Do not rent creepy-ass English manor houses – especially if you are an American family with kids – this is a simple rule that the Curtis family fails to abide by in Disney’s The Watcher in the Woods. Though based on the book by Florence Engel Randall, which bears very little resemblance to the film,…
Tag: science fiction
The Giver (2014) – Review
Dystopian fiction is all the rage these days as young adult books like The Hunger Games and Divergent have massive fan bases and just beg to be adapted to the big screen. So why has Lois Lowry’s 1993 immensely popular book taken so long to make it to theaters?
John Carter: From Book to Screen
The 2012 movie John Carter was based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars, and is most notable for its disastrous box office performance rather than the actual quality of the film. and I think most can agree that the biggest stumbling block the movie had was that it was saddled with…
Things to Come (1936) – Review
H.G. Wells’ Things to Come is one of the more interesting early entries in the history of science fiction movies. Unlike films such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Wells believed that man could achieve Utopia, and not the horrible dystopia or post-apocalyptic worlds we still get in today’s sci-fi movies. H.G. Wells was a socialist who believed…
Top Ten Movie Robots
Robots and science fiction movies have always gone hand in hand. Since the earliest days of cinema, these mechanical beings have fascinated audiences, serving as loyal allies or dangerous threats while reflecting our hopes, fears, and curiosity about technology. More than just genre staples, they reveal how each era understands the relationship between humanity and…