scifi/fantasy | Noetic Mechanics

The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

September 16, 2026 0

All that hard work building a romantic relationship, and the screenwriter throws it all away at the end. With all the tools the four writers had (in a fantasy film, no less) they could at […]

Pandorum

September 16, 2026 0

If you’re like 95% of Americans, you’ve been pretty much totally ignorant of politics in Washington DC all your life, contentedly adrift in deep space. Until a rude awakening in the last year or two […]

The Fountain

September 16, 2026 0

We all accept as a matter of historical fact that the Spanish conquistadors conquered the savage Mayans, Incas and Aztecs not by force of arms but by plague and pestilence — smallpox and measles wiped […]

Stargate Continuum

September 16, 2026 0

This is the last chapter of one of the great military sci-fi stories before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is repealed. Look for the science to become soap, the characters to become feminized, and the action […]

Hangar 18

September 16, 2026 0

El Presidente orders federal agents to kill top scientists, obfuscate the media, falsify documents, and to generally do everything possible to mislead and hoodwink the American people. Take the issue of UFOs, for example… You […]

Surrogates

September 16, 2026 0

The notion of “surrogate” has so many implications in the modern world, and the screenwriter does such a skillful job of weaving them all into the subtext, that it’s often disorienting to keep your bearings. […]

Alphaville

September 16, 2026 0

I took a road trip to LA once, to pay homage to the Gods of Political Correctness who rule Hollywood. I had flashbacks of those few sordid days while watching this film, then nightmares and […]

John Carter

September 16, 2026 0

This film was a horrible flop at the box office, so naturally I felt compelled to watch it. Disney lost a bundle on this flick, but it’s obvious they put a whole lot of heart […]

12 Monkeys

September 16, 2026 0

The only people in the world who speak honestly to you are crazies on a psych ward. Everybody else dwells in subtext, forever avoiding the issues and living in total denial with respect to anything […]

Hellboy

September 16, 2026 0

I finally found the spitting image of the modern billionaire: The evil Nazi “iron face” officer who survives for decades after physical death with sand for blood, driven only by the unseen force of greed, […]