From the trashy to the epic from the classics to todays blockbusters this cinefiles guidebook reviews nearly 1000 of the biggest baddest and brightest from every age and genre of cinematic science fiction Once upon a time science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of driveins and cheap doublebills. Then with the everincreasing rush of new societyaltering technologies science fiction pushed its way to the present and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy trips to the moon Wristwatch radios Supercomputers capable of learning are now everyday reality. Whether nostalgic for the future or fastforwarding to the present The SciFi Movie Guide The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz covers the broad and widening range of sciencefiction movies. Youll find more than just Star Wars Star Trek and Transformers with reviews on many overlooked and underappreciated gems and genres such as ... Monsters Pacific Rim Godzilla The Thing Creature from the Black Lagoon Superheroes Thor Iron Man XMen The Amazing Spiderman Superman Dystopias THX 1138 1984 The Hunger Games Avantgarde masterpieces Solaris 2001 Brazil The Man Who Fell to Earth Time travel 12 Monkeys The Time Machine Time Bandits Back to the Future Postapocalyptic action The Road Warrior I Am Legend Terminator Salvation Comedy Dark Star Mars Attacks Dr. Strangelove The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension Mystery Science Theater 3000 Aliens The Day the Earth Stood Still Close Encounters of the Third Kind Invasion of the Body Snatchers Signs Mad scientists Frankenstein The Invisible Man The Abominable Dr. Phibes Shootemups Aliens Universal Soldier Starship Troopers What the... Battlefield Earth Prayer of the Rollerboys Repo The Genetic Opera Tank Girl The 10th Victim Animation WALLE Akira Ghost in the Shell Small budgets big ideas Donnie Darko Primer Sound of My Voice Computer Chess Neglected greats Things