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THE SILENT STAR. First Sci-Fi adaptation of Stanislaw Lem

After World War II, American science fiction cinema experienced a remarkably dynamic revival, although the quality of the emerging films varied.

PILOT PIRX'S INQUEST. Surprisingly good Stanislaw Lem's adaptation

PILOT PIRX'S INQUEST. Surprisingly good adaptation of Stanislaw Lem

What is humanity? Can it be calculated, computed, or predetermined in value?

S1M0NE / SIMONE. Bitterly ironic piece of science fiction

Once, the truth was accepted as what one could see with one’s own eyes.

Full filmography of Stanley Kubrick, cinematic genius

Matthew Modine once told Kubrick a joke. “Imagine you died.” Kubrick replied, “It’s not funny.” “But imagine if...

Screen adaptations of STANISLAW LEM, a science fiction GENIUS

Hollywood very rarely uses Lem’s science fiction works. Steven Soderbergh turned out to be a notable exception.

EVENT HORIZON. One of the BEST science fiction MOVIES ever made

Seven crew members, plus the mysterious Dr. Weir (Sam Neill), led by the charismatic Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), arrive at the Event Horizon...

CARRIE. The legendary horror analysed

Carrie. Almost all of us in our school days had a person in the class who stood out from the rest, was the object of all kinds of ridicule, no one...

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The Apocalypse according to John Carpenter

Between 1982 and 1995, John Carpenter directed nine feature films. They all belonged to the genre of broadly understood science fiction. Each of them...