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The Best Sci-Fi Movies of the Decade, 2000-2009!

Jan 1st, 2010
by Nar Williams.
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When I sat down to make my best films of the decade list, I realized that they were all sci-fi/fantasy films (with the exception of a few like There Will Be Blood, The Weather Man, Shaun of the Dead, and Traffic.)
So… here’s my list for the decade’s best films, which all happen to be sci-fi!
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Best TV Series of the Decade, 2000-2009!

Dec 31st, 2009
by Nar Williams.
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Thanks in large part to HBO, this decade has brought on a golden age of scripted drama on television. Here are my top five favorite TV shows of the 2000s!
1. The Wire

David Simon’s The Wire takes advantage of television’s serial nature (and HBO’s commitment to creatively ambitious material) to paint a picture of an American [...]

Nar’s Top 5 Movie Performances of 2009

Dec 28th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
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1. Sam Rockwell, Moon

I honestly don’t know where to start – if you haven’t seen the film, it’d be unfair for me to go too in depth here. Let’s just say it’s a career performance in an already impressive career. Remember how boring and uninspired I Am Legend was? That’s because Will Smith just isn’t [...]

Nar’s Top 5 Favorite Movies of 2009!

Dec 22nd, 2009
by Nar Williams.
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1. MOON

You can keep your D-9, for all the talk of its social themes it was no more than an adventure flick with a refugee camp as a backdrop. For smart sci-fi in the Kubrick tradition, I turn to Duncan Jones’ brilliant Moon, a film that deftly covers the most interesting and pressing questions about [...]

A Look at the Giant Robot Invasion

Dec 19th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
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In case you haven’t seen Fede Alvarez’s short, “Ataque de Panico” (“Panic Attack”), here’s the viral short film that netted him a $30M deal with Sam Raimi’s company. Pretty sweet…

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