By Dave B.

The fourth and final season of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle finds the world on the brink of chaos as rebels in Japanese-held territories are bleeding the empire dry, and the Nazis strive for ultimate power over not just their empire and the territories of a crumbling Japan, but also over the multiverse itself. As rebels across the former United States prepare for their last stand, all hope for freedom rests on a pivotal showdown between the powerful, but embattled Reichsmarschal Smith, and the universe-hopping rebel Juliana Crain.

By Dave B.

​In Assimilate (2019, currently on Netflix), three high school friends in a small Missouri town try to unravel the mystery of why the town pastor is throwing “rats” at people’s houses. As they investigate this mystery, they discover that townspeople are acting increasingly odd. Unable to convince anyone to help them, the teens find themselves pitted against everyone that they know as they attempt to alert the world to a potentially global threat.

By Dave B.

Prospect (2018, currently on Hulu) is a science-fiction film about a drug-addicted father and his extremely resourceful daughter, who travel to an inhospitable planet at the end of the universe for one last prospecting score. Ill-fated from the beginning, the journey turns into a struggle for survival against other hostile miners and a race against time as the last ship to human-occupied space prepares to depart.

By Dave B.

​In the Shadow of the Moon (Netflix) is a sci-fi detective mystery that takes place over the span of decades in Philadelphia. Every nine years, a female serial killer is murdering people seemingly at random and a lone police officer is determined to find out how and why she is committing these grisly crimes. 

By Dave B.

In Amazon Prime’s Undone, 28-year-old Alma is living a mundane life in San Antonio, Texas when, after an argument with her sister, she gets into a car accident. This accident changes the course of her life forever, as she discovers that she has the ability to manipulate time and space. Guided by her dead father, she seeks to uncover the mystery behind his death and prevent it. Ultimately, she must face the question of whether she is a powerful shaman or is suffering from psychotic delusions. 

By Dave B.

White Chamber (2019, currently on Netflix) takes place in a near-future version of the United Kingdom that has declared martial law and is being opposed by a rebel group known as the United Kingdom Liberation Party. The film begins with a woman in a featureless white box undergoing physical and psychological torture for unknown reasons. As the movie progresses we learn that all is not as it seems, and that morality can often be a relative concept. 

By Dave B.

​Another Life (Netflix) takes place at some indeterminate point in a future that has a mix between extremely advanced and surprisingly contemporary technology. When a mysterious alien artifact lands on Earth and begins emitting a signal towards a distant star, the United States government sends a crewed mission to the signal’s destination in the hope of discovering if the aliens have benign or nefarious motives. During the journey, the ship, captained by Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackoff) encounters nearly every obstacle imaginable. But the fate of the human race rests in their hands and they won’t be deterred. 

By Dave B. 

​In The Predator (2018, currently on HBO), a ragtag group of soldiers with some significant emotional issues, battle the legendary alien threat and their own government. Through a bewildering array of locales, the group uses their combat skills to stay one step ahead of their foes while attempting to acquire a mysterious gift from an erstwhile enemy and save a kid. The stakes: the future of the humanity itself.

By Dave B.

In I Am Mother (Netflix), humanity has been wiped out after a devastating war against their robot creations. In one remote facility, a robot (Mother) tasked with caring for and preserving human life begins to fulfill its programming by restarting the human race. She raises a child (named Daughter) from infancy up to her teenage years and everything is going smoothly until a mysterious stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives at the lab, desperate for help. Daughter, having been taught that the outside environment is toxic and that humanity is extinct, seeks to bond with the new arrival. But she soon discovers that her idyllic existence is not what it seems and Mother has been hiding horrifying truth’s from her. 

By Dave B.

​In the third season of Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things, the gang is growing up and romantic relationships test their bonds of friendship. Meanwhile, a secret Russian experiment threatens to unleash the Mind Flayer upon the world. Can the Hawkins crew re-forge their bonds in time to save their town and the world?