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I Am Legend (2007)

I Am Legend (2007)
I Am Legend is the most recent of the cinematic adaptations of the Richard Matheson tale and it’s also, in oh so many ways, the worst. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that even I Am Omega is slightly better than this film because at least that didn’t try to push itself [...]
November 12th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Time Travelers (1964)

The Time Travelers (1964)
Danish writer/director Ib Melchior was a huge sci-fi fan. He directed two science fiction movies which are minor classics today (the other being The Angry Red Planet from 1959), and served as screenwriter for no less than seven sci-fi movies (only one of which, the famous/infamous Reptilicus, was in...
November 12th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Man From Earth (2007)

The Man From Earth (2007)
Okay, bear with me while I try to review The Man From Earth without giving away the core idea of the thing which, itself, is quite an enjoyable reveal as the slight plot unfolds. As John Oldman (David Lee Smith) is packing his possessions into the back of his truck, a number of his friends [...]
November 12th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Rum Diary (2011)

The Rum Diary (2011)
To members of a certain generation, one that predates me, at least, Hunter S Thompson is someone who “carries the illness forward for all us, always wearing the right coat while traveling outside the realms of possibility”.   That language alone gives you some insight into what the good...
November 11th, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Sunshine (2007)

Sunshine (2007)
Our sun is dying and a major payload has to be delivered to create a star within a star and save planet Earth – that’s the intriguing premise that we’re told about at the beginning of Sunshine, a superb sci-fi movie from the masterful genre-hopper Danny Boyle. What we have here is a...
November 10th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Trancers (1985)

Trancers (1985)
With a plot full of holes, a fun script, some decent special effects and great performances from the leads, Trancers is a cult favourite and b-movie gold. Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is a trooper in the 23rd century. He’s the grizzled, grumpy type and has probably been that way ever since big bad...
November 10th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Immortals (2011)

Immortals (2011)
Ye Gods, what have we here? “All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine”, declares the frontispiece of Tarsem Singh’s new 3D movie, Immortals, quoting Socrates the same way the preface to Conan the Barbarian quotes Nietzsche. Immortality and divinity:...
November 10th, 2011 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Akira (1988)

Akira (1988)
Even if you’ve not really heard of many anime titles the chances are that you know about Akira. An amalgamation of cool sci-fi and impressive fantasy, this famous animated movie was/is very influential (as much as it is also very heavily influenced by genre predecessors) and holds up to this day...
November 9th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (2011)

The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (2011)
The fact that this Tintin movie took me from my seat in a darkened cinema to an amazing world of fun and adventure says a hell of a lot about the quality of the final product. Because I really didn’t have high hopes for this film. Oh, the pedigree behind and in front of the [...]
November 9th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean no-one’s abducting you The title calls to mind a landscape strewn with grave-robbing zombies but Don Siegel’s 1956 film is an altogether more intellectual parable than most science fiction of the time. A young doctor in a Californian town...
November 9th, 2011 | Film Reviews | Read More
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