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DC food
fromInverse
3 hours ago

21 Years Later, Apple TV's Biggest Epic Just Rebooted An Awesome 'Battlestar' Concept

For All Mankind Season 5 explores a Mars murder mystery while hinting at connections to Battlestar Galactica's alternate history.
DC food
fromInverse
3 hours ago

21 Years Later, Apple TV's Biggest Epic Just Rebooted An Awesome 'Battlestar' Concept

For All Mankind Season 5 explores a Mars murder mystery while hinting at connections to Battlestar Galactica's alternate history.
Film
from48 hills
1 day ago

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company - 48 hills

Love can take unconventional forms, as seen in films featuring relationships with aliens, witches, and other offbeat characters.
fromInverse
1 day ago

'Project Hail Mary's' Relativity Problem Is More Complicated Than You Think

"I've done a lot of time-dilated travel." This statement encapsulates the essence of Grace's journey, highlighting the profound effects of traveling at speeds approaching light, where time for the traveler slows down significantly compared to those remaining on Earth.
OMG science
#time-loop
fromInverse
2 days ago
Independent films

15 Years Ago, One Underrated Sci-Fi Thriller Set A New Time-Loop Standard

Time-loop stories allow characters to explore alternate destinies, creating a unique narrative experience that blends control with the unpredictability of choices.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Film

All You Need is Kill review time loop anime offers giant alien flower for Groundhog Day with mechs

The new adaptation of Sakurazaka's novel is inferior, lacking engaging characterization and inner spark, making its time-loop premise tedious despite strong visuals.
Independent films
fromInverse
2 days ago

15 Years Ago, One Underrated Sci-Fi Thriller Set A New Time-Loop Standard

Time-loop stories allow characters to explore alternate destinies, creating a unique narrative experience that blends control with the unpredictability of choices.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
2 days ago

The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades

Cameron Reed's science fiction explores cognitive estrangement, revealing alien worlds that reflect and challenge our own societal norms and moral dilemmas.
Television
fromSlate Magazine
3 days ago

Hulu's Postapocalyptic Hit Encapsulates a Major Problem With Current-Day Politics

Paradise blends genres to critique America's dependence on technology while exploring themes of connection and family.
#project-hail-mary
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Ryan Gosling and a cute alien team up to save humanity in 'Project Hail Mary'

Project Hail Mary emphasizes knowledge, patience, curiosity, and collaboration as essential for overcoming impossible odds in dire situations.
Television
fromKotaku
4 days ago

Project Hail Mary Writer Apologizes For Taking Shots At Star Trek

Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary succeeds, while Andy Weir criticizes modern Star Trek and apologizes for past comments on social commentary in sci-fi.
Independent films
fromTechCrunch
5 days ago

'Project Hail Mary' becomes Amazon MGM's biggest box office hit | TechCrunch

Project Hail Mary has become Amazon's highest grossing movie, surpassing Creed III, with a budget of $200 million.
OMG science
fromIndependent
6 days ago

Luke O'Neill: What I think about Ryan Gosling's new movie on space science

The film 'Project Hail Mary' features a mission to save the sun from astrophages.
OMG science
fromBig Think
1 week ago

How "Project Hair Mary" turns hardcore science into page-turning drama

Ryland Grace, a science teacher, awakens in space on a mission to save humanity from extinction.
Books
fromInverse
1 week ago

Behind 'Project Hail Mary' And The Hard Sci-Fi Renaissance - And What's Next

Andy Weir's evolution as a sci-fi author reflects a blend of realism and personal growth in his characters and storytelling.
Books
fromScary Mommy
1 week ago

What We Read In March 2026: The Books Scary Mommy Editors Recommend Right Now

The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff is an emotional exploration of forgiveness, grief, and family dysfunction.
Books
fromInverse
1 week ago

Is That Weird 'Foundation' Game Connected To The Books Or The Show?

Isaac Asimov's influence on science fiction is profound, with his works inspiring many authors and adaptations, including the recent Foundation series.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Tech Barons Like Elon Musk Love Sci-Fi. They Also Misunderstand It Completely.

Technology moguls often misinterpret the messages of science fiction, despite their admiration for the genre.
OMG science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

Can future astronauts be put into comas for long-distance space travel?

Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher, wakes up on a spaceship to save the sun from dying, blending real science with fictional elements.
#dan-simmons
#starship-troopers
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

How Auroch Digital Resurrected A Cult Classic Sci-Fi Film

Starship Troopers significantly influences modern sci-fi gaming, impacting titles like Halo and Gears of War with its aesthetic and worldbuilding.
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

How Auroch Digital Resurrected A Cult Classic Sci-Fi Film

Starship Troopers significantly influences modern sci-fi gaming, impacting titles like Halo and Gears of War with its aesthetic and worldbuilding.
#film-adaptation
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago
Independent films

Why Project Hail Mary's creators were 'scared' about making the sci-fi adaptation

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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Who Says You Can't Have Fun During the Apocalypse?

Project Hail Mary presents a hopeful narrative of humanity uniting to face an apocalyptic threat, blending humor with high-stakes science fiction.
Film
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Ryan Gosling's New Movie Is a Thrilling, Funny, Adorable Adaptation of a Megahit Sci-Fi Novel

Phil Lord and Chris Miller adapt Andy Weir's sci-fi novel into a film blending multiple genre influences, following a stranded astronaut who befriends an alien while drawing thematic elements from Interstellar, Close Encounters, and Galaxy Quest.
Independent films
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Why Project Hail Mary's creators were 'scared' about making the sci-fi adaptation

Screenwriter Drew Goddard faced significant challenges adapting Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary into a film due to its ambitious scope, mature themes, and intimate emotional core set against a celestial backdrop.
#film-criticism
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago
Film

Ryan Gosling's Space Movie Doesn't Land

Project Hail Mary is a smoothly engineered crowd-pleaser where science-fiction and comedy undermine each other rather than complement one another.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Film

In the Blink of an Eye review Pixar director's long-delayed sci-fi epic falls flat

Andrew Stanton's sci-fi epic spanning 45,000 years to future planets fails to deliver emotional depth or narrative coherence, resulting in an awkwardly constructed and unintentionally comedic film.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Ryan Gosling's Space Movie Doesn't Land

Project Hail Mary is a smoothly engineered crowd-pleaser where science-fiction and comedy undermine each other rather than complement one another.
OMG science
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary film builds dazzling new worlds - and grounds them in science

Project Hail Mary depicts a lone astronaut using scientific knowledge across multiple disciplines to save Earth from a dying Sun, maintaining scientific accuracy through detailed calculations in orbital mechanics and astrophysics.
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary Needs About 39 Percent Fewer Jokes

Project Hail Mary is an entertaining science-fiction adventure that balances humor with an intriguing apocalyptic story about stopping star-eating organisms threatening Earth.
#dune-part-three
Django
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The messiah rises in Dune: Part Three's new trailer

Dune: Part Three trailer reveals Paul and Chani expecting twins while Paul wages war for universal control, with threats from Scytale, Alia, and resurrected Duncan Idaho complicating his power.
Django
fromConsequence
2 weeks ago

Dune: Part Three Trailer Teases the End of the Saga: Watch

Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Three concludes Paul Atreides' story with an epic desert battle, featuring a star-studded cast and releasing December 18, 2026.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

War, inheritance anda baby? First Dune: Part Three trailer is here

The first trailer for Dune: Part Three reveals Paul Atreides and Chani reconciled with a possible child, expanded war across the galaxy, and Robert Pattinson as new villain Scytale, with significant departures from Frank Herbert's source material.
Film
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Aliens announce their presence in latest Disclosure Day trailer

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day employs deliberately vague marketing, revealing minimal plot details while hinting at an alien contact premise through cryptic Super Bowl trailer imagery.
Independent films
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

AI companies fighting with the U.S. government over safety? 'The X-Files' predicted it in 1993

An early X-Files episode about a deadly AI created by a corporation becomes eerily relevant today as it depicts conflicts between tech safety and military demands for unrestricted AI weapons.
Film
fromIrish Independent
3 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary review: Ryan Gosling shows star power in interstellar sci-fi classic

Project Hail Mary successfully adapts hard science fiction into cinema, balancing scientific accuracy with entertainment through skilled filmmaking and casting.
Film
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

'Project Hail Mary' Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Have 'a Chip' on Their Shoulders - but Not About This Film

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller return to directing after 12 years with 'Project Hail Mary,' a sci-fi film where a former scientist must investigate organisms destroying stars across the galaxy.
fromwww.inverse.com
3 weeks ago

The 25 Movies We Can't Wait To See At SXSW

South by Southwest is not the only annual genre fest out there by any means, but its equal focus on film, music, and tech makes it nearly unmissable for many a genre fan. The Austin-set fest has almost too much to offer, however you slice it: Building one's schedule feels like a perpetual exercise in killing your darlings.
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fromInverse
3 weeks ago

