This weekend sees the release of Avengers: Infinity War, and with it the culmination of a cinematic universe consisting of an unprecedented 18 films over the last ten years. Presumably, if you’re planning on seeing the latest entry you’ve already watched the previous films. But whether you have, or for some reason you haven’t and don’t have the roughly 38 hours to spare to watch them now, I thought I’d provide a quick and SPOILERY recap of each entry. Now, this won’t be a ful

Title: Bright (2017) Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy Director: David Ayer Stars: Will Smith, Joel Egerton, Lucy Fry, Noomi Rapace Bias: I absolutely hated Suicide Squad, but thought I'd give Bright a shot based on the premise and some comparisons critics have made between it and Alien Nation (Baker, 1988). Grade: D- In a Nutshell: In a world where fantastic creatures like orcs, fairies, and elves live side by side with humans, LAPD officers Jakoby (Joel Egerton) and Ward (Will

Title: Ready Player One (2018) Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Adaptation Director: Steven Spielberg Stars (primary actors): Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, TJ Miller Bias: Despite having never read the book, I can’t imagine being any more the target audience for this movie. Grade: F In A Nutshell: In the near future, a VR world/video game known as the OASIS serves as an escape for millions in a kind of/sort of/semi-dystopic America. A hunt inside the game is on

Image Credit: Wayne State University This Friday (April 13th), Kino Club and the Wayne State University Libraries have teamed up to organize a free and public screening of the classic science fiction film, Forbidden Planet. Special Collections Metadata Librarian Alison Greenlee has been instrumental in planning this screening and its accompanying lecture (to be delivered by Professor Kevin Deegan-Krause from the Political Science department). In anticipation of this event - o

Title: Europa Report Genre: Science Fiction, Drama Director: Sebastián Cordero Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Anamaria Marinca, Daniel Wu, Karolina Wydra, Embeth Davidtz, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Dan Fogler Grade: B+ In a Nutshell: A manned, private spacecraft – the Europa One – is travelling to one of Jupiter's moons to explore and collect data from the recently discovered ice caps that exist there, hoping to find evidence of biological life. When equi