While there’s never really a sense of true danger for our heroes, we get just enough of the range of CGI dinosaurs and their weird traits to keep the film entertaining.
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Neptune Frost is limitless
It’s a sci-fi, Afrofuturistic story that is also a musical that takes place in the past, present, and future, while also spanning the wide depths of identity and innovation.
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After Yang
Director Kogonada’s sophomore film explores a subtly futuristic world where artificial intelligence is commonplace.
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It came from the south side
When do you cross the line from casual collector to full-on vintage reseller? For Michael W. Phillips Jr., a south side-based film programmer and copy editor, the moment happened in […]
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Coming out, queering tennis, and taking joyrides in phallic spacecrafts
The small break of new releases at the start of the new year allows for a much less stressful, and sometimes even more enjoyable, media binge: a crop of Chicago-made web series that can be viewed from the comfort and safety of your home.
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Don’t Look Up
It’s star-studded, and the edits often wink at the audience, but it’s not so fun being in on the joke this time around.
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The scene report from space
Elaborate hologram displays. A satellite planet. A mysterious deity. On the surface, Lane Milburn’s rollicking sci-fi graphic novel Lure doesn’t have much to do with Chicago. But Milburn drew inspiration […]
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Made for Love redefines the modern sci-fi genre
The HBO Max series stands out with slapstick comedy, a complex look at female liberation, and incredible performances.
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Chicagoland prog-metal band Mechina spin a vast interstellar saga almost 15 years in the making
Progressive symphonic metal group Mechina are based in Chicago’s western suburbs, but I wouldn’t blame you if their inhumanly technical sci-fi sound convinced you they weren’t from Earth. For nearly […]