SPACE BRAINS PODCAST
EPISODES: 21 TO 30
EPISODE 21
Shanghai Fortress is a 2019 Chinese science fiction and romance film directed by Teng Huatao and stars Lu Han and Shu Qi. Based on Jiang Nan’s eponymous sci-fi novel (also translated as Once Upon a Time in Shanghai), the film depicts the human race’s last stand in Shanghai fighting against aliens who try to seize a hidden energy source on earth in 2042.
EPISODE 22
The Space Between Us is a 2017 American romantic science fiction film directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Allan Loeb, from a story by Stewart Schill, Richard Barton Lewis, and Loeb. The film stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, and Carla Gugino, and follows a teenage boy, born on Mars, who travels to Earth.
EPISODE 23
Serenity is a 2005 American space Western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is a continuation of Whedon’s short-lived 2002 Fox television series Firefly and stars the same cast, taking place after the events of the final episode.
EPISODE 24
See You Yesterday is a 2019 American science fiction film directed by Stefon Bristol and written by Bristol and Fredrica Bailey. It stars Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow and Astro.
EPISODE 25
Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and written by Philip Eisner. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan and Joely Richardson. Set in 2047, it follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission after a missing spaceship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around Neptune.
EPISODE 26
IO is a 2019 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Helpert. It stars Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie and Danny Huston.
EPISODE 27
Snowpiercer is a 2013 science fiction action film based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The film is directed by Bong Joon-Ho and written by Bong and Kelly Masterson.
EPISODE 28
The Thing is a 2011 horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen.
EPISODE 29
Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine.
EPISODE 30
Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, and Michael Ironside. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”.