The Leftovers
There are passages of genuine beauty and joy and weirdness and sadness here, and Lindelof is trying to blaze a generally interesting trail, but all of it feels so calculated, unnatural, and unfelt by its writer.
Drama
Frequency
There’s something universally compelling about humanity’s desire to conquer time and death that make Frequency feel wholesome and life-affirming.
The Man from Earth: Holocene
In an era when a conceptually interesting series is much needed to combat the effects-laden vehicles that pass as “sci-fi” today, it’s a shame that something with a neat idea ended up so bad.
Bubble
Bubble is a startlingly stark look at simple folks who have tough lives and are driven to extremes because of it.
The Man from Earth
Science fiction is one of the toughest genres to do well in film, let alone doing it on a tiny budget and without any special effects.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
He becomes their leader, and pushes these mentally disabled men to realize their potential for breaking through the apathy that dully colors their monotonous lives.
Proof
The title cleverly fills several roles—the mathematical proof central to the plot, but also proof of authorship, sincerity, and love.