“Encounter” is a weird sci-fi/drama hybrid and I’m all here for it. Director Michael Pearce (“Beast”) started with sci-fi tropes then pull the cliches off and created searing Father-Sons drama with the fantastic Riz Ahmed as the dad to two fantastic child actors, Lucian-River Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada. I spent some time with the actors and Pearce for a behind-the-scenes look at “Encounter.”
Director Clay Tweel has created an eye-opening look at the UFO religious cult known as Heaven’s Gate. The 4-part series from HBO Max follows the rise of its leader Marshall Applewhite and his partner, Bonnie Nettles, all the way to their final exit or mass suicide on March 1997. Told through the eyes of former […]
I enjoyed the new Russian sci-fi thriller SPUTNIK from IFC Midnight. Here’s a quick premise from IFC: Due to her controversial methods, young doctor Tatiana Yurievna (Oksana Akinshina) is on the precipice of losing her medical license. Her career may not be over, though. I had a great time talking to director Egor Abramenko about […]
Sam Jay is super funny! Her new Netflix stand-up special SAM JAY: 3 IN THE MORNING takes you on a roller-coaster ride from her story as a black lesbian to taking mushrooms at a London museum. Some of her sketches are political and some are accurate observations of American life but the show is not […]
The US Navy has finally acknowledged footage purported to show UFOs hurtling through the air. And while officials said they don’t know what the objects are, they’re not indulging any hints either. The objects seen in three clips of declassified military footage are “unidentified aerial phenomena,” Navy spokesperson Joe Gradisher confirmed to CNN. The clips, released between […]
Stretch those quads and prep that tinfoil hat! Over 300,000 people have signed on to a Facebook event pledging to raid Area 51 in Nevada in a quest to “see them aliens.” The event, titled Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us, is inviting users from around the world to join a “Naruto run” […]
Maybe it’s an alien spacecraft. Scientists have been puzzling over Oumuamua ever since the mysterious space object was observed tumbling past the sun in late 2017. Given its high speed and its unusual trajectory, the reddish, stadium-sized whatever-it-is had clearly come from outside our solar system. But its flattened, elongated shape and the way it accelerated on its way […]
