Great sci-fi movies have even greater opening hooks that grip viewers from the beginning itself. However, even among the movies with some of the best opening sequences, there is one that easily ranks ...
Released in 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a strange, mesmeric film that retains its power to amaze. Consistently appearing on critics’ lists of the best films ever made, topping the Sight and Sound ...
Isaac Asimov is, in many ways, the father of modern science fiction. He popularized concepts like "the robot" and even gifted us the Three Laws of Robotics. Asimov's own works have also been adapted ...
In April of 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” premiered in the United States. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the film’s release, Michael Benson provides the definitive account of how ...
Despite being made almost 60 years ago, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” still holds up. Its groundbreaking special effects inspired George Lucas, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan and more.