is this what you want from me? Is this what I am?” During a cataclysmic anti-climax early on, the omnipotent and soon to be omnipresent villain En Sabah Nur (aka […]
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