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Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card

Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based on how many laws of physics they mangled, and here's our report card. More »

10:00 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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Must See: Solaris

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: Solaris
Date: 1972

Vitals:Andrei Tarkovsky's adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's novel called The Soviet 2001; some would argue it's better as a movie. A group of astronauts are sent to find out what happened to a previous mission to an alien planet covered in an ocean of organic matter that may be reaching out to the astronaut's dreams.




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6:18 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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