Blockbuster movies made for Netflix still haven’t quite managed to crack the level of quality you’d expect considering the sheer amount of cash the streaming
Tag: Sci-Fi
Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review
There are so many brow-furrowing details attached to the belated, 1972 sequel little-known sequel to 1958 sci-fi camp classic The Blob, that it beggars belief.
Minority Report (2002) – Review
Steven Spielberg, for a good chunk of his career, was the blockbuster king. If a genre busting, box office exploding, cinematic phenomenon appeared during the
The Blob (1958) – Review
Surely there’s no movie more quintessential to the the 50’s monster movie experience than 1958’s The Blob. Essentially an 86 minute collation of every roaming,
Firestarter (1984) – Review
Even when Stephen King side-shifted into something other than straight horror, Hollywood was still desperately clamouring to slap every word he ever wrote up there
Moonfall (2022) – Review
When news of the latest kaboom-fest from Roland Emmerich was due to land, I genuinely had mixed emotions. Emmerich had been semi-regularly bombarding our multiplexes
The Wicked City (1992) – Review
One of the most fascinating ways to compare the differences in the way American movies approach their storytelling when put alongside their global counterparts is
Fist Of The North Star (1995) – Review
You have to give the independent movie scene credit for trying to ride the wave of Anime’s global popularity during the 90’s. Attacking us with
This Island Earth (1955) – Review
Is there a genre more prone to dating horribly than Sci-fi? As the passage of time inexorably grinds on, no matter how good your set
Super Mario Bros. (1993) – Review
I may have mentioned this somewhere before, but I truly believe there’s a special breed of blockbuster that’s considered so bad, that I reckon they
Star Trek: Beyond (2016) – Review
After J.J. Abrams ditched the world of Vulcans and Klingons for a galaxy far, far away, he arguably left the Star Trek in a worse
The Fly II (1989) – Review
How in the name of Cronenberg do you possibly top The Fly?The smart money says you don’t, but Hollywood lays ridiculous amounts of cash on
The Thing From Another World (1951) – Review
When you think The Thing, odds are you’re thinking of John Carpenter’s skin ripping, tentacle whipping, exercise in masterful paranoia terror – or the orange,
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) – Review
As we rapidly approach the end of 2021, one thing that’s stood out with a couple of recent blockbusters is the deployment of some weapons
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) – Review
After Star Trek’s unfeasibly fantastic return to the cinema’s solar system in 2009, expectations were naturally high for a sequel in which we all hoped
Star Trek (2009) – Review
Star Trek was dead.Just let that settle in your head for a bit – after first being broadcast in 1966 and doggedly remaining vital in
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – Review
There’s an old saying that goes: a hero is as only as good as their villain. With that in mind, it’s probably fortuitous that the
The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944) – Review
According to Invisible Man lore, once you go vanish, your sanity will banish – meaning of course that after undergoing the injection, a common side
The Thing (2011) – Review
As a rabid fan of arguably John Carpenter’s greatest movie, the news of a follow up was legitimately bittersweet news. While the opportunity to lay
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) – Review
After First Contact, the cracking eighth entry in the movie arm of the Star Trek franchise, it seems like the Federation was at rare strength
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