Wicked City tells a compelling story with style to spare, but its body horror and sexual violence is probably too much for most viewers (myself included).

Visually and technically breathtaking but riddled with a number of sci-fi/action movie clichés.

The Host’s incredibly strong focus on the family element gives the film a depth that no effects budget could ever achieve.

The new movie Doctor Strange reminds us that there are forces at work that we cannot see.

This 1983 Star Trek novel contains a threat to two universes, bizarre alien technology, and a deeply emotional view of the Enterprise crew.

This classic serial from Hollywood’s pre-Code era features aerial stunts and sequences that are still thrilling to watch after almost a century.

Thrilling aerial combat and super-cool designs can’t make up for a muddled and confusing storyline.

Michelle Yeoh shines in this trippy sci-fi epic about a woman struggling to pay her taxes, run her family’s laundromat, and save the multiverse.

Direct-to-video martial arts action comedies from the mid-to-late ’90s don’t get much better than this.

A shallow, mean-spirited movie obsessed with proving its own cleverness time and again.

There’s a certain charm to this inept German film about Christians battling religious persecution brought on by the pandemic.

Borne out of personal loss, the fourth Matrix film trades kung fu and bullet time for something more emotional.

Part cyberpunk dystopia, part Cold War spy thriller, Neil Sharpson’s new novel is a fascinating read.

Even with Chris Pratt and J. K. Simmons, Amazon’s big-budget blockbuster falls flat on almost every front.

In this Image Comics series, every conspiracy theory is real… or has the potential to become real.

Influenced by Walter Hill’s “Streets of Fire,” this OVA is a prime example of cheesy ’80s sci-fi/action anime.

Netflix’s manga adaptation is an entertaining blend of angst-y melodrama and dark, bloody suspense.

A blend of hard science, historical philosophy, and “B” movie escapades that’s by turns fascinating, fun, and frustrating.

Jóhann Jóhannsson’s final work is this adaptation of a 1930 sci-fi novel about the end of humanity in the distant future.

The show’s three seasons, which span multiple eras in an isolated German town, make for some confusing and captivating viewing.