Science fiction News
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‘Alita: Battle Angel’ is about a heroine in a futuristic city that didn’t realize it needed saving until she took down the worst perpetrators and mastered their main sport.
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‘Serenity’ starts off as a solid neo-noir before turning into something completely different, which runs the risk of derailing the narrative and alienating audiences.
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‘Lifechanger’ is an engrossing narrative that subtly debates the value of one life over another via an immortal man’s choices.
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‘Mortal Engines’ squanders away its potential by getting caught up in the minutiae of a story that would’ve played better without the trivial details.
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is an ambitious adaptation that wields an impressive cast and delightful imagery, but falls somewhat short in the storytelling department.
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‘Arrival’ is a riveting science fiction narrative that convincingly narrates what an alien encounter could look like, depicting both the international and local challenges such an event would present, while remaining optimistic in its approach.
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London -
A missing series of six episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s have been brought to life through detailed animation. The first episode has been unveiled by the BBC, 50 years after it was first broadcast.
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While physicists toy with the theoretical idea of teleportation, neurologists have been considering if our brains could cope with being scrambled and reassembled. The outcome of this inquiry has recently been published.
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Even though the possibility of events in ‘The Martian’ occurring remains science fiction, the story that unfolds is wholly comprehensible and human.
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Science fiction, fantasy and horror writer Tanith Lee has passed away. Lee authored over 90 books and several screenplays, including episodes of the cult television series 'Blake's 7'.
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The road from childhood passion to accomplished writer is often fraught with potholes and learning curves, yet with perseverance and dedication it may just lead to the stars.
Or beyond.
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Canberra -
Two Australian laser physicists have developed the world's first first long-distance optical tractor beam, capable of not only attracting objects, but repelling them as well.
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‘Time Lapse’ is a respectable addition to the sci-fi genre in which the lives of three friends are transformed when they discover a machine that tells the future.
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Miami -
BBC Worldwide, Monday, issued an appeal to the public not to divulge plotlines from the upcoming series of Doctor Who as five scripts from season 8, due to start airing from August 23 leaked online.
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EuroCorp has released a new trailer for Luc Besson's upcoming English-language, French-produced science-fiction film, "Lucy."
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Chicago -
The FIRST Divergent movie is great fun and better than the book, but will the final installment result in teen suicides, bad AP scores and a dumbed-down public? Can the sanity of Divergent viewers be saved with a new ending to the series?
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London -
The Doctor Who 50th Birthday celebrations kicked off this weekend with a special convention held in London. The exhibition featured stars of the show and mixed classic era Doctor Who with costumes and exhibits from the show's successful revival.
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‘The World’s End’ is a sci-fi comedy about five friends who reunite to complete an epic pub crawl in their hometown, only to unwittingly become mankind’s last hope for survival.
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As "Man of Steel" and "Iron Man 3" take over the summer box office, it is time to remember "Marvel's The Avengers" once again.
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Ever since the first recorded history of Atlantis, written by the Greek philosopher Plato over 2,360 years ago, debate has raged as to whether or not Atlantis ever really existed. Why some of us still search for the answer to this mystery?
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‘La Jetée’ is Chris Marker's influential science fiction classic and one of cinema's most profound meditations on time and memory.
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Barcelona -
The Spanish film industry has produced some excellent movies in recent years. While excelling in horror and fantasy films, Spain is now dabbling in science fiction, with this end-of-the-world apocalyptic thriller.
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This week’s releases include a stylish English action thriller; an Emmy-nominated, top-notch political comedy; and a time-bending battle against bizarre creatures.
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For the sixtieth anniversary of Ray Bradbury's novel 'Fahrenheit 451' comes a 'striking' new design by Elizabeth Perez. The newly designed cover comes with a match and has striking paper along its spine.
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In the next season of Doctor Who, set to air in spring 2013, sci-fi fans of the long running series, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, will be able to see previously unexplored areas of the Doctor’s time machine, the Tardis.
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The last time that the "ice" planet Uranus was studied in depth was in the 1980s as part of the US Voyager missions. Scientists are now pushing for a return visit to Uranus.
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The preview for the second season of the ongoing Japanese anime series called "Robotics;Notes" has been made for viewing. Season 2 airs on January 10.
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A new trailer has been unveiled for this upcoming anime series called "Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet" which focuses on a teenage soldier from the future ending on a completely water-covered Earth and struggles to deal with peace.
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A ten-minute preview clip has been released for the upcoming fourth movie of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199." It covers episodes 11 to 14 in the remake of the original 1974 series.
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One of the latest trailers for the upcoming game "Dead Space 3" shows the single-player and two player co-op modes. In the co-op, you are joined by a second player who takes on the role of newcomer John Carver.
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Science fiction Image
Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott's 'The Martian' Twentieth Century Fox
A scene from 'A Wrinkle in Time' Disney Studios
Warner Archive Collection
A scene from 'Mortal Engines' Universal Pictures
A scene from 'Lifechanger' Uncork’d Entertainment
Rosa Salazar stars in 'Alita: Battle Angel' Twentieth Century Fox
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