Category: 4K Sci-Fi

Choo-choo Choose You The “revolution” of the title is choice. Free will, the thing that separates humans from programs. Set up in the first Matrix when Neo chose between …

Hail to the Geek The Matrix subverted a dull existence suggesting an ordinary, generic office worker is indeed something more. It was a middle American fantasy, rebellious, loud, gun-laced, …

Tuckered Out Solo is a singular opportunity to explain everything about Han Solo. So, it does. Star Wars fans see, for the first time, what the Kessel run was …

Monster Clearance Sale Fallen Kingdom clumsily comes to life, as best a fifth movie in such a series could. Crude moralizing and repetitious visuals spin a wacky story concerning …

Tourist Trap Empathy is a flaw in Predators. Anyone who dares to show compassion is certain to die on this alien planet, populated by a race of creatures determined …

B.O. and BBQ Predator 2 takes place in the future – 1997. It’s a time of unrelenting gang wars, with massive Hollywood shoot-outs on the streets between cops and …

Jungle Thumpin’ Draped in a muggy jungle against an unknown adversary, Predator’s strength lies in taking the experiences of Vietnam and exposing them for the PTSD-enduring nightmare they are. …

Readying Up Ready Player One whiffs in terms of asking viewers to explore the copyrighted icons of their youth (and some of today’s too). They sprawl on screen, battling …

Smash, Boom, Bam Never is Rampage intelligent or smart. It covers the stupid with plenty of boom-boom, crumbling buildings, and monster brawling though. That’s what the entrance fee is …

Clunking and Sputtering Metal Providng a nostalgia stew of the Terminator series, Genisys plunges through franchise lore with wanton recklessness. How cool it should be to watch old Arnold …

Dino-rama Jurassic Park III doesn’t need to exist. It’s a plotless monster movie that fails to advance the Jurassic Park story arc. Nothing that happens matters. Yet, it’s a …

Not So Lost Now, Is It? In the first act of The Lost World, rogue corporate mercenaries fly onto Site B, that hastily written plot device allowing this sequel …