Latest articles by Richard Edwards
Why Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' feels like the most exciting sci-fi release of the year
The director of 'Close Encounters' and 'ET', an original story, 'X-Files'-style conspiracy theories… 'Disclosure Day' is a welcome escape from the mega-franchises.
12 of the weirdest 'Masters of the Universe' characters
By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were strange, they've got nothing on He-Man and Skeletor's entourages.
'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks
Conspiracy theories, print media, and James (sorry, Jimmy) Bond collide in an all-too-brief extension of Mulder and Scully's world.
It had the power! The weird origins of He-Man, Skeletor, and the 'Masters of the Universe'
Mattel's musclebound response to 'Star Wars' had a life of its own
'For All Mankind' spin-off 'Star City' will make you want to know more about the Soviet space program
Stories of NASA and Apollo have passed into folklore, but the equivalent stories from the other side of the Iron Curtain have often been shrouded in secrecy.
'The Mandalorian and Grogu' wastes a potentially brilliant era of 'Star Wars'
The franchise's latest big-screen outing gets sidetracked in less interesting corners of that galaxy far, far away
As 'The Mandalorian and Grogu" prepare for their close-up, can 'Star Wars' ever feel like a big-screen event again?
'Star Wars' used to be the ultimate theatrical experience, but have years of Disney+ spin-offs dulled its multiplex appeal?
The 'Doctor Who' TV movie at 30: Too British for America, too American for the UK
How an unlikely transatlantic alliance attempted to bring a Time Lord back from the dead.
Are streamers losing faith in legacy sci-fi franchises?
Does the cancellation of 'Starfleet Academy' suggest that lean times are ahead for 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars'?
'Slither' at 20: The alien worm comedy-horror that heralded James Gunn's arrival
Few went to see the movie in theaters, but 'Slither' still proved that Gunn was a director to watch
How 'For All Mankind' evolved from 'The Right Stuff' into 'The Expanse'
A show that began life as a period piece is now unashamedly hard science fiction.
'Sunshine' was 2007's answer to 'Project Hail Mary', and it told a much darker tale of solar catastrophe
In space, no one can hear you ask for sun cream
'For All Mankind' alternative timeline vs reality: How Apple TV's sci-fi show diverges from history
How do "For All Mankind"'s six decades of space exploration "history" compare with the real thing?
In honor of "Project Hail Mary"'s Rocky, we celebrate 17 sci-fi aliens who look nothing like humans
Because there's more to extra-terrestrial life than humans with prosthetics stuck to their foreheads.
'Forbidden Planet' at 70: Why the original sci-fi blockbuster is still out of this world
The movie that took Shakespeare to the stars, and wrote the blueprint for movie space opera.
Dune: Part Three teaser: Five talking points from Denis Villeneuve's return to Arrakis
Paul Atreides' kids, a Duncan Idaho comeback (kinda), and Robert Pattinson's creepy new role.
16 time-travel methods from sci-fi to help you traverse the space-time continuum
From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth dimension.
Why Holly Hunter's Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek's ultimate top table
'Starfleet Academy''s principal mixes new ideas with inspiration from her famous predecessors
Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?
There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"
'Masters of the Universe': Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about He-Man's big screen return
He-Man prepares to renew hostilities with Skeletor in a live-action reboot of the toy-inspired cartoon. But does he still have the power?
'Starfleet Academy''s latest episode reminds us why the Doctor is one of 'Star Trek's greatest ever characters
Few sci-fi characters have exceeded their original programming quite like Voyager's Emergency Medical Hologram.
Has 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' just unleashed its very own Khan?
After an inauspicious debut, Paul Giamatti's space pirate has emerged as a villain to be reckoned with on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.'
'The Black Hole' was Disney's original response to 'Star Wars'. What the hell were they thinking?
Trapped somewhere between the big ideas of "2001" and the fun of a galaxy far, far away, this 1979 movie is a true space oddity.
