Needle in a Timestack is a convoluted, unconvincing romantic sci-fi drama, but it does raise some fascinating questions.

"Why are men?" seems like a provocative question, but it's an incredibly reasonable response to John Ridley's sci-fi romance Needle in a Timestack.

The weirdest part about "Needle in a Timestack," more than the unnecessary focus on time-traveling liquid or Tommy's struggle to find genuine friends as a rich white guy, are its uber-conventional musings about love and relationships.

NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK is based on a story by popular SF author Robert Silverberg. Though he has been a prolific author for the last 70 years, little of his work has been filmed (the major exception is THE BICENTENNIAL MAN, based on "The Positronic Man").