Sentences with phrase «fi as a a genre»
And yet confession time: I don't actually like sci - fi as a a genre.
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HUTCHINSON: To me, sci - fi as a genre has limitless storytelling potential and also serves as a fantastic way to explore topical issues in interesting ways.
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For more «mainstream» selections, they looked to Amazon.com top - sellers such as Danielle Steel's The Sins of the Mother and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, and to anthologies of genre fiction, including a sci - fi story by Robert Heinlein.
Do you use the sci - fi genre as a way to address real - world issues?
it was certainly a more accessible film in terms of the sci - fi genre and has bolstered the credibility, much like Children of Men, however, I disagree with the seamless integration of the film styles and think the trailer misled, as the film is not really mockumentary at all.
Although not as great as others in the genre, this is a film worth seeing if you're a fan of Sci Fi.
Science Fiction has to be well written and internally consistent if it's to engage and hold an audience but V just comes across as (yet another) TV series written by non-sci fi writers who don't have a grasp of the genre.
It is genre crossing, focusing on horror but with comedy and also some sci - fi elements thrown in as well.
This decade has seen a significant increase in what can only be described a «prestige genre,» a Sci - Fi or Fantasy film that is treated as serious drama and, usually, with a distinctly more artistic vision than traditional commercial fare.
The show cymbal - claps the disparate genres of futurist sci - fi and nostalgic Western as it tells the story of a theme park (the titular...
While Brancato, Ferris and McG can't capture the essence of what made its predecessors riveting entertainment, they have turned in a solid action / sci - fi piece that works better as a genre flick than it does in comparison to the more populist works that were the Cameron entries.
Gerald's Game, a Stephen King adaptation for Netflix starring Carla Gugino, is good Coming Soon Daniel Dae Kim's stunt training for the Hellboy reboot / Film Hocus Pocus moves forward as a TV movie remake - none of the original actors or filmmaking team are involved David Poland on Blade Runner 2049 with no spoilers «It is Aliens to Alien»... whoa, that's high praise Billboard composer Danny Elfman interviewed about Superman's iconic theme (redeployed for Justice League) and his long collaboration with Gus Van Sant Playbill Judy Garland's final concert, restored / remastered from 1969 will be released for the first time i09 on why you should be watching the Exorcist TV series, back for Season 2 / Film Amazon still has a lot of work to do to catch up with Netflix and Hulu but they're diving into the sci - fi genre big time
In this rapidly changing industry, genre film remains a strongly communal experience, as horror, sci fi, fantasy and cult films continue to flourish under the banner of event cinema.
The YA novel explosion over the past few years has seen the genre blow up at the box office, with sci - fi action dramas such as Twilight, The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner pulling in big business.
This strange, beautiful, cerebral sci - fi cements Alex Garland as one of genre cinema's finest living practitioners.
This strange, beautiful, cerebral sci - fi cements Alex Garland as one of genre cinema's finest living practitioners.Read More
Despite devoting roughly half its running time to Ian and Sofi's relationship, I Origins is ultimately not a romance, or at least, not only a romance: As the plot advances, Cahill's film reveals new incarnations of itself in a variety of genre trappings — sci - fi parable, grisly medical drama, globe - trotting thriller, and even, in one bizarre and possibly genius scene, a Saw-esque horror flick.
Fox Searchlight is also creating a new, soon to be named, label which will serve as a home for projects in the horror, sci - fi and fantasy genres, including those produced and curated by del Toro.
Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Actors: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson Plot: Stever Rogers aka Captain America, continues to adapt to the modern world while working with S.H.I.E.L.D but an old friend is about to turn up: his former partner - in - arms James «Bucky» Barnes resurfaces - but he's been programmed as a Russian assassin known as The Winter Soldier.
The sci - fi action trilogy is one of the genre's most iconic films, thanks in no small part due to Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as its agents.
Whedon returns as the film's writer and director in this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to revive his epic space tale, and as the first installment in a possible franchise, «Serenity» is without a doubt one of the best pieces of fan service in the history of the sci - fi genre.
A lucrative blockbuster winning over genre enthusiasts and thoughtful moviegoers alike, as well as being the rare sci - fi film to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, District 9 is exactly the kind of thing that sets someone up for the sophomore jinx.
It's almost as if a conscious effort has been made to make this mix of western, sci - fi and time travel genre elements as banal as possible.
Working unobtrusively but consistently in a decadent Hollywood that's doubled down on sci - fi / fantasy / superhero franchise tentpoles as the end - all - be-all of action movies, Jaume Collet - Serra has been diligently and often ingeniously pursuing another filmmaking model, that of the mid-range budget standalone genre picture.
This decade has seen a significant increase in what can only be described a «prestige genre,» a Sci - Fi or Fantasy film that is treated as serious drama and, usually, with a distinctly more artistic vision than...
