Science fiction is as popular as ever at the movies, but only a certain kind of sci-fi movie tends to get made. If it involves angry aliens, massive spaceships, and interstellar battles with plenty of CGI, then Hollywood is eager to open its checkbook. However, the film equivalent of the work of writers like Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, or Philip K. Dick -- who used science-fiction concepts as a backdrop for stories that investigated how changes in technology and society would impact human emotions and behavior -- is something that has generally been left to independent filmmakers, if anyone approaches such themes onscreen at all. Director Mike Cahill’s first dramat...
Released:
2011
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
92 mins