"The Cloverfield Paradox": The Third Child That Can’t Live Up to the Hype
(Originally written Jan. 2021.) (2018) Dir. Julius Onah Rated: PG-13 The Cloverfield Paradox is set in a dystopian world struggling with...
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Jul 29, 2023
"Passengers": An Okay Thriller That Can’t Do Much with Its Stars
Where have I been? I've been at the Summer Science Program for the last month and a half, tracking asteroids and hanging out with an...
Apr 30, 2023
"Dune": Mesmerizing, Atmospheric, and... Confusing?
Starting with this article, I will be publishing my from my other blog (The Film Brewery). Most of them were written in 2020-2021, but I...
Mar 19, 2023
All the Universes, Everywhere, All At Once?
Everything Everywhere All at Once recently swept the Oscars, with an astounding total of seven wins in categories from Best Picture to...
Dec 30, 2022
2022 Recap: Sci-Fi of the Year, Ranked
Let's close out the year by ranking the standalone sci-fi books I read this year! 6. Salvation Wow, this was one beast of a novel....
Oct 31, 2022
Space and Sci-Fi Books Roundup (October 2022)
Antique sci-fi tales that still spark the flame of new generations. Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott Flatland may not be the oldest work...
Oct 25, 2022
"Armageddon": (Maybe) Don't Nuke a Killer Asteroid
Armageddon told us to nuke it. NASA told us to hit it with a spacecraft in the DART mission. Which option is better? (Hint: Not the one...
Aug 31, 2022
Space and Sci-Fi Books Roundup (August 2022)
Exploration sci-fi stories for the adventurous astronomer. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Children of Time was the first book I...
Aug 1, 2022
"Arrival": The Exciting Possibilities of First Contact
What might we learn from communicating with an extraterrestrial civilization completely unlike our own--physically, culturally, and...
Jul 18, 2022
"Passengers" and "Interstellar": Space Ships, Real and Sci-Fi
Hey there, this is Taizo, and welcome back to Astrocenter. Today we’re taking a look at Passengers, a 2016 film starring Chris Pratt and...
Jun 22, 2022
"Don't Look Up": Comets (with Midnight Eclipse)
This is a tribute to the film Don’t Look Up (2021) and a collaboration between Midnight Eclipse and Astrocenter. There will be spoilers...
May 16, 2022
"The Ghost Brigades": To Clone or Not to Clone?
What place do genetic engineering and cloning hold in a future where humanity expands into the cosmos? Introduction Old Man’s War by John...
May 14, 2022
"The Aeronauts": Real-Life Pioneers of Air Travel
Hot air balloons. All they're now used for are touristy trips and weather forecasts, long replaced by helicopters and airplanes. But they...
Apr 3, 2022
"Satellite": Zero Gravity and the Human Body
Human bodies are built for Earth's gravity. But what happens if an earthborn human goes up into space—or, a spaceborn human returns to...
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