Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/sci-fi/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/sci-fi/ 144 144 Remember Jenette Vasquez from ‘Aliens’? Well, She’s Back! https://remezcla.com/film/jenette-vasquez-aliens-return-v-castro-book/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:52:04 +0000 https://remezcla.com/?p=327560 There’s no denying how iconic Sigourney Weaver’s role as Ellen Ripley is in the Alien franchise, but author V. Castro finds another character that appears in one of the films just as intriguing. So, she’s written a novel that expands her story. The character who has captured Castro’s imagination is PFC Jenette Vasquez, a Latina

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]]> Aliens_Vasquez_Film 5 Books by Latino Authors That Will Satisfy Sci-Fi Junkies https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/sci-fi-books-latino-authors/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:34:28 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=242555 Sci-fi isn’t just about aliens and robots. The genre – also frequently called “speculative fiction” to encompass the fantasy elements it is more commonly paired with – can maybe best be described as answering the question: “What if the world/a person, but ________?” This blank can be filled with things like “aliens,” or “robots,” or

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]]> books Art by Alan López for Remezcla 5 Questions With Cuba’s Celebrated Sci-Fi Writer (and Heavy Metal Singer) Yoss https://remezcla.com/features/culture/yoss-cuba-scifi-author-interview/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 23:13:55 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=196119 The Cuban science fiction writer José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, who goes by the pen name Yoss, is one of the most invigorating voices in contemporary literature. Yoss is something of a rock star in his native Cuba—a “medieval-rocker” to let him tell it—who first gained attention in 1989 after he won the Cuban Premio David

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]]> Latin America’s Very First Sci-Fi Cable TV Series Is Coming Soon https://remezcla.com/film/colombia-sci-fi-television-series-2091/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:13:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=188681 After 15 years, it seems the US’ Golden Age of Television boom is finally starting to creep south. With Netflix ramping up their original content in Mexico and making moves in Brazil and Argentina, it was only a matter of time before another player started stepping up to the challenge of premium TV in Latin

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]]> Un Mundo Extraño: Watch 5 Wonderfully Weird Horror Films in San Diego https://remezcla.com/lists/film/un-mundo-extrano-showcase-sd-latino-ff/ Fri, 13 Mar 2015 23:28:01 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=106371 The San Diego Latino Film Festival's showcase focuses on the weird, unusual, and horrible. Where else are you going to see 'Dracula' in Spanish?

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]]> TRAILER: Oscar Isaac Creates a Beautifully Creepy Robot in ‘Ex Machina’ https://remezcla.com/film/trailer-oscar-isaac-creates-a-beautifully-creepy-robot-in-ex-machina/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 21:54:45 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=106631 Oscar Isaac plays an alcoholic genius who lives alone in the woods while working on his newest AI creation: Ava.

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]]> TRAILER: Miguel Llanso’s Trippy Romantic Sci-Fi Looks Like a Jodorowksy Film Set in Ethiopia https://remezcla.com/film/trailer-miguel-llansos-trippy-romantic-sci-fi-looks-like-a-jodorowksy-film-set-in-ethiopia/ Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:20:54 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=102598 If the love child of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky moved to Ethiopia and made a movie, it would be this one.

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]]> Guillermo del Toro Was at Comic-Con This Weekend and Twitter Had a Nerdgasm https://remezcla.com/film/film-director-guillermo-del-toro-was-at-comic-con-this-weekend-and-twitter-had-a-nerdgasm/ Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:02:08 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=62398 Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro is undoubtedly the king of nerds, and Comic-Con is his palace. He spent the weekend in San Diego presenting his newest projects to throngs of his minions.

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]]> ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ Documentary Uncovers the Craziest Sci-Fi Movie Never Made https://remezcla.com/film/jodorowskys-dune-documentary-uncovers-the-craziest-sci-fi-movie-never-made/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:08:09 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=58606 Nerd Alert! A new documentary explores the audacious sci-fi movie that Alejandro Jodorowsky never got to make. Watch the trailer here.

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]]> Well, frak…the not-so Latin "Battlestar Galactica" https://remezcla.com/film/latin-actors-battlestar-galactica/ Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:03:18 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=20597 For four seasons of excellent television (okay, two or three, really...) Edward James Olmos played Admiral William Adama on Battlestar Galactica. But now it's a non Latino's turn to play the role. Frak!

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