Time. What a wonder of reality. Because no matter what lay before or behind its path, it holds the power to bolster, erode, redeem, or punish as it sees fit. People. Places. History. Culture. Ideas. Stories. It doesn’t matter. All manner of existence must humble itself before its will, praying desperately to either forever hold its favor or at the very least, to one day find it. And amongst the myriad of entities that writhe within its ceaseless tide, it’s our precious narratives, in all their varied forms, that come into question more than anything else. So for one such tale of an abysmal future ravaged by ill favor, shall we now find it redeemed by time and finally worthy of praise? Or shall time still find it wanting and leave it where it lie, so it may fade into oblivion? Let’s get into it. Oblivion (2013) is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure film that was adapted by Karl Gajduskusek and Michael deBruyn from director Joseph Konsinki’s unpublished graphic novel of the same name. ...