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
Tag: Sci-Fi
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
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
Men In Black: International (2019) – Review
Quick question: did anyone out there actually ask for this? I mean, did someone out in the world watch MIB 2 & 3 back to
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
Gamera 3: The Revenge Of Iris (1999) – Review
For the final part of his lauded Gamera trilogy, director Shusuke Kaneko went for something a little different from the usual plotline of an evil
Terminator Salvation (2009) – Review
When the synopsis of Terminator Slavation was announced, fans of the franchise that Skynet built rubbed their hands with glee. Rolling up the concept of
Gamera 2: Attack Of Legion (1996) – Review
A year after Gamera and Gyaos adjusted the Japanese skyline with their gargantuan sized grudge match, a freak meteor storm peppers the northern region of
Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe (1995) – Review
After a much needed hiatus (I won’t say hibernation because Gamera isn’t a Blue Peter tortoise) Japan’s favourite giant, sabretoothed turtle was brought back, like
Gamera: Super Monster (1980) – Review
God dammit, Daiei, just what the hell is wrong with you?Imagine me saying this out loud as one long exhausted sigh while pinching the bridge
Gamera Vs. Zigra (1971) – Review
An mysterious alien craft pulls a Compton drive-by on a human research base on the surface of the moon (because we have those now), and
Gamera Vs. Jiger (1970) – Review
The final, palatable Gamera movie of the original 60’s-70’s run (brace yourself as there’s two more to go) sees the child befriending mega turtle probably
Gamera Vs. Guiron (1969) – Review
The Gamera series, despite it’s many flaws, has always had the weirdest designs for it antagonists. Every single one is a truly bizarre, surrealistic nightmare
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
Gamera Vs. Gyaos (1967) – Review
Every long running hero absolutely needs a villain: Batman has the Joker, Godzilla has Ghidorah and even I have an annoying cat that lives on
Gamera Vs. Barugon (1966) – Review
Unavoidably trudging along in Godzilla’s wake, Gamera’s creators made the decision to also make the turtle titan a white hat and a prospective protector of
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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