sci-fi

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In a totalitarian sci-fi world, a hammer thrown by a young athlete smashes a "Big Brother" figure declaiming to brainwashed citizens from a vast screen.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Spielberg’s film, released the year before “Testament,” is a sci-fi fantasy of suburban youth in a universe of expanding possibility—an inverse image of the considerably darker, not-so-improbable science fiction in which Scottie finds himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

One of them, XPrize & Singularity University founder and chair Peter H. Diamandis, just launched a $3.5 million fund to promote optimistic sci-fi films to counter the AI doomsday narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

‘Dune’ stars Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet return to close out the famed sci-fi trilogy with ‘Dune 3.’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Despite his obvious intelligence, he did poorly in school, because most of his attention was focused on computers, comic books, sci-fi and fantasy novels, movies, and above all else, videogames.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline