Recently saw this french indie horror movie and I was thought it was good. The budget was definitely modest, but the concept worked well and was somewhat original.

I don't remember a recent horror movie with trapped miners.

Very cool. I like the style, all of these are new to me.

I am not categorical about this issue. This is just a personal approach, one that I find works well with people who dislike anime.

This is just my own pragmatic "solution" of sorts. It allows me to recommend Perfect Blue, Jin-Roh, The Sky Crawlers, Memories (to people who I think would enjoy them of course) by saying that "these pieces are animated, but they are more like a movie that happens to use animation, not an anime." And it works.

No idea regarding automation, but you can get (some) 4K TV series off rutracker (a public tracker).

https://rutracker.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=119

The site itself is in russian, but search queries in English work perfectly.

Content from English speaking countries almost always (literally around ~99.9% of the time) includes the original English audio track. You will have to manually set language priority in your video client as russian audio is set as the default track, but this should be easy to do.

Keep in mind that non-English movies/series will include the original audio and a russian dub/VO, English dub/VO will not be included. English subs are typically provided for non-English content.

Even never heard about it?

They are making an Alien series?

Long-time Ars reader/subscriber here. They're a pretty source for English language tech news. I am particularly fond of their reporting on tech adjacent public policy issues (US centrism notwithstanding).

One area where they are weak is taking a critical look at Apple. They keep promoting the notion that Apple is somehow different.

They did report on Apple's censorship of steaming content on AI (due to the upcoming release of Apple intelligence) and critiques of the CCP, but beyond the initial reporting it's like nothing happened.

They all use Apple products, nothing wrong with that they have excellent products, but you would think that a tech news site would have at least one or two journalists who use Windows/Android/Linux full time.

It's almost as if they need a "hero company" in their lives and can't deal with the notion that all these tech megacorps are the same; sketchy, dishonest and corrupt.

It's still a sci-fi movie, no? All post-apocalyptic movies are science fiction.

You're also welcome to give your suggestions. 😄 These are the 2024 movies that I watched and thought fit the bill.

• Alien Romulus - If you haven't already seen it.
• Dune Part 2 - You have to watch the first part if you haven't seen the newer Dune movies.
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - I thought this was very good, even though it doesn't really include the eponymous Mad Max

Less mainstream stuff:

• The Platform 2 - People complain it's not as good as the first one, but I thought it was solid. You don't really need to watch the first one.
• Abigail - More of a horror, but has fantasy elements
• V/H/S/Beyond - Horror, but has scifi elements (more than the previous entries)

Some Japanese animation that may fit the bill:

• Dallos (1983) - A scifi/political OVA from the creator of Ghost in the Shell.
• Kite (1998) - Action/revenge movie. Includes porn scenes, but IMO this is not a typical "hentai" movie.
• Ninja Scroll (1993) - Action movie set in pre-Meiji era.
• Megazone 23 (1985 to 1989) - Series of scifi/cyberpunk movies. The concept and especially the first movie likely served as an inspiration for the Matrix series.
• Perfect Blue (1998) - An exploitation/thriller that IMO easily beats most Hollywood fare. Was originally supposed to a live-action movie, but they switched to animation because they couldn't get the budget for a live-action movie.
• Vampire Hunter D (1985) - Solid vampire themed action movie.
• Wicked City (1987) - Action/horror with gothic themes and nudity.

Let's see how those plays out, hopefully it won't be lame.

Btw, if you go in without any expectations, The Fly II is decent. Just don't compare it to the Cronenberg release and take it for what it is.

I have a feeling this is going to be terrible. Hopefully in a "so bad, it's good" kind of way, but I have my doubts.