‘Alien: Romulus’ Conquers Reliance On Nostalgia With Jaw-Dropping Cinematic Style
Fede Álvarez concocts a blend of dread-fueled horror and whacked-out science despite too much franchise reverence.
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Video Review: Alien Movie Retrospective with John & Vin
With Alien: Romulus coming out this week, now is the perfect time to reflect on the origins of the awesome sci-fi horror action by revisiting some of the previous Alien movies! Join John and Vin as they look back on Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3. Through hits, misses, and crossovers alike, this series has become one of the all-time franchise classics.
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‘Borderlands’ Adaptation Misses The Mark
A dozen years ago, I went to Fry’s Electronics and bought all the components to build myself a gaming pc. Why? Because two exciting games had recently been released and they deserved to be played with the best possible setup I could afford then. One of them was Fallout: New Vegas; earlier this year I finally got a TV show for
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Fantasia Fest 2024 Review: ‘Penalty Loop’ Reinvents Time loop Cinema
Before Shinji Araki’s Penalty Loop played in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fantasia International Film Festival, audiences were treated to the classic advertisement for Nongshim noodles not once but twice. At first, I didn’t grasp why this happened (although the real ones know the ad played an endless number of times in front of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy last year).
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‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Season 1 Discussion (Cosmic Circle Podcast Ep. 58)
After seven weeks of mystery, The Acolyte has wrapped up its first season on Disney+. Set during the end of the High Republic era, this Star Wars series was the first live-action show to break out of the Skywalker-dominated time period viewers often find themselves in. Between secret twins, sexy Sith, and the Jedi Order’s shockingly poor decision-making, The Acolyte was
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Fantasia Fest 2024: 10 Most Anticipated Movies To Watch
For the past three years, it’s been a privilege for this writer to cover Fantasia Fest for a different outlet. Debatably, the previous home of the coverage did not match as well as it does for The Cosmic Circus. Here, weirdness, the fantastical, the bizarre, and sometimes the horrific are embraced by our readers. Fantasia Fest 2024 has all of these
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Apple TV+’s ‘Me’: A Soft But Engaging Coming-of-Age Story
Ben Vasani (Lucian-River Chauhan) is a 12-year-old who has a new school, new family, and household all in a short amount of time, now add an inconvenient superpower. Out of the blue, he’s become a shape-shifter, and he’s unable to control it, all while a looming hostile force is gearing up to hurt his friends and family. In Apple TV+’s Me,
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‘Lumina’: An Absurdly Inept Attempt at Sci-Fi
Aliens and otherworldly beings are a cinematic staple. They perfectly lend themselves to the screen, with endless possibilities for their design and motivations. The question about whether or not we are alone in the universe is one that draws both contemplation and fear. If aliens are in fact real, what would their interaction with humans be like? Filmmaker Gino J.H. McKoy
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‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ is Essential Sci-Fi Television
When Orphan Black premiered in 2013, there was nothing like it on television. The science-fiction series follows the story of Sarah Manning, who assumes the identity of someone who looks exactly like her. In doing so, Sarah discovers that she is one of many clones who look exactly like her, tied to a giant conspiracy with a biotech corporation called the
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