"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...
May 31, 2023
METI: Existential Threat or Beacon of Hope?
Sending radio messages to extraterrestrial civilizations, broadcasting our presence in the universe, hoping to hear back. It sounds like...
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 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...
Sep 7, 2022
Remembering Frank Drake and the Drake Equation
How can we approach numbers on an incomprehensible scale like the number of civilizations in our galaxy? The Drake Equation, devised by...
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 13, 2022
Space and Sci-fi Books Roundup (June 2022)
SETI/First Contact stories for the curious mind. Little green men have always tickled the curious minds of astronomy lovers. Every one of...
May 29, 2022
Space and Sci-fi Books Roundup (May 2022)
Tales behind the movies for the sci-fi geek. The advancement of science and science fiction have always fueled each other since the dawn...
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