There are so many sci-fi movies that are masterful yet kind of underrated overall, including Woman in the Moon, Godzilla vs.

Anyone could make a mistake in thinking that the “fiction” bit of science fiction absolves the genre of any responsibility to the real thing. To pick just the movie to illustrate the point, 2019’s ...

Movies like Arrival and Interstellar marry the grounded, fact-based traits of hard science with the emotional, ...

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Just because sci-fi movies involve fiction doesn't mean they're nonsense space fantasy. These movies are accurate enough to ...

Among this month’s picks, there’s a blend of sci-fi and Hindu mythology, plus Nicolas Cage in postapocalyptic times. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Stream it on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. Like the ...

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Are you a science nerd who also loves movies? A cinephile looking to learn something new after a visit to the theater? All of the above? Me too. In this newsletter, we’ll talk about movies through the ...

No one has ever gone to Michael Bay movies for logic or easy-to-follow filmmaking, to say nothing of science. But you probably wouldn’t be surprised to learn that actual physicists don’t think much ...

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In this month’s picks, original takes on zombies, time travel and fatherhood. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Rent or buy it on most major platforms. Movies about motherhood driving women round the bend are ...