sci-fi month

Many of the world's greatest creations have been foretold by science fiction. Everything from submarines to space travel have been predicted by these prophets of sci-fi, but few writers have reached the level of prophetic predictions as…

The noughties were naughty indeed, as we - rather strangely - had far less great sci-fi movies than in the 1980s and ‘90s. Maybe 911 is to blame? If so, we are beginning to get over it, I think, because 2010 alone offered several movies…

The 1990s was quite an impressive decade for sci-fi movies; a near-worthy rival of the ‘80s. 1997 alone was probably the best year ever for good science fiction movies; besides the four spectacular ones on the list below, there was also the…

While the 1970s did not overflow with lots of fantastic sci-fi movies (other than Star Wars), the 1980s is a whole ‘nother story. This is where the modern sensibilities and progressive ideas that were released in the ‘60s and ‘70s really…

Animated movies, like comic books, are stigmatized by the public’s general perception of them as being for children. The medium can be an artform in its own right, but very few adult-oriented animated features are produced - and no, Battle…

A couple of the FlickFeast contributors were riffing in the forum on the question of science fiction, and why it was that, to quote the Venerable Kev, so many science fiction films "hide some very, very dark stuff with a nice glossy coating…

It's hard to think of material that has been revised and re-interpreted as much as The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It's even harder to think of something that has gone through so many mediums and retained an essence of quality that…

A lot of interesting, political and experimental things happened in the cinema of the seventies, but it was not a great decade for science fiction movies. Granted, there was a handful of trashy, low-budget sci-fi/horror movies (in that era,…

I remember years ago when I was sucked into the world of Resident Evil on my Playstation and couldn't wait to get another fix. Something that had the same mix of gameplay and thrills. Something that was of similar quality. A friend of mine…

Of course, when talking about anything L. Ron Hubbard related, the first thing one is obliged to do is to categorically deny any involvement with the Church of Scientology. Consider it done. Nevertheless, Hubbard was a science fiction…