Tag: Movies
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‘Kill Bill’ Shatner? Video spoof touts Quentin Tarantino’s R-rated ‘Star Trek’
What would an R-rated “Star Trek” movie directed by Quentin Tarantino look like? We may find out someday soon: The director of “Kill Bill,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Inglorious Basterds” and other violence-laced neo-noir films is reportedly working with “Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith and producer J.J. Abrams on a harder-edged version of the Starship Enterprise’s saga.…
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‘Jedi’ to ‘Solo’: 10 sci-fi shows for 2018
“Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams” will come to Amazon Video in January. (Amazon Video via YouTube) The dust has barely settled on the premiere of “Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.” Or is that a thin layer of salt? In any case, it’s already time to look forward to the science-fiction screen offerings in…
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Science fiction authors Andy Weir and Neal Stephenson look at life after ‘The Martian’
Sci-fi author Andy Weir (“The Martian,” “Artemis”) makes a point while Neal Stephenson (“Seveneves,” “The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.”) looks on. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) What could be better than hearing a science fiction writer talk about how to create whole new worlds? How about doubling that to two science fiction writers? That…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: Trailer makes a splash, and ticket websites avoid a crash
Luke Skywalker looks worried in the new trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” (Disney / Lucasfilm via YouTube) The Force is clearly with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” The trailer for Episode VIII of the movie saga made its debut in the midst of Monday Night Football, kicking off ticket sales for the Dec.…
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Voyager at 40: ‘The Search for Life in Space’ puts big question on the big screen
“The Search for Life In Space” touches on several frontiers in astrobiology. (MacGillivray Freeman) What better way to celebrate 40 years of NASA’s interplanetary Voyager mission than with an eye-filling movie that brings the decades-old story up to date? “The Search for Life in Space,” an IMAX 3-D documentary that opens at the Pacific Science…
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‘Fifth Element’ squared: 5 cool ideas from the sci-fi visuals of ‘Valerian’
Valerian and Laureline (Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne) make off with a treasure taken from a virtual marketplace in “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.” (STX Entertainment) Spoiler alert: We’re not giving away any major plot points, but if you want to see “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” before you…
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GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Alien: Covenant’ delivers the gory goods, and some answers
“Alien: Covenant” expands the film franchise’s monster menagerie. (Twentieth Century Fox) Spoiler Alert: This item avoids discussing major plot twists in “Alien: Covenant,” but wait until after you see the movie to read it if you want to stay totally in the dark. We’ve seen enough “Alien” movies by now that we pretty much know…
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And so it begins: First trailer for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ turns to the dark side
Did you feel a disturbance in the Force? As if millions of Star Wars fans suddenly cried out in delight? That upswing in the midichlorian count was caused by the release of the first online trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” teasing us with the silhouette and voice of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. The two-minute…
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‘Life’ horror movie sparks reality check on procedures for studying Mars samples
Rebecca Ferguson plays Miranda North, a planetary protection officer aboard the International Space Station, in the movie “Life.” (Sony Pictures Digital Productions) Spoiler Alert! This article doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you’re trying to stay totally in the dark about the plot of the movie “Life.” Let sleeping…
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Horror movie ‘Life’ draws upon real-life biology and worst-case space scenarios
An astronaut administers a shock to an alien life form in a Petri dish aboard the International Space Station, in a scene from the movie “Life.” Bad idea? (CTMG via YouTube) A real-life organism provides the inspiration for the alien monster at the center of “Life,” a horror movie that’s set on the International Space Station.…