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
Category: Science Fiction
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
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) – Reviews
The pros of the (still relatively new) practice of filming sequels back to back are all fairly apparent. After all the Lord Of Rings trilogy
Inception (2010) – Review
After impressing the cinema going public with such standout movies such as Momento and The Prestige (two films as notoriously twisty as a piece of
Mad Max (1979) – Review
Undoubtedly the crown jewel of of the 70’s Ozploitation explosion, George Miller’s blistering, dytopian 1979 revenge flick Mad Max kicked opened the doors for Australian
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – Review
There is a school of thought that in a perfect world there would be no need for sequels and regardless how you feel about such
Interstellar (2014) – Review
Christopher Nolan over the course of his career has taken great measures to bring complex to the multiplex. Gleefully screwing with way cinema handles such
The Matrix (1999) – Review
The year was 1999 and the world was focused on the fact that George Lucas’ Star Wars saga was about to make it’s return to
Men In Black (1997) – Review
It’s a fairly accurate comment to say that the summer season of 1997 was somewhat bloated, but when you dig into the list of offenders
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