Back in 1990 Richard Stanley was poised to a bold new voice in genre filmmaking as he launched his low budget, nihilistic, trippy, sci-fi horror
Tag: Sci-Fi
From Beyond (1986) – Review
In the annals of H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, there surely isn’t a movie more fucked up than From Beyond. Oh sure, Re-Animator is fucked up –
Hollow Man (2000) – Review
Before we dig into Paul Verhoven’s tale of transparent tension I’m going to do something a little different – I’m going to tell you a
Men In Black II (2002) – Review
Men In Black sequels have always seemed to be a nightmare to put together. What with trying to get everyone’s schedule in order (Will Smith
Flash Gordon (1980) – Review
Kicking off with quite possibly the single greatest theme song in cinema history (fight me!) we are hurled kicking and screaming into the swirly, garish
Doom (2005) – Review
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
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
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988) – Review
With recent box office assaults by various face painted villains of various backgrounds, the phenomenon of murderous and freaky clowns has never been more popular.
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
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
Dreamcatcher (2003) – Review
Just because you are the world’s preeminent horror author, it doesn’t mean that you’re not gonna produce the odd stinker every now and then and
First Man
Dealing with the space race to land on the moon during the 1960’s and primarily Neil Armstrong’s mental state during that time, First Man is
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
The Running Man (1987) – Review
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 80’s/90’s genre output usually sits in one of two camps. The first are the timeless classics that age impressively well due to well
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
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