Scribbles and Ramblings

Jindrich Polák’s IKARIE XB 1 (1963) is one of the most significant Science fiction films ever made yet it is also relatively unknown e...

Many ideas in Science fiction films may appear far fetched when the film is first released yet over time, some of those ideas end up ...

"To everyone’s surprise, the ship didn’t come to a stop…over Manhattan or Washington or Chicago..but instead coasted to a halt di...

Wonders In the Dark is going to be starting a Top 50 Sci ence F iction films countdown this summer. The following is my ballot for the to...

Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival is in a class of its own. It is one of the best genre film festivals in the world and as such enterta...

Dream within a dream within a dream Inception (2010, USA/UK, Christopher Nolan) Alejandro Amenábar beautifully explored the complex wo...

Knowing (2009, USA/UK, Alex Proyas) Note: Spoiler Alert -- key details about Dark City and Knowing are mentioned. More than a decade...

District 9 (2009, South Africa/New Zealand, Neill Blomkamp): 10/10 District 9 is a rare thing -- an intelligent sci-fi alien film with p...

Sometimes key scenes of a film find a way into popular culture and end up serving as inspiration for other movies including spoofs. Such is...

Quite a cinematic treat this week with two very different yet compelling films. First up, one of the best films out there…. Children of M...