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'The Orville' Season 3 episode 5 revisits the Moclan gender controversy
By Scott Snowden published
Everyone onboard the Orville faces some tough decisions this week, not least of whom is young Topa

'The Orville' Season 3 episode 4 takes its world building to a new level
By Scott Snowden published
'The Orville' season 3 continues to wow us with enthralling stories, just the right amount of humor and mind-blowing space battles

Unprecedented! 'The Orville' Season 3 Episode 3 scores a perfect 10 from us
By Scott Snowden last updated
Imagine a nightmare-induced, Indiana Jones-style, trap-avoiding treasure hunt.

'Blade Runner' at 40: Director Ridley Scott's dystopian masterpiece continues to reverberate today
By Jeff Spry published
Director Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" celebrates its 40th anniversary in June 2022.

How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity
By Alyssa Collins published
A scholar of Octavia E. Butler explores how the writer envisioned the future in her work.

In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?
By Sam Baron published
Time becomes Buzz Lightyear's biggest enemy in the new Disney Pixar movie, Lightyear. Here we explore whether time travel is real or just the stuff of science fiction.

Exclusive: 'Star Wars' legend Phil Tippett discusses his terrifying new animated odyssey 'Mad God'
By Jeff Spry published
Academy Award-winning VFX artist Phil Tippett discusses his epic sci-fi horror project, "Mad God," which arrived on Shudder on June 16.

'Where Starships Go To Die' is a terrifying new sci-fi thriller from AfterShock Comics
By Jeff Spry published
AfterShock Comics releases a brilliant new sci-fi adventure in "Where Starships Go To Die."
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