When such seasoned directors as Brian De Palma and John Carpenter can’t make movies set on Mars particularly interesting what fucking chance does the director
Category: Science Fiction
Underwater (2020) – Review
Ok… stop me if you’ve heard this one before…A disperate group of people have to survive an assault of monsters when… oh, wow. That was
The Abyss (1989) – Review
Has there ever been a movie that failed to stick the landing as spectacularly that James Cameron’s underwater epic, The Abyss? Don’t get me wrong,
Dredd (2012) – Review
After Sylvester Stallone’s disastrous time under the helmet (or lack thereof) in 1995’s Judge Dredd, you’d think that any more attempts to realise the varied,
Ad Astra (2019) – Review
Every couple of years the science fiction movie manages to launch a serious and thought provoking entry that attempts to snare a blockbuster crowd while
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019) – Review
2019 seems to be the year that epic sagas reach the end of the road. Marvel spectacularly rounded up 11 years of storytelling with their
The Predator (2018) – Review
So after lengthy reshoots and an awkward scandal or two, we finally get to set our sights on Shane Black’s reboot of The Predator (not
Upgrade (2018) – Review
Just because you haven’t got a budget to finance a small Latin American Country, doesn’t you can’t splurge on big ideas in your science fiction
Men In Black 3 (2012) – Review
It seems that with every subsequent Men In Black sequel there is constant rumours of chaos during production and major issues concerning actors schedules that
Starship Troopers (1997) – Review
After giving deleriously bullet drenched, 80’s face lifts to cyberpunk (Robocop, Total Recall), Paul Verhoeven’s third highly satirical, stunningly violent science fiction epic may just
The Hidden (1987) – Review
In the constant shifting land mass that is how people view their movies it’s somewhat inevitable that certain titles get lost in the shuffle. From
Robocop 3 (1993) – Review
By the time Robocop’s third outing had clunked and clanged into the cinemas it had come quite apparent that the wheels had totally come off
Robocop (1987) – Review
Picture the scene if you will as a Disney-eyed, painfully innocent 11-year-old me pops into a local corner shop and emerges having being rented Robocop
Robocop 2 (1990) – Review
You wouldn’t think that the adventures of Officer Alex Murphy 2.0 would be so hard to sequelize. The ultra-violent original told the story how the
Robocop (2014) – Review
Sometimes when you are reviewing movies you get caught at a loss when it comes to something new to say, which coincidentally is the exact
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) – Review
Pardon my age, but I actually remember when I first heard the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger was playing a GOOD Terminator in James Cameron’s whip-smart
Geostorm (2017) – Review
Anyone familiar with The Jimmy Kimmel Show may very well know about his Celebrities Read Mean Tweets segment. I only bring this up because one
Ex Machina (2014) – Review
Screenwriter Alex Garland has been dipping his wick into challenging, sci-fi genre work for a while now (Never Let Me Go, the magnificent Dredd) so
The Martian (2015) – Review
Consider Ridley Scott.A director I genuinely regard as cinema’s greatest living visualist, he’s recently been knocking out films the rate of Woody Allen (roughly one
Pacific Rim (2013) – Reviews
Despite being a massive Kaiju fan since I was toenail high to Godzilla, I’ll admit it took me a while to “get” Pacific Rim.I’ve always
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