One Michael Crichton Classic Created One Of The Best Alien Invasion Stories Ever

An alien microbe from a returned satellite threatens to destroy all life on Earth, forcing scientists to race against time to contain it before it spreads beyond their isolated research facility.
Film
fromThe Independent
3 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary doesn't suggest great things for the future of cinema - review

Project Hail Mary blends nostalgic 1970s filmmaking aesthetics with modern sci-fi storytelling, following an astronaut and alien collaborating to save their planets through scientific cooperation.
Independent films
fromianVisits
3 weeks ago

Barbican turns east to rethink the Cold War on screen

A Barbican film season explores how Eastern European filmmakers imagined nuclear threats during the Cold War, spanning seven decades from 1960 to the 2020s with diverse genres and visual styles.
Film
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

'Project Hail Mary' Review: Ryan Gosling Goes Full 'Martian,' and Thank the Heavens for That

Project Hail Mary follows an amnesiac astronaut awakening on a spaceship, exploring identity and unlikely friendship through a compelling sci-fi adventure that blends multiple film genres.
Film
fromConsequence
3 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary Review: Ryan Gosling's Bold Sci-Fi Adventure Brings the Wonder Back to Space

Project Hail Mary depicts humanity's survival depending on an unprepared astronaut who discovers that salvation requires cooperation with an alien species rather than individual effort.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary review Ryan Gosling's charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission

A high school science teacher wakes aboard a desperate space mission to save Earth from alien microbes destroying the sun, guided by an alien companion named Rocky.
Film
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

'Project Hail Mary' Is Popcorn Sci-Fi At Its Most Crowdpleasing

Project Hail Mary adapts Andy Weir's hard science fiction novel into a visually spectacular blockbuster that balances complex scientific concepts with humor and emotional depth through Ryan Gosling's charismatic performance.
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best

Have you ever wondered what Arrival would be like if it was also a goofy buddy comedy? Me neither. And yet the strange combination somehow fits together in Project Hail Mary. The movie follows a scientist who travels to the far reaches of the universe to save humanity and is forced to work alongside an alien in the same position. It's silly and heartfelt, tense and hopeful.
Independent films
Books
fromScary Mommy
3 weeks ago

Ryan Gosling Says 'Project Hail Mary' Is The Kind Of Movie He Wants His Kids To Grow Up With

Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi film about space survival that combines grand scale with intimate human storytelling, emphasizing hope and the capacity for extraordinary achievement through collaboration.
Science
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Xprize founder Peter Diamandis launches new contest to manifest a new Star Trek | TechCrunch

Peter Diamandis launched a $3.5 million XPrize to encourage optimistic science fiction depicting technology as a force for good, countering the current trend of dystopian narratives in media.
fromInverse
4 weeks ago

Netflix Just Quietly Released The Most Creative Sci-Fi Thriller Of The Year

I was floating around this idea in my head, I knew I wanted to tell a story about the last 24 hours of the simulated mission as part of the Army Ranger selection program. Then I had this horrific nightmare where I was being stalked in a forest with rain and lightning, and I just saw the foot of this giant metallic beast, and it was stalking me, and it had this laser that was sweeping over.
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Arts
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

If you loved 'Bugonia,' here's what to watch next

Bugonia, a Yorgos Lanthimos remake of a 2003 Korean thriller starring Emma Stone, combines tonal shifts and violence with accessibility, earning four Academy Award nominations.
Film
fromIrish Independent
4 weeks ago

The Bride! review: Jessie Buckley let down by shoddy writing and toneless direction in ugly, irritating film

The Bride! is an erratic gothic romance that combines Bonnie and Clyde with Joker: Folie à Deux, featuring a confusing plot about a lab-created monster and a revived murder victim on the run from police.
Books
fromInsideHook
1 month ago

The 11 Books You Should Be Reading This March

March book recommendations span baseball history, musical theater biography, alternate timeline fiction, and military science fiction exploring diverse topics from the Mets to Sondheim to AI warfare.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

'Hoppers' Is A Gonzo Reinvention Of The Age-Old Disney Formula

Hoppers blends environmental themes with science fiction through a distinctive visual style, creating an unconventional Disney-Pixar collaboration that balances whimsy with substantive storytelling.
Books
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77

Dan Simmons, author of the acclaimed Hyperion Cantos, died from a stroke at 77, leaving behind a legacy spanning horror, historical, and science fiction genres.
fromInverse
1 month ago

Wyatt Russell Reveals His Early Marvel Worries, Says Captain America Was "Like a Death Sentence"

