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10 Memorable Donald Sutherland Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Movies
Donald Sutherland has departed at the age of 88, but the acting powerhouse will forever live on thanks to his iconic array of performances. While a lot of his best-known works are not in the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror realms (think MASH, National Lampoon’s Animal House, JFK, Pride & Prejudice, and many more)—he did venture…
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The 9 Best (And 7 Worst) Movies Of 2019
So many movies are just “fine.” Movies you sit down, watch, enjoy, and subsequently forget about. You don’t hate them, you don’t love them, they’re just OK. That’s the majority of movies. These are not those movies.
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What Ad Astra Gets Wrong About Space Travel, Astronomy And The Search For Extraterrestrial Life
As an astrophysicist and a film critic, I’ve been waiting my whole life for a big-budget adventure film that spans the whole solar system. There are some stunning sequences in Ad Astra, and many of the details about astronaut life and space travel are spot-on. But some of the themes and ideas that drive the…
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We Need More Near-Future Space Exploration Movies Like Ad Astra
In the lead-up to Ad Astra’s release, many have called it this year’s Interstellar. The two films boast some similarities — a title referencing stars, the prominence of a space-faring father’s relationship with his grown child, threats to the Earth’s environment — but the two projects are quite distinct from one another. Ultimately, the pervasive…