Texas Book Festival 2018: Alternate Realities: Sci-Fi in 2018

V.E. Schwab and John Scalzi ponder the point of writing sci-fi

"...The panel “Alternate Realities: Sci-Fi in 2018” revolved around one amusing but disturbing question:..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Seven Sci-Fi Rock Flicks

Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly: celluloid rockers

"...The appeal of this 1975 low-budget, low-rent, sci-fi musical about a bawdy transsexual from another planet (Tim..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Sci-Fi Classics

"...Sci-Fi ClassicsThe Wasp Woman, The Brain that Wouldn't Die, The..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: How to Date in a Sci-Fi Universe

Premature and The One I Love probe romance

"...mature take on the perils of romance in a sci-fi setting with another release this week. You should read..."

Nov. 8, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sci-Fi Week

Paramount Theatre Summer Classics

"...It's Sci-Fi Week at the Paramount Theatre! See "Special Screenings," or..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Feature

Klaatu

"...(a Keanu Reeves remake is due this December), Toronto sci-fi prog rock outfit Klaatu had a brief brush with..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Greg Beets

Forbidden Zone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

"...and it deeply fucked with my Catholic-schooled head. A sci-fi musical? Animated art porn? Frog people? Only years later..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Rush

"...up shortly thereafter. So maybe it's just half a sci-fi concept record, since 1976's 2112 suite only encompasses what..."

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Ennio Morricone

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Radiohead

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Austin Powell

The Flaming Lips

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Michael Bertin

Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Grateful Dead

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Outkast

July 25, 2008 Music Review

The Police

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

Melt-Banana

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Daniel Mee

Public Enemy

July 25, 2008 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Sci-Fi 2008

We pay tribute to avant-garde chefs by reviewing the molecular gastronomy trend, as well as pioneering Pop Rocks and pastry chefs

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Sci-Fi Book Reviews

Deeper: My Two-Year Odyssey in Cyberspace

Sept. 19, 1997 Books Feature

Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...edges, wasn't the pressed pants and pocket-protector geekiness of sci-fi a little out of character? Not according to company..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Battle: Los Angeles

Aliens fight the U.S. Marines in a gritty urban war. Viewers are the losers.

"...obliterates all of Santa Monica. Viewed purely from a sci-fi angle, Battle: Los Angeles is even less remarkable. The..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Riddick

Vin Diesel revs up the sci-fi franchise.

"...Chronicles of Riddick, David Twohy’s sequel to his surprise sci-fi sleeper hit of 2000 – Pitch Black – is..."

June 11, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Impostor

"...Fleder (Don't Say a Word) has turned to legendary sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (whose work also served as..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Trespass

Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films, Alien Trespass is a deeply affectionate homage to the era when every kid on the block knew what "Klaatu borada nikto" meant.

"...Andrew Dunbar. Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films – the superlative, eerie It Came From Outer..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

BBC America celebrates its HD premiere with a week of sci-fi programming

"...I'm not sure why, but sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy series seem to go with summer..."

July 17, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Minority Report

"...Sydow and Tom Cruise. Vastly superior to Spielberg's last sci-fi outing, the woefully pedantic A.I., this adaptation of Philip..."

June 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Time Machine

"...hindsight may be why this version of great-granddad's landmark sci-fi/futurist novel The Time Machine seems to have arrived onscreen..."

March 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lazer Team

The first feature film from Austin's Rooster Teeth gang is a hoot

"...comic space opera, enters the feature-film realm with this sci-fi action movie, semi-satire. Backed by one of the most..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Endhiran (Robot)

This extravagant Indian/Tamil production is an apocalyptic science fiction rom-com with elaborate dance set-pieces and music by A.R. Rahman.

"...and Delhi Kumar. Endhiran is an absolutely crackers Indian/Tamil sci-fi/action import. Sporting a $34 million budget and all that..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Predators

This Robert Rodriguez-produced film doesn't try to be a sequel to the Schwarzenegger picture but, instead, is a new story about humans hunted by the merciless Predators.

"...pull her/his top down, and get some. Badass retro sci-fi cinema, that is. And while you're at it, don't..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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