Sci-fi as a genre has continued to thrive throughout the modern era of the 2020s, with numerous amazing and standout films ...

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In the ever-evolving landscape of science fiction cinema, uncovering the finest films can be a challenging task. As your dedicated source for all things science fiction, I've put together a list of ...

If you're like me, then you likely stare at your Netflix home screen for a good period of time, confused about what to watch ...

Great sci-fi films are both fantastical and prescient. They can whisk viewers to a galaxy far, far away or exaggerate real scenarios on a fictionalized version of our planet. But the genre is at its ...

The selling point of Yakov Protazanov’s 1924 silent film Aelita: Queen of Mars isn’t its plot, but its elaborate Constructivist sets and costuming that were highly experimental for the 1920s and ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. A colleague in the sociology department used to teach a course using a film genre from the 1940s and 1950s that presented a ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic ...