1902 – The First (2018 TV series)

spacetime coordinates: New Orleans, Louisiana 2033 – 2035

The First is a drama television series portraying a team of astronauts who prepare to become the first humans to visit Mars, created by Beau Willimon and starring an ensemble cast including Sean Penn, Natascha McElhone, Anna Jacoby-Heron, LisaGay Hamilton, Hannah Ware, Keiko Agena, Rey Lucas, James Ransone, Brian Lee Franklin, Oded Fehr, Norbert Leo Butz, Annie Parisse, Melissa George, Jeannie Berlin, and Bill Camp. The series, a co-production between American streaming service Hulu and British television network Channel 4, debuted on September 14, 2018 in the United States and on November 1, 2018 in the United Kingdom. On January 18, 2019, Hulu canceled the series after one season. (wiki)

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1890 – The Ice Road (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 2010’s Winnipeg > northern Manitoba

The Ice Road is a 2021 American action thriller film written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. It follows a team of truck drivers in a dangerous mission over a frozen ocean to deliver a crucial component to save workers trapped in a collapsed mine. (wiki)

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1847 – SAS: Red Notice (2021)

timespace coordinates: late 2010’s Eurostar Train – London to Paris / Channel Tunnel

SAS: Red Notice is a 2021 British action thriller film directed by Magnus Martens, based on the novel of the same name by Andy McNab and starring Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper and Noel Clarke. (wiki)

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1823 – Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

timespace coordinates: 2024. Skull Island, Antarctica, Florida, Hong Kong, the Pacific Ocean, Philadelphia, Tasman Sea / Hollow Earth

Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. A sequel to both Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Kong: Skull Island (2017), it is the fourth film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse. It is also the 36th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 12th film in the King Kong franchise, and the fourth Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. (wiki)

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1819 – Amuse-oeil – Media Stylo 7 by Eric Faden (2020)

Published in [in]Transition 7.3: mediacommons.org/intransition/amuse-%C5%93il

A manifesto for Critical Media

More works by Eric Faden

Biography

Eric Faden is an Associate Professor of Film/Media Studies at Bucknell University. His research has appeared in Early Popular Visual Culture, Strategies, Convergence, The Journal of Film and Video plus the anthologies Arrêt Sur Image and The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies. Faden also creates videographic works that explore how scholarly research might appear as visual media. These experimental films are distributed commercially (Third World Newsreel, Media Education Foundation), published in on-line journals (Vectors, Mediascape, The Cine-Files, and [in]Transition), and screen internationally (The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania and the Contemporary Culture Center in Montpellier, France).

1781 – I Care a Lot (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2020’s Massachusetts

I Care a Lot is a 2020 American dark comedy thriller film written and directed by J Blakeson. The film stars Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, and Dianne Wiest. (wiki)

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1772 – Space Sweepers / Seungriho (2021)

timespace coordinates: year 2092, Earth have become nearly uninhabitable. Fleeing the sick earth, UTS corporation builds a new orbiting Home for humanity. But only a chosen few can ascend. The plot follows the crew of the space junk collector ship The Victory‘s adventures.

Space Sweepers (Korean: 승리호; RR: Seungriho; lit. Spaceship Victory) is a 2021 South Korean space opera film directed by Jo Sung-hee, starring Song Joong-ki, Kim Tae-ri, Jin Seon-kyu and Yoo Hae-jin. Regarded as the first Korean space blockbuster,  it was released on Netflix on February 5, 2021.

A webtoon based on the film premiered on May 26, 2020 on Daum and KakaoPage. (wiki)

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