Articles tagged with sci fi

By insisting that all plot details be shrouded in secrecy, I worried that 20th Century Fox and X-Files creator Chris Carter were merely providing a likely excuse for their decision not to offer advance press screenings of the new film, a usual sign of a studio’s lack of confidence in a product. If this had been their reasoning, it would have been unnecessary, as X-Files: I Want to Believe is not a bad film and is far better than others that have received press screenings in...

When Marvel Entertainment announced that it would begin producing its own films starting with Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and hired Louis Leterrier to helm the latter, the director stated that the difference between his Hulk film and the previous one was that his film “would be good.” That sarcastic remark notwithstanding, The Incredible Hulk offers a different if not markedly improved adaptation of the comic series.

A worldwide biohazard has turned most of the human race into flesh-eating zombies… Sound familiar? Yes the theme may seem a little reminiscent of the popular video game turned Hollywood motion picture, "Resident Evil", but the origin of this theme dates back to 1954 when Richard Matheson wrote a first of its kind science fiction novel called "I Am Legend"; in which, one remaining normal man, living in New York sets out to save the world alone. The movie in...