I'm able to give this character the things that I want to be able to give this character, then you have the right guy. Russell says of his process in finding the vibe of the men he plays, emphasizing his intentional approach to embodying reluctant heroes across both Marvel and the Monsterverse.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

How The Director of 'WALL-E' Made The Year's Most "Wholesome" Sci-Fi Movie

In the Blink of an Eye uses three interconnected stories spanning thousands of years—Neanderthals, modern academics, and a distant future pilot—to explore universal themes of love, connection, and human continuity across time.
fromLondon Unattached
1 month ago

Neon Dance: Last and First Men- The Coronet Review

The Coronet Theatre's determination to present new, ground-breaking, often challenging international work, some of which would probably never be seen in this country otherwise, is admirable. A look at this historic Notting Hill venue's programme for any given season will reveal a cornucopia of poetry, theatre, puppetry, dance, visual arts and multi-disciplionary shows by national and international artists.
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Television
fromWIRED
1 month ago

The 10 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month

February's streaming lineup features diverse, swoon-worthy shows across romance, sci-fi, postapocalyptic, fantasy, and documentary genres for varied viewing tastes.
#animation
Science
fromBig Think
1 month ago

5 sci-fi books that foreshadowed the future of biology

Science-fiction foresaw biotechnologies like IVF and artificial wombs, and modern biotech now treats disease, restores abilities, and enables family-building.
#romance
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Why a Korean film exec is betting big on AI

"The CEO said: Koreans don't do sci-fi," Park recalls. "It's a Hollywood thing. The budgets are too big. It doesn't really make sense. It will never look real."
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#steven-spielberg
fromJezebel
3 months ago
Film

Josh O'Connor Thinks We Deserve The Truth In First Trailer For Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day

fromJezebel
3 months ago
Film

Josh O'Connor Thinks We Deserve The Truth In First Trailer For Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day

Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

70 Years Ago, A Creepy Thriller Spawned An Infamous Sci-Fi Trope

A small town is overtaken by emotionless duplicates grown from alien seedpods, creating paranoia as neighbors are silently replaced and social trust collapses.
Film
fromInverse
1 month ago

'Zi' Is An Existential Dream Wrapped In A Time-Travel Movie

Zi follows a grieving Hong Kong woman who experiences visions of her future self, blending dreamy existential sci‑fi with minimal plot and striking imagery.
#apple-tv
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Does the future of advertising have to be dystopian?

Advertising's pursuit of personalization risks pervasive, dystopian consumer manipulation, but alternative, less invasive futures remain possible.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 months ago

Dialect: Full Serpent EP

Dialect blends ghostly traditional recordings and glossy electronics to blur boundaries between past and future, creating utopian, narrative-rich ambient collages.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Eternally spellbinding': the TV shows that baffle you but you can't get enough of

Catterick, Monkey Dust, The OA, and Mrs Davies deliver surreal, darkly comic, and increasingly bizarre narratives blending crime, dreamlike animation, sci‑fi, and oddball humor.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I have the power!: Is the new He-Man film taking itself too seriously again?

Setting science fiction or fantasy action within our solar system often undermines epic imagination, reducing cosmic wonder to mundane, ill-fitting contemporary locales.
fromInverse
2 months ago

Hulu Just Quietly Released The Most Ridiculous Sci-Fi Show Of The Year

I try to be a sophisticated TV viewer. I watch as many miniseries as I can, keep up to date with the latest in Prestige TV, and make sure I don't miss out on any sleeper hits. However, I'm also self-actualized enough to admit that I love my fair share of slop. I religiously watch RuPaul's Drag Race, 90 Day Fiancé, and whatever weird reality craze has grasped pop culture.
Television
fromInverse
2 months ago

47 Years Later, The Most Hardcore Sci-Fi Show You've Never Heard Of Is Getting Rebooted

When someone mentions 1970s science fiction about a band of rebels fighting an evil, totalitarian space regime, your mind almost certainly goes to the original 1977 Star Wars.Failing that, you might think about the 1978 Battlestar Galactica, or even the TV and film versions of Logan's Run. But the oddest and most under-the-radar 1970s sci-fi rebellion show was Created by Terry Nation (the man who gave us the Daleks), Blake's 7 was ahead of its time when it debuted in 1978.
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fromInverse
2 months ago

33 Years Later, Paul Giamatti Pays Homage To An Underrated Star Trek Villain

Paul Giamatti plays Nus Braka, a half-Klingon half-Tellarite antagonist, reflecting a lifelong engagement with science fiction and bringing menace and pathos to the role.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror review roundup

