Tag: Sci fi
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There is a very specific brand of medical ethics in 1950s cinema that begins and ends with intravenous injections. When a young woman suffering from severe amnesia sits in a psychiatric ward, the doctors don’t bother with therapy, gentle questioning, or basic patient consent. They simply pull out a syringe filled with an experimental cocktail…
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If you were thinking that Saint Patrick’s Day is a unique backdrop for an alien invasion horror movie, you’d be right. Historically, the few horror movies that do center around the holiday usually have a “killer leprechaun” plot, which makes the body-swapping alien concept of Hulu’s “Crawlers” so unique. Set in the town of Emerald…
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Good dialogue is often underrated these days. I love action just as much as anybody, but I also don’t mind films that are all about people sitting around and talking. If the script and the performances are good enough, an interesting conversation can be just as captivating as any John Wick movie, so when I…