Geofutures
@geofutures
Foresight in geopolitics and social issues, with an eye on science fiction
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Free Guy," which came out 5 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Train to Busan," which came out 10 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "How It Ends," which came out 5 years ago today.
"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" arrives on Netflix today. Here's my microreview.
In honor of Sam Neill, here's my futurist at the movies microreview of "Jurassic Park."
Futurist at the movies microreview: "A Scanner Darkly," which came out 20 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: “A.I.”, which came out 25 years ago. This was the best futurist film of 2001—and one of the bleakest movie visions of the human future.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Terminator 2," which came out 35 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Tomorrow War," which came out 5 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "I'm Your Man," which came out 5 years ago today. It was one of the better futurist films of 2021.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Door into Summer," which came out 5 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies: "Logan's Run," which came out 50 years ago today. Imperfect as entertainment, this is still a highlight of 1970s futurist films.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "The Food of the Gods," which came out 50 years ago today. This is the worst film adaptation of H.G. Wells that I'm aware of.
Google AI doesn't actually know where Trump's proposed arch will be. (The site is in Washington DC, on Columbia Island.)
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," which came out 70 years ago today.
Given that “Disclosure Day” is said to be a kind of companion to “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” here’s my microreview of Spielberg's first alien film. It rates as the overall best futurist movie of the 1970s.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Awake," which came out 5 years ago today.
This was AI's best attempt at drawing me a green woolly mammoth 4 years ago.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Greenland 2: Migration." Depicting the 5-year aftermath of a giant comet impact, the movie is not as good as the first in every dimension.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Into the Forest," which came out 10 years ago today, and is one of the better futurist films of 2016.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "A Quiet Place 2," which came out 5 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "X-Men: The Last Stand," which came out 20 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," which came out 55 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Melancholia," which came out 15 years ago today.
Futurist at the movies microreview: "Master of the World," which came out 65 years ago today.