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Must watch Sci-fi movies - a review

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Going through older blog posts (a bit too old, admittedly), the one topic which screamed for a revisit seems to be the one on Sci-fi movies . There have been quite a few good number of such movies in recent years, more than a handful since the last blog 6 years back. Here I pick two of these which I think are a 'must watch'. The most high profile of the sci-fi movies this decade was of course - ' Interstellar '. 1. Interstellar (2014) Coming from Nolan, the stakes for this movie were already sky high (pun not intended). Nolan shooting some of this in IMAX was a huge bonus. I don't think any other film maker has understood and used IMAX to its full potential yet, but Nolan has come closest. The Hong Kong night shot in The Dark Knight , and the opening sequence in The Dark Knight rises were outstanding achievements and made for thoroughly enjoyable movie experiences. Coming back to Interstellar though. The movie again tries answering 'the big questio