Back in the 80’s, Cannon – the cash hemorrhaging super studio – offered horror director Tobe Hooper a lucrative three picture deal with the understanding
Category: Science Fiction
Escape From L.A. (1996) – Review
It’s always a tough moment when you’re forced to confront the news that a beloved artist is starting to lose their touch. Whether it’s Messrs
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014) – Review
The rebirth of the Planet Of The Apes franchise seemingly came from nowhere, exploding from out of the foliage, teeth bared in a defiant screech
Escape From New York (1981) – Review
John Carpenter has always been known as a director who’s always been somewhat ahead of his time – hell, let’s be honest here, we’re only
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011) – Review
Admit it. When YOU first heard that the Planet Of The Apes franchise was going to be yanked back into life (possibly while in a
Dune (1984) – Review
We live in a time when seemingly unfilmable novels of mammoth size and complexity have finally been wrestled down to manageable length for our voracious
Tenet (2020) – Review
What with pandemics and social anxiety making the world around us an ever more stressful environment, you may be forgiven for feeling the urge to
The Faculty (1998) – Review
For the vast majority of us, negotiating the social pitfalls of education was (or still is) a rollercoaster ride of flaring hormones, various attempts at
Jurassic World (2015) – Review
Films that divide audiences like Moses compartmentalising the Dead Sea aren’t exactly new, especially in these times of toxic fandom and the internet giving everyone
Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973) – Review
As the Apes franchise ground onward to it’s fifth and final instalment during what’s known as the “classic” section of the franchise, it was becoming
I, Robot (2004) – Review
I’m fairly certain that throughout his illustrious career, Isaac Asimov never once jotted the phrase “Aw Hell No!” into any of his groundbreaking novels that
Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972) – Review
One major plus point about the classic Planet Of The Apes franchise, regardless of your opinion about the sequels that followed in the original’s wake,
Escape From The Planet Of The Apes (1971) – Review
Those who sat through the stupendously depressing ending of Beneath The Planet Of The Apes would be completely forgiven for angrily muttering “oh fuck off”
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970) – Review
In many ways Planet Of The Apes has the perfect ending. While Charlton Heston’s flinty astronaut bellows his impotent rage at the revelation that the
Planet Of The Apes (1968) – Review
Surely one of the more esoteric sci-fi franchises ever to exist, the Planet Of The Apes movies are a fascinating mash up of game changing
Independence Day (1996) – Review
There’s a wave of nostalgia that envelops certain movies that really fail to hold up when the cold, cruel light of modern day is shone
The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004) – Review
Without a shadow of a doubt, the most interesting thing about David Twohy’s 2000, science fiction epic Pitch Black was the bald, shiny-eyed, morality vacuum
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Review
The noise of a franchise exploding back into life after years spent in slumber is a tough sound to pin down but in Mad Max’s
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) – Review
No one goes out of their way to prove the rule that the third part of of a trilogy is often the weakest but then
Mad Max 2 (1981) – Review
Sometimes known by the unfeasibly bad-ass title “The Road Warrior”, George Miller’s ambitiously deranged sequel to his own DIY dystopian original somehow is regularly forgotten
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