science fiction
ALIEN OUTPOST – Review by Liz Whittemore
The notion that we are not alone in the world is one I thrive on, as a total nerd. Now
Read moreLUCY – Review by Susan Granger
Cleverly utilizing computer-generated imagery, while suspending all sensible logic thru fragmented, episodic story-telling, French writer/director Luc Besson (“La Femme Nikita,” “Leon: The Professional,” “Taken,” “The Transporter”) has created a fast-paced, blood-splattered, eerie escapade, shot on a mere $40 million budget. Obviously inspired by Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam,” Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and Neo in “The Matrix” franchise, Besson even takes the name Lucy from the fossilized skeleton of man’s earliest ancestor, Australopitchecus afarensis, which was discovered in 1974. Read more…
Read moreAWFJ Women On Film – Sharlto Copley Discusses “District 9” – MaryAnn Johanson
I hadn’t yet seen District 9 when I first met Sharlto Copley. I’d seen the trailer, of course, before I
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