Imagine a world where people are no longer compelled to meet the expectations of their biological sex. Women no longer feel pressured to marry, obligated to be mothers, or compelled to be homemakers. Men are no longer pressured to be breadwinners or to meet masculine expectations set by our society...why does this world have to be imagined? Lydia Yuknavitch eloquently explores this in her latest sci-fi novel, Book of Joan.
Imagine a TV show that provides ebullient comedy while artfully teasing your brain, all in the span of an hour. A sitcom that uses comedy and science fiction in tandem to discuss major issues troubling our society today. If you are looking for a show that makes you laugh, yet challenges how you view your own society and culture, then I highly recommend you try Fox’s new series, "The Orville!"
Black Mirror features four seasons full of captivating stories. Creator, Charlie Brooker, delves into our fascination with technology and our addictions to them. Here social science fiction is introduced with fresh perspective, hard-hitting visual effects, and modern insights. Of all the sci-fi shorts produced, three episodes stand out as the most compelling: "Nosedive," "San Junipero," and "USS Callister."
Generations of stolen children, massacres of whole clans, children brought up and brainwashed 'white,' losing their language and culture: this is the darker side of modern Australia’s history. With this in mind, it adds significant emotional weight when you watch the Australian sci-fi series, Cleverman.
Quentin Tarantino announced a couple of years ago that he wants to make a Star Trek movie, and the director told Empire magazine this week that that remains his plan.
Orange Birthday's cryptic new album, 'A1X', is like an exploration of the mystery that is the human soul, or perhaps something even deeper and more abstract.
It’s interesting how much we know about 'Stranger Things' by heart but so little, or not at all, about the creative geniuses who birthed this incredible dimension.
'The Matrix 4' has finally begun shooting in San Francisco, and starved fans finally got a taste of the Matrix and the Chosen One, but it may not be exactly what they have expected.
The latest pitch gaining steam for the next 'Star Trek' movie is based on an early episode of the classic series titled "A Piece of the Action."
Released 20 years ago last month and originally a longtime project of Stanley Kubrick, there isn't a film quite like 'A.I.: Artificial Intelligence' in all of Spielberg's extensive filmography.
Filmmaker/director Louise Brix Andersen sat down with us to discuss how she developed her sci-fi short film 'The Pill', the process of remote filmmaking, and much more.
Showtime’s 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' is a beautiful homage to David Bowie, from its quiet beginning to its ambitious ending Kurtzman injects every aspect of the production with Bowie’s DNA, from his music to his ideologies.
With Season 2 fast approaching (October 27) it's almost time delve back into the show's fantastic world of nostalgia inducing pop culture references, incredible acting, and strange supernatural creatures. If you haven't jumped on the Stranger Things bandwagon yet, then what are you waiting for?
In short, The Last Jedi felt like it was a film desperately trying to course correct The Force Awakens' lack of progress and in doing so drastically changes things, sometimes in seemingly spiteful and heartbreaking ways. It's the boldest Star Wars film yet and it represents the end of the Star Wars that we (the older generation) have come to know and love - in more ways than one.
For eons we have philosophized on the nature of the afterlife. Scholars have debated the existence of spiritual and dimensional realms and where we go after death. But what if you could live forever, the only fall back being you have to trade in your old body for a new one? This has become a reality In Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon
Earlier this year Chinese director Frank Gwo brought his sci-fi epic, 'The Wandering Earth', to cinemas and it's currently the third highest grossing film of 2019; yet, it seems that Netflix wasn't that impressed.
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered what appears to be a Star Trek Starfleet insignia embedded on the planet's surface.
Have we become too complacent to investigate the repercussions that our indifference (or willful ignorance) has on our modern liberties?
Gorgeous sneak peeks at concept art from 'Avatar 2', along with a Mercedes-Benz electric concept car inspired by it, give us something to hold onto until 2021.
'2030' is a thought-provoking and enlightening narrative that explores the unconventional, liberal, and scientific approach to the fate of our existence, as Johnny Boston documents the first attempt to reanimate FM-2030’s cryogenically preserved brain.
There have been few Netflix cancellations as controversial as 'The OA's, and for good reason. The shows profound themes and symbolism have turned it into a cult sensation that's more than worth taking a deep dive into.
Award-winning Asian filmmaker Jacky Song captivatingly transports us back to the '50s in his latest provocative, mind-bending short film 'Incognito.'
Released in 1997 and directed by Luc Besson, 'The Fifth Element' was really two films (one much better than the other), but whose stunning visuals and fun-filled ride still stand out today.
Fantagraphics is remastering and republishing all of the EC Comics adaptations of Ray Bradbury's work for the first time ever in a single oversized hardcover volume.