Fringe (season 5)
{4.5/5} “This is very important. Do not, under any circumstances… is that raspberry filling?” Fringe season 5, aired in 2012-13 The last season, and it’s a shorter one. It takes place 21 years in the future, when the observers have taken over the planet. There’s a resistance, and Olivia and Peter’s daughter is part of […]
Fringe (season 4)
{4.5/5} “Despite my efforts to set things right, these actions only culminated to further corruption of the timeline. The war between the two universes, drastically altered destinies, brought about a child that was not meant to be.” Fringe season 4, aired in 2011-12 Peter has been erased from existence. Both Olivia and Walter are seeing […]
Transcendence
{3.5/5} “Don’t underestimate yourself. You’re the third smartest person I know.” Transcendence, released in 2014 Will and his wife Evelyn are working on a sentient computer. When Will is shot, Evelyn uploads Will’s consciousness into the computer. Will tries to help people, but the way he’s doing it scares other people including the FBI. Johnny […]
Under the Skin
{1.5/5} “You don’t want to wake up, do you?” Under the Skin, released in 2013 Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who lures men to their death. There’s very little dialogue, and very little explanation. If you are willing to provide your own story when you see a movie, you might like this one. But if, […]
Fringe (season 3)
{4.5/5} “With a basement lab at Harvard Walter was able to open a wormhole into another dimension that essentially shredded all the laws of science. I can’t wait to see what he’s capable of doing with a multibillion dollar corporation.” Fringe season 3, aired in 2010-11 Walter and Peter are back from the alternate universe […]
Conqueror
{4.5.5} Conqueror by Stephen Baxter, published in 2007 Another tour of the history of England with stops in 607, 793, 872, and 1066. This one shows how invaders become locals within a few generations and then are threatened by other invaders. There’s a different prophecy than in the first book and various people are trying […]
Lucy
{3/5} “Life was given to us a billion years ago. What have we done with it?” Lucy, released in 2014 Lucy is inadvertently dosed with a new drug and she becomes the smartest person in the world. Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman give it their best shot but the script lets them down. In terms […]
Snowpiercer
{4.5/5} “My friend, you suffer from the misplaced optimism of the doomed.” Snowpiercer, released in 2013 In the future the only people who are left are stuck on a train travelling around and around. The wealthy people at the front of the train live in luxury and the poor people at the back live in […]
Fringe (season 2)
{5/5} “When you open your mind to the impossible, sometimes you find the truth.” Olivia is back from the alternate universe but she was in a car accident and doesn’t remember what William Bell told her. Eventually she remembers that he had a warning for her: hybrids have been created to open the door between […]
Star Trek: The Wounded Sky
{4/5} “Ever since we came out, I keep expecting to walk through things like a ghost — because I was somewhere so much more real and solid than physical reality that I could see through my hands, couldn’t touch or move anything… The — country — I don’t know where it was. It burned my […]