Introduction Prometheus, released in 2012, is a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, who famously helmed Alien in 1979. The screenplay for the film was composed by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. While the film started off as a straightforward prequel to Alien, it gradually transformed into a standalone story set in the […]
Synopsis Adrift is a romantic survival drama directed by Baltasar Kormákur in 2018. The film is based on the true story of a couple Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp who got trapped in the Pacific Ocean due to one of the most powerful hurricanes in history. Kormákur’s film is inspired by Oldham’s memoir Red Sky
The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and released by 20th Century Fox. Matt Damon starred in the film portraying the character Mark Watney, who is an astronaut stranded alone on Mars during a fierce storm. Watney tries to survive until he is rescued by using a combination of
Synopsis & Plot Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings opens with Shang-Chi, a gifted fighter now calling himself Shaun as he blends into San Franciscos city rhythm. He keeps a careful distance from the turbulent legacy of his family and his father, but that fragile calm shatters when masked killers snatch a pendant
Synopsis Logan Lucky is a 2017 heist-comedy film by Steven Soderbergh, who is known for directing the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy, Traffic, and Erin Brockovich. Soderbergh creates an off-beat and heartwarming crime caper in this film which isn’t set in the flashy Las Vegas, but rather in the beer-guzzling, rural South of West Virginia and North
Synopsis In 2014, Christopher Nolan directed Interstellar, a science fiction film he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan that featured actors Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and Michael Caine. The film is set in a dystopian future where climate change renders Earth increasingly uninhabitable. It follows the journeys of a group of astronauts who
Synopsis The internationally-acclaimed action thriller The Shadow Strays was released on March 13, 2024. It is set in Indonesia and is directed by Timo Tjahjanto who is famed for his stylized action sequences, as well as, his gritty crime dramas. Timo blended authentic Jeremiah-centered storytelling with the raw-cinema energy of Southeast Asian Action films. The
“Rim of the World” is a 2019 American science fiction adventure film directed by McG of Charlie’s Angels and The Babysitter fame, with the screenplay by Zack Stentz. The movie attempts to blend the allure of 1980s children’s adventure films with contemporary alien invasion stories. Although the film did not receive particularly positive reviews, it
Synopsis Golden Kamuy (2024) is a live-action Japanese film produced by Kudo Shigeaki which is set during the Meiji Period, following the Russo-Japanese War and the Ainu War, telling the story of a decaying nation while exploring the themes of honor, greed, cultural identity, and survival. Based of Satoru Noda’s award-winning manga series, it centers
Synopsis “I Heart Robots” is a 2024 science fiction drama that seamlessly intertwines the warmth of human relationships with the harsh realities of a post-apocalyptic world. The film takes place two years after a global collapse of technology, in the near future. This collapse was caused by a rogue artificial intelligence signal which transformed helpful
