Splice 7.3: The Science Fiction Issue

The latest issue of this regular publication for studying contemporary film considers the resurgent genre of science fiction cinema. Essays include the star persona of Tom Cruise in relation to his many science fiction projects (such asWar of the Worlds [2005] and, most recently, Edge of Tomorrow [2014]) and the theme of the double in science fiction cinema, usingMoon (2009) and AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001) as the most prominent examples while also drawing on older works.