Science Fiction

Day One – Samuel

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  • Title: Day One – Samuel
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The first episode of Day One introduces us to Ulises (Álex González) who has lived in seclusion for the better part of a decade following the death of his sister. Out of the blue, he’s contacted by his old programming partner Samuel (Asier Etxeandia) who has discovered something dark at the heart of tech billionaire Diskin’s (Jordi Mollà) next release. Uncovering the dangerous truth about the product that might put millions in jeopardy, Samuel reconnects with Ulises but is killed before the details can be explained leaving the programmer on the run both from the police (who mistakenly believe him to be responsible for Samuel), Diskin and his agents, and the assassin (Renata Notni) who killed Samuel whose true allegiance has yet to be determined.

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Rick and Morty – There’s Something About Morty

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  • Title: Rick and Morty – There’s Something About Morty
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It’s the bunker dimension! Rick and Morty returns for a ninth season with Morty (Harry Belden) discovering that Rick (Ian Cardoni) has been going on secret missions with Evil Morty (Belden). Tagging on on their latest adventure, Morty learns that his doppelganger is blackmailing Rick into helping him, but Morty can’t help but notice how well the pair get along.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu

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  • Title: The Mandalorian and Grogu
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This? This is the way? The Mandalorian and Grogu completes the journey to undo all the character development from the show’s First Season. The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu are still together flying the friendly skies as bounty hunters. Despite learning he was raised in a cult and its okay to remove your helmet Din Djarin has firmly fallen back into that brainwashing, Grogu has chosen family over Jedi training, and now we’ve even given the pair their old ship back because why not recon the Season One finale and pretend the final two seasons of the show and The Book of Boba Fett never happened?

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The Thing from Another World

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  • Title: The Thing from Another World
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Throwback Thursday takes us back t0 1951 and the North Pole where a group of soldiers and scientists will unearth an alien from another world from beneath the ice that almost destroys them. Making several changes to the novella which spawned it, the film is your basic fight for survival at the end of the world that even pits some of the humans against each other involving the scientists, oblivious to the dangers involved, who want to capture and keep the creature alive, and the soldiers who know it must be destroyed.

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The Astronaut

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  • Title: The Astronaut
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I’ll give Kate Mara credit for taking unusual projects. However, when they don’t work they really don’t work. The Astronaut starts out as a psychological thriller with Mara cast as our astronaut recently returned from space and suffering “common” side effects while kept in seclusion in a secure facility off the grid (which at least makes for an interesting setting as events devolve). Mentioning several times what our astronaut is experiencing is normal, the film continues to push and prod Mara’s character to question her reality and her sanity.

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