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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films Feature Writer: Jason Parent

French director Georges Melies made the first science fiction/fantasy film in 1902. Titled Le Voyage dans la lune -- A Trip to the Moon -- Melies' early, primitive effort ran only 14 minutes.

Since then, such gems as Metropolis (1927), Things to Come (1936), Dr. Cyclops (1940), The Fly (1958), The Illustrated Man (1969), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Soylent Green (1973), Clash of the Titans (1981), Total Recall (1990) and I, Robot (2004) have followed.

If you're a movie fan into time travel, space exploration, robots, cyborgs, death rays, mythology or even a man with X-ray eyes, then you have landed in the right galaxy.

We offer sci-fi/fantasy film retrospectives, reviews, news items, interviews, profiles, auction reports and some of the best images on the Internet.

All aboard for a Fantastic Voyage!


Feature Writer Articles in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films

Krrish Movie Review, with Hrithik Roshan & Rekha
Director Rakesh Roshan creates Krrish, a Bollywood movie masterpiece that doesn't quite comport to mainstream American film tastes, not that it should.
Film Review - Surrogates, Starring Willis, Pike
Director Johnathan Mostow's Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, James Cromwell, Rosamund Pike, and Ving Rhames aims to be a profound sci-fi film. It's not.
G.I. Joe Movie Review and G.I. Joe Sequel Update
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is not a pure action film. It is not a war film. Instead it is a bad CGI-plagued, science fiction dud film. Will a sequel repeat its flaws?
Tekken Movie Release Date Likely in Early 2010
The Tekken movie's release date is uncertain, though its world premiere occurred on November 5, 2009, at the AFM Film Festival. Is Tekken another fighting game film bust?
Shadow of the Colossus Movie? Why?
Shadow of the Colossus isn't the worst video game from which Sony Pictures could make a film. It's not the best either. Will Colossus repeat game-based films' dark past?


Contributing Articles in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films

Film Review – The Box
Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly makes a return to form with a complex tale of morality with a sci-fi twist.
The Box Film Review
A review of new movie The Box. It's a sci-fi thriller with echoes of the old school but it lacks any real edge. Frank Langella makes a bad film mildly watchable.
Moon Film Review
The narrative possibilities wane more than they wax, but "Moon" is a modestly engrossing puzzle-box thriller anchored by a multifaceted performance from Sam Rockwell.
Land of the Lost Movie Review
Marginally better than "Bewitched", if only because it's a fairly straightforward springboard from the original premise, but much of the film is depressingly unfunny.
UK Film Review: 2012
Roland Emmerich creates an anthology of disaster films from the past.