Two novels blend science-fiction or supernatural elements with intimate suspense: an alien-linked serial-killer investigation and a Cornish folk horror about ancient sea pacts and sisterhood.
#sleep
Science
fromInverse
2 months ago

What Sci-Fi Gets So Wrong About Suspended Animation - And Why The Truth Is So Much Wilder

Science-fiction commonly misrepresents suspended animation, while real hibernation and deep-sleep research reveals diverse physiological possibilities and advancing practical prospects.
Film
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

'Tron: Ares' to roll onto Disney+ for the new year

Tron: Ares, starring Jared Leto and Greta Lee and directed by Joachim Rønning, streams exclusively on Disney+ January 7 with IMAX Enhanced presentation.
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

What Stranger Things gets right about wormholes

His star student, Erica played by Priah Ferguson eagerly raises her hand. "They allow matter to travel between galaxies or dimensions without crossing the space between," she says from the front row. The story is set in Indiana in a fictional town called Hawkins that gets caught up with a paranormal world and its various villains. Much of Stranger Things is a love letter to the 80s; this scene is straight out of a John Hughes movie.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

TV Technica: Our favorite shows of 2025

Streaming platforms reigned supreme, with Netflix and Apple TV dominating our list with seven and five selections each. Genre-wise, we've got a bit of everything: period dramas ( The Gilded Age, Outrageous), superheroes ( Daredevil: Born Again), mysteries ( Ludwig, Poker Face, Dept. Q), political thrillers ( The Diplomats, Slow Horses), science fiction ( Andor, Severance, Alien: Earth), broody fantasy ( The Sandman), and even an unconventional nature documentary ( Underdogs).
Television
fromThe Verge
3 months ago

Disclosure Day's first trailer teases close encounters of a different kind

The first trailer for Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day is here, and it will leave you with more questions than answers about what exactly is going on. There is no denying that something strange is happening to a Kansas City newscaster (Emily Blunt) who goes into a strange trance on-air in Disclosure Day 's new trailer.
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fromBig Think
3 months ago

How life changes when you start embracing mystery

I wanted to say three extemporaneous things before I launch it in my prepared comments. The first was I wanted to thank Freethink and the Templeton Foundation. What an amazing night. I mean, I'm, I'm just like so impressed and moved and, you know, the last act, I just, I sort of wish I was on mushrooms now, and when they asked me to do this, I thought, yeah, sure.
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Television
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Netflix paid $55 million for a 'visionary' sci-fi epic that was never finished. We saw a glimpse of it at the director's criminal trial.

Carl Rinsch was convicted of defrauding Netflix after allegedly spending $11 million intended to finish his sci-fi series "White Horse" on personal expenses.
Film
fromInverse
3 months ago

The Most Surreal Sci-Fi Movie Of The Year Is A Mind-Bending Masterpiece

Resurrection is a six-chapter, centuries-spanning sci-fi epic that charts cinema's history while exploring art's emotional power and the human consequences of lost dreaming.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The War Between the Land and the Sea review prepare to roll your eyes a lot at this fishy Doctor Who spinoff

A Doctor Who spin-off centers on Unit clerk Barclay confronting Sea Devils—ancient humanoid fish with mysterious neck pearls—amid global disruptions and political crisis.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

What If the Moon Were Cheese? John Scalzi's Latest Book Has the Answer

If the moon were to suddenly turn to cheese, the movie pitches would be insufferable. Astronauts would be irritated, grad students would be demoralized and news articles would overflow with terrible puns. The great jaws of the Internet would get hold of the details, churning out doomsday scenarios, memes and conspiracies. And that's even before the moon cheese would start to compress, creating geysers of material and a dangerously unstable lunar landscape.
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fromThe Verge
3 months ago

Pluribus turns a 'caloric deficit' into a nightmare

Pluribus is a slow-burn sci-fi about survivor Carol amid a cheerful hive mind, and episode 5 reveals the hive mind's beverage, which is disliked.
Film
fromInverse
3 months ago

45 Years Ago, An Iconic Space Opera Wasted Its Potential With A Fatal Mistake

The 1980 Flash Gordon film is a colorfully styled but uneven, self-mocking adaptation that's more cult comedy than effective science fiction.
Television
fromInverse
4 months ago

The 25 Best TV Shows Of The Year, Ranked

Genre-driven, boundary-pushing television dominated 2025, blending provocative messaging, horror trends, and standout performances for broad pop-culture impact.
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