Although M. Night Shyamalan’s earlier horror success quickly made him a Hollywood legend, his penchant for twist endings went a bit too far with a divisive sci-fi blockbuster from 2002. Not all of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies actually have twist endings, but it is still easy to see how the director’s name became synonymous with […]
Apple TV’s Dark Matter got acclaim and a dedicated cult following when it premiered in 2024, but that didn’t translate into the same kind of mainstream popularity that other sci-fi shows have enjoyed. Part of the problem may have been the fact that Dark Matter Season 1 was a sci-fi series that examined the multiverse, […]
Dystopian sci-fi, when done right, is often genre-defining. Think about the impact Blade Runner continues to have on film and filmmaking. Try to imagine popular culture without The Matrix, or Black Mirror, or The Planet of the Apes franchise. These stories have shaped not just the genre to which they belong, but the medium through […]
Sci-fi is always a gamble. It’s not full of stories that are for everyone, and there’s generally a lot to pick apart in the genre’s film and television offerings. But when sci-fi works, it truly works, with movies and shows that go on to become some of the most beloved of all time. That is […]
Viral marketing has gone to new levels in recent years, with studios uisng live events and performances as means of promoting their latest films and TV shows. Netflix is no stranger to the impact that viral marketing creates, and the campaign for the streaming service’s latest film is going to go down in history as […]
One sci-fi horror franchise reboot managed to salvage an iconic franchise plagued by terrible reboots and sequels, even though the superb outing still went straight to streaming. If the critical failure of Scream 7 proves anything, it is that no horror franchise can maintain its popularity forever. While the first Alien sequel, Aliens, was a […]