Sci-Fi Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Sci-Fi

A person in dark clothing seated at a white table in a bright pink room.
Review

Strawberry Mansion

by Charles Bramesco

A dream audi­tor becomes caught up with an age­ing eccen­tric in Ken­tuck­er Aud­ley and Albert Bir­ney’s high­ly imag­i­na­tive feature.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman and a man, stand in a dim, warm-toned room with books on shelves behind them.
Review

Crimes of the Future

by Sarah Cleary

Extreme surgery replaces sex in body hor­ror mae­stro David Cronenberg’s ambi­tious blends of sci­ence fic­tion and film noir.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A group of indigenous people in traditional dress, including feathered headdresses and face paint, standing together in a night-time scene.
Review

Prey

by David Jenkins

A lean mon­ster-slash­er B‑movie set in the Preda­tor uni­verse that’s a high­light of an extreme­ly patchy franchise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people facing each other, silhouetted against a purple sky.
Review

Thor: Love and Thunder

by Adam Woodward

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti returns to the MCU five years after Thor: Rag­narok with a dis­ap­point­ing sequel sore­ly lack­ing in charm and imagination.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Astronaut in space suit holding cuddly toy cat, control panel with flashing lights in background.
Review

Lightyear

by Hannah Strong

Pixar crash land with an under­whelm­ing sci-fi spin-off focused on Toy Sto­ry’s Star Com­man­der Buzz Lightyear.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman with red hair floating in a murky, green-tinted body of water, surrounded by lush foliage.
Review

Jurassic World: Dominion

by Leila Latif

The return of some famil­iar faces can’t save this dire dino flick from feel­ing like a cyn­i­cal cash grab.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two senior women sitting in a Chinese restaurant, one wearing a yellow jacket and the other a pink jumper.
Review

Everything Everywhere All at Once

by Weiting Liu

A Chi­nese-Amer­i­can family’s lives are changed for­ev­er across mul­ti­ple uni­vers­es in Daniels’ ambi­tious sec­ond feature.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Shattered glass covering a face, with fragments in various shades of red and brown against a blurred, dark background with specks of light.
Review

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

by Hannah Strong

Direc­tor Sam Rai­mi injects some much need­ed per­son­al­i­ty into Marvel’s lat­est brand-build­ing exercise.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A person wearing an orange jumpsuit standing against a brick wall.
Review

Morbius

by Hannah Strong

Jared Leto plays a ter­mi­nal­ly-ill sci­en­tist who acci­den­tal­ly turns him­self into a vam­pire in this shock­ing­ly inept super­hero saga.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Close-up of a blue cartoon hedgehog character with large eyes and a mischievous expression, clinging to a red aeroplane wing.
Review

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

by David Jenkins

Dashed-off sequel to the 2020 hit which makes the Chip­munks films look like Tarkovsky by comparison.

1
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect