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  • 10 Classic Sci-Fi Performances Snubbed by the Oscars

    10 Classic Sci-Fi Performances Snubbed by the Oscars

    Oscar nominations will be announced later this month, and Poor Things’ Emma Stone and Barbie’s Margot Robbie are all but guaranteed to be in the Best Actress race. Last year, Everything Everywhere All at Once swept three of the four acting categories. That suggests sci-fi and fantasy films, whose stars don’t always get attention they…


  • Last Action Hero Is an Underappreciated Time Capsule of Meta-Movie-Magic

    Last Action Hero Is an Underappreciated Time Capsule of Meta-Movie-Magic

    “Last Action Hero is a joyless, soulless machine of a movie. An $US80 (A$108) million-plus mishmash of fantasy, industry in-jokes, self-referential parody, film-buff gags, and too-big action set-pieces.” That’s what the Hollywood trade Variety wrote in late 1992 just before the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led, John McTiernan-directed, self-referential action film was released. Looking back, it’s definitely one…