Rain: by Skymax
AI’s may not interpret things the way humans do.
Sci-Fi Short Film “Science+” | DUST
A science video, a shrink ray and an ant problem, and these ants don’t speak Chinese.
REVIEW: THE ROOKIES (2019)
If you’re a fan of Chinese action movies and Milla Jovovich, this movie sounds like a good bet… but it’s not. Only for the Jovovich completist. And maybe not then.
Anime roundup 4/15/2021: Buffer Overflow
In this week’s viewing: Lots more spring premieres, and there are officially too many good things to watch this season.
Novedades de Marzo en Hispanoamérica.
Peruvian critic Fernando Osorio needs some help; new releases from Ediciones Ayarmanot, Cathartes Ediciones, Letras en Rojo, Pages of Foam and others; new issues from Axxon, Machine Combinatorial, Primero Sueño and more; new videos, events and more
REVIEWS: MARCH-APRIL 2021 F&SF and FREAKY
Steve reviews the March-April F&SF and then the newish movie “Freaky.” Should you watch it? Maybe, if you’re younger than, say, 30. Otherwise… meh.
Anime roundup 4/8/2021: Fresh Start
In this week’s viewing: All-new season, all-new shows!
Sci-Fi Short Film: “A Robot is a Robot” | DUST
A disabled robot war veteran finds its home among humans in the tender care of an old lady, and her hair salon for cats.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “The Workplace” | DUST
In a future economy subsumed by technological employment, humans continue to find meaning through their “work” — where the lucky ones get to show up to an “office” from 9-5 and live out their mundane workplace fantasies.
Plant
In a near future humanity has been forced to flee the Earth, a planet now uninhabitable due to wars and climatic turmoils. On the space station Explorer 7, Karen is now ready to deploy on the planet to complete an important mission: to restore mankind’s hope.
Dirty Machines
A time traveler takes a tour of “The Birth of Time Travel”.
Timothee
Timothee is a story of a humanoid boy trying to navigate life in the northern part of Nigeria as he finds himself in a series of misfortunate events that come as a result of his past.
Advent Rising
a post apocalyptic future where artificial intelligence has taken over. Singularity has been achieved. However it has not been favorable to humanity. Hanna- an Augmented human, and her partner are on a mission to rally with a group of resistance fighters
Sci-Fi Short Film: “BYGONE” | DUST
An old man, with a receding memory, pays to view synthetic recreations of his mother and childhood.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “New Mars” | DUST
Earth is no more. A new generation lives underground on Mars preparing to begin a new life as the colonists of a planet which is being terraformed into a new habitable world.
Anime roundup 4/1/2021: The Road Goes Ever On and On
In this week’s viewing: Wrapping up the season with three shows and no endings.
Godzilla VS Kong: Review
Godzilla VS Kong: A hot mess not worth a nickel.
Watch the Australian Sci-Fi Showcase Online April 3-4
Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest presents the Australian Sci-Fi Showcase in association with Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival on Saturday to Sunday, April 3-4, 2021.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “FLOATERS” | DUST
Even in the future, people are idiots, they’re just in spaceships now.
Spring 2021 SF Anime Preview
Spring, and an anime fan’s fancy turns to the insane number of new shows coming our way momentarily.
Veronica Scott Reviews SF Film “Skylines”
This third entry in the Skylines trilogy doesn’t quite hold up the tent
Anime roundup 3/25/2021: Trapped in the Past
In this week’s viewing: Higurashi gets a flashback, Attack on Titan gets a flashback, everyone gets a flashback!
Sci-Fi Short Film: “Here Comes Frieda” | DUSTExclusive
As yet another superstorm bears down on a desperate, weary city in the year 2040, a young woman seeks to redeem her winning sweepstakes ticket for a better life in a low Earth orbit paradise.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “This is a Test” | DUST
A man from another dimension loops through time in search of the ultimate answer, accompanied only by his unusual pets.
The Utopia Trial
How do you get into Utopia? With violence, of course.
Migrants
Very cool CGI of Martian terraforming
Sci-Fi Short Film: “High Score” | DUST
Post apocalypse, communications may take unusual forms
Lucid
What if you can no longer tell the virtual from the reality?
Anime roundup 3/18/2021: Winds of Change
In this week’s viewing: Re:ZERO definitively sets things on a new course, Wonder Egg Priority is all about changes ahead, and more!
Sci-Fi Short Film: “Kiko” | DUST
Kiko, a lonely retail service android, longs for the world beyond her store.