Sentences with phrase «science fiction debut»

Dark City (New Line): Like «Blade Runner,» this nightmarish bit of science fiction debuted in theaters with a studio - mandated voice - over intended to help viewers make sense of the film.

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«Ready Player One,» director Steven Spielberg's science - fiction thriller about a grim world where people seek escape through virtual reality, opened as the top film in North American theaters, delivering the first No. 1 debut this year for Warner Bros..

In an unsurprising surprise, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made good on his Friday promise and debuted the first official footage of Falcon Heavy's inaugural flight, pieced together by none other than the co-creators of the science fiction show Westworld.

Source Code In his 2009 debut feature, Moon, director Duncan Jones established himself as an impresario of mind - blowing science fiction.

More polished than his debut feature Another Earth, Cahill and his brand of humanist science fiction are destined to appeal most to like - minded souls.

Adapted here by Alex Garland, riding on the modest success of his directorial debut, Ex Machina, as an infidelity mystery wrapped in big science fiction ideas and a splicing of cinematic DNA of Andrei Tarkovsky and John Carpenter, among others.

Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by making his directorial debut with the magnificent science fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.

Netflix has released the first official teaser of its upcoming reboot of the classic science fiction TV series Lost in Space, which is slated to debut on April 13.

After fellow Koreans Kim Ji - Woon and Park Chan - Wook launched their English language debut films (The Last Stand and Stoker, respectively) the most nuanced of the trio of directorial superstars, Bong Joon - Ho is delivering the largest in scale, the nuclear - winter bound science fiction flick, Snowpiercer.

Mike Cahill's directorial feature - film debut sounds like a science - fiction movie, but it's not.

Cinematographer Wally Pfister has not been behind the camera for Christopher Nolan's heady 2014 science fiction blockbuster Interstellar, because he has been busy with his own directorial debut, Transcendence.

However, this one is less indicative of his «early, funny ones,» feeling like pretentious science fiction as if Stillman wanted to make a more old - fashioned, sophisticated «Heathers,» «Clueless,» or «Mean Girls» mixed with Noah Baumbach's 1995 pre-mumblecore debut «Kicking and Screaming.»

Del Toro is a firm genre favourite, from his horror debut Cronos (1994), to the superhero film Hellboy (2004), his gothic fairytale Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and the science fiction monster flick Pacific Rim (2013).

All that time hanging out with Nolan has obviously rubbed off: Franklin's directorial debut, The Escape, is a handsomely filmed science - fiction short that wears its influences on its sleeve: it feels like something that Nolan might make over a few days while waiting for Hans Zimmer to finish scoring his latest blockbuster.

In 2009, director Duncan Jones gave gaggles of geeks flaming nerdboners with his debut feature «Moon,» a film that dragged science fiction kicking and screaming back into the -LSB-...]

we've had a chance to make our way through Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, a 2015 Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee, a strange Sundance sequel, an undersung science fiction flair up and a blood - stained cult flick.

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre (from «Sunshine,» to «Never Let Me Go,» to «Dredd»), so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

Anyone who feared that the writer's directorial debut would abandon the cerebral, doughty fare of his previously - penned Sunshine, Never Let Me Go and roughly 15 minutes of 2011's Dredd need not have worried — more than any of Garland's previous efforts, Ex Machina weighs the heavier side of science fiction and what it means to be human.

WHY: Screenwriter Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space, this time focusing on the decades - old debate of artificial intelligence.

Disregarding its overly explanatory director's cut, Richard Kelly's debut is less of a straight science - fiction film than a metaphysical meditation on teenage alienation, on that feeling like neither you nor anything you do matters.

A trailer has appeared for Matthew Charles Santoro's science fiction feature debut, Higher Power, which includes some highly impressive visuals.

Thankfully, 2013's Upstream Color was a remarkable sophomore effort, a science fiction tinged drama that was as emotionally moving as his debut feature was mind - bending.

During Flickering Myth's chat with DeObia Oparei about Independence Day: Resurgence, the actor's onscreen debut came up: another science fiction movie, Alien 3.

