“Jupiter Ascending,” despite having a cast full of famous names and some incredible cinematography, seemed more like an awkward cross between “Twilight” and “Star Wars” than the smart, thrilling ...

The world of “Jupiter Ascending” is bursting with vivid details: wolf-man hybrids and flying lizard warriors, invisible spaceships and volcanic kingdoms. The Wachowski siblings, the ...

In 2015, the actor Eddie Redmayne accomplished a rare double achievement. He was awarded Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. Yet shortly before ...

Creating new science fiction movies is hard. In the current decade, science fiction sequels and franchise installments are far more common than original films. And when it comes to massive space opera ...

A science-fiction movie in which a human learns that the Earth is just a small part of a large, inhabited universe? That’s pretty much par for the course. But a science-fiction movie in which she ...

Looking for a movie to see this weekend? World-Herald film critic Bob Fischbach gives a quick rundown of several recent movies. Note to parents: Might want to leave the young ones at home this time.