If the early moments of the film evoke memories of similarly cerebral sci - fi Arrival, as soon as they're inside Area X, Garland starts to bring in other genres and influences — mutated beasts roam the swamps, twisted human remains hide in the shadows and the squad members» trust for each other is stretched to its limits.
I love that each film is a blend of genres as they add their comedic style to a zombie horror film or in this case tackling the sci - fi genre and the apocalypse.
Young auteurs took the western, the detective movie, the sci - fi flick, the gangster film, and even the «inspirational teacher» genre, and turned them into films as smart and subversive as those below.
Anyway, rooting for genre movies as always but if they really do n`t want to award sci fi or horror again, than Social Network would do.
1987's «RoboCop» re-defined the sci - fi / action genre, with Peter Weller starring as the Detroit detective who became a half man / half machine anti-crime hero.
Ex Machina is as stripped and basic as most Sci - Fi outings go, but it is one of the best examples of filmmaking the genre has ever seen.
Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Doug Liman Actors: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Plot: On an alien battlefield - the war is finally coming to an end - but for one soldier, the war never ends as he is caught in a time loop reliving the same battle over and over again.
It might be disguised as an art house film, but have no illusions, Under the Skin is a seminal entry in the sci - fi genre, setting a new standard of excellence and positioning itself to be the topic of discussion for decades to come.
Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: R Director: James Cameron Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton Plot: As colonies are settled on a known planet, a women is found who holds the answers as to why no one has heard from anyone on the planeAs colonies are settled on a known planet, a women is found who holds the answers as to why no one has heard from anyone on the planeas to why no one has heard from anyone on the planet.
What they find in there is both easy to figure out (stuff is mutating), beautiful and scary and weird (stuff is mutating) and inexplicable (most of the why and a bunch of other side mysteries), explored in a mostly unsatisfactory blend of arthouse stillness and genre thriller scares, part of a burgeoning subgenre of sci - fi films that I suppose function as a counterweight to the more populist nonsense of superhero sc - fi.
It's rare to find a film that traverses the comedy, psychological thriller, romance and sci - fi genres as easily as «Eternal Sunshine».
Like Miramax before it, A24 has also found success with sci - fi and horror genre films; Ex Machina and The Witch are the company's highest - grossing films thus far, and it has a few horror movies keyed up for this year as well.
For me, Midnight Special is one of those genre films that serves as a reminder that good sci - fi is rare.
This little gem features American treasure and all - around genre cinema maestro John Carpenter discussing his 1988 sci - fi / action / horror cult classic They Live, going into detail about such things as the conceptual ideas behind the movie's premise, his casting of professional wrestler «Rowdy» Roddy Piper as the protagonist, and the rebellious inspiration for the film's infamous fight scene between Piper and the great Keith David.
This was a very close call for my number one spot, but regardless, this movie will stand the test of time as a sci fi genre masterpiece.
There are some marvelous sequences in Dante 01 that may thrill Jeunet / Caro fans (as well as add a little something new to the gothic sci - fi genre): the literal defrosting of Saint - Georges, Saint - Georges» «visions» of the parasites (he eats them when he finds them), and a dive into a cooling tank.
Tom Green's follow - up to Gareth Edwards» inventive «Monsters» does at least attempt something interesting: Just as the first film fused monster - movie sci - fi paranoia with a gentle indie love story to become an offbeat take on genre, «Dark Continent» basically wants to be a war movie with vague sci - fi elements.
Denis Villeneuve is as of this year my favorite currently working filmmaker and the fact that he's preparing two sci - fi movies (which would be my favorite genre) is at least as good as the fact that we finally got a truly awesome Star Wars episode.
I have to admit that as far as film genres go sci - fi is not one of my favourites.
Sprawling future Western quais - epic Young Ones offers a poignant deconstruction of sci - fi and western films, an allegorical gaze into a murky future that strips both genres down to the studs and builds them up as one.
All told, «Vanilla Sky» is another solid entry in the genre of mind - bending sci - fi movies such as «Dark City» and «Total Recall.»
However, as The Death Cure effectively concludes the last film franchise that was born of the popularity of The Hunger Games, it doesn't provide any real incentive to revive the narrow genre of dystopian YA - based sci - fi that has a future as bleak as the apocalyptic landscapes they depict.
Elizabeth Olsen's turn as a recovering cult member plays like a psychological horror film — the latest genre, from sci - fi to action, that arthouse flicks have raided
He's made mincemeat out of most other movie genres since day one: the musical (Popeye), the detective film (The Long Goodbye), the war film (M * A * S * H), the western (McCabe and Mrs. Miller), the sci - fi film (Quintet) as well as skewering politics with his cable - TV series Tanner»88 and Hollywood with The Player.
Thandie has become a prominent actress in sci - fi mediums as of late, but even she didn't quite realise what an impact the genre had, as she told Radio Times: «Sci - fi really captures people's attention like nothing else, but the fans are absolutely bonkers.