Spanish filmmaker Vigalondo has a talent for genre mash - ups, creating fresh takes on familiar science - fiction tropes, and this film (his English language debut) is his smartest, edgiest, and most accomplished to date.

Colin Trevorrow made his feature directorial debut with Safety Not Guaranteed, a loose - limbed and weirdly comic movie with science - fiction themes that was fresh and enjoyable.

4K Restoration DONNIE DARKO — DIRECTOR»S CUT Sun, April 30 7:45 p.m.; Mon, May 1, 9:20 p.m.; Thurs, May 4, 9:20 p.m. Richard Kelly described his debut feature as «The Catcher in the Rye» told by Philip K. Dick, and the film delivers, combining coming - of - age woes with high - concept science fiction.

Next weekend has Denis Villeneuve's science fiction drama The Arrival, the ensemble comedy Almost Christmas, and the Naomi Watts thriller Shut In, while Ang Lee «s war drama Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Paul Verhoeven «s thriller Elle will debut in limited release.

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It's an intelligent, intriguing piece of science fiction that marks the directorial debut of Alex Garland, novelest (The Beach, The Tesseract) and screenwriter (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Me Go, Dredd).

Alex Garland's debut carries a mean exploitation streak, and uses a science fiction threat as a lure to explore a few older and darker issues.

All the Bright Places tops the list in Best Young Adult Fiction; the latest book in the Throne of Glass series, Queen of Shadows, edged out strong competition in Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction; and another Young Adult Fantasy contender, Red Queen, pulled out a win over in Best Debut Goodreads Author.

Her debut novel, the first book in the Seeds trilogy, co-written with her mother Kristy and sister Elena, is a science - fiction dystopia that explores what happens when corrupt politicians control the food system.

Last year's Judge Dredd movie brought Mega-City One's toughest lawman to a wider audience in the U.S., but there's a lot of backstory to catch up on, since the character debuted in the pages of the British science fiction comic 2000AD in 1977.

This YA debut by Bacigalupi, a rising star in adult science fiction, presents a dystopian future like so many YA sf novels.

KUEHN: I don't read much science fiction, but one of my favorites I read this year was Parker Peevyhouse's upcoming debut, Where Futures End.

Most debut fiction titles first appear on bookstore shelves as a cloth bound hardcover with a dust jacket — likewise for debut titles in the history, biography, science, and social studies genres.

Science fiction fans, there's a new world for you to explore in this engaging debut.

Mary Roach tackles the science of the military in her singular style with Grunt, while Yaa Gyasi, our June cover star, makes a stunning fiction debut with Homegoing.

We review bestsellers, debut authors, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, fantasy / science fiction and romance.

We review bestsellers, debut authors, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers, some fantasy / science fiction and some romance.

I have a historical fantasy trilogy, a YA supernatural thriller, a science - fiction noir novel I'm shopping, and a horror - western novel debuting in September called Death Wind.

His debut novel, THE LAST WAR, is out in July from Tickety Boo Press and is the first in a science - fiction trilogy following the aliens of the Noukari.

SAGA, the new science fiction and fantasy imprint from Simon & Schuster, debuts next spring with an exciting slate of books — including the first novel from Hugo, Nebula, and many other awards - winning writer Ken Liu.

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He's an American author of epic fantasy & science fiction, best known for his debut series, The Riyria Revelations, which has been translated into fourteen languages, and which The crown conspiracy is a part.

His debut novel, No Hero was described by Publisher's Weekly as «a funny, dark, rip - roaring adventure with a lot of heart, highly recommended for urban fantasy and light science fiction readers alike.»

Her written work includes user manuals for off the shelf software and a debut science fiction novel titled Vokhtah.

SAN FRANCISCO — May the 4th (Star Wars Day), 2018 — Fuse Literary's Short Fuse Publishing division today debuted a new imprint for science fiction, fantasy and horror (SFFH) stories: STRANGE FUSE.

Jane Doe at Del Rey Books suggested that I contact you regarding representation for my debut science fiction novel, Arbormancer.