time travel
Tasked with saving the day once again, the Doctor and her gang aim to put an end to literal witch hunts in 17th century England, while coming up against an army of possessed “witch” corpses.
Mirai may feel more like a series of vignettes thrown together rather than a cohesive whole, but Hosoda’s wondrous animation style, coupled with a personal look at family dynamics, makes it hard to resist.
Created by Mark Dennis and Ben Foster, Time Trap is a sci-fi/fantasy that starts with an interesting concept, yet turns into a jumbled mess of its own doing.
In the Japanese films Your Name and My Tomorrow Your Yesterday, a similar theme can be formed, that of the Time Travel Dream Girl. We discuss what that means in the context of each film.
Fireworks is both stunningly animated, and stunningly disappointing, hampered by a predictable love story that is neither compelling or insightful.
Midnight in Paris uses time travel to 1920’s Paris to deal with themes of nostalgia and the fallacy of Golden Age thinking.
In this all new column in our Fantasy Science series, resident physicist Radha Pyari explains what scientific writing devices can be used to prevent Grandfather Paradoxes in time travel stories.
Twelve Monkeys is Terry Gilliam’s dystopian vision of time travel, in which everything that happens is inevitable, probing into questions of the meaning and purpose of life.
With occasional heartfelt moments that catch you off guard and the laughter you expect from a comedy, When We First Met falls flat, lacking a fresh enough story to save it from feeling limp.
With an intricate and complicated plot but also delving deep into themes of identity and self, Shane Carruth’s Primer is the quintessential modern time travel film.
In this series, we will be examining various films in the seminal genre of time travel. To start, we look at George Pal’s The Time Machine, the most famous adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel.
Future ’38 is a memorable adventure which perfectly reflects our time, as well as reminisces about the films and sensibilities of the past.
The unoriginal, uninspired premise of stoner comedy Ripped is partially saved by the dedication of the two lead actors.
Counter Clockwise is a low budget sci-fi film, with horror and thriller inflections, in which a scientist stumbles upon the creation of a time machine.
Paradoxes are not discussed widely in cinema, firstly because they are difficult to understand. Secondly, they simply mess with everyone’s fun. However, they create interesting arguments, and the time travel genre is a great fan of the ‘why not?