Two nights ago, I went to see Avatar. Although I had tempered expectation, in the end, I must admit that I became totally immersed in the film beginning to end. There were things about the film I did not like. The dialogue was riddled with clichés and the moralistic themes were over done. There was, […]

The new Hollywood film EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, starring Harrison Ford as a brilliant scientist, opens Friday and is based on a true story taking place at Genzyme Corporation in Cambridge. It is about the treatment developed for Pompe disease, a rare enzyme deficiency. Genzyme created Myozyme using in house research. Boston Globe staffer Geeta Anand wrote […]

Yesterday, after having read THE ROAD twice, I saw the film adaptation. As I have said about the book, I was captured and entranced by the characters, who became a part of my life during the read, to the point of distracting me during working hours, especially when I knew they were in trouble. It […]

The upcoming film Avatar takes place on a large moon called Pandora, about 4.37 light-years from Earth in the Alpha Centrauri System. The inhabitants of Pandora are the Na’vi, highly intelligent humanoid beings with a Neolithic society. The Na’vi average three meters tall with feline-shaped eyes and prehensile tails. They have a well developed culture […]

 2012, the apocalyptic tome now on screen is, as it would be expected, strong on visuals and sound effects, grossly weak on plot, devoid of characterization and repleat with the worst dialogue ever concocted. I tried mightily to suspend my disbelief but was successful for about 30 minutes out of the nearly three hours of […]

Avatar, the ambitious sci-fi fantasy film by Titanic director James Cameron will test the acceptability of 3-D in a major film come opening day December 16. The film deals with an epic conflict on a far away planet called Pandora where humans and the native species the Na’vi, engage in war over the planet’s resources […]

The financial success of the new release of the Twilight sequel NEW MOON is further evidence of popular interest in science fiction in its many forms. The film is based on the romance novel, one of four by author Stephanie Meyer. It is about the life of Isabella Swan, a teenager who moves to Forks […]

Stephen King’s latest work UNDER THE DOME, soon to be a television mini series, is about a Maine Village suddenly sealed off by an invisible force field. The people inside the field are cut off and time is running out, as they have limited resources–a metaphor on our planet, according to the author. The story […]

9 out of 10 of the top grossing films were science fiction or fantasy. This may account for the coming spate of sci fi films and the interest in new literature written about the future of mankind. The top films included: 1) Lord of the Rings; 2)Star Wars III; 3)ET; 4)Shrek; 5) Dark Knight and […]