Sci-Fi Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Sci-Fi

Two astronauts in silver and orange spacesuits stand in a snowy, icy landscape.
Review

Moonfall

by Charles Bramesco

Dis­as­ter artist Roland Emmerich pits a team of astro­nauts against the moon in his lat­est schlock­buster offering.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Illustration of a young woman with pink hair against a surreal, psychedelic background with floating shapes and lights.
Review

Belle

by Hannah Strong

A tale as old as time gets a cyber­space makeover in Mamoru Hosoda’s reimag­in­ing of Beau­ty and the Beast.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Glass enclosure with grassy environment and silhouetted figure.
Review

Memoria

by Mark Asch

Apichat­pong Weerasethakul metic­u­lous­ly crafts a sen­so­ry jour­ney soaked in intro­spec­tion and meta­phys­i­cal perplexity.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two figures in a dark scene, one with a beard gesturing with their hands.
Review

The Matrix Resurrections

by Lillian Crawford

This long-await­ed sequel is a rev­o­lu­tion­ary and rad­i­cal cap­stone to the Wachowskis’ awe-strik­ing cyber­punk trilogy.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two men and a boy walking through a rocky, desert landscape.
Review

Encounter

by Hannah Strong

Despite some com­pelling per­for­mances, Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller fails to live up to the promise of his debut, Beast.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Anime-style mecha robot in red and black, with a fearsome expression, standing in a grassy field.
Review

The End of Evangelion

by Kambole Campbell

Back in cin­e­mas this week, Hidea­ki Anno’s fea­ture-length finale breaks hearts, bod­ies, and the fourth wall.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Vast rocky desert landscape with towering sandstone formations, two figures standing on a rocky outcrop in the foreground.
Review

Dune

by David Jenkins

Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met excels as space prince Paul Atrei­des in Denis Villeneuve’s spec­tac­u­lar widescreen epic.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A man with a dark beard looks frightened as a large, menacing creature with sharp teeth approaches him.
Review

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

by Hannah Strong

Tom Hardy returns as the reporter with an extrater­res­tri­al mon­key on his back in Andy Serkis’ zany com­ic book sequel.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people lying in long grass, their faces close together.
Review

I’m Your Man

by Caitlin Quinlan

Maria Schrader’s slight­ly flat sci-fi romance sees Dan Stevens play a humanoid robot designed for love.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman with blonde hair and intense expression, wearing a red and blue outfit, reaching forward.
Review

The Suicide Squad

by Lillian Crawford

James Gunn dou­bles down on his crass brand of humour in this charm­less, unfun­ny and facile fran­chise redo.

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Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect